Peruvian Apple Cactus Fruit 

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I live in Florida, we have had these about 30 years. We brought a lot of cuttings when we moved here 5 years ago. We just brought the cuttings home and laid down flat on the ground and babies grow from them all over. They bloom much faster from from cuttings. No cactus soil, no rooting powder and they are growing like mad. My chickens love to eat the fruit!

I have a huge one in front of my house, and it produces a ton of flowers and fruit. 😊

People who take huge ass cuttings like that from a cactus and plant those have some real balls man. Good job! I love you guys. Keep up the videos and the vibes!

This is such a cool video. I definitely will be growing these in my backyard.

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just planted some cutting! you guys are so cool. thank you

thank you for this video! i learned so much! love watching your channel!! you and your wife and dogs are adorable! Happy gardening!

Thanks for sharing the info guys. I am slowly starting to convert my property over to edibles and flowers here in zone 8a of Mississippi. It is going to take me a few years but will stay the course. I always enjoy your videos.

Very nice. I watched you're other video about the peruvian Apple cactus earlier this year when I was inspired to plant one in my yard. Hope I get some fruit someday too. Thanks for sharing

i got inspired to get a peruvian apple cactus after seeing your guys original video! i had my first fruit earlier this year :) great videos

Cereus Peruvianus are beautiful, it grows like crazy in California. Never had good luck with them in Bolivia, indoors or outdoors. So architectonic

Such a beautiful plant

That's awesome

Great job😊

They are so good

We have a giant one in our front yard....it give so much fruit and its beautiful...Have 4 apples in my fridge

I wait for it to turn pink and open for most flavor

I have a huge one of those. They can be in hot hot weather and take sun all day long. They actually bloom most of the year. The large white flower is so beautiful and the bees LOVE them. I wish I could post a picture of mine

Wow! I need to get a Peruvian. Beautiful! 😍 By the way you two are adorable. Love how you talk through every moment ☺️🙌🏼.

Super impressed with your efforts I’m from Phoenix as well and have had a San Pedro for years now. I love these mystical cactus’s

Its so unique. Thanks, your video is amazing, you gave so much information for begginer like me. And last but not least, i really like how you describe the taste.

Very helpful

Im in Fl. These grow everywhere.. Next fruits you get save the seeds. So easy to grow grow seed.

I have 3 if them in my yard I live the flowers and the fruit is so good I make smoothies out of them so good

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Love your cacti guys and your hard efforts to grow our own all year round fruiting private garden of your dreams. As for the delicious cacti, here in Siberia absolutely no cactus can grow up in the open ground. The reason is simple - the harsh winter here lasts usually for six months, i.e. for 6-7 months of the year the gound is under the snow. The summertime here, though hot (as hot as about yours), but very short - no more than 3-4.5 months of the year. In September, it usually becomes so cold and then the coldest winds start to blow from the Arctic, at the end of October the snow usually falls until the end of March, sometimes until the end of April... According to the American climate classification, our climate is somewhat between zones 2B-3A (which is most highly likely). Basically, here we have our own, Russian-European classification of climatic zones, they are more complex in their scientific names, their number is about twice as large then yours and they are more specific in their specific meanings. The only thing we have left in such harsh climatic conditions is to grow any tropical plants in our homes. This is almost the same challenging task as creating a covered tropical greenhouse from scratch... Long winters here, with almost no sunlight, the sky overcast, it's getting dark too quickly, so we have to use a special high-power led phyto-lamps with full solar spectrum. Otherwise, no single tropical plant will not be able to feel comfortable... Nevertheless, I managed to germinate the seeds of the most delicious cactus among all the Dragon fruits (at least so write on the forums) - "Yellow Pitahaya" or "Selenicereus Megalanthus" (you can google it if you interested in, it seems to be the most delicious cacti fruit in the world). Sometimes its name is the "Queen of the night" as it used to bloom at midnight and at the next morning the flower wilts and begins to turn into fruit. Its flowers are the largest ones in the world among all cacti. The flower is really huge, it reaches a diameter of slightly larger than a sunflower. )) I strongly recommend you grow your own Yellow Dragon. : ) This is a completely unpretentious plant, except perhaps that it needs an abundant sunlight and quite a frequent watering. Best wishes for your desired garden and your efforts along the way, guys! Warm wishes from Russian Siberia, Serge. : )

We have one of these I got from a friend this year, rooted quickly, I fertilized it and it shot off about 6 flowers and new growth. It ended up aborting 4 of the 5 fruits though. Flavor was just ok, probably because it came from a cutting. It was less sweet that the pink / white flesh dragonfruits that you get at the store that picked before they are ripe. Ours measured 9.5 brix, where dragonfruit can be over 20 and get much larger. Still this thing is self fertile and easy to grow in extreme heat like we get here. And it does not need a trellis like dragonfruit should have, so it's a great one to grow.

Chilled in a salad. Try it, it’s delicious.

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Great video very interesting

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As you said - these will eventually get HUGE, and because they're covered with spines, if the mature plant intrudes into a space where you regularly have to walk, it'll be difficult to live with. Branches will also fall off due to their own weight, and handling those is very hard since they're both heavy and very spiny. These should only be planted far away from anything else (fences, walls, buildings, paths, driveways) since they not only will get wide, but they tend to tip over and lean as they get huge and heavy.

I just subbed and I wanted to know if you're in AZ? I'm in Picture Rocks in Tucson. Its in the Saguaro Natnl Park. Anyways thx for increasing my cactus vocabulary. Ima buy one of these tomorrow and grow it here in my garden. I wanted to ask: do you think some rock phosphate would help the fruits get bigger? Do you add anything to your soil mix? That was all...thx so much guys. Great vid.

Awesome update. I watched the original video quite some time ago and came back on a whim. I'm growing a few of these from seed but am not very optimistic about flowers or fruit. Just moved them from northern Ohio to northern Michigan =-0

If you leave the fruit on the cactus a bit longer (to the point it splits open) it will be much sweeter. Glad you got fruit from it, though, that's impressive! Also, can tell you're growing in cactus soil - it's not the drainage that's getting that growth, it's the nutrients - I be the roots on those cuttings are insane (probably need to be transplanted now as they may be getting rootbound) but that would depend also on whether you used biological fertiliser as well as the cactus soil. Some people don't recommend fertilising cacti but these varieties (and san pedros) really like fertilisers.

Great video you guys thank you I really really want to get some apple Cactus going I see them all over I need to stop and ask somebody

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there is footage of these in Australia, growing in a eucalyptus forest, so they were in shade and they were growing in single trunks almost as tall as the trees.

I wish that tree was by me because I've gotten over 400 cuttings for my farm from all over LA from similar circumstances Haha people sometimes don't even know they fruit

Omg ! I have one in my backyard and this year is the first year we saw those pink things and we didn’t even know they were fruit ! I just ate one and idk why I keep seeing that it isn’t sweet because mine was SUPER SWEET They’re ready to eat when they crack open I read somewhere. When yours wasn’t ready ?

I will start planting this in my garden. I'm so excited to taste it next year. How many months would it take to set fruit? Thank you guys 🌵😍

I live your video and enthusiasm for this cactus! I just got one. Turns out they can grow well in Washington state in zone 8b. Do you all know if any other cacti that might be able to grow in this zone besides prickly pear? Nothing I found on the internet even said peruvian apple cactus could grow where I'm at, but it looks like it can.

Can you also post any updated videos of Opuntia ficus-indica/Prickly Pear Cactus......the Yellow and the Red ones. I'll wait for it. Thanks.

Can you grow them from the black seeds? And if so how would it be done thanks great channel

In Florida in an apartment. Two stock plant that is now 4" from my 12-00 ceiling porch. Thinking I should wait till spring now before cutting. Thoughts???

Next time.....try also the Opuntia ficus indica The red and the yellow Prickly Pears known as Tunas by the Mexicans. Also try the small fruit of the Opuntia cochenillifera in your next videos......okay. Thanks!

Hey guys I just got me some cuttings as well do you have to hand pollinate it or is a self pollinating thank you

Heyyya! Nice vid I was gifted a few cuttings recently and plan to do some transplanting. I was wondering is the plant itself or even the flower (not the fruit) edible? Like eating cucumber or salad or a smoothie, I’m new to cacti and don’t wanna end up in a hospital bed

You guys should see my monster cereus! It's almost 30 years old and almost as tall as my 2 story house!

For me it taste like a lychee with somewhat floral flavor my friend. Do you also notice it?

I just found out about the Mexican Ghost Pipe Cactus fruit. Do you have one and what’s your thought on them?

You guys should go and take some cuttings and sell them!! I would buy some!

My sister inlaw has one its massive im lucky if i get one before they come and take them all

I have one that just bloomed last week. They flower is brown and dead now. Should I trim it off or leave. Been searching and can’t seem to find if I should leave decaying flower as is or clip off?

You picked the fruit too early if the stem stays on when you pick it,it's not ready the pitaya should come off fairly easy and you would've had the full taste!! Enjoyed the video tho :)

This was a pretty interesting video. I'm guessing that the 'spots' you referred to when opening the fruit are seeds? If so, it's almost just like the fruit from a Pitaya /Dragon Fruit. The thing I don't understand is why the thorns would cause pain for 3 straight days unless they contain some sort of venom or unless they're giant and really bruise tissue when breaking the skin. If that's the case, I'd pick a Dragon Fruit over this one, any day. I grow dragon fruit and pricking myself with the spikes on THAT aren't too bad, but I don't find it pleasant lol. I know more Google research could answer this question but I haven't found it yet - how closely related are they? The flesh of the fruit looks almost identical. I wonder if these get grafted for quicker growth like DF often do? Or if they get grafted to make novelty plants such as moon cacti utilizing mature DragonFruit root stocks. I always found that to be disrespectful to the pitaya plant and a pretty big waste. Sure, if you're in it just for decoration, cool - but I grow them to consume. The sheer size of these makes me wonder if they would be worth growing, as they're obviously more painful than dragon fruit and while both are climbers this one seems to be able to cause some serious damage if tries to grow on certain structures. Regardless of my concerns, it's a cool looking cactus and the fruit looks refreshing. Would definitely still give it a taste test. Thanks again for the video!

I would need to get seeds to grow them in Australia because they're not native to here but they're native to Arizona. We had the prickly pear cactus 🌵 which was all poisoned as it became my a noxious weed over here so it's illegal to grow it over here,it was an introduced species of cactus which produced fruit as well !

Hola me encanta ese cactus como se llama.😌

Como se poliniza este captus le hará falta otra variedad para polinizar o no .....esta es mi duda $

What did you use as the pollinator

Where are you guys? I have a HUGE Peruvian cactus and huge branches just fell off it- if you want them- the puncture hurts! Mine is about 40-50 feet tall

Hello, what type of rooting hormone did you use? How did you apply it to the cutting?

this will be good mulch if grown large

i just cut mine and planted them in soil no fertilizer no nothing cut then strait in pot no waiting i grew a ton sold 100s thx guys

I'm a sushi chef and looking for a edible cactus that I can make a sauce from or put inside a roll. Besides the fruit from the cactus, what are my options? I really want the actual cactus in it, maybe by pickling. Hope to hear back from you.

Did the flower turn into the fruit? Should i take the flower off or leave it on the cactus once it dies?

In my country another cultivar is dragon fruit

This cactus is behind a house in an alley. I'ma go ninja and get a cutting. Don't want to mess it up. I was going to wait 3 weeks to callous though...

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Where can I get a Peruvian apple to plant? Is this available in Asian countries, I hope I can find one here in the philippines.

If you use rooting hormone, can you eat the fruit?

Can you eat the actual cacus cuttings, like nopales?

3 days is enough to callous over? 👀

I wonder if is possible to graft dragon fruit to Peruvian apple cactus ????

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Guys I've had so many flowerings and I can get them pollinated. I try by hand and I fail

Can you remove the spines?

i have a peruvian cactus but they have never produced a fruit for me, any tips? They want female male plants?

Any does my cactus doesn't fruit?

How many years plants

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Bro I want to buy cutting of this cactus from you , do sell these ?

How long from seed to fruit?

We have alot of that fruits but we never try to eat 🤣🤣🤣🤣

brandon can u sell me a cutting in in georgia i would appreciate it!!!let me know

Also mine have never flowered or fruited. Nor stemmed off.

Nervous about cutting it, hence why it is 12-00 tall . Give full advice..... I will take it.

It has a slight taste of fruity pebbles serial

How can I promote flower and fruit growing?

A spoon is a bit excessive IMO. You can peal it like a banana and eat it with your fingers.

Cutting from your cuttings please!!!!!

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It's a bit similar to dragon fruit