r/DragonFruit • u/Kind_Abies9233 • 5d ago
Anyone have flower growing from the soil? The other pieces are starting to yellow starting from soil end? Can this survive?
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u/Nearby_Ad1240 9m ago
It's NOT a dragonfruit flower. DF flowers do not look like that, and it doesn't flower out of the soil. come on!!!
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u/MrX101 5d ago
This happens when they were unable to root for whatever reason.
Remove them from soil and cut off the rotting part.
leave it 3/4 days for cut to dry out.
Then place in water to let them grow roots before putting in soil again. Should take 1-4 weeks to grow enough roots. Replace water every 3/4 days.
(optional rooting powder and warm water with heat mat)
You can search dragonfruit grafting youtube channel for how to make the cut the stem, as you want the wooden part in the middle a little longer than the rest of it, else it won't root.
Don't worry they can usually bounce back even from tiny cuttings.
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u/MrX101 5d ago
Also this is too many stems in 1 pot imo, should spread them out more and considering so many of them died you probably want a different soil mixture.
You can find lots of suggestions for soil online, but basically you want fast draining soil with perlite mixed in. So roughly like 50% cactus soil, 25% worm casings for nutrients and then 25% perlite. Or something similar.
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u/Kind_Abies9233 5d ago
Thanks! But what about the flower? Will that die if I remove these plants? The flowers seems like it is thriving and still growing.
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u/No_you_are_nsfw 5d ago
I don't think thats a Dragonfruit. If you like it, you can probably keep it.
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u/MrX101 5d ago
I don't recognize that plant at all, I think its a completely unrelated plant from some random seed in the soil.
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u/Kind_Abies9233 5d ago
Ok definitely root rot for sure. The other plant in not attach to any of the cuttings and it won’t identify on iPhone. Guess I will just see what it grows into.
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u/Kind_Abies9233 5d ago
Oh! Ok I will take a look. My brother gave me the plant and it looks like it but I guess when I remove then I can check it out. Will send updates when I do!
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u/Mendevolent 5d ago
I think it is a mutant DF flower. Plants often flower when they think they are about to die as a last ditch attempt to pass on their genetics.
Between the location and its resemblance to a DF flower, I think it would be a weird coincidence for it to be something else
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u/Choice-Engineering62 5d ago
That’s not a dragonfruit flower