sunfish

Harvey can answer this better then me.The plant will fruit at 5' ,you can keep it pruned .10gal. pot is plenty big

You will need to bring it outside in spring for it to get fruit.

jreidsma

Ok, thanks

So about 5' and it needs to be in a 10 gallon pot.

I will need to wrap it around something to keep it shorter. Maybe a round basket shape or something? Then I could make the plant form a circle kind of and if wouldn't get too tall.

The ten gallon pot might be a problem.... That's a little huge for a houseplant on a shelf I will have to see what pots I can find

Would I be able to have both plants in a 10 gallon pot?

Would it even flower indoors? I was planning on hand pollinating them at night when they flowered.

Sorry for so many question, I wasn't expecting to ever have one because of how big they are. So I never did any research for them. They are pretty cool plants though

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sunfish

If you can't use a 10 gal. use a 5 gal. They need very little soil.Your better off with a heavy stake as a support,4x4,2x4,steel pipe .Let it grow up rather than down.

harveyc

Jordan, the pitaya won't get large enough if you are trying to grow them on a shelf unless you allow them to climb up walls, etc. They also might not get enough light as an indoor plant to fruit. While they can grow with very little light, they usually don't fruit. In natural conditions they will sometimes climb up tall trees but fruit will usually only be present where growth reaches the outside of the tree's canopy. I've seen H. guatemalanisis plants grown under 15% shade cloth which produced much fewer fruit than neighboring portions of plants receiving full sun (even though those had sunburn). American Beauty is a H. guatemalanesis (or maybe a hybrid). Guyute isn't one I'm familiar with.

In general, a pitaya needs to have about 12 or so pounds of plant mass before it will fruit (though I have an 8-S much smaller than that with a fruit). 8-S produces small fruits but in large quantities and over a longer season than most other varieties so it might be a good option for extreme zone pushers.

Good luck!

Another option might be to grow it as a staked plant indoors during cold weather and move it ourdoors once the risk of frost has passed.

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sunfish

Someone likes Fragon Fruit

harveyc

Ouch. You have tree rats? Glad they aren't a problem here.

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sunfish

There are rats around,but I'm thinking Raven.

Harvey have you learned of an easy way to process the DF seed ?

harveyc

The only processing I've done of dragon fruit is eat them! But I saw Edgar or someone who cut think slices of dragon fruit flesh and laid the slices on something like wax paper so that they would dry out and the seeds were then easily separated.

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sunfish

Thanks.That will work.Guess I better start to harvest my fruit before it all gets eaten

Dalmatiansoap

Thats bad, nice fruit is wasted

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sunfish

That's alright I have more. 1lb.12oz.

oakshadows

That must be from a large older plant. We have somewhat of a wait since our plants are just about 1/2" tall. Very pretty fruit.

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sunfish

3 year old plant.You can tell I have better DF weather than Pineapple weather

jreidsma

I was going to have a lamp by it and the window by it. It would be the same strength lamp I use with my cacti and all my other plants. As long as I have the plug in

After I would find one and measure everything, I was going to (hopefully) have it in a five gallon pot apiece. And then have a PVC pipe or something big enough for them to climb on.

My ceiling only would go to about 3'-4' not including the pot's height. So I would need something that would spiral a bit. Maybe like a safer tomato cage? Then the dragon fruit would spiral around it instead of going straight up like normal. So then it could really get bigger then the three feet, without getting too tall.

If this doesn't sound like it would work then I might just have to keep them smaller. My mom doesn't want me having anymore bigger plants outside as our yard is tiny.

And I don't think climbing up my walls is a option either It would be cool though....

Nice plants and fruit everyone Sunfish, that one is huge

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oakshadows

Enjoy your project and when you get the results you will know what will work for you. I do a lot of things that may or may not work but it is the enjoyment of doing them that make any sense out of it. If you don't try, you will never know. Good luck

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sunfish

Small Pineapple.

If you can let it climb 3' and then hang down 3' that may work

jreidsma

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sunfish

Something is eating them faster than I can harvest them

oakshadows

That's a shame, just when they get ripe. I had a similar problem with a large garden. Can the fruit be taken off the plant just before ripe and ripen on a shelf?

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I am not sure if it will ripen off the plant but I have no choice.I'll set a couple rat traps tonight see what happens.I've seen some roof rats around ,their huge not sure if a trap will kill them.