Why Does My Dragon Fruit Have Flowers But No Fruit After Pollination?
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In this video, I answer a common question: Why does my dragon fruit have flowers, but don't have fruits after pollination? I go over why it happens, how to identify it, and what's the solution to fix it.
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Let’s get this to 1000 likes! Thanks for watching. Hope this video was helpful! 😊
I’m in San Diego. Do you happen to know of a good place to purchase dragon fruit plants? I have a few from Home Depot but would like a different varieties. Thank you.
@@armandocorrales6688 try asking in my Facebook group! We have quite a few people in that area
I am in Iran and I am cultivating hydroponic dragon in Iran. What is the most important factor for leaf growth?
@@Khashayar-cc5cp Enough nutrients and temperature
I started a hydroponic dragon.Does humidity have an effect on leaf thickening?There is only horse, cow and chicken manure here. How much of each should I use in the bedding?
Thanks for all your advise, I was having problems with all my DragonFruit plants, never could get them to grow buds until I listen to your videos and discovered that all the growth around the base upwards was where all the energy was being placed by the plant, so I went to trimming and cut off everything from the bottom up. Within about two weeks I had buds popping out everywhere on two of my plants, One bud grew huge and flowered on my birthday. Today the flower is drooping and turning yellow, I was going to try and hand pollinate it today but we had heavy rain all day, so I will try tomorrow. Thanks again
You’re welcome! Glad the videos help
Hand pollinated mine this week, fruit has set, thx for your great info, Richard!
You’re welcome and great to hear! Excited for you to enjoy your fruits
My first dragonfruit to bloom this year was Edgar’s Baby. 3 beautiful blooms, but no pollen for cross pollination since my few other dragonfruits hadn’t bloomed yet. I did have some year old pollen in the freezer I used, but the flower still turned yellow and fell off. Thank you for the Facebook information, had I known I might have some Edgar’s Baby ready to eat.
Yes join the FB group! Someone always has pollen
Finally got 3 buds after learning from you , second year!
Tipped the ends an boom🤙🏼mahalo
Now looking forward to flower and pollinate
So awesome!!! Excited for you to eat your fruits soon
@@GraftingDragonFruit 😃🤙🏼going to taste extra delicious !
Thank you so much for the detailed information! It really helps to explain the basics as well as the issues! We watch your videos all the time time to help us figure out what is going on with our dragonfruit. We’ve tried to stear clear of the ones that are self sterile, but now we’re thinking it might be time to try a variety. Would you consider doing another current video on the actual pollination process & if timing makes any difference? thanks again
Glad it’s helpful! Yes I’m in the process of making more videos and redoing some old ones
Thank you, Richard. This is my first year getting fruit after two years. The Facebook group are so helpful answering my questions.
You’re welcome! Glad everything helps
Bro I wanna give you props for that smooth intro.. the walking forward while the camera zoomed out! Wow your production is amazing. Way better than epic garden where he squats in a corner than stands up into the frame of the picture. I love him too and I know you guys are friends, but your video production is top notch! Great work!!!! I feel like im watching exotic national geographic
hahaha Thanks bro, appreciate it! Been working hard on making better videos for everyone. Yeah Epic is a good friend. Can't go wrong with any of his content
This is my first time after 3 years I’m starting to get flowers and buds
I love your channel cause you are very informative
Love your FB page brother it's been super helpful !
Glad to hear it!
This is my first time after 3 years I’m starting to get flowers and buds
I love your channel cause you are very informative
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Thanks Richard for this post and all your other very educational posts. Luckily my flowers are starting to set as I think I was not brushing on the pollen correctly. I started to make sure the pollen goes in the hole on the stigma. It seems to be working. I have another specific question. Is it absolutely necessary to break off the dried flowers after pollination, If you don’t pull off the dead flower will the fruit continue to grow. I think I may have pulled too hard on one and the fruit aborted. Thanks for you dedication helping us all out who are now fascinated and now growing dragonfruit !
You don’t have to pull it off. Can leave it on, but I do recommend take it off once it starts getting bigger because it could maintain moisture and lead to mold at that part
Great answer to the question. My one is" When l freeze other pollin, how long must it be out of the fridge or can l use straight whilst it is freezing cold.
I usually let mine get back to room temperature before using
love your videos! I live in the cold area. Winter is the problem here because I was trying to grow it a few times but didn' t worked.
The problem is hard to find the sources to grow again.
Where are you from?
Thank you so much for sharing the video and for the information. 😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you for the info, I’ve been trying to get my dragon fruit to develop for a while but now I know why they yellow and fall off thanks to your vids. I live in San Diego, anyone out there willing to spare some pollen from another variety? 🙏🏼
Glad it was helpful! Try asking in my FB group. Lots of people in the SD area
Thanks so much for all of your informative videos, they have helped so much! Today, I didn't quite get the part about sacrificing a fruit to find out the variety. Can you clarify for me?
You’re welcome! If you don’t know what variety you have exactly, then you want to go through a few test. Potentially sacrificing a flower just means that you use one with its own pollen to find out if it’s self-fertile, and if it doesn’t work, then your plant will have to be cross pollinated
Thank you I wish I leaned this important information before lost so many fruits in the pass than again god blessed
Glad it was helpful!
Well, my friend , I had no idea this is how you get the plant to fruit. I have never eaten them , so I decided I would eat what I planted. I managed to get three different varieties at different ages. The first has started blooming now after three years. I didn't know their method of pollination, and neither do I know their types. I am a bit nervous.
Thanks for sharing this information 💯
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching
Very good advice 1 of my buds fell off so now I know why
My first flower ever (Shayna from CalPoly) seemed like it took. It had the tell-tale line between the yellow and green but then it dried up and fell off after about a week. Now I’m wondering if Shayna is actually self-sterile… 🤔.
Best informative videos ever!
It could be! Have to try cross pollinating your next one
Greetings Richard, Great topic 👍 Could 2 other reasons a Dragon fruit aborts is 1. It got wet 2. Drastic change in weather ie. Warm to cold weather?
@@roottrackerzbyyaira My west-facing patio’s microclimate here in San Francisco does have big temperature swings from day to night.
@@ericscavetta2311 Yes, I can see that. I am in Long Besch south of you and lost 1 last year to a drastic weather change from Summer to Fall. also I was told to stop fertilizing it until the fruits are harvested. I do give it compost and worm castings.
@@roottrackerzbyyaira Thanks for the tips. I was using Flora Nova Bloom every 2 weeks until the bud was half-grown, then switched to one application of worm castings & composted chicken manure "tea" right after it flowered. Maybe I overdid it?
I will try to find pollen from someone in this area, as I have a second bud, although it seems much smaller than the last one and almost ready to open (I can see white between the green 'petals' (not sure that the right word).)
Hey Richard, what is the best way to combat ants attacking my dragonfruit plant and eating it. I grow organically, so I would prefer some natural methods if possible. Thanks again about the organic fertilizer, keep getting buds. Much appreciated sir.
Try using an ant bait
My first dragon fruit produced last year. This year I got three buds that bloomed, and just like last year I hand pollinated, with good nutrients in the soil and I believe good watering but all 3 blooms dropped. It was hotter this year...100 -108 or so instead of maybe 95. Was it the heat?
Yes could be heat or it didn’t have enough energy to support all three
Another great and very informative video. I just started growing dragon fruits last year, my uncle and sister gave me couple of cuttings, built a couple of trellis like yours. They're growing ok, however my question is, why are some of them growing thin as in like a rat tail cactus?
Check out my video on tipping branches. It’ll help get them thicker
Probably they're not getting enough sunshine. ie growing in the shade
Learned this last week. I have had 4 flowers fall off since all self sterile are producing flowers first compared to self fertile. Major L, but patience is a virtue.
It’s a journey and learning experience. You’ll get it next time 👍🏼
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thank you for taking time in sharing information on this topic. Much appreciated!
Ants have made it to the flower. Sort of low hanging branches but I've had success with this dragon fruit plant. Is this normal?
Ants are attracted to sweet stuff. Try using ant baits to keep them away
I need more dragon fruit varieties!
Yes!!
Thanks for the info!
Any time!
Thank you for sharing this info. I’m truly grateful for your really great explanation of the different types of dragon fruit plants. I know I have two types. They are supposed to be self pollinated, but I have found that crossing it is better even if it’s self pollinating. Is that normal? I’ve taken the pollen from both, and now use both on the flower. Is it too much to do that? I figure more is better. But I had 14 flowers on the two plants open in two nights. I praying I had a better pollinating this time! 🙏🤞 your the best! Thanks again!
Not at all. Always good to increase your chances
I can't even get mine to form flower buds. I've tried all your feeding and water advice. Bought the same brands of fertilizer. Three years and no flower buds.
Have you tried tipping the branches?
@@GraftingDragonFruit I have tipped, fed, repositioned, more water, less water, etc. Some of my plants are two years old. No buds. Not sure what else to try.
Dragonfruits sir look beautiful many variety...
Hi thank you so much for sharing, super helpful ❤
You are so welcome!
Wow 🤩 how many varieties r there? It just keeps increasing! ❤
Oh! I have a question. If the fruit grows and from the top it gets torn and u can see the inside but the fruit is still not red(ripened) do we take it out? And why it is happening when the others don’t do that?
Over 40 now. If it’s cracked, I would pick it otherwise creatures might get to it and/or it goes bad
@@GraftingDragonFruit wow 40! That’s amazing 🤩
And thank u for the answer!!! I see other kinds of fruits torn or cracking and thought if it happens to the dragon fruit and should we take it out. Thank u 🙏
@@grimmjowzenith910 sometimes it just grows too fast for the skin to catch up
@@GraftingDragonFruit oohhh!! Got it!! Thank u and I might have some questions in the future as I watch your video . Hope to increase my knowledge of dragon fruits so that I can be prepared for my first ones :3
Your videos have been SO helpful for us since we've started our dragon fruit growing journey a few years ago. Thank you so much, Richard! I had a few questions regarding pollination and cross pollination. 1) If I have a self-sterile variety, does it matter what type of other variety I use to pollinate, or can I use the pollen of any other variety (including other self-sterile varieties)? 2) Does a self-fertile variety only work when you use its own pollen? Or would it still work if I only cross pollinated it? 3) If I pollinate two flowers of the same self-sterile variety with two DIFFERENT variety's pollen (one variety per flower), would the fruits still come out the same? Or does the pollen variety affect how the final fruit turns out? Thank you for considering my questions! :)
You’d want to avoid the self-sterile in the same family. Sometimes they don’t like the pollen and it won’t take., however with you can usually use any other varieties including self-sterile. You can cross any self-fertile with something else. 3. They will come out with some slight differences. They take DNA from both parents
how I know the dragon fruit is still ok or to big to really produce maximum amount, what signal, if any, show me is time for divisions and/or establish a new plant
So last year I only had like 4 flowers and one of them fruited but it was really small. This year I've probably had like 30 flowers and all of them either fell off or stayed on and fell off after a few weeks. I cut it open and it's not pollinated. The cuttings are from a plant that produces tons of fruit so I'm confused on what to do. I self pollinate when I catch the flowers open. It's a red dragon fruit plant
Nice your presentation.
Thank you
??..Is pitaya blanca typically found in US markets considered self fertile or self sterile?….
Awesome video thanks a lot bro!
No problem!
But but for I had different pollen which one took but not the rest. I'm thinking maybe I didn't wait for room temperature or the heat up north or maybe to much water
Thank you!
Welcome!
Richar I hope you’re doing well. Love your plans hey question what is the best plant to produce pollen or what is the best plant to do cross pollination? 👍 thank
American beauty is always a solid choice
Does pollinating the flower hours before it opens make a fruit?
this is informative. thanks
Like i said before amazing!!! Content!!! I had 36 flower 13 I pollinated and all my flowers failed except my first flower. I'm in northern California
Could be other factors or it’s not the variety you were told it was
Very good video. I was looking for a reason why my plant was not giving fruit. Now I have come to know that it is a sterile variety. Tried all means 😢
Which dragon fruits are self pollens and the other needs cross pollination?
Good time. What factors are important for the expansion of the dragon?
What do you mean by expansion?
My Vietnamese friends all grow tons of sugar apple. Seems u only grow dragonfruit. I agree dragonfruit is much better for taste and variety. Finally rains come but how to reduce or remove black sooty mold without wiping all the stems? I grow many exotic SE Asian fruit trees.
Only way to reduce them is to keep them as dry as possible with coverings, but that's hard to do
What the best fertilizer for my Dragon Fruits and how you water the plants, thanks
Shalom! My question is do I have to take out the flower after pollination what happens whether I leave it? Why my dragon fruit tree within 2 consecutive years put out 3 flowers but I got saved one it didn't bear fruit? But this Year I made hand polination. Thank you
Thanks for the info!
Do you have to cut the trees back each year (like you do for a grape vine)?
or
do you just cut them back when they get to big?
Only when they get big if you want to.
What should I do if the dragon fruit grows, but breaks at a very underdeveloped stage excessively. The fruit is there and visible, and the flower grows as well, but breaks off the plant very quickly. How can I prevent these breakages?
Sounds like there might not be enough nutrients and energy for the buds and flowers to mature
My dragon fruit have only one flower right now. This is the second time but the first two flowers didn't make it I don't know why. Now I hope this time the flower will become fruit.
Dear Richard, you mentioned that a self sterile variety needs to be pollinated from another variety, but you didn't clarify whether the other variety has to be self fertile or self sterile or it doesn't matter? So my question is, can two self sterile dragon fruit varieties successfully pollinate each other?
Doesn’t matter. Self-sterile just means you can’t use its own pollen for itself
@@GraftingDragonFruit hi Richard , a typo error - self sterile CANT use its own pollen for itself not CAN.
@@GalaxyFarmer1022 great catch! Yes typo error on the auto correct
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🕳️ ((Why don't you make a video about the varieties which any grower must have to be used as rootstock (such as vietnamese white as I think) and which varieties can be planted by itself (as Royal red as i think) and
And which to be grafted (as Ecuador pallora)
Three categories of varieties:
1st : used as rootstock
2nd : by itself without grafting
3rd : to be grafted at
Have a video coming out soon on my top 5
what's the reason for the yellowing branches?
some of the flowers are setting fruits but many of them are falling after pollination how can I fix that
Good Class ❤
Great video as usual. I would like to know how much time pitayas take to bear fruits when planted in containers ?
Usually 18-24 months before they’re ready if plant is young or first time
@@GraftingDragonFruit Ok thank you for the answer I appreciate
Hey I have a quick question my dragon fruit has produced 5 or 6 fruits like every other year. This year it had five or six flowers and they all dropped so I just tried to self pollinate the two flowers I have today.
I have a question 'which grafting method is better and more successful for dragon fruit'
Check out the videos on grafting in my channel.
After 10 years we finally saw a flower bloom. Then nothing for a while. Now there are plenty of blooms. We just enjoy their beauty. But a week ago i noticed a fruit! I'm curious, how did that happen? The rest of the blooms are falling off.😢
It probably got pollinated by one of nature’s creatures
Ah, we did see a couple of bees flying around. 😊 Thank you!
So I have an American beauty that I hand pollinated but only 1 out of 4 turned into a fruit 😢. Is it too much sun or water? I live in NW Florida, summer are super hot and humid.
Thanks for the video! My dragonfruit plant is falling off the palm tree it is growing on… it is not attached anymore and won’t re-attach. any ideas??? Thank you!
Hi I have a question I have this dragon fruit for 3 yrs now I had 1 flower last year but it fall of and this year I also have 1 flowers it just open up I did what you said and I’m still wait it only been 3 days. My question is it been 3 yrs and now I have 6 dragon fruit But they don’t flower too what should I do I did cutting the end of it I don’t see no buds than growing . What I’m I doing wrong?
My Bees do a better job of Pollinating than I could ever do as they crawl right into the flowers and come out covered in pollen, never had a fruit not set in ten years, even when the flower is almost closed the Native Bees as well as the Italian Bees still push their way into the flowers.
Sweet!
🙏🏼🙏🏼
i am dragon fruit grow about 4 yrs, i noticed that my dragon plant grow like crazy. Shoudl I tin them down?
Good morning from South Africa. I have a question of what you have explained about the self sterile plants, we have ordered white, red and purple dragon fruit cuttings - if the flowers start growing do we have to self pollinate or wont it be necessary as we will have 3 kinds that will be planted on a hectare? Hope you can help. Thanks
It depends on what type they are. If they’re self-fertile and self-pollinators, then you don’t have to do anything. If they are not self-pollinators, then you will have to hand pollinate or have help from nature’s armies
Will dragon fruit SEED ripen in the store fruit that was picked early to ship ?
I have germinated dragon fruit seed in a ripe fruit like many fruit the seed germinates from ripe fruit on the ground .
SO the question is can i buy fruit at the store and get seed from it .
You can buy fruit and start a cutting from the green left on the fruit but can the store bought fruit seed germinate ?
Yes it’s possible
Cool I have cuttings started with 6"new start on 2 10 seed germinated 1" and 4 Asian sweet Potatoe seed germinated 3" tall 2 truck loads of new stuff to mulch hourse and chicken in buckets it ought to be an interesting spring in SW Fla for me thanks for your info and content Steve.@@GraftingDragonFruit
i dont know my dragon fruits type but it was white on the inside and purple on the outside is it self fertal?
What kind of fertilizer do you use and how often do you apply it?
Check out my recent video on Super Blooms
Hey Richard. I only have a 5 Liter Pot. Is that enough to grow a dragon fruit with?
Probably will be good enough for 1 dragon fruit plant. Recommend getting a 15-20 gallons if you’re able to
How long the pollen can be potent if you keep it in the fridge? Or frozen?
In the fridge it can last up to 27-30 days. If it is frozen it can last up to 6-8 months.
can you try to do the "drill bit" graft? its when you drill out the cambian and stick another cambian into the hole
I'll add that to my list of experiments. If I do, will definitely make a video
Now what if I cross pollinate and still no fruit are setting?
Thank you very much à
Most welcome
Thanks for all your humble support. Another question I ve grown seeds from unknown yellow varieties and at a height of above 50 inches I cut the tip. It now has 2 new stems that are much thicker than the ground level original stem. Why it seems the yellow always are small at the ground? These are planted in the ground heavily mulched and given good doses of fertilizer. They handle our 95 degrees well. When should blooming fertilizer be applied? Should I wait until buds start or earlier? Cảm ơn
Usually it's because all the nutrients and energy are used at the top of the stems because they're the ones that are producing buds. Check out my video on super blooms to get how often I apply fertilizer. Definitely start earlier than buds appearing
What types are self fertile?
Hi Richard. Love your videos. Since I don’t know what kind of dragon fruit plants I have, can I tell from looking at how far the stigma are from the antlers if the variety is self sterile? Also can I use the pollen from a self sterile plant to pollinate a different self sterile flower? I have many flowers with stigmas far from the antlers and since I don’t know what varieties they are, can’t know if I will be successful hand pollinating them. Thanks for your help.
At pollination, I cover my flowers with plastic to avoid pollin robbing from bees,How long shd l keep them on.
You can take them off the next day in the afternoon. The pollination process occurs pretty quick
If you have 2 different kinds of dragons that are self sterile,can you cross pollinate them and have fruit set?
Yes as long as they’re different, you’re good to go!
Dear Richard, I have three types of white variety ( i do not know the variety's name) . Of the three varieties one variety has no stigma to pollinate. So the fruits gets yellow and fall off in a week after setting. Please help 🙏
I'm in northern california I use other pollen and all my 20 flowers still aborted. U think I left to many branches on this season?
Yeah it may have been too much and not enough energy for it all. Many factors can play into it.
Mine been dropping flowers have tried pollinating with pollen from a different plant but still they drop the flowere
Hello Richard, I’ve had this dragon fruit tree for about 3 years, this is the first year that it’s blooming with several flowers, I’m not getting any fruit can you help
This means that your variety is not the kind that can set fruit with its own pollen. You need to get another dragon fruit variety like .. Vietnam white , sugar dragon, American beauty one of those to help pollinate the one you have now to be successful with it setting fruit.
Hi many thanks for your great videos
I have self sterile plant, can I graft a self fertile onto the plant and cut the rest off?
Yes you can graft any varieties
I've had fruit the past 3 years, no problem. Suddenly this year they turn yellow after flowering and fall off. They weren't self sterile before, what happened?
Can be many factors including my weather, nutrients, timing. This season was tough for a lot of people due to weather
Hi Richard, I have yellow dragon fruit trees now almost 2years old grown (starting from seeds)but I heard that they won’t bare fruit til another 10 years😢😢😢so help me ,what should I do? Should I graft it with white one to speed up? Thx from a big fan of yours
From seeds it's usually 3-4 years before you see something. You can graft it to get faster growth as long as your base one is strong
My dragon fruit plants already 5 years still no bud..pliz help
Richard, my Connie Meyer had two buds but the flower never opened and aborted. Would you know why?
Might not have been enough nutrients/energy for it to mature
At 5pm l can identify which flowers will open that night. How long should l wait after it opens . Is there a chance that lm late to pollinate to work the pollinating process. What is the optimum time from openning time
I usually wait until it opens at least 75% before I start pollinating. The earlier you get it done, the less chance of another creature messing with it.
Hi Richard,
I've been hand pollinating my dragon fruit for the past few years, but only about 50% of the flowers become fruit. This year, it seems like the ones that I hand pollinated fell off, and the ones I didn't hand pollinate (I was on vacation) set more fruit. My other variety didn't flower at the same time so I couldn't cross pollinate.
Any suggestions on the hand pollination? I used your video as a guide.
Also, can I save the pollen from one variety for several days or a week and then use it on my other variety when it flowers? Will the pollen still be good?
Thanks!
My label says American Beauty. I have cross pollinated with Palora and still have no success after well over 3 dozen blooms
AB is self-pollinating so you don't have to cross pollinate. If you're not having success with it, it could be due to lack of nutrients, plant is not mature enough, or some other factors.
@@GraftingDragonFruit . it gets plenty of nutrients. How old
Does the tree need to be. It’s pretty established and large. I’m wondering if it’s labeled incorrectly. I have also let it do its thing and have pollinated with its own pollen.
@@davidwallace9975 usually 18-24 months before first fruiting. It could be a different variety which require cross pollinating.
Learned a lot from
Watching your vids. ❤Thank U. I’ve recently cross pollinated my flowers then after 1-2 wks they aborted. Do you know what else could have happened?
Hello!! Is there a variety that can be used as a “master” cross pollinator?
There’s not really a master pollinator, but American beauty is always solid
So my flowers bloomed, I pollinated them, I got tons of fruits . Every time after that, I’ve done the same thing, but then the flower just dies… can someone help?? I’m doing the exact same technique I did the first time for fruit, but now it’s not working!!
Might not be enough nutrients to maintain it, you may missed the pollination window, or you may have to try cross pollinating with another variety
@@GraftingDragonFruit The pollination window is 1 night though no? I got them when they bloomed at night. I was cross pollinating with a different variety too!
This must means the pollen you used to cross pollinate with isn’t comparable. Try a different variety next time. Don’t cross it with the same one that failed.
I got my dragon fruit graft from a friend and never produce fruit and it fits your definition of self sterile. However my friend told me the original plant produced fruit before. What does it mean?
Did your friend cross pollinate it with another variety?