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Old 06-06-2014, 06:07 PM   #764 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by merce3 View Post
i have mostly reds (phoenix red, houghton, bloody mary, maria rosa, american beauty, hailey's comet, physical graffiti) and have a killer idea for a trellis in a pot. i want to grow four different varieties in each pot and try to keep them distinguished from one another.
Mostly what you have are named selections of H. undatus X polyrhizos -- with the exception of American Beauty.

A selection of H. ocamponis that is more productive: now that would be killer.

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... i'm not sure if yours are self-pollinating, but i would hand pollinate at night. it's supposed to give you bigger fruit with diminishing returns after 12 and 24 hours.
Hand pollination will help with pollination when no other pollinator is present. But the idea that it will give you bigger Dragon Fruit - that is unfounded gossip.
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Last edited by Richard : 06-06-2014 at 06:13 PM. Reason: hand pollination
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