I have been having a hard time finding out what has been biting the new leaves of my Pitayas. It is even eating the spines. I have seen crickets and...
Rommelbalingit, My Observations (without prejudice) The stem is actually been bitten/eaten by insects & mites. You will notice in plants tiny round spots (+- 1...
Dr. Alberto, Using copper sulphate or other fungicide like Mancozeb provides a protective layer for preventing the future onset and transmission of the fungus...
Hi Guys etc. I would go very easy on the Systemics. They frighten the hell out of me. In my third world country nobody gives a damn yet but the old ways of...
rctrop66, You must sit and observe the plants, early morning, noon, evening and night. Get a hand held lense and light. I am sure you will find the guys who...
Graham and Guys, Please fill up his table and email it back to me. Please feel free to add any other information or columns you feel is important/pertinent to...
Hi Ariel, Mine are in pots also which I use as little raised beds since my outer property has slow drainage. I've received enough varieties now that I'm going...
Dear Gary I use metal water pipes that people throw away for the 1 wire support Lots of flowering I took photos and in a few days will post here I was eating...
What size of PVC are you using for this? How are they arranged to form the bed walls? I like to stack two 4 x 6 timbers to get a 12" tall bed - it's much...
I've just planted 4 cuttings beside my house. The soil is the red type. Is this type of soil suitable or do I need to use the black soil? As I've just planted...
Hello, The soil is irrelevant. We can grow in sand or newspaper if we want. The plant wants lots of root air, so a loose soil is better. The plant wants 100%...
Pardon the late reply, but I have been gone for 1 1/2 weeks and am slowly trying to catch up. In Louisiana this year I had about 3 cycles of bloom, with the...
Hello everyone!! I am just curious whether I am at par with yellow pitaya growers here. What is the expected weight of yellow pitaya? How many days would be...
Leo, I don't see the Excel document "Pitaya Worldwide Mapping" posted in the files section. Richard Belize [It has been superceded by a text form and is still...
Everybody here in Israel knows the Pitaya as the Queen of the night, and have it their garden for the flower. We are quite new to the Pitaya as a fruit. Should...
If loose soil is a prerequisite then I guess the red soil is not that suitable. Red soils are very compact and hard. I guess I've to add in the black soil too....
Hi, No Problem, they are very close cousins and I have never had any problems. Graham To: PitayaFruit@yahoogroups.com From: adrian_tc@... Date: Wed, 10...
How much fruit can a grown pitaya produce? [That depends on where it's grown, what kind of pitaya, and the fertilizer used. I expect that pitaya researchers in...
Hi Chris, I was at a Trader Joe's in Rosemead, CA over the weekend and they seemed fully stocked with the dried Dragon Fruit. Possibly, they're carrying them...
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:53:38 +0800 (CST) From: Benjamin Quek <bqxz2@...> Thanks for this group, I recently managed to get some yellow pitayas which...
Hi all These are 3 red skin pitaya selections at my farm One type: large fruiting white fleshed Second type, rounded purple flesh, slightly acidic, highly ...
Dear Chris Did you try to drink diluted gel of Prickly Pear cladodes, blended in a blender with some stevia for your diabetes? your friend Ariel [Chris, try a...
Hi friends I am not writing this email for my own interests as I do not grow yellow pitayas (megalanthus), but I do it for the interests of all here, as they...
I've gone through the old threads and I did see that there are names for the parts which the expert members have come to agree upon. As a newbie, it is a bit...
