ALL ABOUT Growing Dragon Fruit w/ 'The King Of Dragon Fruits'

ALL ABOUT Growing Dragon Fruit w/ 'The King Of Dragon Fruits' | feat. Grafting Dragon Fruit YouTube

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Charles Malki, Biologist & Plant Expert for IVOrganics.com/ interviews Richard Le, ‘The King Of Dragon Fruits,’ and host of / graftingdragonfruit Learn ALL ABOUT Growing Dragon Fruits. Topics include: (1) What Does Dragon Fruit Taste Like? (2) Dragon Fruit Varieties and Flavors, (3) Propagation By Seeds, Cuttings, Air layering, and Grafting, (4) Potting vs. In Ground Plantings, (5) Fertilizing, (6) Pest Control, and (7) White Washing Dragon Fruits For Weather Extremes & Transplant Shock. #GraftingDragonFruits #KingOfDragonFruits #IVOrganic
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@marylindaalmojuela9175 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a pot with less than 12 inches tall from a backyard grower, no roots, i cut them to 4-6 inches, planted in clay pots in April, i harvested 25 fruits by August. Big heavy fruits and sweet, plump. Dark Reddish purple inside, each fruit weighed about 1-1.8 lbs each

@golfgunsandcocktailschannel 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Richard is the King when it comes to growing the Dragon Fruit. I've been watching his videos for a month now. A matter of fact, I already planted four stems or cuttings that I got from Amazon. It will take about 5 weeks for roots to grow before I can transfer them in one big pot, indoor. Yes, indoor because I'm from Chicago. I will place the plant by the window where it can get some sun. We'll see what happens. 😎👍

@bjohnson2003 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I started growing dragon fruit in my greenhouse about a year ago. I've learned so much about growing and grafting dragon fruit from watching Richard's KZfaq channel and his Facebook group.

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment!!! Richard has a limitless knowledge for dragon fruit! I’m so glad to have got to meet him in person & to incorporate some of his favorite varieties into our backyard orchard! Charles 🤩

@marovinleste1582 3 жыл бұрын

I am very interested in this channel because it provides a lot of information about how to cultivate dragon fruit in pots and an extraordinary experience.Thanks

@balamorrisfarm4620 4 жыл бұрын

I'm following Richard on his chanel since last year and I learned a lot from how to look after my dragon fruit farm.

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

RICHARD is so very knowledgeable & inspiring!!! So glad to share this dragon 🐉 lesson with him! Charles 🤩

@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden Жыл бұрын

Richard is utterly fantastic!!!

@IVOrganic Жыл бұрын

He truly is- hoping to collaborate with Richard again soon! 🌱👍

@RAREDRAGONFRUIT 2 жыл бұрын

Gary’s Best Top Pot is another excellent potting soil for dragon fruit.

@laurachatfield4142 Жыл бұрын

I bought a yellow dragon fruit and it sat in the counter for a week. It was sweet and juicy. Really delicious!

@FacelessBeatz 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see the collab! Been following you for a couple years due to growing citrus trees, avocados, and figs. This year I added dragon fruit cuttings and been following Richard. Man, I learn so much from both of you- glad you guys have this passion. Looking forward to all my cuttings rooting so I can have DF next year. Growing 5 varieties and all are self fertile to help with the learning curve. One day I’ll jump over to Haley’s comet or physical graffiti. Thanx again for making this video!

@FacelessBeatz 4 жыл бұрын

Richard, Do you sell any of the isis yellow cuttings!? If you do- please let me know.

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENT & years of support! Try writing Richard Le at one of the ‘Grafting Dragon Fruit’ social links I included above: Facebook, Instagram and/ or Twitter for fastest response. Charles 🐉👍

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Get Connected To Richard Le: kzfaq.info facebook.com/groups/339405923306378 instagram.com/graftingdragonfruit/ www.graftingdragonfruits.com/

@TrialanError 3 жыл бұрын

He's the best. Top notch knowledgeable guy

@neilsmall6518 3 жыл бұрын

hi love both of you guys KZfaq channel. I have gotten my dargon fruit from my island in the wild and some from old plantations. I have a super sweet red one and a high so i crossed them and planted the seed and look forward to see what it will be.

@rajivkamat1803 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative video.

@yesitsamessgarden 4 жыл бұрын

Off subject, but I just got my first ripe Marseille VS Black fig from a cutting I received from you. It was delicious 😋 Thanks

@mattmcghee1137 4 жыл бұрын

Such great information!!!

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MATT! Charles 🤩👍

@ryanquinn1257 3 жыл бұрын

Cool crossover. Was watching your videos on citrus as I just picked up some dwarf and semi dwarf citrus. Started with doing hydro. Needed a use for the runoff water and started vegetables & peppers, herbs, and then dragonfruit. Rochard’s channel has been a huge help along with local friends and nurseries.

@IVOrganic Жыл бұрын

Hello Ryan 👋 We’re happy to be a part of your growing successes! Charles 🌱👍

@luisfernandoztg2672 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, my friends!!!

@abelddamulira7817 Жыл бұрын

About slugs where I live in Uganda,we don't have access to sluggo or sluggo plus but I've had to improvise by sprinkling salt around the plant and it worked for me.

@wittnguyen5499 3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️thanks for sharing

@juneramirez8580 3 жыл бұрын

The Kellogg's potting soil was recommended from someone's video and I find that I have to replant everything I put in pots because the stuff it's just horrible to plant in. My plants took forever to grow it was hard to know when to water. In my big pots the bottom of the pot was very soggy and smelly and the top was dry. I now use that to add to my garden vegetables by digging into the dirt or using as a Mulch on top of my soil. I now make my own potting soil.

@angelitogutierrez6214 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to find this kind of container even in Amazon. Awesome video

@gardencenterwarrior8880 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is the Dragon Master!!!

@deneensmith5691 3 жыл бұрын

I tasted dragon fruit before and it was sweet and delicious been in love ever since I kept the seeds so is it possible to grow a dragon fruit from seed?

@lanseapili2294 2 жыл бұрын

What it better to plant ,from direct to the ground or from a pot or box.

@AWiz-lx8lh Жыл бұрын

Hi My Work Peer gave Me a Few Stems. Some have Roots. Should I Cut it Like The Stems in this Video and Let it Callous or Should I Just Plant As Is? One Didn’t Appear to Have Roots So I Suppose I Should Just Cut that. Any Advice?

@frozenauna8733 3 жыл бұрын

Would you use the 3 in one and/or which one on this fruit? We are in Laguna Hills CA

@user-oe8sb7lr4r Жыл бұрын

hi, if my dragon fruit already in the ground for couble of years, if i wanna move to a 20 gallon pot, should i cut the wet root, dry it under the sun a few day before i follow your way?

@happyfamily8624 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing this video I'm new friend here

@TheMaggieMia 11 ай бұрын

Living in central Illinois my tiny seed grown Dragon plants will be in a raised, wheeled planter so I can get them inside for winter and it wasn't about getting free fruit but to see if they would actually grow

@paigecarew5322 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to get any tips for growing citrus in not ideal zones. I live in zone 7b and have a blood orange, meyer lemon, olive tree, and 6 varieties of dragon fruits. Is it possible to graft a meyer lemon or the blood orange onto a wild bitter orange and have it be hardy down to our zone?

@lettygar2878 3 жыл бұрын

How about if you have a dragon plant which has already a lot if roots? Can we used directly those parts with bigger roots or we will still start with the cuttings? Thanks for the info.God bless

@khinmaung2551 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@thomasashe2681 Жыл бұрын

I have the pink skin/ white flesh one. How would I tell what variety it is? I bought the plant at the grocery store from a company called "Patio Fruits".

@davidcasillas3845 Жыл бұрын

I'm looking for that fertilizer you are using?

@mbwilliams8956 3 жыл бұрын

Can you grow different cutting in one 25 gal pot?

@cliffordfoster-tz4dn Жыл бұрын

I have a question on dragon fruits cuttings. I am a first time trying to grow dragon fruit. I had purchased different cuttings but got mixed up by my 5 year old daughter. How do I tell the difference between them yellow, red with red flesh and red with white flesh. I potted all 32 of them to start rooting process and don't know which one is what kind of cutting.

@nathann1227 3 жыл бұрын

Love your passion for growing dragon fruits. Can they grow in the Caribbean.?

@ronwatkins5775 2 жыл бұрын

Can you recommend a vendor for quality cuttings?

@yesitsamessgarden 4 жыл бұрын

Are there no spines that stick you on dragon fruit cactus?

@davidcasillas3845 Жыл бұрын

I'm using Gary's top soil but I'm looking for fertilizer

@m0ntse00 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, super informative! Definitely convinced me to purchase a 4lb bag of your super blend fertilizer for my DF cuttings that i’m having coming in soon! I wanted to know how to properly feed them this. I think you said not to start using it until they start to grow/root then start doing a monthly feeding, but you also said that changes during the winter time? I’m in south Florida so not super cold here, how do I go about feeding them during the winter time as in, how much and how often? Also, i’m getting unrooted cuttings, when do I begin to feed them monthly? I’m using the same set up such as 4 cuttings per 20 gal bucket. Thank you, any advice helps!!!

@joekidd777 3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever find out when to start feeding unrooted cuttings?

@JoyBersalona8 3 жыл бұрын

Can I plant Dragon fruit here in Arizona area? I love eating this kind of fruit, hope I can plant the different varieties of this plant. Enjoying watching your videos and thank you so much for sharing. Hope you can help me where I can buy and get started.

@lookinatfrance 3 жыл бұрын

Do you sale a different dragon plants ? Location is here in Vista Ca.

@thomasashe2681 Жыл бұрын

I have some questions for Mr. Richard Le. 1. Do you have any for sale? 2. Aren't there 4 different color types (red skin/white pulp, red skin/red pulp, yellow skin/white pulp, and yellow skin/red pulp)? 3. If a person was to have a few of those self-sterile species, would they cross pollination one another?

@lauraradford8610 3 жыл бұрын

I want to grow dragon fruit in MD is that possible

@thanoo966 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir

@pitayasc 2 жыл бұрын

very nice

@focusonnature8193 2 жыл бұрын

I"m getting flowers and no fruit! What am I doing wrong? I'm in SE FL by the coast.

@marylindaalmojuela9175 2 жыл бұрын

You said roots don’t go down, Roots go down and out to the holes of the pot. I planted a mature branch i cut in June it has 2 fruits ready to harvest in 2 weeks.

@sandrajones3921 2 жыл бұрын

I love red dragon fruit i can't get enough of it I buy the frozen ones in a bag at Costco I would love to grow my own but I don't know where to get the seeds to grow the red one

@dumplingsfordays2980 Жыл бұрын

i know im late but you'd have to get a fresh red dragon fruit or buy seeds

@FoodForestPermaculture 3 жыл бұрын

Peace and love

@lorihimes1786 2 жыл бұрын

How about ants on the dragon fruit seeds how do you manage?

@ItsDolph-fl8cu Жыл бұрын

I like you to help me to grow my Dragon fruit to see how it grows up.

@davidcasillas3845 Жыл бұрын

How come I can't find this?

@basiljohnson3484 3 жыл бұрын

Can I grow dragon fruit in England

@mayraperez3626 4 жыл бұрын

The pink fruit is delicius!❤

@susienegrete4274 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, it was a lot of useful information. I want a yellow dragon fruit😁

@garleur 4 жыл бұрын

"King of Dragon Fruits" 👍

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Yellow Dragons 🐉 will be one of your favorite fruits!!! Get connected to Richard Le- I put all his links in the above comments/ description. Charles 🤩

@The78bluedevils 4 жыл бұрын

What type of dragon 🐉 fruit will grow well in northern New Jersey. indoor for 8 months

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Tony! I’d reach out to Richard Le; his contact information is in the comments & video description. He’d be the BEST one to ask! Also, try posting your question at the FaceBook Group: Grafting Dragon Fruit. Charles 🌱👍

@AWiz-lx8lh Жыл бұрын

Thanks So Much. I’m New to The Art of Dragon Fruit. I Have Been Caring For Orchids the Past 3-4 Years with Decent Success. Anyhow, Was Just Wondering if Like Potting Orchids, Can You Add Some Charcoal to The Substrate. It Purifies the Water Taking Out Toxins and Impurities. Can Anyone Help with this Question? Obviously, I Don’t Want to Damage My 3 Cuttings a Co-Worker Gave to Me. Great Video. Thanks So Much and Thanks to Anyone who Can Offer Help with that Question. Blessings to All!

@TheWiseman1958 3 жыл бұрын

I grew my dragon fruit from seed started out looking good but now as you can see is pail green,, I leave lid off now to see if it will help, I dont water in less it starts getting little dry,, I'm a fraud I might lose them

@m0ntse00 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any discounts on the super blend fertilizer ever? Would love to buy for dragon fruit!

@IVOrganic 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Nekobaby. When you checkout at www.IVOrganics.com enter promo code 'IVOLOYAL' before you checkout for 20% off this month! Charles :-)

@m0ntse00 3 жыл бұрын

@@IVOrganic THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

@lynbecker Жыл бұрын

Richard, what is causing my dragon fruit branches to turn yellow? The base is green, but the top branches are turning yellow.

@IVOrganic Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 2 primary factors: (1) needs fertilizer & (2) sun stress. Charles 🌱👍

@FknNefFy 3 жыл бұрын

Edgar Valdivia says to store the seeds in the fridge and not the freezer

@godofredofulla7456 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried grafting dragon fruit to a wild cactus as the rootstock?

@nicholaslopez6384 3 жыл бұрын

I came from richards channel

@ItsDolph-fl8cu Жыл бұрын

I would like you to help me to grow my with dragon fruit and see how well girls

@gilbertvelasquez8009 3 жыл бұрын

25 percent honey,75 percent water. Spray flowers to attract bees? I hear.

@marilynfelicilda5841 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@vonries 2 жыл бұрын

The one thing you didn't cover was growing them from seed. All you said was they would not be true to type and would take several years to fruit. You didn't say anything about raising from seed like put the seeds on the surface or 6" deep or whatever. How can I improve germination should I pre-soak the seeds in water over night? Etc etc etc but I did think it was nice you have him the box of your stuff.

@mnguyetnguyen-xf2vq Жыл бұрын

I’m a girl like dragon fruits but don’t know how to build trellis help

@The78bluedevils 4 жыл бұрын

p.s. will grow lights help indoors

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

YES; but usually for a short period, like 1-3 months, to get them through the coldest winter days. But, I know that full sun results in optimal growth & performance. Write to one, or all, of the Grafting Dragon Fruit links I’ve shared in the comments & description. Good luck! Charles 🤩

@lindapham7074 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍😍😍

@ducnguyen3754 2 жыл бұрын

👍🌻🙏

@pattim5381 2 жыл бұрын

can I send you a photo of what I thought was a dragon fruit? I need an email. I'm not on Instagram or Twitter, just email. PLEASE? And thanks so much for the info you provide.!!! I just want to see if my fruit is edible!!??

@starafication 3 жыл бұрын

Someone send Dr. Oz and Rachey Ray the yellow ones XD

@sweetradical 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh I have to white wash my dragon fruit. It's flowering and about to be 100 degrees daily

@TheDezZer0 3 жыл бұрын

*ONE PIECE FRUITS ARE REAL YAAASSSSSSSSS*

@arieldelacruz3751 3 жыл бұрын

Its 5$ a fruit , its worth it to grow it yourself.

@matthewloomis2942 4 жыл бұрын

Man I wish I didn't live in Ohio so I could grow tropical and sub-tropical fruits

@caseG80 4 жыл бұрын

Give it a try growing in pots let’s you bring them inside a garage or green house you will never know if you don’t try there’s been tons of things grown successfully where they are thought not to be able to. Cheers

@matthewloomis2942 4 жыл бұрын

@@caseG80 yeah I know I'm trying a citrus tree now...oranges one of my favorite fruits but I'm sure if it does grow here it won't ever fruit unless I build a green house or a indoors setup

@mayraperez3626 4 жыл бұрын

Why here in florida is dificult have this fruit! The flower is down! And the plant it healthy! But not fruit

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Mayra 👋 (1) I’d experiment with trying to grow more varieties. As we discussed, it’s possible that you’ve got a variety that requires cross pollination with a different dragon fruit variety to become fertile & fruit. (2) perhaps you have not be fertilizing during the growing season: spring, summer & early fall. If you have more questions, I’d try contacting Richard Le of Grafting Dragon Fruits FaceBook, Instagram and/ or KZfaq. Good luck! Charles 🤩

@lemonyskunkketts7781 3 жыл бұрын

You have to pollenate the flowers.

@mayraperez3626 3 жыл бұрын

@@IVOrganic thankyou !❤

@mayraperez3626 3 жыл бұрын

@@lemonyskunkketts7781 thankyou!👍❤

@Aeon08897 4 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to watch with all the hand movements

@paulellis1938 4 жыл бұрын

Dragon fruit has no taste

@SuperHemiv8 4 жыл бұрын

I could never understand why people eat them as they are so bland with no sugar or acid. However, people tell me that the pink and red fleshed are far better like a great watermelon but avoid the white ones that Vietnamese people cherish.

@IVOrganic 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul 👋 I used to have a similar opinion until I tried the yellow dragon varieties- and there are several other ones that can be as sweet & delicious as a mango! Grafting Dragon Fruit FaceBook, Instagram & KZfaq offer the education with many examples of varieties to look for if your seeking sweet & delicious dragon fruits! Good luck! Charles 🤩

@caseG80 4 жыл бұрын

One guess your making this decision off store bought dragon fruit? Well like most fruit bought from the store it tastes nothing like home grown fruit or vegetables.