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Just your average Australian backyard grower; hoping to build a collection of all the the answers to the questions I had when I started off growing Dragon Fruit.
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Great information and editing. I tell people to grow a few and cross pollinate whenever possible
Cheers mate. Much appreciated 🥰 Several varieties definitely the best idea, but for the average backyard grower, self fertile is a must!
SD & AB could've been my first hybrid DFs. Sadly those seeds never made it across the ocean from the US. Someone at the post office must've been interested in small, unregistered mail from the States. Great that the mail from Oz got through somehow. Again, thanks mate.
At least if you start a few at the same time you should be right to cross pollinatr them (might have some issues if seed siblings though). Just feel bad for newbies that start off with just one cutting that ends up being self sterile 😢
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you must put a lot of work into your videos Well done
Thank you mate. I make sure that i chuck silly stuff in there to make the construction enjoyable also haha
The b-roll alone
Brilliant Video mate
Cheers mate 🥰
São muitas as doenças que atacam a pitaya
True! Luckily theyre pretty durable plants!
good video again. i have had rot i left alone and it wasn't a big deal and ive also cut away rot either tactic seemed to work. though if its getting bad its probably best to cut it out. never heard of sprinkling cinnamon in the wound to stop it from rotting again, best bet is to do it in a dry period. good tips in here though cheers.
Your birds sound scary out there
The magic of background music. Beats the dogs growling at their shadows 🤦♂️
Heh, great video mate!
Cheers mate 🥰
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I'd probably use some safety gloves as well beside the mug for double protection. 😊
Wouldn't be a silly thing to do 👍
Bom dia
Morning mate!
Not looking forward to the cold, wet, weather this winter up here…Your plants look like they are enduring the cold off season well.
One of those things, once they start getting a bit of mass to them.. second season and beyond, theyre a little more resilient. More luck than anything else haha
25:30, you can create a new hybrid through grafting. You have to split two different young cuttings vertically through the core and graft them together. Then, remove new growth until the growth resembles neither of the parent plants. I believe it's referred to as somatic fusion. Wallace Ranch made a hybrid this way using sugar dragon and Vietnamese white. The hybrid makes fruit the size of the Vietnamese giant, but the inside of the fruit looks and tastes like sugar dragon. I highly recommend you check it out and if you have the time you might want to try it yourself, it might make for an interesting video for the channel.
Hey mate Have seen those videos. Super, super rare, almost impossible to replicate. Tried it a few times with no success myself 😭 The thought did cross my mind when i was ranting and raving to drop it in re somatic grafts.. not sure if i paused or not, havnt rewatched it.. but you are 100% correct, you can.. but conventional grafting will give you fruit of the root stock or the grafted material. Great addition though mate 👌 hopefully the comments made post live are visable to anyone who watches it down the track 👍
Ah mate I fell asleep with my phone in my hand waiting to watch it, My Step Son was in a bad bike smash on the motorway so we've been in and out of hospital the past few days I guess it caught up with me 😴 Really appreciate the shout out Brother 🇮🇪🐉🇦🇺 I can't wait to get to your level of growing and hopefully pass on the great information I've picked up from the likes of yourself and Paul and a few others 🤞🏻💪🏻 As you know I'm only starting out but Definitely a hobby for life now I'm hooked 😂
Sorey to hear about the step son, sounds rough! Hope hes doing alright. When i saw your name pop up, was like.. must be close to 3am.. crazy stuff! Haha Love the passion! Keep up the great work, mate!
@@DreaminDragons Thanks Brother, he's in bad shape but still here that's the main thing it could have went a lot worse so we're all greatful it didn't 😎 Yeah it was due to start at 3 I just couldn't stay awake 😂 il have an alarm set for the next one 😎 Il be honest with out videos of people growing multiple Varieties and having the success it would be easy to see how some give up but I'm Irish we don't like to give up on anything 😂😂😂
Missed the live again :(
Sorry mate! Definitely next time!
I have an infertile red fruit species that I eventually found I needed to cross pollinate to bare fruit. I used a self pollinating white species. Will the hybrid red fruit dragon now be a self pollinating species? The fruit was great, but having pollen available for the night it flowers is a pain.
Unfortunately each seeds essentially genetically unique and there really isn't any way in picking what traits each seed would take until you grew it out 😢
heya u sound like a hottie any chance ur in WA and could trade cuttings? Cheers!
Border security terribly fierce between east and west coast, cant ship to perth unfortunately 😢
@@DreaminDragons thanks for getting back to me lol nd ikr that sucks! Love being a quarantine state T-T
When I saw that the vid is 14mins long, I made sure I've got myself a cuppa tea and some chips. Thanks for the backyard tour, mate.
Hahah cheers mate! What flavour did you go?
Sweet corn. 😊
Have never heard of this flavour but it intrigues me haha!
definingly some interesting variety's
Two things are making mine suffer: exposure to sw wind and left fruit on them to rot. I’ve also noticed on one of them thats self fertile if I cross pollinate for large fruit late in the season the branches that have produced can die in winter. If I don’t cross pollinate, it fairs much better. Might do some seasol spray trials on it next autumn.
If your plants are churning through their energy to fuel the fruit, 100% leaves the branches more susceptible to rot/ cold. I usually knock any bud off that wont be ripe before winter for this exact reason 👌
@@DreaminDragons I like to leave some on the tough whites for the wildlife, left a few too many this year though. Tends to cause tip rot, even on them.
Thats very generous of you! Hopefully word doesnt get out too wide and next season you have 400000 birds and possums lining up for dessert haha
Love the content! What type of wood do you use for your trellises?
Thank you so much for the kind words 🥰 I started off using hardwood stakes, but their longevity wasnt spectacular, so now i use recycled hardwood from local recycling mobs 👍
Don't bin them 😭 tag them and send them my way 😎 Any time you cut and leave exposed flesh put a bit of cinnamon on it , Cinnamon will dry it quickly plus the bonus is Cinnamon is antibacterial and anti fungal 💪🏻 it will stop any mold , rot etc and save your plants 🇮🇪 🐉
Haha theyre just crappy little PG cuttings with a solid foundation of rot. Would be no good for you being self sterile 😢 I often use cinnamon when doing some carving and hacking, but for the sake of the video i wanted to go it raw 👌
@@DreaminDragons I have as thinking for rootstock 😂🤣 Ah I get it now Brother ☺️ Glad you use cinnamon it's really a game changer for saving cuttings etc 🇮🇪🐉
Awesome - one plant 2 varieties - also helps with pollination I guess having them growing so closely together. I have seen multiple varieties grafting on citrus and mango before. The L graft also looks nice and strong. Cheers - Crow
True true. I've heard mixed reviews of those fruit salad grafted citrus.. Theres definitely a tendency for faster growth through the rootstock, but because of the nature of how a dragon fruit grows, you'll still easily get both varieties thriving 👌
Aye foo that was funny the way you were laughing when he was tryna tape it up hahah that’s a tough job to a new person haha good work super nice at the end man thanks for the info
Costas great quality. Not every day you get to gee him up haha
Your channel is the best man
Thabks for the love mate. Very greattly appreciated 🥰
Bro u giving us a million dollars worth of game for freebies hell yea
Haha cheers mate 🥰
Last Sunday, a neighbour a few blocks from us gave me a free mature cutting that was about 33" in length. The kind lady just wont accept my money. :-P So I did a joint cut from the fruiting mother plant as it was raining during that time. No way i'm going to wait for the sun. :-D.
Thats really lovely! Its awesome to be able to share the love around 👌
Good content! I saw someone comment about the Purple Megalanthus. Seems to hold up well in 40+ degree days, and grow at a rapid rate.
Cheers mate. A mate of mine has it and loves it. Can only go off his recommendation 👍 Sounds like a cracker if it works in those conditions 👌
good information to know. thanks
Cheers mate 🥰
What about using gypsum here?
Could help, but if its all decomposed, compacted and started choking the roots, if i couldnt be bothered/ didnt have the time or ability to replace it, i'd probably mix in some different ingredients to create some structure and shape to the soil like your perlites, clay balls, pummice etc then a sprinkle of all your other goodies 👍
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degrading soil is why i dont use it. peat moss and sand with vermiculite. best DF draining potted mix. top potting with nutrient rich soil in the spring. thats it.
Nice one!
nice good to see you're trying something new. sorry i missed the live i was a bit busy. oh well ill try and catch you for the next one.
No dramas mate. Love the ongoing support, very much appreciated! Will definitely schedule further in advance next time 👍
Hope you consider more lives - missed this one - hope to join in on next one Kind regards - Crow (Brisbane)
Hey mate I hope to probably do one a month now i've ripped the bandaid off. Will schedule them more than 3hrs in advance this time round to give a few more people the heads up 👌
loved the puns. and of course the information thanks.
Cheers mate 🥰
Wow nice one idol . Nice sharing videos. Done Tamsak
Thank you so much for the kind words and support 🥰
Bom dia, Buenos dias, saludos
Take care 🥰
I have done this many times and it has never failed me once!
Excellent stuff!!
Apologies for selling RDF short, they have close to 1K videos! Incredible!
Hi. How many weeks/months it takes to get a bud/branch?
Hello mate, depends the time of year, with a good graft on a solid rootstock you can get one within 12months 👌
Hi@@DreaminDragons Thanks for your feedback. Sorry i did not ask properly. Within how many weeks a new shout from the scion can be expected?
Hey mate, with a successful graft should see something within around 3ish weeks 👌
Hi. How many weeks/months it takes to get a bud/branch?
Hello mate, depends the time of year, with a good graft on a solid rootstock you can get one within 12months 👌 branch- if graft successful you should be seeing growth within 3 weeks 👍
@@DreaminDragons Thanks for your feedback! Within 3 weeks (if everything worked great), a new shout from the grafted thorn?
Correct 👌 cheers!
Hi. How many weeks/months it takes to get a bud/branch?
Hey mate, pending when you do the graft, with this one you should be close to getting a bud within the first season 👍 branch within a few weeks 👌
Brilliant first live , you handled the nerves like a champ 💪💪 Looking forward to the next one 🇮🇪🐉
Cheers mate, very much appreciated. Who knows what the future holds. Time went much quicker than i anticipated, which can only be a decent thing 👌
@@DreaminDragons You done Great Brother 😎 I've finally got my greenhouse picked 💪🏻😂😂 so it just a waiting game now to get it delivered built and organised 😎 we can do a dual live when I get all sorted 🤔 a video of how it's done on opposite sides of the world 🇮🇪 🌍🇦🇺
Defs have to do something down the track 👌
@@DreaminDragons looking forward to it Brother 😎 🐉🇮🇪
I thought Ireland was bad but -30 that's crazy 😮
Bom dia
Hello from rainy Brunei. 👋 Sorry, i'm late. 😊
Does anyone measure the branches? And does it make a lot of sense? At least to understand the limits of variability. Fruit is usually well documented, but in isolation from the particular plant on which it grew. Clearly, the species with the most massive branches don't always produce the largest fruit (Godzilla, Laverne red and Vietnamese giant as examples), but it would be interesting to see statistics at least within a single species or variety. Palora and other megalantuses are probably the most interesting in this respect, as it seems to me that this should influence not only the size, but also the ripening period
That is a really interesting question, and i would 100% be lying if i gave you any answer at all on this. You'd like to think that a plump and healthy plant would give bigger fruit than a skinny one, but definitely some varieties are just known to pop out big fruit and others small. I really wish i could give you something more than that.. maybe someone might stumble across your comment and enlighten us 🤷🏽♂️ Thanks for joining today, very fascinated with your geography and this hobby of ours!
Cough, cough...thinking of using this trick once the Bruni graft has really took off. Cough....cough. 😅
Haha just something different 🤪