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Peter from Backyard Organic Farming has recently started cultivating dragon fruit cactus - you know, the fruit that Andrea thought mirrored David Bowie's hairstyle.
These tree-like cacti, Hylocereus undatus, produce the most amazing fruit commonly referred to as dragon fruit. Admittedly, I have never tasted one but they are touted as the new fruit of the gods - maybe the gods were getting bored with sapotes and could no longer endure the smell of durian!
Greenhouse Girl has a great wrap-up post on how to grow these awesome fruit trees. They can even be propagated from seed!
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UPDATE
Dragon fruit is growing in popularity mainly because of its versatility as a fruit but also for its nutritional benefits. Like many of the new exotic fruits, dragon fruit (pitaya) is high in antioxidants but also contains an abundance of Vitamin C - sometimes as much as 25% of its weight.
They are an easy to cultivate fruit, especially in areas where the climate is temperate. Dragon fruit is not partial to frost so growing them in areas that are frost-free is advisable.
Comments
please send me important requarment for cultivate dragon fruit . I like cultivate that fruit as a hoby or earn mony .I am a Srilankan person and I have 10 ac land in dry Zone hear .
Posted by: Ajith Nanda Kumaara | June 20, 2008 7:18 PM
Thank you very much....
Posted by: Sagara | July 24, 2008 1:53 PM
please send me important requarment for cultivate dragon fruit . I like cultivate that fruit as a hoby or earn mony .I am a Srilankan person
Posted by: Manjula Ratnapala | September 22, 2008 3:03 PM
Could you kindly send me some information about how to order cuttings of the dragan fruit plants so I can grow them in my back yard for home consumption.
Posted by: BRagoonanan | November 22, 2008 8:04 AM
i recently bought some dragon fruit from a local market,but left them out the fridge for too long and they went rotten so i threw them into my garden..now i have thousands of small seedlings growing which i will pot up and give away or grow a few out for myself
Posted by: marcus | February 1, 2009 11:54 AM
Please tell me where I can get Dragon trees in Sri Lanka
Posted by: Mathan | April 10, 2009 5:18 AM
I iam intersted in growing Dragon fruit
Posted by: Lilantha Perera | May 11, 2009 4:21 PM
I Have 2.5 ac some dry land it has some big stones then I think it is hot quickly.
I want to grow economical plants.Im sri lankan pl g me help
Posted by: Udara Lakmal | May 21, 2009 8:57 PM
Hello am fm sri lanka...so..I want to more dtls....about this frut..I like to growing this frut....soo pls help me....
How I buy plant?
Posted by: D.D.Nuwan Asanka | June 6, 2009 6:42 PM
please send me important requarment to cultivate dragon fruit . I would like to cultivate dragon fruit to earn money .I am from maldives
Posted by: Adhuham | August 4, 2009 1:15 PM
i would like get some information start to grow dragon fruit
Posted by: mi.Hassen | August 30, 2009 11:51 PM
Please send me some infos or technoguides on how to grow dragon fruits. I'm from Philippines. Thanks in advance!
Posted by: Ronald Michael G. Talosig | September 10, 2009 8:09 PM
Your Dragon Fruit trees are beautiful. We have a few growing in pots on our deck and are doing very well in producing fruit. We have had problems in the yard with them getting to much water. We are building the yard up for better draining. We just love the look they present and the wonderful taste of the fruit. Please send us any info you may have to help us with our trees. Thank you Jeff
Posted by: Jeff Bogle | September 25, 2009 1:09 AM
Hi there, im really keen to learn more on how to grow this fruit. Could you please provide me more info. Thanks.
Posted by: Avin | September 27, 2009 7:57 PM
I have worked on a dragon fruit farm and it just so happens the owners of the farm have imbred the plant to bring out there favorite characteristics they bigger juicier fruit better color they won gold medals at the sydney royal easter show for best dragon fruit 2008.
Since the farm closed down i have seeds stock from these dragon fruit.
they were sold over the counter for 1 gram = 500 1/2 kilo which i amounted
Since you have never even eaten this fruit you wouldn't know its market value 15 kilo. wholesale at 12 to 9.50 a kilo for firsts and for fruit products we bulk ordered almost tonnes of these thing for almost half that.
but none the less these beasts weighed half kilo each so about 5-6 kilo off each plant every time it flowers.
Ill sell the seeds via paypal for 7o cents a gram
Posted by: Rainicus | October 7, 2009 3:37 PM
pease send me detais of present international market status of dragon fruit.i am an agricultural undergraduate in sri lankan
Posted by: mahinda baddawelage | October 12, 2009 3:00 PM
Please advise contact for seeds, O wpould like to buy some.......
Posted by: Mike Wilkinson | November 26, 2009 2:44 PM