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Dragon Fruit Fresh Seeds Pitaya Grow Your Own succulent Cactus Plant Tree

Dragon Fruit Fresh Seeds Pitaya Grow Your Own succulent Cactus Plant Tree

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Pitaya Fruit, Pitahaya Fruit or commonly known as the Dragon fruit is among the most nutritious and wonderful exotic fruits. It is a favorite to many, particularly people of Asian origin. It features a mouth watering light sweet taste, an intense shape and colour. The thin rind encloses the large mass of sweetly flavoured white or red pulp and small black seeds. Dragon fruits have fleshy stems reaching from a few inches up to 20ft long (in mature plants).  Flowers are ornate and beautiful, and many related species are propagated as ornamentals. Pitahaya plants can have up to 4-6 fruiting cycles per year.  The Pitaya is more commonly referred to as the dragon fruit. It is an extremely beautiful fruit that has dazzling flowers and an intense shape and colour. The dragon fruit is usually a dark red colour, although some types of this fruit are pink or yellow. The skin of the dragon fruit is a thin rind. The skin is usually covered in scales, and the centre of the fruit is made up of a red or white, sweet tasting pulp. 
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Hylocereus Undatus, commonly known as the red dragon fruit is a species of non-spiny cactus. It is used both for its ornamental value and as a highly nutritious fruit.

Dragon fruit are really interesting and pretty easy to grow (see my own little babies in picture 3!) - they are actually climbing plants that will require some means of support. They produce beautiful flowers that last just a single night as well as the tasty fruit with its white flesh and black seeds.

Growing in the UK

Dragon fruit are native to warm arid climates and for growth prefer temperatures from 16-25c. In the UK they ideal plants for greenhouses or conservatories. The plants can be outside during the summer in most parts of the UK, however, they need to be protected from frost.  


Sowing Instructions

Soak seeds in a glass of water for a day
Prepare a light free draining compost mix - I use 50% compost, 25% vermiculite and 25% horticultural sand
Ensure compost if moist but not wet - if it has been outside allow it to warm up indoors first (or microwave it)
Sow seeds on surface of the mix and gently press in to the surface to ensure good 
Cover seeds with a fine layer of vermiculite or sand
Cover loosely with a clear bag (to maintain humidity) and keep soil temperature circa 20-25c - a heat mat is ideal. Cool soils will significantly delay seed germination time and may inhibit germination completely. 
Dried seeds normally need 1 week for germination. 

There is a handy video here with handing sowing tips:

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