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Old 03-03-2011, 09:22 PM   #309 (permalink)
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Default Re: Dragon Fruit

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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
With regard to Yellow Dragon Fruit:



It is more tropical than the others, so here in southern CA it takes 9 months instead of the 9 weeks in the tropics. Compare that to the red or white species that ripen here in about 45 days.



The fresh ones that are ripened in Ecuador and then flown in are excellent, but the ones grown here that I've tasted have been marginal. However, the people growing them already knew that, but nothing was going to stop them in their fruit craziness from trying to grow it
Lots of plants only have one crop a year.What difference does it make how long the fruit takes to ripen.
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