oakshadows

This might sound a little iffy but we have killed over 25 in the last month. They are everywhere. Them and the caterpillars and the squirrels. I might have got ahead of them. It has been good weather for the critters and they took advantage of it. Get on those rats fast as they can multiply rapidly. Good luck.

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Want Them All

As an alternative to picking them early, can you wrap each fruit in something?

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sunfish

Good Idea but I'm getting lazy.As long as I get a few I'm good

oakshadows

Not sure what would keep a rat from getting to the fruit. In Key West the rats ruined all of the papaya fruit most of the time and the neighbors really got ticked if you grew it. I'm past getting lazy, now just exhausted.

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sunfish

If I'm not feeling lazy maybe I'll sneak out tonight and see if I can get a pic of whatever it is. I'll post it in Shot In The Dark

Dalmatiansoap

No need for that, just leave them a camera, nowdays they are smart enough to use it themself

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sunfish

They'd probably take the memory card with them.

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harveyc

Looks good, Tony. How's the taste? Does it seem as sweet as you'd like? Don't let your passionfruit influence your answer!

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sunfish

This fruit is not fully ripe.For some reason it started splitting while the skin was still green.May have been that week of hot weather we had. it was not real sweet like last year.

harveyc

I was disappointed with Physical Graffiti at the pitaya festival in late August but someone told me that their later fruits tasted better than their early fruits. I think it will be a few weeks for mine to be ripe as they are developing slowly and days are getting shorter.

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sunfish

None are as sweet as the Passion Fruit

The last white DF I picked was 1lb. 15oz.

oakshadows

Are you sure it wasn't a "dinosour fruit"? Hope you get ahead of those rats as we are pulling our hair.

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sunfish

I put a rat trap up on the trellis.The trap was tripped but I didn't get whatever it was.Reset the trap and it has not been touched.I think if nothing else the trap has them scared. I hope

ago58

Hello everyone,

I just joined this site.
I have a plant, Pitaya,
self-fertilizer,
obtained from seed,
about 11 years ago.
From 3 years bears fruit regularly,
with an average of 10-12 fruits per year.
I wanted to ask to stimulate flowering,
particular methods used?







Agostino(Ago)

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sunfish

We need Harvey to answer that one.

harveyc

I've heard that sometimes pruning a long stem will induce flower buds. Also, more sunlight greatly increases flowering although many varieties (especially H. guatemalanesis) will sunburn in full sunlight, so it's a fine balance. I saw the Guatemalan pitaya grown under 15% shade cloth (very limited shading) and sunburn was eliminated but the plants with portions extending beyond the border of the shade had about 50% more flowers.

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harveyc

My car mechanic came by and delayed my answer which was started before Tony posted. Kinda scary.

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oakshadows

Ago, We have just started to try this as a supplement to increase fruit production, Sulfate of potash. Google it to see if it is something that might be of interest to you. We have just started to grow dragon fruit and hope to be successful. Starting from seed will take some time but we were unable to find any cuttings locally. Also hope it will aid the other fruit crops to increase the production. Please be sure to update any findings so all can enjoy the knowledge. Thanks

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