Removing Rotting Dragon Fruit Flesh

[@aurorakiyohara8180]

Your videos have been helpful in taking care of my dragon plants! Thank you so much. I learned a lot from you. I live in Southern California too.👍❤️

[@Dragoncandy11]

I am utterly impressed with how well you take care of your Dragon babies. You are amazing at communicating what to look for and what to do in crisis. You inspired me to get a baby American Beauty to try my hand at raising one to fruit. :) Kudos to you, Sir.

[@iknowmyfirstnameis]

My dragon fruit plant has some rotting at the very base where it's in the soil. Will this method still work if it's still in the soil? Or should I remove it from the soil, clean out the rot, let it heal then replant?

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Nicky, it sounds like some root rot have may been happen if its rotting at the base. I suggest you take it out the soil. Inspect the roots and if it breaks at touch then you know its rotted. Cut a cross section .off , let it dry and replant it.

[@SO-jp6gh]

@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks. I had the same issue/question and will try your suggestion.

[@robinfitzgerald7093]

Should you put cinnamon or anything on the open flesh?

[@gela5921]

I have grafted cactus on a dragon fruit plant stem. Unfortunately, rain got to it before I had a chance to bring it inside. It started to turn yellow. I cut the bottom part that was yellow and placed it in a dry container to callus but the stem continues to turn yellow (not mushy or brown). Is the yellow ok?

[@jodiriis]

I just got a huge dragon fruit plant off offer up for $9 yesterday. It’s very thin in most top areas which indicates lack of sunlight. Even though I got it in El Cajon, the guy had it growing in a yard in back of his condo with only a few hours of sunlight during the middle of the day. It was climbing up his fence. He had no idea what kind of plant it was. He only moved in 3 months ago and the prior tenants left the plant. I am sure this plant probably produced fruit at some point. Because it looks like a really mature plant. I did however know what kind of plant it is, because I have a couple other dragon fruit plants. It’s in a 5 gallon container in decent soil. Another succulent growing out of it. I barely fit the miles of dragon fruit branches in the back of my car. I noticed once I got it home, there’s a couple rotten spots, and a white film on some of the thinner branches. The branches are kind of brittle as well. How should I treat this plant? Maybe I’ll cut all the thin branches off and the rotted spots away but I need to know how I can protect this plant from further fungus. I live in PB. So it should do very well here. Hopefully it will fruit next year. Thanks for the video!!! I’ll be waiting for an answer from the dragon fruit guru. 😅

[@thudiep6904]

What if my dragonfruit fruit rot from the base of the plant? Should I cut the whole plant?

[@dotsdot5608]

Does cinnamon powder help?

[@susiestewart1995]

Something ate the base of my dragon fruit plant. I suspect it got to the root of it because there was a hole dug at the bottom of it. The plant has stopped growing and is hardening and has wrinkles on the branch. Is there a way to safe it. It's about 4 foot tall.

[@quanho75]

how do you protect your dragon fruits from the cold in the winter?

[@mokestrassberg4597]

I'm in Hawaii growing DF for the first time. One of my climbing, vertical segments split horizontally leaving more than half the segment open. The next segment doesn't appear to be growing anymore. I don't know if I should cut back to the original segment to let it start growing vertically again or just leave it alone.

[@abbesdimiri8839]

Hi, how do you get all that knowledge? It's very impressive

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi abbes dimiri, I get my knowledge through experience, attending conventions and seminars, and lots of research. I’ve been growing Dragon Fruit for 5 years now. That’s how I obtain most of my knowledge.

[@dragonfruitplantingtechniq2015]

Very impressive Richard your knowledge on dragon fruit I'ved been propagating dragon fruits for 3 years now but only now that I'ved watch your video in a month now, only that I been interested to have more knowledge on how to improve my planting on it. I been searching all over the internet even on Britannica encyclopedia on the net, but no data show on dragon fruits only you can add knowledge on me about Df thanks sir hope you could show even more knowledge on this kind of plant..

[@mazharulhuq1945]

I had similar problem when I have removed seemingly rotten patch and used copperoxychloride paste. But now after two days further patch of light yellow colour area developed. Shall I remove this patch or wait for some time more.this stem is just rooted stem I got from online vendor.what is your comment,?

[@tankianwee6944]

Hi, what if the dragon fruit plant rot at the bottom of the plant? It has been fruiting for the last few months. But suddenly found out that it starts to rot.

[@gamal33h]

I need your help, i have the same rot and all of the green part was infected and i removed it. Now the core Xylem is exposed to air. This is the first part of the plant which have roots.

[@eduardochavacano]

my dragon fruits is 6 years old... it never bloomed, was kept under a shade and with no stand. I’ll try to chop its remaining branches and replant... i just cant find your video... How to plant... there’s too many videos. I’ll try to find it.

[@thebilliondollarsmom]

Hi, Whats the effect if I remove all of thorn of cutting Dragonfruit before plant

[@emmalaniceberano7270]

My dragon fruit is very healthy and in green color its been 3 yrs now, but why it's not flowering yet,,

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Emmalani, do you feed it a fertilizer with high phosphate and phosphorus? These are the nutrients that help send it the signal to induce buds. Give that a try, add chicken fertilizer to your soil it will help them get what they need to produce buds.

[@emmalaniceberano7270]

@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you, yes i will try that, thank you so much

[@jordanmichael2192]

i got dragon fruit idk what to do next or when to do it next out of all your videos none of them look like mine

[@jafferhabib8576]

One of the main stems of dragon fruit plant has suddenly started to turn yellow..rest of the plant looks fine why is it turning yellow? What shall I do?

[@musicbox94649]

In our country, we directly use gardensoil for dragon and other plants. How can we stop root rotting and fungal deaseases with homemade stuffs or organic stuff which is simply avialable everwhere?

[@caseycastaneda8353]

I have just started with my dragon fruit plants and some of the plants have these black spots showing up on leaves what could it be and how do i treat

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Sounds like it could be cactus rust. I have a video on it in my channel. Check it out

[@meann4947]

I have a dragon fruit cutting with a yellow tip. It feels soft, should I cut it off? It hasn't rooted yet.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Melissa, yes I would cut off the yellow tip to where it’s green again. They do this sometime to preserve energy when they are trying to root. They kill off the tip so it doesn’t continue growing and use energy to root. Your cutting is still okay! No need to worry until it shrivels up and turns entirely yellow.

[@jamespham2821]

Kindly advise, why the skin of dragon turn in white. Thanks

[@Lukky_Luke]

so no disinfectant or something afterwards?

[@MsBob5454]

A twisted and pulled off a thin brown branch off dragon fruit plant. It was green and vibrant underneath and feel so bad, and need to know how to repair the harm I caused…..

[@hergreenthumb990]

I've been doing this. Nice

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Thanks Mary!

[@pankajkumarsharma1320]

Should one apply fungicide after removing/cleaning a stem rot.

[@joannewu8031]

Hi, some of my dragon fruit branches turning yellow but there is no sign of rotting. The yellow leaves are still firm and most of the plant is still green. Is it a sign of lacking nitrogen ? Thanks

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Joanne, it sound like it might have a minor sunburn or if there isn’t intense heat for you and it’s yellow then it just be that you are deficient in iron and magnesium. You can get this by mixing 1tbsp per gallon of Epsom salt to water and feeding them. Do this once a week

[@jjuarezluvsbeatles]

Is there anything we can do to prevent this from happening?

[@vinnivee]

Hello! Wanted to ask if my dragon fruit plant is diseased. It’s my first time growing a fruit plant. The dragon fruit has been indoors until the last few months as the weather got warmer I took it outside. Noticed it started to have white spots all over. And some spots have a white, dry patchy appearance to it. Some say it can be from sunburn? But looking it up I’m still not so sure if it’s sunburn or some sort of disease from being overwatered. Any advice? Thank you.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Thuy, please send some photos to my email and I’ll take a look. [e-mail]

[@samanpaudl6949]

it will not die when clear by tools and hand?

[@tinkergarden580]

Thank you now I know what to do with my df.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

You’re very welcome Florianne!

[@sandiegotropicalgarden3531]

Great Video 👍 thanks for sharing your technique for removing bad flesh from the vines👍👍

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Thank you, this happens sometimes from sunburn or root rot. In my case it was a sunburn.

[@jooleetay3707]

@@GraftingDragonFruit iii

[@ginnnuuu4461]

Will this affect the growth of the fruit?

[@arnulfopanopiojr]

I never thought that dragon fruit is so sensitive plant. We have dragon fruit at home as well.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Dragon fruits all have different characteristics from each other. Making them different varieties, some can handle more sun than others, and some can handle more cold. You just gotta observe and figure out what the like best. Gardening is a life learning adventure. :)

[@arnulfopanopiojr]

Grafting Dragon Fruit thanks bro.

[@phuongduong6621]

U R DRAGON STEM DR. good job its will heal for sure !

[@patelnilay760]

And what is reason for dragon fruit rotting..? Plz rply me.... Coz my df is also rotting...

[@samn106]

Is that caused by sun damage or overwatering? I had that happen to a couple of my cuttings after i removed the sunscreen i have around the trellis. One callused over on its own while the other has some mushy parts at the base. Top part callused over without me cutting at it. I guess i saw it in time and put the suscreen back around the trellis. I had 1 that i had to remove a big portion of the mush but its still thriving. I use that for my grafting experiments 😄

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

This was caused by sunburn, when moving this plant from my parents to my new home it got the area with the most sun because that was the only spot I had left for it. I would think it would be fine but its definitely getting some damage. You did the right thing by removing the mushy part. They will be fine. Dragon Fruits are so resilient to these minor damage and bounce right back once its been taking care of. They will heal and callous right over and be back on its way to a health plant!

[@sophiatith3150]

How Often do you water the dragon fruit.

[@thilai8793]

Hi RICHARD my df at roots all like yellow like that?Thanks

[@elhuertodejaviercito]

Greetings friend from Peru, a consultation: it is characterized by the presence of circular spots, on the stems, of brown color with red-orange spots in the center, semi-fisheye, how to cure. Thank you.

[@rr0nes123]

What cause the one side to turn grayish color? Is that a problem?

[@ilocanodetoy2225]

Rotting is caused by weather, it is caused by taking cuttings from a location with different climate, it’s the plant that is inability to adapt, so when you like a dragon fruit but you are located in a places with a bit different climate from the original plant, grow them from seeds so when they grow up from your locations they have a better chance to adapt and less chance of rotting.

[@ilocanodetoy2225]

And this is based on my experience from moving with my plants to different places like California, Japan, Hawaii and Philippines for the duration of 16 years.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

D GAMER, you are absolutely right! Growing from seeds will have the plants that are originated from different origins will adapt better and fuse with the weather conditions that they have sprouted from. That is why growing a dragon fruit from seed and grafting them is ideal because it will make sure that seed will thrive in the area that it is in. Once heat gets high here I have to start battling with sunburn from the dragon fruits that i've obtain from other growing areas. That's amazing that you've been moving with your plants all over the country for 16 years. That is super cool my friend. It shows that you love your plants and can't leave them behind!

[@rynophiliac]

@@GraftingDragonFruit so growing from seed then grafting onto it is the best chance of limiting rot? I bought several cutting on etsy and rooted them on but now a couple have spots of rot. they were from cali and im in phoenix

[@dougyankunas3104]

Have you ever considered using a shade cloth during the hottest time of the year ? Maybe even build a retractable shade cloth that blocks 20% of the sun ? That way you could pull it over during the hot month and the occasional intense sunlight throughout the year.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi Doug, i'm in South California so my weather conditions are ideal. In the summer time it only gets to 85F-95F. Only when we have a bad heat wave coming it will reach to 95F-100F and would only last for about a few days. When this happensI just throw shade cloth over the plant directly until the heat wave has pass. Or I just move them into my patio where there is a cover with shade. Thats the main reason I keep my dragon fruit in pots.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

I wished it was the ants, this was from sunburn from me leaving water sit on that portion of the branch. It cooked that portion. It's looking a lot better today and has calloused over. Hooray!

[@DreamCatcherDD]

I watched a video ounce that said when it yellows like that use a tropical fertilizer there is a deficiency there.

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

There are multiple factors that can cause rotting. Disease, sunburn, root rot, pests, and deficiency. This was caused by me leaving water on a branch and not noticing so the sun cooked that portion off. I will never make that mistake again! Gardening is a life learning experience. :)

[@guruprasadk738]

My Dragon fruit plant is not flowering & its been 3 years now. Please suggest something that will help me flower my plant.

[@tfn792]

I would try organic feather meal blood meal or bone meal spread it around the dirt then water it with high phosphorus and potassium water and you should see flowers in 5 days also make sure you water it 2 times a week

[@misssoandso]

Hello Richard. I'm a bit upset in myself. This weekend, my friend from OC gifted me a whole DF plant to care for in my garden, very beautiful and healthy plant. I live in LA, and there have been a heat wave this week. Just after a day in LA heat, one whole side of my DF turned white, I immediately moved it to the shade. Now, the white sun-damaged parts are dried up, not looking too great. I am debating if I need to need to perform this surgery, and I am not certain if I need to, because it doesn't look or feel rotten.

[@kristinapham3082]

If it's dried up and not soft and mushy, then it will be ok. Just give it a few more days in the shade. Give it shade if it get hot again.

[@MARTINLOCZ]

What would happen if you spray hydrogen peroxide... im new to gardening dragon fruit but hydrogen peroxide works wonders for many of my fruit trees

[@eyecatcher1509]

I noticed my df in last few days had what i thought were bite marks, then the ants were in it. Today looked really bad so i just removed the whole branch rather than do surgery.

[@qxwt]

is that a mexican fan palm?

[@venkateshbandi3430]

Useful bro

[@musthavemustdo8919]

My dragon fruit seedlings have rot

[@janazelenak6879]

Why do you get ratting flesh?

[@dottieb10]

Why didn't you apply cinnamon to the cut?

[@joebovovitch7803]

Why did it rot anyway

[@KalemCintron]

You should put some cinnamon so it will will any bacteria 🦠 and no bugs 🕷 gets to the plant 🌱

[@GraftingDragonFruit]

Hi KalemCintron, you are absolutely right!! I wasn't even thinking about putting cinnamon powder on it after. But, YES! it does help with keeping all those critters and bacteria out of the way when its fresh. Luckily the sun dried it up fairly quick and has calloused over. You must have lots of experience in gardening! This is a pro tip, thank you! :)

[@KalemCintron]

Grafting Dragon Fruit I’m happy that my comment was helpful, same as your videos 💚🌱🌿🍀🍃💚

[@alanmurphy4931]

@@KalemCintron I've seen some comments about mixing cinnamon with vegetable oil and painting it on, have you tried this?

[@franciscocorona7033]

Way my dragon fruit is turning wite

[@robertdangson8193]

And it actually doesn't solve my problem it's still getting rot

[@kingjames4886]

you forgot to starelize your finger...

[@solihath7076]

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