ULTIMATE Dragon Fruit Tasting - New Variety w/ Edgar Valdivia, Eyal Givon, Alik Shulman, Charles Lee
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In this video, Edgar Valdivia invited all of us dragon fruit experts to his house to try many dragon fruits of the season and also his newest creation, Asunta 5 Fire. He was so excited that it couldn't wait. We spent over an hour tasting 20+ dragon fruit varieties and most of them were real winners. Enjoy this ultimate Dragon Fruit Tasting Review. Hope this video helps with your choice of which to grow in the future.
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@awwman6138 9 ай бұрын
These older guys are like the "Founding Fathers" of DF haha
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
They definitely are!
@DH-iv1ut 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I missed Edgar so much and I hope he can enjoy DF for many years in the future
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
He’s such a legend
@kristinapham3082 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Richard! It's so great to see all of you together and that Edgar is doing so well.❤️
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
@Mhmdtaleb1 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this amazing video,nice to see you all together🌹 Big love for edgar valdivia❤️
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
9 ай бұрын
Wow…This is one of the best videos about dragon fruit that I have ever seen in SoCal. It is absolutely amazing with so many different varieties. I love it! Thanks so much for sharing Richard 👍❤️
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@RudyChristianCruzJanampa 9 ай бұрын
Buen video graftingdragonfruit . Muy buena explicación del sr Valdivia . Congratulations for this video
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Gracias
@brimoren7320 9 ай бұрын
I love Edgar Valdivia, I’ve been enjoying his postings and KZfaq for the past 3 years. I’m so happy he includes you to pass on his knowledge of dragonfruit as he retires. Richard, Edgar’s shoes will be hard to fill. But you , as the next new generation , is very prepared. Thank you for sharing.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t be where I am without his mentorship
@DragonFruitDude 9 ай бұрын
Ahhh every time I watch one of these I want to add them to my collection and I haven't even started growing any yet!
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Can’t go wrong with a lot of them
@gofwkratos410 9 ай бұрын
Some of the older dragon fruit varieties are still the best. Even Edgar was blown away lol hopefully the asuntas get more better with time.
@pedromunoz4468 9 ай бұрын
This Video was great, true reactions from everyone, shocking us all with amazing brix scores, The God Father of Dragon Fruits MR. VALDIVIA!
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@vincentnicanor8269 7 ай бұрын
From DR we respect all of you guys
@filamrider1782 9 ай бұрын
Nice line up of legendary judges in which your 1 of the judge since Edgar invited you to his crib congratz Richie...🍻👍
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@filamrider1782 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit N.P. Stay healthy and the fam...have a great weekend bro.🍻 God bless
@vincentnicanor8269 7 ай бұрын
Edgar is amazing.. respect for him
@ochwopaul7388 9 ай бұрын
Great idea from grey hair being source of wisdom . Keep it up Richard . You are living my dream having such people . I miss Jim Rohn how I wish I saw him in a day .
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, I will
@ilocanodetoy2225 9 ай бұрын
I am glato see Mr. Edgar Valdivia still doing dragon fruit breeding I met him when I started learning about it in 2008 Pitaya Festival.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
He’s a legend
@moofmilkinnerfherder4911 3 ай бұрын
I love Edgar’s dedication to DF and its growers. I admire his roots and desire to education his people and the whole world.
@LeTangoNoir 9 ай бұрын
What a fun tasting party! What varieties would you suggest for Zone 8b? PNW is rainy, cold, but I'd love to find a hybrid that thrives in such conditions. I've never had one that wasn't bland, so I really want to grow my own!
@SomeoneAbstruse 9 ай бұрын
From a newcomers perspective there seems to be a bit of a chasm between Edgar and Thomson hybrids. Glad to see it all comes down to taste and fertility in the end. Thank you for making it possible for us to learn from those who know (inc GFT)
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!
@FurFeathersandFlowers 9 ай бұрын
Congratulations Edgar to the new hybrid "Fire".
@23dannyt 9 ай бұрын
Eyal givon is my man !!! He’s the true og he’s like the sleeper out of all them he’s the one that has all his out in direct sun in cold no help he lets them do there thang no matter what climate he’s been doing it for so long
@Juicingwithjay 9 ай бұрын
Great video 🐲🐲🐲🐲
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@robkeller3431 7 ай бұрын
The Drangon Council! Gotta love it.
@GraftingDragonFruit 7 ай бұрын
That has a nice ring to it!
@fatbuttbassett4732 9 ай бұрын
Im on my first yearngrowing. But i feelnedgars pain on growing conditions. We go from -5 to 110. So not QUITE as hot, but much colder and bone dry humidity.
@silkydave2429 9 ай бұрын
I would love to know where I can purchase a cutting of any of these. I need to grow the asunta 5 fire.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Try asking in my fb group. Several sellers in there
@patrickkuffour 9 ай бұрын
learning alot from you everyday i tune into your channel, i have one question all of these were grown on the same place or you guys all contributed? and i have never seen you advertise where we can get cuttings to purchase. i would like to purchase some cuttings, pls share were we can get some cuttings to purchase! thank you and continue the great work and sharing your knowledge with us!
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
All contributed
@joewinters6201 9 ай бұрын
What is your favorite?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
That was tough to say. So many close ones
@gabeleon2922 9 ай бұрын
You all make me want to start a cutting of all these varieties ... wish i had the space. Will definitely be looking to purchase a cutting of Asunta 5 Fire as well as a cutting Lake Atitlan. Any idea of where i can purchase in So. Cal. ?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Try asking in my fb group
@NatureWithAlik 9 ай бұрын
I can provide you with Lake Atitlan cuttings or rooted plant.
@gabeleon2922 9 ай бұрын
@@NatureWithAlik I can send you my phone number when I receive your msg. Thank you so much
@HermesMauricio 9 ай бұрын
hi Dragon Fruit Master. Thankk you for your vlog which I saw the white variety that I do not know the name. Me and my son love that fruit most of the time they are big, my biggest is 2.3 lbs this season is 2 lbs and 2.3 oz. Shot out Thank you.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!
@pitayapy2533 9 ай бұрын
Excellemt content from Paraguay gretings
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@chadbradshaw4841 9 ай бұрын
Nice
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@michaelm608 8 ай бұрын
Can you make a list? I’m hard of hearing, and it would be great to read the results?
@elenamao7329 9 ай бұрын
Hello could you tell me where can I buy the cutting
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Try asking in my fb group. Several sellers in there
@viclarock5321 9 ай бұрын
Do happen to have any good source that you might want to recommend to buy cuttings from or do you sell cuttings yourself?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Inquire in my fb group. Several sellers. I will have some available later this fall/winter
@viclarock5321 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit. Hi Richard, I look forward to when you have cuttings available later in the fall/winter season. I am not a fan of FB 😞
@gkukel 9 ай бұрын
Edger is so knowledgeable.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
He’s the guru
@brendarush4951 9 ай бұрын
I would like to have more flavor profiles
@zzippo81 9 ай бұрын
There was mention that they sell cuttings but I didn't catch how we can find them. Maybe it's later in the video, but would love to know more, especially about getting some A5 Fire cuttings. Just finished my second trellis of AB, Sour Patch Kids and Sour Patch Watermelon. Now planning my third and would love to carry on some of these guys hard work over here on the east coast in Florida.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Ask in my fb group. They are in there
@zzippo81 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit Facebook, yuck. But ok, if you insist. Thanks for all you do man!
@Honestandtruth 9 ай бұрын
I Hope noOne needs To Go to Restroom shortly after taste testing 😅😂😅
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
🤣
@Booshiehallie 9 ай бұрын
I’m so glad I watched this, I have my American beauty and since I’ve heard it’s self fertile, I hand pollinated with its own pollen. It was its first bloom and the fruit is aborting at this point, which I figured would. Now I know even though they say it’s self fertile, cross pollinating will produce a higher quality fruit.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Glad you watched it too :)
@Honestandtruth 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruitI Hope noOne needs To go to Restroom shortly after Taste testing 😅👍😂
@ptrain9020 9 ай бұрын
So did I hear you correctly in that you recommend pollinating American Beauty with another variety so that you get a bigger fruit? Even though AB is self pollinating.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Correct, cross-pollinating all dragon fruit will benefit in bigger and sweeter fruit!
@TheMaggieMia 9 ай бұрын
Fun to watch but I doubt if my growing efforts will result in fruits, something about being in central Illinois and my container plants will all be coming inside for the winter soon. But I do have plants grown from seed, and I have no idea what variety it was but sweet and beautiful purplish red fruit.
@Booshiehallie 9 ай бұрын
I’m in Philadelphia area, and I bring them in during winter too. I had two flowers but the fruits aborted, they are 2 yr old plants so hopefully next year I’ll get fruit. So think positive! I think we can get fruit eventually!
@TheMaggieMia 9 ай бұрын
@@Booshiehallie I will have fun but think it's going to be a challenge as I have cats and last winter caged my plants and still had damage and lost the avocado tree I had grown from seed. Plants don't fight and howl about being caged, cats do .
@CL4K. 9 ай бұрын
@@TheMaggieMia Here in nebraska trying the same thing. Lmao we don't have cages for our cats though.
@TheMaggieMia 9 ай бұрын
@@CL4K. I am Not giving up my plants, I need them to keep living and surviving, and I am not caging those occasionally annoying cats, my choice to invite them so yes, cage those plants when I move them inside and still fight cats, I will try for fruits and did buy some cuttings from grower in Florida so should, in time, have something to try and cross pollinate
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
You can do it! Just have to be creative with potential strategies to grow them :)
@Santi78787 9 ай бұрын
We’re can we go purchase the cuttings if you could please direct us
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Try asking in my fb group
@multicolor08 9 ай бұрын
How do you calculate the amount of the sugar in the dragon fruit? Is this base on the whole entire fruit for it’s sweetness? Just want to understand.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Use the brix Refractometer and it has a guideline
@multicolor08 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you.
@benjamintripura2519 9 ай бұрын
Best commercial variety plz
@walterbenignoroblesperalta9579 9 ай бұрын
Excelente.... falta decir los nombres de las variedades.... inglés no entiendo
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Gracias
@Kevin.Grindel 9 ай бұрын
Please list what type you tasted that would be so helpful
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Will have editor work on the description
@roottrackerzbyyaira 9 ай бұрын
I'm growing Delight & VooDoo Child. It should bloom next year. QUESTION: Is Vietnamese Jaina and Vietnamese White the same? If not, what is the difference.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Vietnamese Jaina and Vietnamese White is not the same. Jaina is self sterile while VW is self fertile.
@roottrackerzbyyaira 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit ohhhh so I have Vietnamese White then!! The person that gave it to me got mixed up.Tyvm for this answer. I need to find a list if self sterile and self pollinate.
@thelegend-cn8qo 9 ай бұрын
I didn't understand how a self-sterile variety like Asunta can cross-pollinate with a self-fertile variety like Vitnemaes White. I didn't understand how it can act as the father when it is itself a sterile variety. Can someone please explain? 9:01
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Self sterile only means it can’t be used with its own pollen. It can still use a different pollen even if it’s self sterile
@thelegend-cn8qo 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you
@andrewflorentino4491 8 ай бұрын
Is there any that i can buy cuttings of your first 5 favorites with their names on it? I have 3 varieties that I am growing that were given to me, but i don’t know their varieties. I really will appreciate it if you are able to spare me some
@GraftingDragonFruit 8 ай бұрын
Hopefully will have some available later this winter on my website
@andrewflorentino4491 8 ай бұрын
Please update me. I’ll be very grateful if you do. Thanks
@grimmjowzenith910 9 ай бұрын
16.4 and it sounds like it’s more than 16.4 sweet damn! 🎉 20.6 for the white 😮 wow!!
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Right?!
@grimmjowzenith910 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit how was the white sweeter? Isn’t white usually less sweeter than the other reds?
@martinbajjada4344 9 ай бұрын
Hi richard....so jelous that i am not there to taste those heavenly friuts. Can you explain what you put in the soil so you will help alot of your supporters
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Check out my videos the soil I use
@observeNaturalevolution 9 ай бұрын
I NEED CUTTINGS OF ALL YOUR BEST... DROP THE INFO ON HOW TO GET THEM !! YOU are DRAGON FRUIT GOD'S !!!!! 😂
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Limited available this later fall/winter
@observeNaturalevolution 9 ай бұрын
Thank you !!! I can't wait !!.
@joanwu7688 9 ай бұрын
So, what’s the winner? Or top 3
@armengeorge 9 ай бұрын
As to each, please tell us what was crossed to produce it?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Not sure as we didn’t cover that
@armengeorge 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit Would be nice to know when you do future videos. Mother/father, when known, should be a given when discussing a new variety. I've never purchased a Vietnamese White from Alik. Will have to now--hopefully from the same plant that produced the fruit you sampled. 20+, wow! Thank you for your efforts and for sharing your knowledge.
@dragonfarmer7 9 ай бұрын
Asunta fire
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Yesss
@wenenda32 9 ай бұрын
How do I get a cutting
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Try asking in my fb group
@Rickstop 9 ай бұрын
When will this variety asunta 5 fire be available to the public?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Don’t think it’ll be for awhile
@Rickstop 9 ай бұрын
@@GraftingDragonFruit ok then thank you
@andrewm7706 9 ай бұрын
Is Yellow Isis the same as Israel Yellow?
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Yes, they are the same.
@andrewm7706 9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Why did mine come out so small? Is it due to the pollen utilized? I used American Beauty pollen. @@GraftingDragonFruit
@johnlegere478 9 ай бұрын
So they are sweet.........BUT do any of them have any particular flavor like a grape or something else???????????
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
I went over some of those details throughout the tasting
@thebluenoble6175 9 ай бұрын
my lord what does he put in his soil?!
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Lots of good stuff LOL
@danielchilds1067 9 ай бұрын
Have you tried to cross pollinate the Israel flower to see if it makes the fruit taste better? I saw a video a year or 2 ago of a guy taking a tour of a dragon fruit farm in Vietnam and they did a taste testing of 2 yellow fruits that I believe was Israel and they said that the cross pollinated one tasted a lot better then the one that was self pollinated. I just had my first flowers this year and I was wondering if all the dragon fruit flowers smell the same? I only had 2 flowers but you can smell the flowers 2-3 houses away. Also, how can I get a cutting of A-5 fire? I don’t have Facebook or any other social media accounts.
@GraftingDragonFruit 9 ай бұрын
Yes it often times can produce better tasting because you get different genes mixed together, but not always
@jasong6027 8 күн бұрын
Most overrated overpriced fruit ever! Absolutely not worth it.
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