Dragon Fruit Care: Pruning, Fertilizing, & Disease 🐉

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It's been 1.5 years since I set up my dragon fruit alley here at the Epic Homestead, and they've grown in well...but I need to prune them back and assess their health to make sure they keep producing for years to come.
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00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Pruning
02:31 - Disease
05:03 - Fertilizing
06:30 - Conclusion
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@renata3559 Год назад

Last year i sowed a bunch of supermarket dragonfruit seeds. On try 2 i ended up with 9 plants. They have been in and out the house to keep them away from the cold. They are now an average of 10cm tall. Cant wait for them to get that big. 4 more years to go as I heard.

@brandoncomeau130 Год назад

Itll be a couple yers from what ive read bit the wait is worth it ive also read , the feeling of accomplishment and pride would be the main goal for me, a milestone in anyones gardening i would think ,or at least for me it would be Congrats on your 2 dragonfruit because just getting one to fruit at all is an accomplishment on its own from what i understand God bless ❤️🤙🏽

@fernandezfarm Год назад

Not necessarily…. I grew Dragon Fruits Plants from Yellow Dragon Fruit seeds from a store bought fruit 2 years ago and now I’m getting the first flowers!!! I’ll be doing a video on it soon.

@brandoncomeau130 Год назад

@@fernandezfarm any secrets u wanna share than?💁🏽‍♂️ cuz i know some of us have struggled profusely at it😔

@fernandezfarm Год назад

@@brandoncomeau130 My tips for Dragon Fruit: Good Soil (Fox Farm and/or Miracle Grow potting mix), lots of sunlight, a good support or trellis, and tropical climate (I’m in Zone 10B). Dragon Fruit trees are basically tropical cactus. I have videos on how I grew them from seeds using recycled plastic containers and how they’ve been growing since. I will do a video of them specifically soon once the flower opens.

@abacada4720 Год назад

Like you I started last year with two different varieties. From my experience two factors are detrimental for growth: variety and sun exposure. I have seeds from yellow white flesh and red white flesh fruits. I have 4 yellow dragons which are >50cm, while my tallest red ones are ~20cm. Since I grow them in two pots only, I have plants which grow in the shadow of taller ones. These exhibit very slow growth. Also, my climat zone is somewhere between 6b-7b, so I have to have my plants in house in winter with ~20°C room temperature.

@aussiecountry9320 Год назад

I was half expect Jacque to show up in a dragon costume and Kevin would be taming the beast (ie. dragon Jaqcue magical ruler of dragon alley) by pruning and caring for the dragon fruit 🤣

@gaywizard2000 Год назад

I'd like to see that!

@45valk Год назад

😳😂😂😂👍

@shamrockgirl804 Год назад

I’m growing dragon fruit in Texas Zone 8b. They’re still in the greenhouses in late March, but they’re due for pruning! I find it fun, and it’s necessary for the plants’ growth! 😊🌵✂️

@tabrown5226 Год назад

I’m doing the same here in Temple

@KortneyCRNA Год назад

Have a great plant here in Houston, just having a hard time figuring out what to prune

@PlatinumVanguard Год назад

@@KortneyCRNA How hard is it to get through the random freezes we get during the winter months?

@snooziezk387 9 месяцев назад

Update?

@NorthToSouthChannel Год назад

I'll probably not grow dragon fruit myself, but man it is so fascinating to watch!!

@Darkshizumaru Год назад

I grow tiny seedlings myself. Since I live in the south its not crazy for me to grow them. I'm just starting from seed so it'll take longer to get to this point. I look at them as just the same as any cactus house plant for the time being, fruit is obviously ten years from now, but I just love how they look and grow.

@simplysimple7628 Год назад

Here in Hawaii, we are so fortunate that we can grow such uniquely tropical plants. I literally have 30 trellises with dragonfruit constantly giving. So much so, that I give alot away to close friends and family and whatever we don’t want to eat, I trade them with our local farmers market or sell it to them and make a few bucks. Pretty cool stuff.

@NorthToSouthChannel Год назад

@@simplysimple7628 Wow!! that is so incredible. If I ever make it out to Hawaii I will have to try some dragon fruit there (along with literally alllll the other delicious foods).

@X360DevNerd Год назад

My great aunt passed away and were cleaning her house and i found she has a bout a 50 foot dragon fruit plant growing along the back of her house she trelised against the trim of the house. i took about 15 cuttings with me im going to root :)

@gorgonthedragon5017 7 месяцев назад

I can't thank you enough. My dragonfruit has been neglected to long (10 years!!!) due to stuff out of my control. knowing how easy it will to cut it back so I can move it to bigger pots and make it manageable is incredibly reassuring.

@marthaguizar1354 Год назад

Thanks for keeping us updated . I received cuttings a couple of months after you posted a video on dragon fruit and have been following your advice e and your journey.

@SpicyMoustache Год назад

I can’t wait to grow my own dragon fruit bro!

@FatherRoach Год назад

Me to

@epicgardening Год назад

Once you get that land!

@phoenixjonez 6 месяцев назад

Man...thank you bro. Just thank you. Beginning dragon fruit grower and this is informative as hell. Appreciate you, fam! 🙏🏾💯💪🏾

@way-cute Год назад

This is a really fun video. I'd love to see one for permanent plants you'd put in- perhaps considering zones that might have a frost. We have blackberries, and they come back every year, produce well, and are totally worth their permanent place in our small yard. I tried to grow Dragonfruit a few years ago, and we just weren't quite in the right zone for it. It lasted a couple years but never grew well. Now I'm in a questionable zone again- technically zone 9, we do get some frost which is manageable, but we get a lot of really hot days, 100-120 degrees, and I'm not sure what can withstand our awful temperatures.

@Darkshizumaru Год назад

I've been growing some baby Ecuador variety from seed, they are tiny little things but have been slowly getting thicker over time. It's going to be a VERY long time before I have to worry about trimming anything off, but thank you for sharing. My little seedlings are about a year and a a half now, I don't expect them to get too big for at least a few more years. It's been really confidence building growing avocados and dragon fruit from seed when I was sure my thumb was far from green.

@dirkjanrulez23 Год назад

I found a website to order cuttings!!!! I will be joining the crew this year! Hope they will do well inside my house

@bethb8276 Год назад

I'm really new to growing my own Dragonfruit, I have been learning a lot from you! Thanks!

@thomaswolf6507 Год назад

I started some from the grocery store (insane germination rate/success) and it's at about 4" and growing new sections. Not a practical thing to grow in Wisconsin, but, I'm crazy enough to put a giant cactus in the corner of my indoor grow area...

@immyownperson1375 Месяц назад

Those plants are something. Have one at home that mother just put there years ago. Always thought it was just some hanging long thing on our wall til it produced flowers then fruits😂

@Wingedshadowwolf Год назад

I'm in a cold area so I've got mine indoors. Unfortunately, my cats decided to use the pot as a litter box! Right now it looks like just 1 of them was negatively affected.

@Alison2436 Год назад

Now you have the epic homestead where you have so much more food you grow I'd love to see you, and maybe Jacques get in on it too, do the 30 day survival challenge again! I feel like with your own backyard chickens it will likely be much easier this time around.

@bummblebee77 Год назад

when you have a fully grown dragon fruit plant how do you replace the deteriorating trellis without damaging the plant?

@user-zr9hu3tf1y Год назад

I imagine the answer is "very carefully"

@GTMFarm-tn8dz Год назад

Hi Kevin! Just wanted to drop a comment and say thank you for all your videos and tips! All very informative and helpful. We just moved to a small farm and are starting to get some animals. We have rabbits , quail, chickens, ducks, and maybe we'll be getting a pig in the future. What I'm really interested in is gardening this year. Love all your videos about corn! And strawberries! I'm definitely going to try to grow both of those and maybe even watermelon this year. Thanks again! And Keep on growing!

@Allthewrongkeys821 Год назад

How to Train Your Dragon Fruit.

@TisDana Год назад

Cute 😂

@miahjean7479 Год назад

I love gardening. Love this cannel

@peetmoss3521 4 месяца назад

Sour Patch Kids is a NOID Rename and that trellis method is not wind resistant 😊

@tretre1692 Год назад

I did not even THINK about dragon fruit being a cactus!! That’s crazy!!

@vivimannequin Месяц назад

Let alone a vining cactus

@danielyeroshalmi7492 Год назад

i actually just got home from my grandmothers house where I grew a dragon fruit tree and then I come home to this video, what a sweet coincidence

@royalgardenkumari Год назад

Thank you for your information brother 🙏

@moekusaki Год назад

One of my regrets is planting my DF plants in a 15 gal pot... I'm dreading for the day we need to transplant it all because of the spikes lol

@realjoshT Год назад

I got a few young ecuador paloras and they are taking off. Bought it at 12 inches now it is 48 in just a few months

@Veryvoidlove Год назад

I am definitely going to come back later and binge watch all of your content omg. *Special interest activate*

@PlantObsessed Год назад

I have a few i am growing from seed. ill need this video in about 4 years lol.

@daneflanigan Год назад

Epic Timing! I just got a dragon fruit plant the other day - now I know 😊

@sxs357 Год назад

Amazing! I want to grow one😊

@BirdyOfficial 11 месяцев назад

Some of yours trellis were looking smaller than the one you made 5 feet tall,,, can you please tell me the hight of that smaller trellis?

@GekkoBrother 4 месяца назад

Hi Epic Gardening - Thanks for sharing all the great content/knowledge. I would like to apply just NP fertilizer (organic), w/o K. Do you know if that is even possible, do you know?

@dmk_games Год назад

50-50 mix of hydrogen peroxide - I assume that is 3% hydrogen peroxide (so 1.5% final dilution)? 50% might turn you cactus to goo. Stored incorrectly, it will turn to water.

@jasonoconner7863 Год назад

Great channel!

@a.j.6033 Год назад

Is there any chance that you would consider making some longer podcasts?

@AlisonV362 Год назад

I love the Felco gloves you are wearing, but the website version is nitrile. Do they still make the version you are wearing?

@noahmcdarby5417 Год назад

I just bought a dragon fruit. I live in AZ and I've heard they do well out here but I'm wondering if, given the heat, I should adjust the watering schedule or sunlight exposure?

@lilsprt Год назад

Need to see ideas on a stronger structure. I have the same ones as you Kevin, and mine are tilting like yours. I'm not sure how to fix.

@gaywizard2000 Год назад

I live in Canada and grew some from seed 5 years ago. I recently pruned and have several new ones. I have seen some in green houses in hanging pots, quite robust looking! Does anyone in a cold winter place grow these and what is your experience? Any insight?

@JohnSmith-yh9bz Год назад

You should grow tea. It would be a great experiment and fun video

@SpaceCraft75 Год назад

Can you do a mulberry plant care pls? Thank you

@caesarogsos5347 Год назад

Which cuttings when used as a planting materials grows faster and bears fruit earlier, the young cuttings or the mature cuttings,

@FatherRoach Год назад

Me to

@hory5605 8 месяцев назад

Hi, I am new here, and I have quick question. What type of substrate is this? Amazing plants

@DH-iv1ut Год назад

I bought my first few dragon cuttings. I live in Austria, Zone 8a and try to do my best and overwinter in my house

@epicgardening Год назад

That plan works!

@shiweicai4872 Год назад

I have a question:can you hand pollinate a dragon fruit flower while it’s opening?

@goodkarmaiscomingtoyou1381 4 месяца назад

Hi epic garden do fruit grow on older stems or younger stems??? PLEASE

@rockmuza3225 8 месяцев назад

When pollinating flowers. Can any pollen be used, or just dragon fruit pollen? I grow "California tomatoes" as a hobby, & wondered if pollen from them would work on dragon fruit. Thanks for your time

@ritheenhep8624 9 месяцев назад

I have a cutting that are now rooting with multiple new branches coming out at the same time. If I cut one of the young branch out, will I able to root them?

@mllkc Год назад

i gotta question here, if to add fertilizer to my plants, should i raise up the layer of mulch??? (same as adding more compost) or place the fertilizer on top of the mulch??? thanks

@lifegoon709 6 месяцев назад

At summer how often do you water it?

@HarryHansen 11 месяцев назад

Aloha! I went to try to find that happy frog fertilizer that you’re using, you said it’s 5-7-5, I can’t find that ratio, only 5-7-3.. will that work? Thanks so much for all your videos, so helpful 🙏🙌🏽

@vivimannequin Месяц назад

Ever wondered how the vegetative growth tastes?

@AnthonyHernandez-qx4ml Год назад

When it comes to tipping how far is preferable

@Eric-fl1kh Год назад

I keep trying to find a way to grow these far up north. Alas, no greenhouse yet.

@ThinkEddiee Год назад

Please post more dragon fruit

@rickashade 4 месяца назад

I got mine from seed. Its been a long time growing. Its a bit over 2yrs i think. Its not growing wide branches. Not sure if i should cut and replant or just wait for it to get bigger. On some part it seems to grow roots any advice on what should be done thanks

@pascalxus Год назад

i was literally eating a dragon fruit as this video was playing. Not from my own garden, though.

@fabianfierro5406 Год назад

Do you sell cuttings I’d like to buy some or recommend a place that sells them

@hyphymane1 Год назад

If I’m putting 4 cuttings on each side of a 4x4 post and trellis, can I plant 4 different varieties?

@mirkokatona6251 Год назад

Hey i tried to grow dragon fruit in hungary but it didnt work what should i do?

@abhinandps007 Год назад

What about the crow 😅um waiting 4 that video

@stacyq7656 Год назад

Me too!

@abhinandps007 Год назад

@@stacyq7656 yep, it's been 2 weeks

@lacybookworm5039 Год назад

How tall can they grow?

@112mwk 19 дней назад

Which copper is best red or green????

@vahstania Год назад

On the off chance that you read this comment, would like to know if you are in Nevada, would love the possibly of getting some clippings of your dragon fruit. We had one chance when some came through Lowe's but it had some sort of fungus we couldn't get rid of, and haven't seen any since. So sad :(.

@MichaelMattox-em4gq Год назад

I have very small dragon fruit cuttings that are rooted. They are not showing any signs of new growth. How do I get them growing

@melissagoodwin2602 Год назад

Is there anywhere I can purchase dragon fruit online?

@jessicasteadman1071 8 месяцев назад

My guy, I needs some help, mine is smaller but growing like crazy and starting to get too heavy, how do I tie it up like you did

@starchio 5 дней назад

Sooo, I grew some yellow dragon fruit from seed. But, they’re really skinny. Wth should I do?

@reallynotcreative Год назад

Soooo about those cuttings…. 😊

@316yankees Год назад

5 7 5 tomato and vegetable? Or 5 7 3 ? Thanks

@jaynaro123 10 месяцев назад

Are those just 1 dragon fruit plant each pot?

@elainechan7155 Год назад

I sow some dragon fruit seeds last year. Oh!! What have I got myself into?!? 😂

@Striker721 11 месяцев назад

So I have a yellow dragon fruit and I've been growing it for about three months, and the very top of it is starting to turn red. Is this normal or should I do something about this?

@vivianho7252 Год назад

I live pretty far inland in Southern California and my 21 dragonfruit plants have all been growing super vigorously, but I can't get fruit to set 😭 I go out every night to hand pollinate when they bloom, but no luck so far. My mom says I need to switch to fish fertilizer when they bloom, I'm currently using steer manure fertilizer all year round. I guess we'll see if it works next season!

@santanodcosta3360 10 месяцев назад

Use Potash fertilizer.

@bg12445 8 месяцев назад

Our plant is young and small but some are shooting off roots, please help

@RAREDRAGONFRUIT Год назад

Try a more permanent trellis next time.

@User729__p Год назад

That’s about how long I’ve been following you for I think

@epicgardening Год назад

No way!

@User729__p Год назад

Yes sir, my husband and I watch you usually weekly and you give us amazing tips on gardening! You have an amazing and very informative channel. Thank you and God bless

@houdinilucas8343 Месяц назад

Should the hydrogen peroxide be 3% solution? Its the most common in medical supply stores.

@Donna_G Год назад

What does a dragon fruit taste like? I saw some at the store; but, they were kind of pricey. One dragon fruit cost more than two mangoes. I asked the produce guy if he had tried it and he said that it was kind of flat. He said that most of the other tropical fruit taste better.

@michaelgusovsky Год назад

refreshing, juicy, but, yeah, not a lot of flavor, the taste is subtle. i enjoy them, and i'd grow them if i were up a couple growing zones higher. the yellow ones are sweeter and a little smaller, i see them for like $3 instead of $6 for the red ones, but red and purple are more common.

@Millah323 Год назад

😋The yellow ones are good and so sweet... Simular to a sweet kiwi... 😏The pink ones don't have a taste and is a complete waste of money...

@gaywizard2000 Год назад

It's true, I've had really good ones in the tropics and really flat ones from the store, pair them with a sweeter fruit.

@cactiman3282 Год назад

They taste very grapey and a little bit tart, they are very good fruits when properly ripened

@vivimannequin Месяц назад

The fruit has a reputation for tasting bland but that's because the fruit is harvested way too early and doesn't get the time to fully ripen and no it won't continue to ripen after it has been picked

@roopmatieramkissoon1076 27 дней назад

Hey mine not bearing,

@mezzem3909 8 месяцев назад

holy moly thanks my red d.f is going cray cary

@himadroooh 3 месяца назад

Show us the result.

@Mediamarked Год назад

50% hydrogen peroxide, you mean the already diluted HP, right? What percentage HP do you use?

@yvonnew.116 Год назад

Are they only blooming on new stem or old stems?

@vivimannequin Месяц назад

They can bloom from any of the spiny nodes

@AngusxDangus Год назад

How to train your dragon

@OceanGraves Год назад

Me watching this knowing im never gonna grow dragon fruit: “ah yes, interesting.”

@burroc5536 Год назад

Mine have never flowered. Ever. Hoping to get some pointers.

@user-ir8dd5nk9k 3 месяца назад

How long has it been not being flowered?

@burroc5536 3 месяца назад

@@user-ir8dd5nk9k years :/

@vivimannequin Месяц назад

Patience my guy. It'll be quite some time before you eventually start seeing flower buds

@sapper72783 Год назад

Crying pilgrim tears in the northeast as we can really only grow the basic foods

@user-zr9hu3tf1y Год назад

As least you're not in constant threat of impending crippling drought like we are in the southwest

@sapper72783 Год назад

@user-zr9hu3tf1y don't people to include yourself get tired of arguing. Yes your right it's not drought conditions here but every year we have to deal with a mass dying off of all our plant life outdoors

@whiskeythrottle2266 6 месяцев назад

Can I get a sour patch kid cutting?

@pedromunoz4468 Год назад

Let's gooo growing 69 Dragons After seeing your videos 😅

@epicgardening Год назад

INSANE

@pedromunoz4468 Год назад

@Epic Gardening today I'm building my 3rd Birdies Bed, and waiting for my epic 6 Cells and 4 Cells, let's just say that your videos have changed my life 😅

@cristinaperez291 Год назад

I don’t know how to. Take. 🐜 out. From my. Dragon fruit 😢😢😢😢

@ananf4653 Год назад

I have problem, The ant eating my dragon fruit stem

@aimeethom467 10 месяцев назад

My 'dragon fruit' is now covered with aerial roots :( Does that mean it's something else?

@epicgardening 10 месяцев назад

Could be, but dragon fruit also produce those! - KE

@aimeethom467 10 месяцев назад

@@epicgardening None of your very healthy looking plants showed any that I could see. I also used an earlier video to set mine up but I've made the frame too short (4 feet) ! Can I just prune it to the right length?