dragon fruit not setting fruit (forum)

len starts with ...
ok for 1st time our dragon fruit is producing oodles of flowers over a dozen and still going, but only 1 fruit has set, bees visit in hoards from 1st light of dawn, i think we have the red one, they grow up 2 meter pole with cross members and hang over as i heard they should

have also read that the reds don't need hand pollination

many thnaks for help


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Time: 14th March 2015 3:31pm

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JohnMc1 says...
You won't get 100% fruit set, well, I never have here. This mature vine had over 50 flowers and ended up with 40 odd fruits, so it was roughly an 80% success rate.
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Time: 15th March 2015 7:52am

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nicgee says...
Hi Guys
Can anybody tell me how to graft Dragon Fruit.
Thanks

Time: 15th March 2015 9:59pm

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echinopora says...
They are very forgiving. Only a few things fot success, both the rootstock and scion segments should be young and growing with no woody core, match up the vascular tissue (the ring in the middle) and bind together well enough the that the union will be tight even if the scion dries out a bit and shrinks. I like to use a 6 inch scion and make the cut at 45 degrees, tape them together with sticky tape then wrap. They would work with tape only but wrapping keeps the moisture in. I'm sure others have a better way but I have only had thesefail when birds decide to perch on them.

Time: 16th March 2015 6:30am

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len says...
thanks 80% would be good i got one out of amybe 24


Time: 16th March 2015 12:34pm

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len says...
is garfting a better way not that i could do it


Time: 16th March 2015 12:36pm

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echinopora says...
Other than top working a existing vine or making a fruit salad dragonfruit I doubt there is much use in it, they grow so darn fast once they get going. I've done some for interest but it't not like a fruit tree where you save a tonne of time. A 30cm cutting can make 180cm in a year.

Time: 16th March 2015 1:55pm

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Anthony says...
Not sure about grafting unless you are after a fruit salad plant consisting of your favourite varieties. These are 2 that I have recently crossed with the hope of something special. Epi x dragonfruit.
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Time: 16th March 2015 9:56pm

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len says...
is there n ideal time(of night no doubt) to hand pollinate or will early morning still work(preffered-snake country)

then how to hand pollinate properly? i can do pumpkins easy enough

the other morning i just bent the stamen bit over and dusted it around a bit, can't see that that has worked

Time: 17th March 2015 2:18am

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