Depending on your environment, you might one day end up with a fruiting dragon fruit – or certainly a flowering one. With such runaway success, you'll quickly outgrow the houseplant phase and will move into larger containers and a dragon fruit that requires trellises or structural support. ...
Queen of the night. Fruit are large, between 150-600 g and brightly coloured pink, crimson or red with fleshy green scales. The flesh is white or red with many tiny black seeds. Varieties: There are no varieties in the proper sense, but there are many ...
Dragon fruit is a fast growing vine like cactus. The fruit is spherical, red colored with notable scales. It has slim rind skin which is protected in scales. The pulp of the fruit is white or red and tastes fairly sweet. Generally, the dragon fruit is deep red in color but some variet...
Many dragon fruit cacti have spots on their stems and these spots may be sign of an infection. However, other non-infections injuries such as a scaring from physical trauma or sunburn may result in a similar appearance. This article will outline the key characteristics of the most common Drag...
commencing in early May. However, with the aid of artificial lighting, flowering can be induced as early as late March. The first batch of fruits then matures in early June and the fruiting period can last until the end of December, with July to October the most intensive fruiting period....
However, dragon fruit production and processing are still in a nascent stage of development and face issues around severe price fluctuations due to conditions such as: Figure 1. Dragon fruit trees blossoming (left) and fruiting (right) in June–July. Photos taken in 2016 in Binh Thuan province...
Most dragon fruits ripen within one month of flowering, although this timing can vary based on conditions in your area. EXPERT TIP Ed Kuoha Chef The ripe fruit will look plump and the petal leaves will be shriveled. When you hold it in your hand, there's going to be a firmness but...