Bernice Do you have a list of farms? Sheryl Sub-Tropical Fruit Club of Qld. _____ From: PitayaFruit@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PitayaFruit@yahoogroups.com] On...
Guys The Pitaya Stems are wonderful delicacies There is WORLD CLASS AUTHORITY on this subject He has made various dishes and menus with this Pitaya Stems that ...
Has anyone tried using a desert-native columnar cactus like a Stenocereus or even a Pachycereus as a rootstock for Hylocereus to help it handle the conditions...
... Mine do not taste good. Bitter, sticky, crunchy, and weird. Might be better cooked, but I doubt it. It also might vary with the particular plant. This...
Hi I can put together a list if you would like. If you know of any I would like to send an them a letter about the dragon fruit festival in March 2009 at...
I have a few questions if anyone has some answers. 1) I have a pitaya from a cutting called 'Giant Viet' which is a real fat plant which produces a big...
Hi! Bernice This is Edita of REFMAD FARMS in the Philippines, We do grow Dragon Cactus to, We have red and white varieties, They are in full bloom with flowers...
Thanks for the response Leo, I should have learned which flower part was which before I did it. But, before I did that, I did use a paintbrush and wiggled it...
To all of you who helped with suggestions about the planting and care of my "pet Pitaya": I just returned from a month away to find my red fleshed pitaya has 5...
I am growing six varieties of pitaya in my home garden in coastal southern California. I grew all six varieties from cuttings. The plants are for the most...
I have couple dozen flowers ready to be hand pollinated but they are all from one plant. No other plant is flowering Can I get some pollen from someone? I live...
Does anyone know if Paul's 9-S variety can be self pollinated? I tried one flower with H. polyrhizus pollen which most likely was too old (2 weeks in the...
Hi Leo, I thought I had read that 7-S and 8-S were crosses from 'Houghton' x 'Rixford'? Unfortunately, I don't have 7-S nor 8-S. Norm [You are right, Norm. I...
I have never had any fruit set on 9-s unless it was cross- pollinated, usually by 3-s, then it almost always sets fruit. Allen Baton Rouge, LA [That's...
Leo, I got 3-S and 9-S at the same time and they are planted next to each other. Most of the time I pollinate them reciprocally and it works fine in either...
My orchard is in the subtropical part of Thailand. I have about 10 varieties from the USA - including 9-S - and about 30 other varieties. Most of my varieties...
I want to plant Pitaya but I read that if planted the seed I would wait 7 yrs to have fruits, and that the best way to plant is from stem segments of 6 to 15...
Anyone know where to get cuttings in So CA? I bought my big plant at I think Upland Nursery but it doesn't have any info about what variety it is. If I am...
Patti Worley writes: Also, my plant started out with 5 buds, but only 3 have grown and the other 2 fell off. Any suggestions about what causes them not to...
I would like to visit a person growing Pitaya plants around here or any place in FL or SE Georgia. Also I would like to know about other alternative to get...
Hi, I am not sure flower drop is related to fertilizer or plant nutrition. The plant usually makes its decision to flower and fruit only when it has enough...
Flowers fell off because they were not fertilized by pollen, and the female flower did not bear a fruit. ... De: pat worley <patticardinal@...> Asunto:...
There were more blooming pitaya flowers last night than I've seen this year. Also, the H. undatus are just now coming into bloom. Before now, they were all...
I apologize for not properly conveying my message. What I was trying to say is that I cannot give Patti a definite answer without actually seeing her pitaya...
I'm in Oceanside, CA, about 4 miles inland and my 5-year-old Viet Nam white from Leo opened 11 blooms last night. The blooms seem larger this year...13-inches...
Graham Reinders writes: " It has been an unusual weather pattern this year, Late short dry season, abnormal rain and unusual cool periods". Sainarong writes: "...
