Moving Hylocereus

I moved my dragon fruit plants to a sunnier room.  They grow really well indoors, and I want to make sure they get enough light to encourage wide stems.  I'm hoping for flowers and fruits from at least one plant.  I have six altogether.

Seedling hylocereus

The second sizable branch is now growing.  I have a trellising system and will allow branches to hang from the pot.

Mystery Hylocereus

The mystery plant has grown some.  It took a tumble and damaged the latest new growth.  Oh well.

Delight

The delight pitahaya is growing spindly but at least it is growing.

Physical Graffiti

Both  physical graffiti plants are doing well.  The older plant has 5 branches sticking out beyond the trellis top.  It is a struggle to get the plant enough light so that the branches don't grow spindly.

The younger PG lacks 12" or so to get to the top.  It's pretty amazing that the one little piece made it through the cold winter of 13-14.  It certainly has a strong will to survive.  I kept all my dragon fruit inside this winter.

Yellow Dragon Fruit Plants

both plants are doing well.  Each plant has two sprouts, one bigger than the other.  I have added a form of trellis.  I think I will keep the plants lower and allow them to hang down from the pot, which will be placed on a pedestal.  These plants started out slowly.  I have had them since the beginning of September, and they are just now starting to grow.  they didn't start rooting until now November.

Selenicereus Megalanthus

I have had my yellow dragon fruit for nearly four months. It is finally starting to show growth. A new branch is budding out. However, there has been root development for the past month and a half.  Both cuttings aren't showing evidence of growth.

Sleuthing

Hmm...  I still dont know what type of hylocereus the plant is.  I am now leaning towards Halley's Comet.  It is possible that the plant is a white-fleshed variety, but white varieties seem to have about 3 to 5 spines per areole.  My plant has 2 to 3.  I have ruled out many of the polyrhisus varieties and yellow dragon fruits because the have little undulation and the areoles on some plants are too close together.  Thus I do NOT think my plant is Cebra, Rosa, Orejona, Lisa, San Ignacio, Armando, Valdivia Roja, Yellow Selenicerus, or El Grullo.  Other magenta varieties seem to have more undulation than my plant.  Besides, a study I read stated that magenta varieties tend to have few to no spines.  That rules out Sin Espina, Bien Hoa Red, and American Beauty.  I have been looking online at different hylocereus varieties, and I believe my plant resembles the Halley's Comet more than other varieties.

Growing Graffiti

Wow!  This plant has grown beyond my expectations.  It is only 9-months old.  I have it indoors for the winter, and it has about three areoles that are starting to grow new shoots.  I hope the new shoots will grow downward because I dont want the plant to get much taller.  Besides, to reach the light streaming through the window, the plant will have to grow in a downward direction.

Physical Graffiti Growth

Both Physical Graffiti plants are pushing new sprouts. The one pictured is the smaller plant. The large plant has about three teeny growths. It is still a challenge to get the limbs enough light so that they will thicken and not be spindly.

Cooler temps prompts Hylocereus hibernation

The temperature will drop into the 30's over the next few nights.  I brought the dragon fruit inside as a precaution.  It's amazing how much they have grown over the past week--nearly two inches in non-optimal conditions.

Roll Call

Physical Graffiti, 9-months-old

Physical graffiti,six – month – old

Delight, one year two months old

Mystery, nine – month – old

Seedling, two years one month old

Dragon Fruit Basking in the Sun

I took the pitahaya plants out of the greenhouse so that they can take advantage of this beautiful day.

Meyer Lemon Bloom

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<p> The Meyer lemon is loaded with blooms.  If there is a large fruit set, I will have to thin them because the tree is still small.

Yellow dragon fruit

The tall, skinny yellow Hylocereus has a 1/16 inch root.  The wider, shorter piece is not rooting yet.

Ripening citrus fruits

They are still tart, no sugar at all.

   

Warming Dragon Fruit for the Winter

I placed my Dragon fruit and other tropicals in the greenhouse. It's a little early; however, better to be prepared than to be sorry.  besides, the weather man is calling for rain this week. I don't want my Dragon fruit plants to get overly saturated with moisture.I will try leaving the Dragon fruit plants in the greenhouse. If they start to burn I will take them out and bring them indoors.when the weather starts dipping into freezing temperatures at night, I will bring the Hylocereus plants inside permanently.it's cool to look at how much new growth the plant has put on in the past couple of weeks. There are four new sheets appearing on the largest pitaya plant.

Mukakishu tangerine

The fruit is turning orange.  I hope they taste sweet and flavorful.

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Greenhouse Time

I worked on the greenhouse and chicken coop today.  The night air is starting to get chilly, and I want to be prepared.  I will bring the dragon fruit in my home in a few weeks. For now, I want to see how they fair in the greenhouse.  It would be nice if I could leave the hylocereus out there, as there is more available sunlight there than in the house.  I have yet to put he citrus in the greenhouse.

Pineapple garden

I've gotten many pineapple plants in pots. I don't expect any of them will fruit the coming summer because all plants are relatively immature.

Keylime

The Keylime plant bore one fruit. She's beautiful and willowy.  we'll see what the next year brings.

Meyer lemon

The Meyer lemon tree has grown a lot since her extreme prune. I have been trying to keep her from flowering so that she can put her energy towards growing limbs.

Seedling tangerines

I was looking for my blog yesterday, and I realize that I haven't posted much about my seeping tangerines.it seemed to me that the ceiling tangerines ahead and grown much. However when looking at the blogs, I see that the one, the tallest, has gotten bushier.A couple of weeks ago I repotted both tangerines just in case they needed more room for their roots to grow. I don't have any fruit yet or flowers perhaps one day.

  

Citrus kinokuni mukakukishu a.k.a Kishu

 My curiosity got the better of me. I went out and picked one of my tiny tangerines.The tangerine was extremely fragrant. I peeled it. The skin was very thin and leathery.The fruit contain three seeds. The flesh was orange and juicy. However, the fruit was very tart. I think it's not ripe yet. I'll have to try another at the end of October.

Could It Be Kishu?

My little tangerine tree is loaded with teeny fruit.  I had thought they might get bigger, but it doesn't seem likely. The fruits are smaller than a ping pong ball but larger than a marble.  The color is changing in the fruits, so they should be ripe soon.  Perhaps they'll grow a little larger.

Lowe's Mystery Pitahaya Begins Growth Flush

The mystery Dragon fruit is going to grow.I hope it can grow a foot or two before the onset of winter.

Mystery Dragon fruit

Well I have no idea what this is. Today I'm leaning towards hylocereus guatemalensis, I.e American Beauty or Bien Hoa Red.

Physical graffiti

This plant is radiant.

Seedling Dragon Fruit

This seedling fruit survived in the winter.   She is the only seedling left.   I am not sure if it is red or white.

Physical Graffiti

This pitaya plant was the only piece of hylocereus that survived through the winter.   On the spring, I found a 5- inch piece of physical graffiti still alive and trying to grow.   I cut off the dead portion and put the cutting in a pot.   It is growing nicely.

Delight Dragon fruit

The delight hylocereus is growing. The plant has been a slow grower thus far.   I hope this last growth flush results in a long, strong, and healthy limb.

Selenicereus Megalanthus

Delight Dragon fruit

The delight plant is finally growing. I put a trellis around it last week, so I can now accommodate long branches. The delight plant always seemed like a slow grower.   I moved it to a sunnier spot and it's growing better. I hope it can put on a few long branches before winter sets in.

Tangerine tree

The citura tangerine tree looks like it is going to flower for the third time in five months. It it's growing steadily.

Citura Tangerine

The tangerine fruits are growing nicely. They are shiny and deep green. They are slightly smaller than a ping- pong ball. There are nine other teeny fruitlets from the most recent flush. Some are shiny and plumping.  Others may yet abort.  The whole tree looks healthy.   I have discovered that I really don't need to water much, perhaps once biweekly.