What is Dragon Fruit Self Fertile, Self Sterile, Self Pollinating, and Cross Pollinating

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There are so many terminology used in the Dragon Fruit community that can get confusing if you don’t understand what they mean. Here’s a video of me explaining what the most frequent terms are used when growing Dragon Fruit. Check out this video to hear those terms and what the mean!
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@cgrend7873 4 года назад

Very good advice and so clear, thank you😁 Nice video!

@redxcube1543 4 года назад

Thanks for this wonderful video Richard. It helps anyone growing DF.

@hanzhu8389 2 года назад

Thank you for explaining this to some of us new beginners, because it was really confusing before. ✌️

@SixthyGTi 3 года назад

What a beautiful flower!

@bryanblackburn5516 4 года назад

Excellent summary 😁😁😁

@tonydancz6789 2 года назад

Great video thanks a lot need more like this one thanks again

@AgriIdea 3 года назад

Amazing Cultivation. Pitaya Fruit Farming. Dragon Fruit is very delicious and looking beautiful. Stay connected

@aurorakiyohara8180 3 года назад

Thank you that was helpful. I’ve been watching you and I learned so much from you. Why don’t you sell some of your cuttings?

@_o.0_ 4 года назад

Another great video, I love the education :3 I’m currently moving my dragons inside for the upcoming cold weather

@GraftingDragonFruit 4 года назад

Thanks, Nero Narcotic! Glad you’re enjoying my videos and that it’s educational! Makes me happy to be able to help and teach everyone that loves to grow Dragon Fruit! It’s an addicting hobby!

@fuxxx21 3 года назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit Does a mandacaru cereus self pollinate the same way or does it require a separate plant?

@dh2950 3 года назад

Thank you! Can u classify which varieties are self fertile vs self sterile and need cross pollination?

@fuzzyfuster 4 года назад

explained very well..........

@MrCarrera091 4 года назад

Very helpful thank you.

@visoriano4145 3 года назад

Thanks for the explanation

@agooyong6207 4 года назад

I will start growing couple dragon fruits as a hobby and will read all your videos hoping to learn , a friend gave me matured plant in a big bucket and have plenty of branches , he don't know how to grow, he just stuck a branch from the beginning and waler it like a regular plant and hoping to gave him fruit. I will be following all your videos. any advice?

@douamoua7573 3 года назад

Wow nice. I been watching your videos n all. But I'm new to the dragonfruits. And I love to learn more about it. How can I tell if its self pollinate or cross pollinate n so forth?

@minhhop3208 4 года назад

Beautiful. You 've chosen a very interesting and special route to go! Be sucessful! Co biet noi tieng Viet khong ?

@salahibrahem2201 4 года назад

Awesome and wonderful

@serenideelovechannel3331 4 года назад

I live in the Central Valley and I grow two plants for 5 yrs and no flowers no fruit. I want advice on what soul you use and how to care for them so it can bloom like yours.

@thelifeanddimension 4 года назад

Vietnam white, I visited one farm who has 12 acres farm since 10 yr (India).I asked him why some flowers r falling if the tree.he has no answer for it.now I got answer from u, thanks for the video

@raymundcastillo5787 Год назад

Hi Richard, just watch this video of your dragon fruit that can pollinate itself, i wonder if its possible to buy some from you? Thanks and much appreciated. Love your videos its very interesting. I live in brentwood ca. hopefully shipping is possible thanks again.

@jt92603 4 года назад

Richard: I have been enjoying your dragon fruit videos. Cross pollination must be from different varieties? Pollination by the same variety but separate flowering pollens would not work? I like to get done self fertile red varieties. Could you tell me how to get some?

@Magic_Mirror_Music 10 месяцев назад

ahh very helpful. Thank you

@GraftingDragonFruit 10 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@christopherordonez8560 4 года назад

Last year i had only two fruits and i did hand pollinating and my variety is the self fertile. This year i did the same but none took. I had around 5 flowers this year. Only difference is how i hand pollinated. I used a brand new wide makeup brush versus last year i used q-tips. Not sure why none took.

@parker1ray 3 года назад

I live in Port St Lucie, Fl and found some wild dragonfruit cactus growing in a vacant lot. I planted them in the backyard and they are big and beautiful on the trellis. Problem is, I have attempted to pollinate them at night on three separate occasions I have done this exactly as shown in your videos, but the fruit always turn yellow and fall off. I suspect that these need cross pollination with other plants. Are there some varieties that require pollination from a totally separate plant?

@franciscotrillo8269 4 года назад

You have great vids and lots of info on them and if I can be so bold as to ask you and i live in north California where I may buy cuttings to grow these fruits and thanks again for the vids

@GraftingDragonFruit 4 года назад

Francisco, thank you so much for your nice comments! I truly appreciate the kindness and support. I'm currently working on a website to create a easier way for everyone to acquire my varieties of Dragon fruits. For now, its fruiting season and I won't be having cuttings available until close to November.

@davidmendoza3684 3 года назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit That is great news. I follow you on FB also, and would like to know when the website is up and running. I would be very interested in purchasing different varieties. I also am new to DF and excited to learn. I live in Texas, so our heat is a bit of a challenge, but I can work thru that. I have recently just built my first trellis and purchased locally 2 Edgars Baby 12" cuttings. I am still a bit confused on self pollination vs cross pollination vs self fertile, etc. But I will use trial by fire! Thanks!

@tonydancz6789 2 года назад

I had a problem with that not anymore thanks 👍

@kimle6437 4 года назад

I think I have the Vietnam white but I don’t know why some developed to fruits and some not even I hand pollinated it. Some became big fruits but a lot were very small. Do you know why is that?

@riasatbinliaquat2799 3 года назад

Today I had a single flower in my plant , and the stigma was away from the anther , so I think it's self sterile , I had 20 days old frozen pollen and I used it to pollinate my flower but I also used it's osn pollen too to pollinate it . Bcz it's first time pollinating with frozen pollen so I wasn't sure if the frozen pollen was going to work . Will that be a problem ? This was my second dragon flower in my garden .

@joyman228 3 года назад

Hey Richer, do you know what kind the condor variety is? I’ve read that it’s self fertile but can it pollinate itself?

@Bocbo 4 года назад

How is that flower open in the day? Mine bloom only at night and are dead by morning.

@alanmurphy4931 3 года назад

Great video and information, if the pollen is sterile in your plant, you pollinate from a different plant so is your sterile pollen not useable in a different variety plant?

@adventuretime353 Год назад

Not useable due to non viability of pollens of a sterile variety.

@leann8205 4 года назад

I have one red dragon fruit plant so what’s that ? I was hoping I didn’t need to do anything but just watering.

@hizzlemobizzle 4 года назад

I like how you call them antlers. From now on the are Antlers to me.

@tonydancz6789 2 года назад

Thanks I’m watching it twice to remember 😂I had the same problem not anymore thanks

@agooyong6207 4 года назад

how much water it needs? I will put a drip system.

@cy4330 3 года назад

I have questions about Israel Yellow Dragon fruit (not the thorny Ecuador). Does it accept own pollen or need cross pollination? The reason I ask is because there are two plant sellers I encounter. One says it only accept pollen from white flesh dragon fruit to bear fruit. The other seller says it's self pollinating. Can someone help me out? Are there different Israel Yellow varieties?

@MiamiNeverIn 3 года назад

I wish there was a place to purchase pollens of different varieties.

@n3verm1ndlol 5 месяцев назад

Hi can Purple Haze use its own pollination to pollinate itself or it needs other pollination from other plant? Thanks

@kyriacosgeorgiou6935 8 месяцев назад

my dragon fruit is sterile as i tried to pollinate but no fruits .now someone gave me cuttings. he told me he does nothing and he gets fruit. so they must be self pollinating .as they wont bloom the same night can i save pollen in fridge or freezer and for how long?

@smilesforyou112288 4 года назад

My dragon fruit blooms but turns yellow and then falls off the branch. I have not try to self pollinate or cross pollinate. What is the first thing to do?

@GoldenXPlayz 2 года назад

What if I have a self sterile variety but only have 1 plant what do I do to get pollon

@donabelanderson1899 3 года назад

Is is possible Mr Le, to do also cross pollinate the self fertile- just to be sure?

@mblkitu 4 года назад

How many plants do you have per container?

@imdadtarique3423 2 года назад

Exactly like my dragon fruit just blossom today 😂😂😂thanks for information

@armaanilyas3185 4 года назад

Hey Richard. I live in the UK and I am working with dragon fruit in my greenhouse. Which plant is not self sterile and grows sweet fruit? I need to know what I am growing so I can do it successfully

@armaanilyas3185 4 года назад

Also, is their any chance that you have any cuttings of said plant. I can pay for some cuttings

@goodkarmaiscomingtoyou1381 3 месяца назад

Hi Richard I'm very confused because I have a plant that was flowering for the first time and prodused 4 flowers. I hand pollinated them all the same way but after about 4 days I noticed 3 had died . Its been about 7 days now and the 1 fruit is still growing. Is there an explanation ⁉️ I don't know what type they are but its the same flower as your demonstration 🫠

@caesarogsos5347 Год назад

Hi Richard. May I ask u, is the self fertile varieties needs a human intervention by way of hand pollination? Thanks.

@LifeIsGoooD123 3 года назад

So the self fertile need to be hand pollinate? Or just the same with self pollinating

@momovillen1934 4 года назад

do sale any self fertile red flesh Richard? i want to purchase from you.!!!

@matteo4094 4 года назад

Hi Richard, can a flower be close to the antlers and be sterile? Thanks!

@adventuretime353 Год назад

yes, it depends upon the viability of pollens. If the pollens of a variety are not viable for pollination, then it does not matter how far the stigma will be, the variety will be sterile.

@natureretreat5655 2 года назад

Isis gold dragon fruit flower need to be cross pollinated or not 🤔

@sajalfaraji8759 4 года назад

I am speaking from Bangladesh. My dragon flower does not bear fruit even after pollination. Ruined. What can I do? Give a proper advice.

@christenhimmel2849 3 месяца назад

Will the flavor of the fruit change based on what variety you cross pollinate with, or does it only affect the seedlings?

@lisapuma1983 Год назад

I was wondering why mine would flower and then fall off 😢 it's self sterile and I don't have another plant to cross with.

@Sam-iu5po 3 года назад

How do you tell if its self sterile?

@JamesEndo1 3 года назад

Is it advantageous to cross a specific DF pollen to another for certain fruit characteristics or use whatever pollen you can get or find? How long will pollen be viable? Is pollen storage best in a container in room temperature, refrigerator or freezer? How long is it good for? Will putting in pollen A into plant B the same as putting pollen B into plant A? Are there better pollen combos (the difference that creates the best, biggest, tastiest fruit), and if so, what are some to get best tasting, largest fruits? What do you feel is best practice as a higher level hobby grower vs a commercial grower. Obviously I'm just focused on fruit but you could crowd for any characteristics, right? I know the reality is that pollinating is only on piece of the puzzle to get the desired outcome including soil, fertilizing, weather, water, and growing environment, to name few. Just a few questions on my journey as I enter the dragon!

@AlexBunyan1 3 года назад

i would also love to know the answer to this. can we just use any pollen or does it have to be dragon fruit?

@GalaxyFarmer1022 Год назад

@@AlexBunyan1 i noticed this blogger is not responding to any questions. I dont know why he is telling us to ask question but he will never bother to respond😂

@GraftingDragonFruit Год назад

Sorry, I’ve been taking a break this year to spend time with my new born. I’ll be back and answer questions in 2023! Thanks for being patient.

@user-wz9tz7re4q Год назад

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@wesleythomas6194 11 месяцев назад

@@GalaxyFarmer1022he answered u, so at least we know he reads the comnents😂😂

@Next_Start 4 года назад

The grafted variety (or) propagate from cutting. Which is best please suggest me

@GraftingDragonFruit 4 года назад

Propagate from a mature cutting is the best way.

@iwannagetin22 3 года назад

What happens if you don't use a mature cutting

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

@@iwannagetin22 it takes longer to fruit.

@tanyonosborne7857 3 года назад

So does that mean that if I grew a variety like sugar dragon or vietnamese white, I won't have to self pollinate them or do any work?

@adventuretime353 Год назад

You better do hand pollinate for better success.

@rayyanali4471 3 года назад

Are the purple one's self fertile or sterile?

@kimnguyenfromunitedstates4760 4 года назад

👍👏

@rebeccabarrios9808 2 года назад

What varieties are universal pollinators besides sugar dragon and A. Beauty

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

Vietnam White is one too.

@Harryknottpotter Год назад

To be correct in terminology, the pollen producing flower part is called an anther.

@chavachiva8 4 года назад

Is there a chart or website that has a list which varieties are self-fertile, self-fertile, and self-pollinating? have looked and still have not come up with this information.

@GraftingDragonFruit 4 года назад

Hi Chava, my Facebook Dragon Fruit group has all these info provided in there. If you join you can have access to the list that is still currently being word on by me and many members. I posted the list in the Community section so you can take it look at it there from RU-vid. Hope it helps!

@chavachiva8 4 года назад

Thanks for the information, only problem is I don't use Facebook, or any other social media. I have gotten almost all of the dragon fruit information I need from your RU-vid channel. I'm am asubscriber and will continue to watch your informative videos.

@mam564 4 года назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit, I'm in the same group. I don't use Facebook, or any other social media and would love to see a list. BTW, this was a very educational video! Thank you!

@nightstars1277 2 года назад

is the Lisa self pollinating? also when's a good time to self pollinate?

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

Lisa is self sterile. You'll need to hand cross pollinate. You only have the one night while the flower is in full bloom to pollinate or else the flower will close by morning.

@fuxxx21 3 года назад

@UCCfv8Z2LrpQA0bFsP_Kk_3Q Does a mandacaru cereus self pollinate the same way or does it require a separate plant?

@quynhle3961 4 года назад

What self pollination variety do you recommend? Thanks

@tonydancz6789 2 года назад

I no American beauty is self pollenating

@GalaxyFarmer1022 Год назад

@@tonydancz6789 my understanding is american beauty is self pollinating and you are saying its not?

@MV-pn2sv 2 года назад

Is there anything that I can do to pollinate my sterile dragonfruit if I don’t have any other dragonfruit nearby to help it pollinate?

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

If it's self sterile, you'll have to either grow another variety that is a universal pollinator or buy pollen from another source.

@vince8392 2 года назад

Do you sell cuttings?

@SamMarkham Год назад

Does it change the variety of the fruit when you use different varieties to cross pollinate?

@mandiigraham1596 6 месяцев назад

I wondered that myself and after two seasons of hand pollinating a sterile plant this is what I discovered and it is quite strange. Season one I used pollen from both red flesh and white flesh varieties and all the fruit had white flesh. This season I pollinated the same way and got both red and white flesh fruit. I’m spooked.

@SamMarkham 6 месяцев назад

Interesting, thanks for the reply@@mandiigraham1596

@650sFinnest Год назад

So you can’t use the pollen from a flower on the same plant to pollinate a self sterile flowers? You have to use the pollen from another plant’s flower?

@GraftingDragonFruit 11 месяцев назад

Correct

@OscarGonzalez-tk5wb 3 года назад

If you polinate a red dragon fruit flower with a polen of a yellow ,whats the fruit color??????

@tonydancz6789 2 года назад

Red

@fouadbenrezzak8398 10 месяцев назад

like can you cross pollinate a purple haze with palora or any kind or you cant cross pollinate wathever you want with in new

@GraftingDragonFruit 10 месяцев назад

You can cross any kind. Try to avoid from the same lineage

@fouadbenrezzak8398 10 месяцев назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit thnx

@marichellemader8907 Год назад

How do you store pollin?

@adventuretime353 Год назад

many videos are available on RU-vid at this topic.

@GalaxyFarmer1022 Год назад

A lot of informative questions how I wish this blogger would answer them….but well it seems no time at all😢

@SoulSeeker770 Год назад

I have an unknown variety that I have tried to pollinate with three different types of pollens and none took. Would you know why?

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

Have you tried using universal pollinators like Vietnam White or Sugar Dragon?

@SoulSeeker770 Год назад

@@a-yiathoj6391 Thanks for the reply. I heard Purple Haze is a universal pollen and it didn't work. I was also told that I watered too much as well. We had intense heat for several months and now we had tons of rain. I'll try again with connie meyers and purple haze.

@a-yiathoj6391 Год назад

@@SoulSeeker770 Looks like it could be any number of factors. 1) Age of your plant. If it's still young, the plant may still abort if it doesn't feel I can produce enough nutrients to support the fruit development. Which also leads to the amount of root development your plant has achieved. Without appropriate roots, it won't be able to absorb enough nutrients even if it is available in your soil. 2) Nutrient quality and density of your soil. If you're over-watering or there's been too much rain, there is a possibility that your nutrients could be washing out of your pot (unless you got it planted in the ground). Most growers fix this with fertilizer or foliar sprays. 3) If the pollen is too closely related to the mother plant, the pollination may not set either. I'm sure you probably accounted for this already by using very different varieties of pollen, but worth mentioning. 4) Your extreme weather could also affect the fruiting of the flower. I know colder temps will do reduce the blooming and fruiting of dragon fruit. It might be possible that extreme heat could do that too. Don't quote me on that though. As a side note, I believe the purple haze is a self-sterile variety. It needs cross pollination to fruit.

@SoulSeeker770 Год назад

Thank you. This is very helpful.@@a-yiathoj6391

@xXTIPSY808Xx 4 года назад

I didn’t even know I had a yellow dragonfruit plant in my yard till i saw this video!! But they never produce any fruit just flowers😭

@ktn8595 4 года назад

Me tooo

@azohoshi9115 4 года назад

Me too

@giftsforyouandme 3 года назад

Do you sell dragon fruit?

@ptrain9020 11 месяцев назад

I just found out that my purple haze is self-sterile. Does anyone know where I can get some pollen?

@GraftingDragonFruit 11 месяцев назад

Try asking in the FB group

@ptrain9020 11 месяцев назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit I have

@ptrain9020 11 месяцев назад

@GraftingDragonFruit I have a guy in texas who's trying to sell me some pollen. He says the pollen doesn't need to be refrigerated or frozen. He ships it fresh, and he says he has no problems using it to pollinate, keeping it at room temperature. Does that sound right to you? Everyone else says it has to be refrigerated or frozen.

@GraftingDragonFruit 11 месяцев назад

@@ptrain9020 Yes as long as it's dry and room temperature, it's good for a few days. Refrigeration/frozen are to store for longer periods

@ptrain9020 11 месяцев назад

@@GraftingDragonFruit Is there a way you can tell if pollen has gone bad? like if it's been exposed to moisture.

@dragonfruitalgeria4645 4 года назад

Thanks Richard my Dragon fruit get softy it start growing very well and start very softly can you help please.

@bonitabromeliads 4 года назад

why are some self sterile?

@Purpose_Porpoise 2 месяца назад

If I have to hear you call the flower part an "antler" one more time, I swear I'm gonna get Rudolph himself to use his antlers to smack some sense into ya.