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I hope you feel better soon. I wonder if it has something to do with the weather? I'm glad you got some jade plants. I had one several years ago and named it after my mom. My dad mowed over it one day because I planted it out in the yard temporarily

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It could be the weather, I hope its just that.

I love jade :) but this is my first year actually having one of my own. I love how they can take on the look of a small tree without even being bonsai. I think that's why I wanted them :ha:

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I usually get headaches when the weather changes. I've seen alot of bonsai jade plants online. They are neat looking plants, and I love the leaves.

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I also love the leaves on them :) Very large compared to the plant and can come in different shades of colors.

I get headaches and sinus infections from weather changing. Allergies and sinus problems team up against us...

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I wanted to show a picture of my dragon fruit. Its 4 ft tall right now. My allergies were really bad this year, mainly because of the early warmth in spring.

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Has anyone heard from Sherry? Is she still on vacation?

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I think she might still be on vacation or something. I haven't heard anything from her.

I am going to be gone a couple days. I am going camping once again over the weekend,

I got a mysterious package from a name and address I didn't recognize today.... So I opened it in my bathroom and it was from Janan! :goteam: Thanks! :D

It contained a climbing aloe, some dragon fruit cuttings, some stinky flower cacti (carrion flower?), a little prince banana, and a un-named aloe looking succulent. Along with some seeds I will have to look at after I do my homework.

:woohoonaner::goteam::woohoonaner::goteam::woohoonaner:

:D Thanks! Did you want anything back in return?

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I hope you have fun on your camping trip. Wow that was so nice of Janan to do that for you. Her and Sherry are wonderful people.

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Yes, all of you guys on here are awesome people :) I could never ask for better friends.

The package also came with miracle fruit seeds, sunrise cactus seeds, spoon tomato seeds, and Cheriomoya seeds.

My only problem is where am I going to put a dragon fruit indoors..... I will just have to put it by my window, hope it gets enough sun there, and keep it trimmed up a little bit. :ha: I have always wanted one though, so I guess that saves me from buying one somewhere :)

Thanks again Janan! :woohoonaner:

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Wow those are some great plants. I'm going to have a little trouble bringing my dragon fruit indoors but luckily its not too big

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Do I just treat the dragon fruit like a cactus then? I am new to them and have no idea right now :ha:

Then once it starts growing could I keep it trimmed down without it being hurt by it or anything?

I am going to have to keep mine up on a shelf somewhere. My cats would get into it if it was on the floor.

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Dragon fruit is a jungle cactus that needs a little more moisture and richer soil than a regular cactus, but they still need well drained soil. You will also need something for it to climb on since it can grow several feet high. If you keep it trimmed you will never see flowers or fruit on it because dragon fruit has to be a certain height before it produces flowers. One vine can take up a lot of space. Once they start developing roots, they grow fairly quickly. Mine was a small cutting that I received in April and now its 4 feet tall. They need plenty of light indoors. I don't have experience growing them indoors yet, but this year will be a test. I have mine in a large pot growing on a PVC pipe. Also if you cut it down, it will branch out

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Sounds like this might be a bit of a challenge....

It probably could get about 3' maybe 4' and then it would hit the ceiling. And the top 6" wouldn't get any light if it reached the ceiling... And I don't have much room for it to spread out much.


How tall is the minimum to get flowers?

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I'm not sure how tall it has to actually be to flower but some sites said 5 feet or when the plant weighs 10lbs I think. It has bendable stems so maybe you could train it to grow outwards instead of up. That's what I'm going to have to do since mine reached the top of the PVC pipe.

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5 feet might be manageable... I will have to see what I can work out.

About how big of a pot would a plant that size need?

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I have mine in a fairly large container. I think most people grow theirs in 5-10 gallon containers. but they do have a shallow root system too so I think they need a pot that is more wide than tall. But right now you shouldn't need a big pot because it will hold too much moisture for the cutting. I kept mine in small pots for a while and now I transplanted them into a more permanent container. I think there is a thread on here for dragon fruit. Harvey C and Sunfish would know alot more than I do.

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Once I get back form camping I might jump into the dragon fruit thread you are talking about :)

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I've gotten a lot of help from Harvey. He grows several varieties. I hope you have lots of fun camping. I'm going to check the mail tomorrow to see if my plumeria seeds came

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Thanks :) I hope its a good camping trip also. :)

Hope these plumeria do a little better. And very nice seedling on plantswap.net :)

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Thanks Jordan. I'm going to check the mail later in the morning to see if they are in there. Have fun on your camping trip and take plenty of pictures