Sorry to hear about your plant, but WOW fantasic photos!
Thanks for posting them.
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Yummmm dragon fruit makes my mouth water!
I read somewhere that Pitaya are self-sterile eventhough their flowers have both sexes. They need to cross pollinate with another pitaya to bear fruit; otherwise you'll get plenty of flowers but no nomnoms.
Would love to grow one here but I think trying for jungle/subtropical cacti in USDA zone 3A is pushing it a bit I wish Father Christmas or the Great Pumpkin would let me have a huge tropical greenhouse set-up!
I read somewhere that Pitaya are self-sterile eventhough their flowers have both sexes. They need to cross pollinate with another pitaya to bear fruit; otherwise you'll get plenty of flowers but no nomnoms.
Would love to grow one here but I think trying for jungle/subtropical cacti in USDA zone 3A is pushing it a bit I wish Father Christmas or the Great Pumpkin would let me have a huge tropical greenhouse set-up!
I wonder if planting them in a raised bed filled with a very rapidly draining soil might help. That way, even if there was heavy rainfall, it would drain away rapidly. That might help prevent rot from setting in.
I have to use raised beds for many plants, especially those that are sensitive to too much water, simply because my yard is heavy clay soil with poor drainage. Also, the water table is high where I live. I hit water whenever I dig down about 12".
I have to use raised beds for many plants, especially those that are sensitive to too much water, simply because my yard is heavy clay soil with poor drainage. Also, the water table is high where I live. I hit water whenever I dig down about 12".
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