How to Grow Dragonfruit Part 4: Blooming & Pollination 🐉🏵️

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4 жыл бұрын

I got my dragon fruit plant to flower and it was the most beautiful thing ever. Afterwards, I did hand pollination as I believe it's a self-fertile, self-pollinating variety, so no need for cross pollination. Fingers crossed though, as my pitahaya is unlabeled and it could be a variety that requires a cross or is not self-fertile.
I highly encourage you to watch the entire dragonfruit playlist in order if you have yet to see it, as I've been learning how to grow dragon fruit from cuttings for a year now and finally got flower buds, which is SHORT for dragonfruit.
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@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

In about ~45 days we should have EPIC DRAGONFRUITS - what would you like to see in that video?

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

How to pick the fruit and also how to prepare the plant for the next season ♡🙏🏼

@sublimnalphish7232 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely don't stop now! Yes I believe we would want to see it fruit. I know I do. Thank you for the series, I am looking forward to seeing the fruit.

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Great!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Will do :)

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

I'll make sure to film it!

@Robin-tried-it 4 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! Kevin you had me dying this whole video!! "I am an ACTUAL father now. This is my ACTUAL child. I won't take any debate about that." 😂🤣😂🤣😂 This reminds me of how my friend and i keep talking about the new leaves on our young pothos and philodendron are opening up. Even sending progress pictures lol

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I was DEFINITELY stoked

@Robin-tried-it 4 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening Who wouldn't be excited about that?! It's a stunning flower

@MonicaVillegas 4 жыл бұрын

"This is the most exciting birth since the royal family... guaranteed" 😂😂😂😂😂

@aircooledvw 2 жыл бұрын

So funny!

@edgarduque7407 Жыл бұрын

u really had to.

@AmyTrlicek Жыл бұрын

True. Lol!! 😂

@rmesa4748 4 жыл бұрын

Even if you are not a Dragonfruit fan, everyone should watch this series. A good lesson in growing with excitement and fun. Nice job Kevin.

@idawoodhouse1755 3 жыл бұрын

This was the most intense gardening video I've ever seen. Was on the edge of my seat, especially when the bamboo toothbrush appeared.

@zhilahaghbin4766 Жыл бұрын

thanks for loosing sleep over this, very educational, I have seen your transformation to an expert over a year this far, congratulations

@luism7495 2 жыл бұрын

I made allot of mistakes when I first got my plant like almost every mistake you could think of, in March there was allot of baby dragon fruit plants the whole root system was rotten so I propagated what I could manage to save so I got 2 lil plants that have rooted and started to grow shoots and im propagating new plants for my schools greenhouse but they are healthy and thriving now thanks to you and Channel's like yours

@sallyburkett-caskinette8723 4 жыл бұрын

You were cracking me up pollinating that flower!

@AkashKhan-qn6mu 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, brother kevin. 15 months ago I planted a dragon fruit plant after seeing your dragon fruit series. And today one of my flowers is going to bloom. You're an absolute inspiration for me.

@ClissaT 4 жыл бұрын

"I am an actual father!!!!" :D It's so exciting when you get your first dragon fruit flower! And pollinating a DF is better than s#x!

@GinaSiska 4 жыл бұрын

You’re not a dad until you birth us a dragon baby! Lol 😂

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Dont' worry Gina...that video is coming!

@SmallGardenQuest 4 жыл бұрын

Please make a time-laps of the next flowering. Would be beautiful to see it opening in front of our ayes!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Check my IG story today...it's up!

@stephanielawler1951 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha the DUN DUN noise is killing me. XD

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

😂 same I was laughing

@kepler180 2 жыл бұрын

i've never been so excited to see a flower bloom

@MsSwitchblade13 4 жыл бұрын

You killed me with this video, Kevin. 😆 You really did get me all excited and I don't even care about the Royal babies. A late congratulations on the birth of your child.

@donniecoleman8509 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your good information. My Dragon Fruit was in bloom this morning. I never expected a white bloom. Thanks for sharing.

@teresitatowning8675 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely enjoyed it watching you of the birth of your first new flower of your dragon fruit baby !Woooow !!!!! It was so amazing and that was the very first time ever to see a beautiful dragon fruit birth ... just absolutely stunning to see it !!! Congrats !!!! 🎉🍾 I have absolutely learned about the dragon fruits .... So amazing now that I want to grow my own dragon fruits ?! 🥰👌

@howtogrowdragonfruitplant7849 2 жыл бұрын

Do it :-)

@susannekramer2359 4 жыл бұрын

I’m in love with the flower and your enthusiasm about seeing it flower 😍😍

@AussieBit451 3 жыл бұрын

Aww, the excitement over that flower 😭😭🖤

@GraftingDragonFruit 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man so cool! You’re a natural when it comes to gardening. Loving your series, super fun to watch!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!

@davemccormick6352 3 жыл бұрын

The pollination scene was intense. This was fantastic to watch.

@pushkarraj3791 4 жыл бұрын

Hats off to your passion. You are very much dedicated to your gardening. Please keep it up. Thanks for your informative vedios.

@xaznxkdjx 4 жыл бұрын

I have seen so many of your videos and this by far was the one that made me laugh the most! Thanks for inspiring me for being a better gardener/plant lover (: definitely buying your book! It helps I live in San Diego also so I'm encouraged to plant whatever you can plant too!

@henrythenaturalist4950 3 жыл бұрын

Watching that toothbrush pollination was one of the most deeply satisfying experiences in my life.

@harrisric128 4 жыл бұрын

We've been getting a ton of flowers and a few fruits. They are so much better than any store or market dragon fruit I've had

@tishie42 Жыл бұрын

This is my level of excitement when I stay at my friend's house and watch her cereus bloom at night. So beautiful. These remind me of huge Saguaro blossoms. I grew up in Tucson right on the edge of the Saguaro Monument West and the blooms of the cacti at night in the Sonoran desert are beautiful as orchids to me. Also these look like queen of the night cactus

@KellenChase 4 жыл бұрын

Epic and very exciting. Thank you for sharing this little journey. And that sound effect on the time stamps was pretty awesome.

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

I bought my dragon fruit clippings 3 years ago, never seen any kind of budding for flowers..... recently, the end of September i trimmed, replanted and repositioned my plants, and i now have so much growth popping out (its spring in Australia, i came across your videos at the right time) thank you so much for this mini series, its helped me learn so much. Very appreciated ♡♡♡♡♡

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! Sounds like you nailed it.

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening huge thanks to you 🙌🏼 keep up the excellent work mate 👍🏼👍🏼

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening i cant wait to see part 4 😍

@traceynoble6080 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Krist3n Mari3. I am also in Australia and have been looking for somewhere to purchase cuttings. Could you tell me where you purchased yours from, please?

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

@@traceynoble6080 mine came from a private seller in adelaide... there is another fruit seller in mclaren vale you could look up.... if you're from adelaide maybe i can sell you a few pieces. I don't like to post plants so i cant help unless you're in adelaide. Goodluck

@livefreeallways 4 жыл бұрын

Fruit is so beautiful and tasty. You have re-inspired me to put attention into growing dragonfruit.

@MsMhadden 3 жыл бұрын

Love this 😃😍 i am excited to plant my own dragon fruit 🤗

@tabeedi 3 жыл бұрын

How is it going now ? This comment was 4 weeks ago

@ricardocaliman2830 3 жыл бұрын

Im at 4:08 of the vid and grinning like an idiot. I remember doing the same thing with the first bloom on my Hymilan Dandilion.... an amazing experience.

@CHAN-CM 4 жыл бұрын

I just planted my seeds like a week ago and now I have a tiny little fellow. I am super looking forward to it. Your videos are awesome and totally following your steps. Tnks m8!

@howtogrowdragonfruitplant7849 2 жыл бұрын

You might want to graft those :-)

@rachelchrisman1858 Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I got all gitty everytime you checked on the flower!!! Plus the sound effects!!!🤣🤣🤣 Was very appreciated 👍👍👍

@athia37 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin I love your videos ! You are so easy going , but so knowledgeable, I trust and follow all your instructions, except for adjusting to my central Florida location.After you pollinated your flower, you had me rofl ! But I understand, my plants are my green children (had 4 human ones too )..keep the great videos going..

@juliettel.302 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these awesome videos! Love your tips on how to do a proper cutting in the last video. Love the enthusiasm. I have night blooming cereus & now want to plant a dragon fruit too!

@PeasLovePineapples 8 ай бұрын

Not knowing anything about Kevin's personal life, I say this in the most respectful way. THIS is the type of guy I keep looking for and failing to find IRL in my small town and or on Hinge because unfortunately I am located in a small town. There is zilch of my type around which is so frustrating watching this channel and seeing that this type of man does exist. I run my own small homestead and have what my town considers odd hobbies like mushroom foraging, and not one guy I've met wants anything to do with any of it :( I would love to find someone like Kevin to do stuff like this everyday together. I know this is just YT but he also seems genuine, sweet, caring, ambitious, will take the time to figure stuff out if he doesn't know how to do it offhand himself and intelligent. So, universe if you are listening, this right here is what I have been describing in my manifesting journal, so let's make this happen mmmmkay, thank you.

@miguelalt8855 2 жыл бұрын

Great videos Kevin, yours and Richard’s as well, thank you!

@stephendekoning802 3 жыл бұрын

Hand propagation is best by light wide paint brushes, or small feather dusters, I've always heard and seen. Hopefully this is efficiency helping possibly, and not taken badly. I'm liking the show.

@GardenTronics 4 жыл бұрын

So excited! 1 yr progress! Wow! My baby dragons 🐉 still have a long way to go. It’s exciting to watch your baby bloom! 🌸❤️thank you for sharing!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

You'll get there...thanks for watching!

@jutdujette4353 Жыл бұрын

How are they producing NOW??

@carminepetracca7518 4 жыл бұрын

it's really a beauty kevin. i can't wait to see the fruit. in the market here in n.y. they were selling for $7.99 each last week. i can't really say how many were sold at that price, but i'm sure some spectators got some.

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy expensive!

@hannahwyatt6718 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite videos you've made so far lol

@TrueMLC 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful. Can't wait to start mine in morning.Great job.

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@peterbovey3570 Жыл бұрын

I’ve had this type of plant growing in my yard for years, being told it was a “night blooming cactus”. I do not know if it is a fruiting or non-fruiting variety, but I’m going to give it a try next time I see blossoms developing. Thank you for this tutorial!

@karminababy 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m here for this series 😂 planning on propagating and this really helped🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@sirene7465 4 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous flower!

@jamesmoreland7569 4 жыл бұрын

Like you said mine have grown quickly but this is beautiful simply beautiful, Mine will be growing slower as it was a younger cut but I can't wait to see mine next year. I hope yours prospers for years to come

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for yours to grow!

@randyrodgers7848 2 жыл бұрын

Love your dragonfruit videos dude. I learned how to propagate them from you and created about 10 new plants now I need to make some of them flower. I actually got a little hard at the end of the video.

@sokhalicious 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your first born child. Beautiful!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@CryptoProphet 4 жыл бұрын

This was so cool and super exciting for a gardening video, lol.

@mauinokaoi8747 10 ай бұрын

i have never grown Dragon Fruits but i planted what looked like Dragon Fruit and your flower looks like what is growing on my plant so im excited to see what happens.

@TheRealKitWalker 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful blooms 😍

@sandraseldon6734 Жыл бұрын

I have grown dragon fruit for many years inside since I live in Minnesota. I had a flowering only once and it was spectacular. You did not mention the fragrance which I noted the night of the flowering. It is quite unique. I have an Asian friend who grows the dragon and his plants are spectacular. His flowers are pie size with yellow petals. Thanks.

@abbydear 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you .... loving your journey

@dddduu300 12 күн бұрын

I like how you completely ditched the competition by the 3rd video.

@sharonbirdwell2201 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know how to do the pollination on my first bloom but now I do thanks

@IVMRGREENXX Жыл бұрын

got up this morning and realized 5 of mine bloomed last night and I think I missed the pollination window...try again tonight hopefully I can pollinate a few of my flowers and hopefully it's a self pollinating variety. who knew I had to be in my garden at night too...lol

@beckaMSNPH 3 жыл бұрын

Loving these videos! If you sell cuttings or seeds, I am interested! I will look at your website.

@duncanpage1556 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats Papa! great video

@thomasreto2997 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent videos! On to the last part😃🌈🤙

@kepler180 2 жыл бұрын

please make more flower pollination videos. Especially for non-edible plants like hydrangeas, bromeliads, pansies, spider orchids, anthuriums because they're hard to come by. It would help me out a lot (Freshman Bio major at Elon University and I'm ambitious to learn early)

@dakinikiss9413 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats Papa! Epic self-pollination process!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁

@dakinikiss9413 4 жыл бұрын

Epic Gardening I forgot to also acknowledge that you are a beautiful Mama as well! 💗

@davidledesma7575 10 ай бұрын

That was awesome to see. Great video! 👍👍👍

@jessicacarter5606 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting demo thanks for sharing

@diannalvey7183 4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful thank for sharing this with ud

@amendria 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, the “law and order” sounds, has me dying. Also, watching you pollinating the flower, I’m dead 💀💀💀

@zamiinbuon4943 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful tips, well explained

@michaelperez5547 2 ай бұрын

I grow many plants and fruits thanks for the video and information looked into dragon fruit info after mine were failing thanks again

@mogyui2902 3 жыл бұрын

"actual father, actual child, no debate" its how I feel about my pepper seedlings

@ixchelskyfeather2513 4 жыл бұрын

You are the Father of Dragons now. Lol! I just kept waiting for you to say....”I can see the head guys. My baby is crowning!”

@Kimmie546 Жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who was so excited last night when my dragonfruit gave birth! Thank you for being weird with me!

@ChrissyChrissyChrissy333 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness Epic Gardening, I am sharing your dragon fruit journey atm too. I planted mine around the same time last year (maybe that's how I found your channel??). My thumb hasn't turned green just yet, but I'm learning. Despite the newb in the room, I had 3 beautiful blooms all on the same morning, just 2 days before yours bloomed. I was just as excited as you, and thus I am proud to call myself a dragon fruit mama

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you are having the same experience...very cool! You should spray some neem oil on the stems

@yennamhanumanthareddy7232 Жыл бұрын

I learnt several facts from you. Thankq

@kairoglyphix 3 жыл бұрын

the music tho XD everything about this video rocks thanks for sharing

@samantha.irenes 4 жыл бұрын

Garden Order: Special Fruiting Unit

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@krist3nmari38 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! DUN DUN! 🤣

@monicaortez272 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Daddy!!!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you!

@jasonbombardier1159 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else feel a little naughty watching him pollinate?? 😂

@AaronKSLee 4 жыл бұрын

When I first saw your brush, the first thing that popped into mind was "is that a climbing brush?!"

@jiminsealbeach4109 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! First gardening video I’ve seen with suspense. Well done. Hi, I’m a recent subscriber with an off topic question. You seem to enjoy exotic plants. Have you ever tried the Curry Leaf Tree (Murraya Koenigii). I’m having trouble propagating it from the cuttings I for buy cooking. I’m in zone 10B, Seal Beach, CA.

@sxs357 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@gavinvandam3469 2 жыл бұрын

a make-up brush (like the one used for blush) works wonders ;)

@lukedee7799 11 ай бұрын

The Law and Order sound effects are perfect 🤣

@jamesmoreland7569 4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see the fruit

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

You and me both

@amendfuse4276 4 жыл бұрын

So cool!!

@simplifygardening 4 жыл бұрын

Its stunning even if it diesnt get to fruit. But how cool mate

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Fruit set!

@simplifygardening 4 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardeningAwesome mate, I cant wait to see it swell and grow. Brilliant to get that fruiting in a year

@lindareyes7967 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@sophanmartin2122 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful exciting dragonfruit birth

@ameisherry 4 жыл бұрын

This is so cool 😎

@cordinolongiotti 4 жыл бұрын

Just sprouted some dragon fruit seeds, now to grow them till they fruit.

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@phuongduong6621 4 жыл бұрын

congr. u 1st baby!!!!

@skynet40433 2 жыл бұрын

Lol... The Law and Order dun-dun... Kevin, I can't... 😂

@aleialaw 4 жыл бұрын

Woooooow so pretty!!!!!!

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous!

@efttunisia 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vidéo

@tobias-holub 3 жыл бұрын

sooo cool to be able to witness this, damn

@JonRayRunawayVealMusic Жыл бұрын

Kevin , how do promote more flowering? I get a few but never more than 4. Plant is healthy mature magenta . Any help appreciated!

@farmlessfarmertv Жыл бұрын

The bud of my dragon fruit turned yellow yesterday...sad but...I don't know, I removed it. But you said it's normal, so I feel normal now.

@johnananda2011 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, For each flower we have to do pollination maually

@epicgardening 4 жыл бұрын

I did the same

@markchris2735 Жыл бұрын

At 8:45 is the perfect time to chop it off and make a tea

@randyrodgers7848 2 жыл бұрын

LOL I love the law and order dun-dun

@gold-denprospecting8066 5 ай бұрын

My flowers all opened and before they closed it had rained. The all fell off, do you think it was the rain or they never pollinated. Have a new bud forming again now, but wet conditions. Any advice.