Hi Emily, My favorite red fleshed varieties are 1S, 5S and G1. The texture and flavor seem slightly better than the others. These are all spineless fruit. ...
I'm not sure I would want to extend the season for fruit later in the season. I have harvested fruit this month (December, 2002) and note that the fruit is...
Dear Leo and Sainarong; In my farm we do not use the chemical fertilizer. However we user the mixed of organic. I will supply a list of the way we use it. We...
Dear Leo; ... Reply: Most of my red-fleshed are self-fertile - no hand-pollination needed. We have started to eliminate the hand-pollination plants for big...
Has anyone used decomposed granite (DG) as a potting medium? Apparently it works wonders for plumeria. You can plant the plumeria in DG w/o adding anything....
What's the coldest temps that pitaya can withstand? Detrick [Paul Thomson discusses the effects of cold temperatures at his home in Bonsall, CA in his booklet...
Hello to all the cactus fruit lovers out there! My name is Avi and I am living in South Florida. My first experience with edible cactus fruit was the delicious...
Seedings do take longer to begin to bear fruit. At my farm, my seedings are about 2 years old and still have not begun to bear. However a cutting can give...
Dear Joe, How do you get your pitaya to fruit during the rainy season (November to January)? Where is/are your farm(s)? I am the only commercial grower in my...
Dear Alex; There are three factors that affect pitaya fruiting. (1) Your location - climate. In my experience the white-flesh pitaya at my farm bear much less...
Dear Joe, Many thanks for your reply. Yes, I agree with the 3 factors you mentioned do exert influence in fruiting. 1) Location & climate. The white ...
I need advice from an experienced farmer from Malaysia or Thailand to share their information on planting the pitaya in Malaysia or Thailand environment or...
Encik Ahmad, You may write to the following email addresss for further discussion: mailto:prestime@... The latest species of red pitaya and planting ...
Dear Ahmad, Mr. Tian Hin; My name is Joe Lee. I am a pitaya farmer in Malaysia. I am in Johor, and hope you can pay a visit to my farms before you start your...
Hope all of you had a nice holiday. We're off to a great start with a wonderful aricle on Pitaya growing in the U.S., written by David Karp. Check it out in...
... From: Alex Litton [mailto:alitton@...] Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:28 PM To: info@... Subject: Re: How To Get Pitaya To Fruit In...
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Jan 7, 2003 5:11 am
Hi Sven Thanks for the input. I talked to somebody over at Pine Island Nursery this morning in Homestead, Florida. They said they had Pitahaya in 2 gallon ...
Aside from receiving the great CRFG magazine with your subscription, you can also then make use of their seed bank to obtain rare fruit/nut material for...
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Jan 7, 2003 2:43 pm
YELLOW PITAHAYA USA sources, cuttings! Found a Spanish website out of Colombia for Pitayaha export statistics. The price this past year, was about $8.25 USA...
Subject: Supplier for the Red-Fleshed Pitaya Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:24:47 -0000 From: "Fara" <farazahri@...> Hi to all pitaya farmers, I'm...
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I would prefer the yellow pitahaya as it has the reputation of having the best taste? I am posting your e-mail address on Pitahaya fruit website listserve for ...
... For most synthetic fertilizers this is true. Many synthetic sources of N (and possibly P) tend to be "fast acting" and quite harsh. As a result ...
I just received this letter complaining about Yahoo as host for this newsgroup. I also get very annoyed at the excessive commercials when negotiating around in...
