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Down the street

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Goodbye Dragon Fruit

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I just bought some dragon fruit from the store last week. It tasted very good! I really think they are so unique, and the flavor is very similar to kiwi.

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:bananas_b

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I'm thinking about planting some next season. Does dragonfruit do well in containers? If so, can it still produce good fruit in containers? Should I plant it in the ground or in a container given I have limited space?

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Either way works:nanadrink:

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Does this look like a good spot for dragon fruit? It's a planter about 10 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. The wall behind it is facing northwest. Would I be able to get away with planting dragon fruit here, and if so, how many individual plants would be able to fit here?

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Yes, that looks good, as long as you don't mind some thorny branches branching out a little ways into the patio area. They may come out about 4 feet from the center of your planter. Some varieties sunburn more easily than others and it would be best if you built a shade structure (i.e., pergola) over them but some can take full sun okay. I think you probably could fit 3 plants in their nicely.

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Thanks. Do you think it would be necessary to put up a trellis? My dad is against it because he says it wouldn't look good there. Maybe a shorter one?

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You need to provide it with a post to grow up on and it would be good if that post had some cross-arms of some type at the top to support growth as they arch out away.

If you're able to design a nice-looking pergola, your dad may go for it. Take a look at this one Hayward Dragon fruit..

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I'll see what I can do. I'm not planning on getting them until next spring anyways.

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Man, thats totally awesome!

Why did you kill off your dragon fruit?
I dont have to every worry about having to kill mine, as they die every winter. LoL

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Just making room for more passion vines. I also have 6 or seven more varieties of DF I've never planted in ground for lack of room. Just to many plants not enough land

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Did you keep some of them? Can't you build a high pergola over your driveway for more PF or DF?

We had heavy frost last night so I started pruning my DF at 10:30pm. I also picked my last two fruits which had been ripe for a while already. One Condor and one Physical Graffiti.

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I still have some df.I'll keep two varieties.Any extra space I'll plant Passion vines. :woohoonaner:

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You sure are passionate about passion fruit.

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This weekend I provided about a 1/2 acres worth of H. guatemalensis plants (aka American Beauty) to a north county farmer. He sells to independent outlets and farmers markets. I expect in 1.5 years he will have an enviable harvest.

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I like growing them because I can see actually see something happening ,new growth,flowers fruit. Not much to see going on with a cactus. :ha:

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But pitaya are much easier to control and, IMO, the flowers are much more impressive than passionfruit. I can smell pitaya flowers for 30' or more away (which is a good thing).

I have 34 varieties at this point so I'm about as crazy about pitaya as you are with passionfruit.

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Yes the Df have nice flowers at night for a couple weeks.The rest of the year not much to see.Passiflora incense I can smell from 31' maybe 32' away.:lurk: