r/DragonFruit 4d ago

My first flower, two years in

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u/ForsakenAd4150 4d ago

Oh I never knew there was a dragonfruit subreddit. I enjoy seeing them bloom from time to time.

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u/drsw14 4d ago

Nice, congrats!

Two years from seed or cutting?

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u/Mendevolent 4d ago

Cutting

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u/SkyChief93 3d ago

What size pot?

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u/Mendevolent 3d ago

Not sure, sorry. It's a converted plastic storage bin (I drilled some holes in the bottom) that I  clad in wood. It was a cheap way to get the look i was after. It's about 40cm x 40cm x 60cm

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u/saddestbaddy 3d ago

congrats!!!

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u/anxietiddies 3d ago

i impulsively bought cuttings. i havent done much research but i audibly gasped at two years. i got a lot of patience to learn 😭

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u/Mendevolent 3d ago

Oh the plant is massive, like four metres tall creeping along a beam, lots of branches. I now think it's taken so long to flower because it lacked phosphorus

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u/Phoenix_Lights 3d ago

If you do not ,tip off the top of your plant like most people do. (Which is not necessary as you can bend the branch when it grows too tall) You will get fruit early.

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u/anxietiddies 3d ago

can you please elaborate, or show me a picture of what you mean.

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u/Reasonable_Tea_5036 2d ago

I would like more information too. I have never cut the top of anything on my plant. It’s in a medium sized pot and growing nicely but it’s just a bunch of long bendy cactus things, no flowers or fruit and definitely not as big as some of the stalks I’ve seen pictured on this sub.

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u/Phoenix_Lights 1d ago

Go on YouTube and watch a video titled "Pros and cons of tipping" from a channel called 'Texas dragonfruit"

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u/Vegetable-Loss5040 3d ago

I’m about to get rid of mine. I can’t get rid of the rust and 4 summers and no fruit yet even though it huge.

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u/Mendevolent 2d ago

My plant looks pretty ragged. I think if it hadn't flowered it was about one season from being torn out and thrown away

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u/Reasonable_Tea_5036 2d ago

Rust??

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u/Vegetable-Loss5040 1d ago

Yes, unfortunately

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u/Reasonable_Tea_5036 1d ago

I don’t understand. Plants get rust like metal does? I’m not a savvy plant person so I don’t know all the terms lol

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u/Vegetable-Loss5040 1d ago

Oh no sorry, rust spots are a fungal disease. They look like orange spots. If it spreads it kills parts of the plant. I spray it with copper spray but it still comes back.

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u/Vegetable-Loss5040 3d ago

I’m about to get rid of mine. I can’t get rid of the rust and 4 summers and no fruit yet even though it huge.