I am a new member & I would like to know how I can start PITAYA FARMING in the Philippines. Can anyone help me as to where I can get the cuttings locally?...
I have a couple of pictures posted of my plant with fruit. Because I didn't have pictures of the blooms it seems that we incorrectly identified what I have as...
I wonder what is the most suitable soil for growing pitaya? Any comments, folks? For SS Wong of Malaysia: I notice from your picture that the soil of your...
Hello Dr. I learned some invaluable lessons after a year of growing Pitaya and using organics. 1. Never take organic fertilisers bought from shelves for ...
Hi Drman Maybe Compost Tea would give quicker results for you. Compost Teas can be manipulated more for anti-fungal or anti-bacterial foliar use. EM and IMO...
Dear Ariel: The flowering hypothesis of pitaya is very interesting, you mentioned. In past, I thought that the function of aerial root in pitaya was for...
Jack Goh writes: "I have not seen this 'fungi' problem in Vietnam. Their problem is mainly ants! and some 'spots' on the fruit. The spots is likely to be from...
Hi, I've finally got blooms on my "Pitaya?" It is the only one that I have seen that is pink. A neighbor has a very similar plant but the blooms are a blood...
Dear friend I agree with you that the pitayas are composed of many species and varieties and hybrids grown in many climates from strict tropical to cold...
Today I posted two of Sainarong's photos. One is a picture of his pitaya orchard in Thailand. The other, is of a top view of the pitaya trellis system he uses....
Hi Danyela! I was in Noumea last year and I saw two kinds of pitaya growing wild. You may be able to use the wild undatus that is already there. Do you live in...
Hi I'm in Mexico City I would like to know if its possible to grow pitayas in pots on the roof? [Sounds possible, but you may need to provide shade to keep...
This is in reply to Leonard Chew's email re pitaya farming in the Philipines. Kindly inform him to contact the Cavite Governor who has a plantation there or...
Dear Ariel Thanks for your response and answers. I thought that we could discuss the flowering mechanism of pitayas next time, while I had some ideas. Yi-Lu...
Dear all: Pitaya could produce around the year naturally in the Malaysia. I am very surprised to hear this information. In Taiwan, we hope to produce the...
Hello Leonard. I grow in Dumaguete and can let you have some cuttings. Zac Sarian, Editor, Agriculture Magazine, from Teresa has as many cuttings as you want....
Hello Graham, I started spraying FFJ to my Pitayas 4 weeks ago. The new flowers started coming in after about 2 weeks (spraying FFJ was done on alternate days...
Dear all: I saw the folder of photos in "members photo Drmanmd" today. The diseases of pitaya had found in some farms in Taiwan. According observed, I thought...
Dear Ariel: I had found this paper: "Effects of day-length, radiation, flower thinning and growth regulators on flowering of the vine cacti Hylocereus undatus...
Dear all: I have a friend came from Honduras. He told me a good message about new cultivar of pitaya. This pitaya have a very special morphology on the stem,...
Hello Graham, Thanks for the offer, but I am still studying the viability of Pitaya Farming in the Phils. By the way, what are the species available in your...
Hello Henry, Thanks for the info. By the way, do you have their phone contacts? Are you also doing Pitaya Farming in the Phils? In fact, I have written to Mr....
... Hi, We don't spray our plants and it is not seldome that we have up to 10 buts at 1 branch. We will see which flower opens first then we break away the...
I grow all my pitayas in 10 liter pots even partialy buried in the ground. A shade is a must and may be other practices which we do not know such as aerial...
