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Old 05-28-2016, 11:31 AM   #130 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sputinc7 View Post
Thanks. I have only tasted a couple whites as that is all they had at the store near us, at $5.99 / lb, so we didn't get too many. Like others said, they were ok, but not really with flavor, just sweet nothing, except one bite I got from the center of the first one... It was good. Hope the price comes down and they get some reds later in t he year. Maybe a whole one that tastes like that one bite did.
Since the dragon fruit around you are just starting to flower, in about a month google search "Dragon Fruit Farm Merritt Island", contact her and see if she has fruit available, much cheaper than getting them from Thrifty, Jason's Best or Downtown Produce, and better tasting to (I think she mostly grows Natural Mystic type, those are the ones she let me taste at work last year).
I have one "new to me" type that I am monitoring, blooming for the first time this year, 6 flowers so far and looks like they will be 6 fruits, didn't give them any help with the pollination. One was from a few weeks about so I feel good about it holding, the other 5 were last week or so and look good so far like they are going to hold. Any flowers on it this year are own their own to see if it pollinates on it's own.

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