Hello to all of you there in your corner of the world: My pitaya plant is hanging under our loquat tree, already three years from the seed plant I started it...
Brad Hunter of Hawaii writes: "Still learning new stuff about Megalanthus". Ariel of Israel tells us that pitayas behave differently under different...
I took the liberty of editing Gray Martin's discussion on Apomixis for the less technically inclined of our group. I hope that I have not misrepresented his...
Gray Marin writes: Had this comment come from anyone but you I might have let it go, but your experience and authority on the Dragonfruit subject is possibly...
There are 2 types of apomixis, where the offspring comes similar to its mother from an embryo in the fruit My question is simple: how many seeds are in 1...
Dear Gary and Sainarong When we seed 1000 stable none hybridized megalanthus seeds, will we get 1000 different or similar fruits and growth patterns in its...
We are likely BORING everyone! But, it seems to me to be summarized simply: Ariel's "stable" varieties likely produce stable offspring (with or without...
Leticia, 1. Shade might be a problem, try trimming the overhead branches 2. For Fertilizer - get a fertilizer with high P and K (Normal fertlizers 5-5-5(N,P,K)...
Hi Sainarong, Actually we're been testing the Yellow Pitaya for about 5 years already but not in a very good location. Now, we have them in the right location...
I have no stable pitaya varieties. I grow all from seedlings or cuttings that I collect The variation throughout the year and from year to year is influenced...
Hi Brad, Thanks for your insights. Actually, we have been testing this Yellow Pitaya variety for the last 5 years now. The problem is we're been doing the said...
I am writing from memory so I may be wrong. It is a common misperception that clones of yellow pitaya (S. Megalanthus) are identical in everyway. Professor...
Hi Malvin So as far as production goes they say 10 tonnes per hectacre after ten years. I read it on a Colombian website. My oldest plant(stake which is 2...
Hi Brad, First of all the yellowing that turns to rotting of the stem flesh (not hard vascular tissue) are mostly observed on the bottom part of the plants....
Dear Sainarong Yellow pitaya is a definition of what? It is so difficult to group pitayas because of cross breeding in past centuries We did not "invent" the...
I sent this e-mail to Pitayafruit two years ago. As we have many new subscribers since then, I am re-sending this interesting e-mail. All the varieties...
Ariel, Are suggesting that Pitaya hybridizers use Opuntia 'Luther Burbank' as grafting stock for new seedlings? I would urge in my strongest terms against...
Clones will always respond like the mother plants they come from. If the Mother plants were high productive, is espected to have high productive clones. Best...
I never proposed here the Opuntia as a rootstock for pitayas, because I am using a pitaya related species which is hardier I brought Michurin and Burbank as an...
Dear All, I have been reading and learning a lot from this forum. Thanks for educating guys like me. Perhaps it may be possible to clean virus infestation of ...
It seems to me that Surround would be something to protect pitaya plants from damage from excess sun. Has it been tried? With what effect? It is approved for...
Our professional growers here in Australia say their best fruit come from plants that are under shadecloth or partly shaded. Sheryl [Partly shaded plants will...
My experience with various fruit trees convinces me that good orchard managemen prevents the spread of most, but not all, diseases. Good management is fairly...
