There are some things we do in life that allow us to go to bed with a bursting joyful heart... and for many years my work with grafting fruit trees provided me...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the PitayaFruit group. File : /Flowering...
Leo, there is still lots of discussion going on about flowering. Please add this to my file on flowering and photoperiod. [It has been added to Files under...
... See: <http://www.tbg.org.tw/tbgweb/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=50&topic=4659#12> I went there and saw only one finished and growing graft, but with no in...
Remember that the pitaya that grow in the wild, are in the trees, and do not reach the soil. I too have planted mine around posts, the posts set in the ground,...
Gray!!If you come to Kona please call me and I'll take you fishing.(maybe you're landlubber..in that case I can at least show you the best snorkel spots and...
I will reply to Brad on the open forum because the information is generic and valuable... If one seeks to hybridize varieties to "improve" new cultivars it is...
Thanks Gray! I attempted crossing megalanthus with Frankie's Orange(both self fertile) and did pretty much what you said ...cut away the stamens in the early...
I saw 7 photos and have attached two to show details on grafting. -Richard [Attached photos to email to this group are stripped off. For any of us to see them,...
Hello Gary, I agree with you in that in terms of return on investment, grafting yellow graft fruit still cannot make it commercially feasible, especially...
Hello Leo, Thanks for the feedback. I could see the photos in steps but I guess the slow speed from the site might be the reason you only saw one picture. You...
I'm glad you could follow my description... The alcohol is a breeding tool for me to sterilize the previous pollen... So I use two brushes and alternate them...
Hi, Those were good photos of a graft. Question--- In tree grafting we hardly ever use a straight across cut because it is so difficult to line up the plumbing...
Hello, I have never grafted a Pitaya in my life but I offer the following and hope those who know better will point out my errors. a) Through the centre of the...
By the way, in practice it seems that even if the plumbing pipes of the scion and rootstock of pitaya are not aligned perfectly, and even miss each other, the...
The Selene in Selenicereus means moon. It is sometimes called a night-blooming cereus. Someone on this list wrote that dragonfruit tends to bloom on the nights...
Hello Graham, You are right now traditionally V cut or even double L cut are used to graft dragon fruit. Meanwhile, as the stem of dragon fruit is thick,...
Gray Thanks for the info. I probably did not dissect the megalanthus flower early enough. They tend to open at 2:00 pm over here. By mutant I mean that out of...
While I am very happy to see a plethora of e-mails on pitayas from my esteemed friends, I am, at the same time, frustrated that I am so preoccupied that I do...
Oh my Brad! This is a very very sensitive species! Too hot it burns.. Too cold it freezes. Apparently too moist and it rots! MY BIGGEST problem is missing the...
FYI, I received this from an Ag Commissioner's office today. I don't know what "designated phytosanitary meassures" include. Harvey Subject: pest risk analyses...
Reply to Leo's feedback in the original article, while you probably have known this already. Manny advised me that Arizona Purples does not have thorns on the...
Dear Members and Pitahaya/DragonFruit lovers, Actually I have not written too many articles or comments lately. But I always look forward to the posts...
Hi all, I followed the link and all the photo's showed up for me. You are right that the ones actually showing the flat graft in progress were helpful. I never...
Hi Leo, The guaje is a kind of acacia tree. Only the quaje has edible beans. The tree is called Leucaena. (Leucaena esculenta) It is called a miracle tree...
Hi Maruja here in Belize, a pitaya grower and a leucaena grower. I think you have the wrong subspecies. It is *Leucaena* *leucocephala.* Attached is a recent...
There has frequently been mention of Paul Thomson's contribution to the growing of pitahaya/pitaya/dragon fruit in California but information about his work is...
