How to Improve Dragon Fruit Quality Flavor & Size by Thinning Buds

[@Subwo0f3r]

I don't even grow dragonfruit but I'm enjoying the charisma and passion of this person explaining everything related to dragonfruit.

[@pedromunoz4468]

Will be waiting for the video update, loved this video, and yes it was sooo painful, I berly planted my cuttings 😅

[@JulioGarcia-ln5ny]

Excelente plan de trabajo en tus plantas Epifitas

[@wittnguyen5499]

Your gragon fruits looks amazing spectacular thank you

[@pedromunoz4468]

Today is my sister's birthday and I wanted to wish her a very happy B-day. She is also the reason I fell in love with Dragon fruits and OfCourse finding your channel

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Tell your sister I said happy birthday!! 😁

[@spartoii2153]

I just can't get enough of your videos, I work at a fertilizer company so i get the solulable differently price(I even have some waiting for when I get the final housing pots), but I have cuttings discovered from wild ingrafted and gifted unknown red cuttings that are rooting in small pots. Im currently seeking out barrels like you have(blue) to half and make pots for my final enviroments. I am so excited

[@HutchESauce-zb1js]

Very much the common sense approach. Currently in my second flush of buds from my first plantings last year. Had twelve beautiful flowers (no fruits). I'm ok with that. One year into dragonfruit and have twelve varieties, many of which should bloom next season. I DID, however, pinch some of the early smaller flower buds on the previous flush, and sauteed them for a nice side dish, as opposed to just throwing them on the ground! I'd bet you'll be making those videos soon enough! Love your channel and tips Richard! Thank you.

[@fabianfierro5406]

Your videos are very informative thank you

[@SVanDykTX]

Richard, did you ever do the follow up video and show the difference between the four and two bud arms?

[@yamadatroy]

Good informative video and great timing. I was just asking some questions about bud thinning on the FB group. Mahalo Richard.

[@yeshuaisthewaythetruthandt515]

THANKU GOD BLESS YOU. A VIDEO I WATCHED SAID THAT DURING FLOWERING YOU USE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER COMBINATION AND FOR FRUITING YOU USE ANOTHER FERTILIZER COMBINATION BECAUSE EACH HAVE DIFFERENT FERTILIZER NEEDS. YES IT WAS PAINFUL TO LOSE MANY BUDS

[@seviervilleexotics6403]

wow! i'm just getting my first buds this year! i'm in zone 7a so i hope they fully develop!!!

[@deborahm9393]

I'm in zone 7b and my cuttings are just starting to grow.

[@itawiranti2880]

Wow Tabulampot dragon fruit is great👍

[@soniamarshall9293]

1 ? What is the size of your productive df. Pot. 2 ? how long do you keep in pot without repotting? 3? How high and thickness is your post in the pot. Love your teaching. This video is what I needed for my store bought df I had planted from seeds, now in a five gallon pot. It has become unmanageable so I prune and now I have these cuttings to grow on a trellis like you have. Thus why I have 3 ? Above.

[@sunshinewood1106]

Hi Richard, Ive been watching your videos since 2019. My dragonfruit trees are two and a half years old and they still don't provide any fruit. Do you have any suggestions on how to get them to bud? I've started using the FloraNova Bloom 4-8-7 recently.

[@rawi707]

If they're growing from seeds, they need more years to produce

[@onebeammotorcycle8364]

Mine are one year old and they started to have buds. I use good quality soil and fertilize every 10 days. I use fox farm soil.

[@luciemywallace9558]

Thanks Richard for wrenching my heart lol. For almost 3 years and I just got 1 bud show up

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

There will be a day when you’ll need to use this info 😆

[@pitayasc]

In vietnam they use this tehcnique? What about in the undatus varieties which are very rustic and aggressive?

[@dangit9439]

Awesome, thanks for sharing your video clip

[@komalsharma1527]

Hi ... thanks for this info. But I have a question my plants are 2+ years and they are flowering but fruits are small in size and ripping in small size itself. Can you suggest to improve this ?

[@jerrygusso3837]

muinto bacana esda dica . valeu

[@jeffersongarcia3397]

Thanks, Richard! No wonder I get small fruits on some branches.

[@sopheasophea]

I like how you talk to your plant 😂❤

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Have to make sure they know I love them 🤣

[@martinbajjada4344]

Hi richard can i ask for the recipe of the compost tea please? Because i have a plant that is shrinked. What is best to water with fertilizer 20-20-20 or compost tea??

[@johnniechatnmanjr]

Hi Richard, may I ask a question? You're awesome by the way. Ok, I have a dragon fruit that has one fruit ripening on a makeshift trellis, and it is starting to lean over. In your opinion, should I just re-pot the whole plant now before this one fruit ripens, or just let it ripen and re-pot during the winter? My thought is it better to lose one fruit now, and re-pot the plant so the roots can grow during the rest of this season, and possibly get more fruit next season on its permanent stable trellis. The fruit that's on it now is huge and still green. Thank you

[@orpheusdrakos1911]

I know it's really late for this now, but in my opinion its better to let it do its thing, until the fruit ripens. I would just try to prop it up a little bit with a little extra support if you can. And just wait till next spring to repot it. It's typically not good to repot things in winter because it's the time plants recuperate from the fruiting season, and you're just making it have to use up more energy during the winter when it's trying to prepare for spring. The best time to repot is in the early spring to get the best results for growth. hope this help at all (though very late)

[@johnniechatnmanjr]

Richard, thank you very much for your response.

[@orpheusdrakos1911]

@@johnniechatnmanjr no prob

[@aml-ph4766]

Thanks for some ideas👍

[@edgargario1822]

Hello Richard....I have some Dragon Fruit trees planted in pots like in this video. However the roots are seeking new grounds for growth. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I would advise to reset and start a new pot with cuttings again. That is one down fall of growing in pots, once it reaches its bounded state it will decline in production and growth.

[@gozillatrade5178]

Hi Richard, my dragon fruit plant has a few normal red skin fruits. all except two fruits which are darker. They are near full size as the others. You think they ar going bad?

[@chandanaamarasinghe5486]

Interesting lesson, Tnx.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Welcome!

[@yilengyang3325]

Long time no see good to see your video again

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Thank you!

[@yilengyang3325]

@@GraftingDragonFruit welcome

[@blackpuppy516]

Congratulations Richard

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Thank you

[@blackpuppy516]

@@GraftingDragonFruit you are welcome

[@stk.plantation2912]

very good i like it

[@gilbertadajar8489]

Richard-are you selling cuttings or rooted dragon fruit plants? Thanks

[@shubhrajyotimondal8834]

What is your drgon fruit varraity? Which days are dragon fruit harvest? Please answer me.

[@BobsSite-r1z]

Hi, Richard - how about cutting off some branches as well? Will this have the same/better effect for the fruits?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Branches won’t have effect unless they are the young branches. If they are mature branches you can leave them but any new branches will also take away from the quality.

[@zashah06]

Hello Richard, what soil mix you use for dragon fruit cuttings.

[@robkeller3431]

When you thin them out, will a bud grow back in the same spot at a later time?

[@DragonFruitFreak]

Awesome vid yet again! Your Red Jiana is goin crazy!!! 😂🤙 I recently got what could be a red Jiana that has 5 on one branch! Time to make it 2! This plant has some high production like CM!

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Thanks Cody! Red Jaina tends to put out a lot of buds every season. I use to let them all grow but regretted it when I ate the fruit. The flavors were so diluted from too many!

[@DragonFruitFreak]

@@GraftingDragonFruit have you tried the not watering thing close to harvest, it is said to improve fruit sweetness! 😳

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I’ve tried that last season and didn’t turn out to well for the plant in general and didn’t notice the fruit being sweeter. If anything it was more diluted in flavor.

[@DragonFruitFreak]

@@GraftingDragonFruit oh really! Great info! Haha! Maybe the opposite could have a better affect!

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Maybe I’m just doing it wrong 🤣

[@philiptran2491]

Hi Richard, one of my dragon fruit branches has 2 buds. One is green and growing. The other one turned brown. How can I avoid this in the future. A few branches have brown dots. Thanks in advance!

[@pauhy5601]

@Grafting Dragon Fruits,can dragonfruit plant have a sorta super bloom like tomato plants, where multi-fruit fused together ,ha?.

[@LesleyC]

Yowzaaa! That was painful--will be waiting for the sequel with bated breath! LOL!

[@sunilramgoolam609]

I noticed on some of the branches where you are thinning the buds, there are some small offshoot branches. Do you recommend that these be removed as well?

[@bigtim1129]

Hey Richard, have you come up with an organic bud bloom booster yet? I've been using the compost tea recipe and it seems to be working great thus far.

[@KCB2024]

He has talked about using Roots Organics Buddha Bloom in some of his other videos before. I just can't remember which ones.

[@pashahere]

can you share your recipe for compost tea? Never mind, i did find in the Richards videos ;)

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I’ve been using Dr. Earth Flower girl bud & bloom booster. It’s all organic and has been working well for me. I’ll make a video on it soon.

[@pashahere]

@@GraftingDragonFruit i do use Dr Earth bud & bloom as well, but only before my buds start coming out. Or when just started coming out. BUT i do stop using fertilizer when i see buds. and stop watering when i fruit turns red. I was thinking that i need some kind of compost tea to help grow buds and fruits, but not Fertilizer. Am i correct?

[@paulg6142]

@@pashahere Compost tea isnt a fertilizer and doesnt function very well as a nutrient. Compost tea adds microbial life to the soil and assists in breaking down any organic matter and make it more readily available to the plant. I usually use a bloom booster twice. Once when I see buds form and once about two weeks prior to being ripe.

[@kenyafrancis3459]

Do you have yellow as well? How long does it take for a cutting to fruit?

[@almaaguilera]

Would like to see the result of the dragon fruit.

[@kevinmccolgan5216]

I live in the Bay Area and have had numerous plants of different types. Each year my harvest is larger than the year before. Until last year when they produced no fruit at all. Not even flowers. Any idea what could have caused this?

[@xristakis0154]

hey, i have a question, you dont sell your dragon fruits to the markets? what do you do with all of theese fruits, you eat them all?

[@vivimannequin]

He has a lot of these he probably sells them and eats some

[@gilbertestrada4758]

Does Dragon fruit grow successfully in nature? There is nothing to put them on a post, so they must grow from the ground?

[@Santo-one1]

Thank you for sharing Even though it did hurt😂 ouch!

[@michaelarchambault217]

You should cook the buds and make a video! I bet it's epic, deep fried with hot sauce and garlic or something

[@abiabi2837]

hi, is redjiana self fertile?

[@nateross14]

Have you ever tried leaving just the two buds furthest out on the end of the branch, regardless of size? Maybe that will let both buds utilize the energy and nutrients of the whole branch, whereas maybe buds growing in the middle or beginning of the branch can't use energy from sections of the branch past it. At least thats what I'm thinking, but I could be wrong.

[@temjenlongchar1541]

Hi Richard, thank you so much for this video on thinning. I was guite unhappy seeing the droppings of my buds. I am now 4 years into dragon fruit farming but still don't know what variety I am cultivating. It will be of great help if you could put out a video on different varieties of dragon fruit next 🙏

[@pedromunoz4468]

oh man taking 6 off hurt soo bad, but trust the process

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

It’s painful but eventually after doing it so much you’ll get used to it 😆

[@الفلكالفلك1]

Sir, I would like some cuttings from this tree. Thank you

[@MarXPaseos]

Hello Richard, I suggest you made an hybrid of red Jaina and Palora, would be interesting

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I agree, that would be a very interesting hybrid

[@ThinkEddiee]

Where do you buy your cuttings?

[@evelyncastelo3328]

Do you sell propagated rare kind dragon fruit? I’m interested to buy from you

[@justbb1415]

Our dragonfruit which we started planting 2yrs ago started fruiting this year. Theres not many fruits coming out per plant n the cactus flesh are very thick. Could it b a variety thing or bcs of the soil???

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

It sounds like your plant is just fine. It might just need a bud & bloom booster to help kick start more buds to produce. I’d recommend Dr. Earth flower girl bud & bloom. It’s all organic and has been working well for me.

[@justbb1415]

@@GraftingDragonFruit good to know! Thanks!

[@philgood88]

Yes it does depend on variety, that the vine grows thick in size, but it also has to do with how your trellis is... if it doesn't grow on a trellis yet, make one. Without a good trellis to let the plant hang over, and proper trimming, it will grow thick and not fruit as much.

[@gigihenderson8567]

Thinning of fruit is very common for all fruit trees. Apples, stone fruits, (peaches etc) all benefit by fruit thinning. In this case we are taking the buds before they start as fruit, but same concept applies.

[@rawi707]

This concept looks unnatural to me

[@tevikitahiata4335]

👏👏👏Félicitations

[@badwolf9208]

What do you do with the Bub that you thin out

[@toysophie1481]

Wow❤

[@alphagaming7812]

How does one know when the dragon fruits are ready to start budding to produce fruits?

[@esequielcarneiro2937]

Top das galaccias

[@NagashiChidorii]

What if you fed the plant more to help it be able to handle the buds that you are taking off? Wouldnt that compensate for any demand in nutrients and thus give you more fruit too?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Yes, I’ve had success with the plant keeping all the buds but in return I got smaller fruits.

[@gilbertestrada4758]

I just grow my Dragon fruit out of a 15 gallon container without building any wooden posts. Is this ok?

[@frankenfoamy]

Has there been any confirmation that Asunta 3 is self-fertile?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Asunta 3 is definitely self-sterile.

[@罗剑-x9s]

多谢

[@biplabshaha23]

It's really interesting but shocking to put off many buds.

[@lazylizzie5161]

The agonyyy 😅🤣😍

[@lalnunnemi9123]

Hey gais👍

[@onstyle1319]

I don't even have flower buds on my two dragon fruit plants. (2 yrs old and 4 yrs old plants). This is torture watching you remove the the many buds.

[@totopolo2379]

sun or nutrition

[@joshngkon5445]

HEY MY DRAGON FRUIT IS STARTIN G TO FLOWER

[@eliasnoriega3007]

HeyWhat do you mean their still good buds and they wont abort?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

It means they have potential to grow into a fruit.

[@eliasnoriega3007]

Ooh i see, i was confused for a sec i thought you meant that they are still good after you picked them off

[@ParadiseAgroFarm]

🙏😍😍😍

[@abdulkader5241]

Monthly 4 vedio plz

[@Lara__]

I planted 3 dragon fruit seeds and now I have 3 seedlings in a flat in London and no clue what I'm going 😅😅

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Check out some of my other videos :)

[@pourmehrins3910]

Why my dragon trees flowers change to yellow then dying?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

That means the pollination did not work so you will probably have to cross pollinate it with another dragon fruit variety

[@rawi707]

Are you planting in pots? Why?

[@alphoncemambo5952]

How can i get plat

[@joannek272]

I just got into dragonfruits and I can’t wait until I get a harvest. This made me cringe since I haven’t gotten any buds yet

[@boogatood6729]

Lol same I can’t wait

[@kristinapham3082]

It made sense to do what you did, but it hurt to watch!😭

[@uzzielg.c.5932]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@pourmehrins3910]

Why my dragon fruit change to fruit

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I don’t understand your question

[@abdulkader5241]

My dragon fruit bud disease floting

[@Juicingwithjay]

🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@ov2937]

Sell me some cuttings bro!?

[@rathernotsay8510]

I am lucky if I get one bud. ☹️

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

They will be coming don’t worry.

[@wittnguyen5499]

Oh no I can’t even get one lol

[@ابراهيمعليان-خ5غ]

You don't cover your dragon tree , ist important to cover or its depends on the kind of it ,

[@djryan2643]

Bro do u gym

[@skyqueen7558]

hello sir how can i contact you via facebook???

[@Phurbuart1959]

👍👍👍

[@Juicingwithjay]

🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉