Saturday, October 17, 2015

Dragging Dragon's Inside

I brought my plants inside.   The nighttime temps are going to be near freezing.  God willing, I cannot wait to see what next spring and summer will bring.  Hopefully fruit.
 

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Dragon fruits, getting big

The hylocereus plants have grown nicely this summer.  I hope that I get some fruit from Lowe's.   It had deep purple flesh and tasted like a beet.  I hope my fruit from my plants will be much better.



Thursday, August 13, 2015

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Dragon Summer Flush



All of my dragons are growing new shoots at present.  I hope the biggest one will flower.  There is still time.  If it doesn't flower within the next month, it will run out of warm weather to ripen the fruit.

Monday, June 29, 2015

Potted Dragons

I finished repotting the last and largest plant around 9:30 last night.  I like view uniform the poles look.


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Sunday, June 28, 2015

New Support Trellis for Dragon Fruit Plants

<\p>Two days ago an Asian gentleman knocked on my door. He wanted to by my large aloe and dragon fruit plants. He said his had died because he left them outdoors during the winter. Well I sold him some "thanh long" as he called it. He suggested that I use a 4x4 beam as a trellis. I had already began to think about changing the trellising. The ladder trellises that I was using kept blowing over with the breeze. It seems he solved my problem for me. My only concern is that I could not find non-pressure-treated lumber. I hope those chemicals don't leach into my dragon fruit. Additionally, I planted an extra pot of dragon fruit just in case someone knocks on my door next year. I'll be ready.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Delight dragon fruit

this is my delight dragon fruit plant. There are actually two cuttings that are growing, one in front and another in back. The cutting in the front seems to be more vigorous and is therefore growing stronger. I hope to get the stands to 2nd up. I remember that my original the light dragon fruit plant had really thick stands. Unfortunately, the original plant died in the hard winter of 2014. The weaker plant in the back was cut from the original plant. It will probably be at least another year or two before I can get this plant to fruit.


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Seedling dragon fruit

this is my seedling dragon fruit plant. Its growing slower than the other more established plants. But at least it's growing. I don't know what type of fruit this will you. my best guess is that the fruit will be white.


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Physical Graffiti 2

this is my second Physical Graffiti plant. This plant was started from a cutting of the survivor of the winter of 2014. The plant is trying its best to catch up with my larger Physical Graffiti. I have discovered that physical grafitti plants are very resilient and fast growers.


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Selenicereus megalanthus

the yellow dragon fruit has grown just a little bit. The students are spindly due to lack of light. I have decided not to fuss too much over this plant because the probability of getting it to fruit is low. It means a much more tropical environment then I can give it. I have read that people in Florida California and Texas have problems getting it to fruit. The chance of me getting it to fruit here in North Carolina is slim and none. So I will let it grow, but I'm not going to worry myself too much about it.


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Mystery Dragon Fruit

the mystery plant has gotten a little larger. I still don't know what type of plant this is. It definitely does not grow as fast as the Physical Graffiti. Oh well, maybe she'll give me some fruit and I will know what type of plant this is. I researched last night. My best guess is that the fruit will be white or some sort of mixture of white and red.


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Physical Graffiti


she's gotten much larger over the winter. I hope that she can produce fruit this spring and summer.

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