Dragon Fruit Care: Pruning, Fertilizing, & Disease 🐉

It's been 1.5 years since I set up my dragon fruit alley here at the Epic Homestead, and they've grown in well...but I need to prune them back and assess their health to make sure they keep producing for years to come.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - Pruning
02:31 - Disease
05:03 - Fertilizing
06:30 - Conclusion

DISCLAIMER

[renata]

Last year i sowed a bunch of supermarket dragonfruit seeds. On try 2 i ended up with 9 plants. They have been in and out the house to keep them away from the cold. They are now an average of 10cm tall. Cant wait for them to get that big. 4 more years to go as I heard.

[XDevNerd]

My great aunt passed away and were cleaning her house and i found she has a bout a 50 foot dragon fruit plant growing along the back of her house she trelised against the trim of the house. i took about 15 cuttings with me im going to root :)

[shamrockgirl]

I’m growing dragon fruit in Texas Zone 8b. They’re still in the greenhouses in late March, but they’re due for pruning! I find it fun, and it’s necessary for the plants’ growth! 😊🌵✂️

[gorgonthedragon]

I can't thank you enough. My dragonfruit has been neglected to long (10 years!!!) due to stuff out of my control. knowing how easy it will to cut it back so I can move it to bigger pots and make it manageable is incredibly reassuring.

[aussiecountry]

I was half expect Jacque to show up in a dragon costume and Kevin would be taming the beast (ie. dragon Jaqcue magical ruler of dragon alley) by pruning and caring for the dragon fruit 🤣

[NorthToSouthChannel]

I'll probably not grow dragon fruit myself, but man it is so fascinating to watch!!

[way-cute]

This is a really fun video. I'd love to see one for permanent plants you'd put in- perhaps considering zones that might have a frost.

We have blackberries, and they come back every year, produce well, and are totally worth their permanent place in our small yard. I tried to grow Dragonfruit a few years ago, and we just weren't quite in the right zone for it. It lasted a couple years but never grew well.

Now I'm in a questionable zone again- technically zone 9, we do get some frost which is manageable, but we get a lot of really hot days, 100-120 degrees, and I'm not sure what can withstand our awful temperatures.

[Marty_eli]

Thanks for keeping us updated . I received cuttings a couple of months after you posted a video on dragon fruit and have been following your advice e and your journey.

[thomaswolf]

I started some from the grocery store (insane germination rate/success) and it's at about 4" and growing new sections.

Not a practical thing to grow in Wisconsin, but, I'm crazy enough to put a giant cactus in the corner of my indoor grow area...

[phoenixjonez]

Man...thank you bro. Just thank you. Beginning dragon fruit grower and this is informative as hell. Appreciate you, fam! 🙏🏾💯💪🏾

[Alison]

Now you have the epic homestead where you have so much more food you grow I'd love to see you, and maybe Jacques get in on it too, do the 30 day survival challenge again! I feel like with your own backyard chickens it will likely be much easier this time around.

[SpicyMoustache]

I can’t wait to grow my own dragon fruit bro!

[dirkjanrulez]

I found a website to order cuttings!!!! I will be joining the crew this year! Hope they will do well inside my house

[Wingedshadowwolf]

I'm in a cold area so I've got mine indoors. Unfortunately, my cats decided to use the pot as a litter box! Right now it looks like just 1 of them was negatively affected.

[GTMFarm-tndz]

Hi Kevin! Just wanted to drop a comment and say thank you for all your videos and tips! All very informative and helpful. We just moved to a small farm and are starting to get some animals. We have rabbits, quail, chickens, ducks, and maybe we'll be getting a pig in the future. What I'm really interested in is gardening this year. Love all your videos about corn! And strawberries! I'm definitely going to try to grow both of those and maybe even watermelon this year. Thanks again! And Keep on growing!

[bummblebee]

when you have a fully grown dragon fruit plant how do you replace the deteriorating trellis without damaging the plant?

[GekkoBrother]

Hi Epic Gardening - Thanks for sharing all the great content/knowledge. I would like to apply just NP fertilizer (organic), w/o K. Do you know if that is even possible, do you know?

[bethb]

I'm really new to growing my own Dragonfruit, I have been learning a lot from you! Thanks!

[moekusaki]

One of my regrets is planting my DF plants in a 15 gal pot... I'm dreading for the day we need to transplant it all because of the spikes lol

[RAREDRAGONFRUIT]

Try a more permanent trellis next time.