Backfill the soil and compress it slightly to keep the cutting upright. Using a germinating tray plant the seeds in soil but make sure that they are close to the top.
You will need to cut the fruit in half and then scoop out the seeds.
How to grow dragon fruit cactus from cuttings. The seeds need to be separated from the flesh so wash the seeds and dry them overnight. So stem cuttings are frequently used to propagate this tropical plant. Growing the mature plant.
Using garden shears carefully cut a twelve inch branch from an established dragon fruit plant. Dragon fruit need to grow up a trellis but they need to be able to hang their side branches out from the main stem or from a beam or frame on top of the trellis in an arc. Dragon fruit can be propagated directly from the seeds in the fruit.
Potting the dragon fruit dig a hole in the middle of your pot and place the cutting 2 to 3 inches deep. To grow a dragon fruit from a cutting. Dragon fruit plants can grow from a cutting of a mature plant.
Prepare the soil bed. The diagonal cut you make across your cutting is important for exposing as much of the surface area as possible so that the roots can grow. Introduction to growing dragon fruit indoors from cuttings and seed.
Dragon fruit is also called pitaya or pitahaya is the vibrant colored and sweet tasting fruit of some cactus plants. Dragon fruit is perfectly suited to growing in a house or apartment as the standard household temperature is ideal for this plant. Properly taking and preparing dragon fruit cuttings will encourage rooting success and minimize disease problems.
Dragon fruit needs full sun choose a sunny area in your garden or a sunny windowsill that gets at least six hours of sunlight a day and good drainage to avoid wet feet trim a cutting from a mature plant. Even though it is a desert plant it doesn t need excessive amounts of light. The cutting should not be less than 6 inches long or more than 15 inches long.
To grow a dragon fruit plant otherwise known as a hylocereus cactus start by filling a gardening pot with well drained sandy cactus soil. Then grab either dried cactus cuttings or dragon fruit seeds and plant them flush with the soil line. Obviously you are going to need an established cactus for you to cut your cutting from in order for this to work.
Remove lateral growth until the stems reach at least a few feet up their support. Place cuttings 2 inches deep in soil.
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