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Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus) plant in a 9 inch pot, organic

(3 customer reviews)

$21.00

Family:  Cactus (Cactaceae)

Zones 10 to 12, otherwise grown indoors as a potted plant.  Excellent in the greenhouse.  Protect from frost.

Perennial cactus native to Central America and the Caribbean.  Night-blooming and exotically scented, the flowers of Dragon Fruit can reach more than a foot long and wide.  The fruits are red and smooth skinned, with a succulent pink flesh dotted with the jet black seeds, the flesh being very sweet, edible and delicious, reaching up to 5 inches long. They are from the warm tropics and appreciate frequent watering.  In warm winter areas, these Cacti may be planted in the ground and trained up a pole and then allowed to droop into a weeping willow shape.    They will cling to the pole with epiphytic roots.  In nature, these commonly grow up into trees, their fruit hanging heavily pendant as if it were the fruit of the tree.  Space plants 5 feet apart.

Potted plant in a 9-inch deep pot, Certified Organically Grown

 

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  1. Question

    normasceales

    Hi Richo,
    I’m not familiar with hand pollinated is it explained in your book if so? I’m not sure how to do that.
    Thanks.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Norma, yes, i would love it if you got a copy of “growing plant medicine” vol 1, it is a great resource for pollination ecology and cactus is in vol 1. Here’s a youtube on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3inxCzJ_JA&t=23s

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    • normasceales

      I literally watched the video about 3 times and truly enjoy watching all your videos on YouTube. I want to build a Tortuga as a raise bed instead of a traditional boring one. I have your book that explains in detail how to build one, have you consider making a video on that.
      Thanks!

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Norma, I’m glad its helpful and appreciate your letting me know. I’ll surely make a “tortuga” video next time I make a tortuga. Richo

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  2. Question

    Kirsten

    can these be grown indoors? can they be hand pollination them? im in maine and would love to grow these.

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    • Mayche Cech

      Mayche Cech

      Hello Kirsten, In Maine, they must be grown indoors. Given the requirement for intense light and heat they usually require a heated greenhouse in the northern states. I had one in a light room and it did survive quite nicely, and even climbed the wall, holding on with epiphytic roots, moving toward the windows. They never flowered there, though. In our heated greenhouses yes, we hand-pollinate them.
      Richo

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  3. Question

    Kim C

    How long before these produce fruits? Several years? One year? Would this work potted/moveable in Central California zone 9b with very hot, dry summers and cold winters? Thank you!

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Kim, In ideal conditions, Hylocereus undatus makes fruits in 3 to 5 years. Some growers report fruits after 2 years but I haven’t seen this. I do think you’d have to keep it potted and winter protected in a Zone 9b–it is listed only down to a Z 10 and is not frost hardy. The plant is grown outdoors on the Gulf Coast and Southern California, and of course Central America where it is native, and of course Southeast Asia, where it is extensively cultivated. Richo

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    • Lotus

      Hi Richo,

      Just to confirm… Are the chances of Dragon Fruit, actually producing pretty good in Texas (SE, Gulf Coast)?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi lotus, yes, and we have some great plants available at the present time. this species has been doing well for us–gigantic flowers last night, oddly enough, on the new moon. r

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  4. Question

    Cecily

    Hi there, I see that you are located in Oregon and I’m curious as to how you grow your Dragon Fruit? I live in Central Oregon, with extreme drought, harsh winters, hot dry summers, I’m wondering if it would even be possible to grow this at all? We don’t have a greenhouse but have a whole room in our house dedicated to just indoor plants. I am wondering if I could grow it in a pot in there? It has large grow lights all over and 2 humidifiers for maximum humidity for the tropical plants we grow. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Cecily, Thanks for contacting. Dragon fruit will do fine in the conditions you mention. I had some growing in my “light room” for a couple of years and it did snake out of its pot and climb the walls, feeling for a place to root in. Clearly they need to be protected from frost and frankly cannot be expected to fruit unless planted in the ideal conditions: Southern California, outdoors, trellised, on the dry side. Richo

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    • Anna LaRosa

      I’m in the Boise area and my dragon fruit is several years old, never fruited, but like you said, is trying to escape. It’s HUGE!!

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  5. Larry

    What Did I Do Wrong

    Larry (verified owner)

    I purchased a dragon fruit potted plant from your nursery over a year ago because I live in the lower desert of Phoenix, Arizona in growing zone 9 to 13. It was planted in a large pot and got full sun all day. I suspect I might have overwatered it because it gets so hot (temps over 100 degrees at times) here that the soil dries out quickly. Well, the plant did well for a while then it started to turn yellow. Seeing this would only water it when the soil was dry then I would soak the soil but once it turned yellow it seem to continue to die out. It was in mixture of composted soil and commercial bagged composted soil. The large pot always had a gravel floor at the bottom of the pot for better drainage. I would use buckets of the grey water I captured from the dishing washing basin in the kitchen to water the plant. Could it be the water was too acidic? Sincerely–Larry 🙁

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Larry, Dragon fruit plants are supposed to be dark green and if they go yellow its a sign that the roots have rotted (as above so below). Once the roots rot the only fix would be to cut the plant off above the roots, let it callus and replant in a faster-draining mix (cactus mix) and water only after it throws roots. richo

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    Samantha

    Richo, can you add any info on growing these in pots? What requirements do they have for flower and fruit production?

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      Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Hi, these tend to bloom in the late summer and only on large vines that have bee given a suffriciency of fertility, sater, sun and warmth. The larger and healthier the cactus. Give 5 gallon pot of fertile, fast-drainoing mix and allow cactus to climb and grab on other trees and send roots through pot into gravel of floor. Warmer-zone gardeners can train them to a pole and allow to weep over, which encourages flowering from the arching limbs. richo

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    • Buu Leighton

      Is it the white or pink flesh variety? The catalog says pink and that’s the kind I’m interested in.

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    • Richo Cech

      Admin Richo Cech

      Sorry, yes, pink

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