mk30, 10 months ago to random #DragonfruitRepair sometimes dragonfruit plants get The Rot. it spreads & liquifies the plant. pic 1 shows a pretty bad case of rot. i've seen different suggestions for fixing it, but the one that seems to work is to scoop out all the rot w/your bare hand. i did that, washed it with soap/water (like a wound) & it dried up within a day. (see pic 2.) i'll monitor this section for more rot. if it repeats, i might split this section off. #dragonfruit #tropical #plants #TropicalAg #gardening the same area after i scooped all the rot out with my hand, cleaned it with soap, & let it dry. to the left of the scooped-out area, you can see an area that was previously similarly scooped out. it healed perfectly. no more rot there.
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sometimes dragonfruit plants get The Rot. it spreads & liquifies the plant. pic 1 shows a pretty bad case of rot.
i've seen different suggestions for fixing it, but the one that seems to work is to scoop out all the rot w/your bare hand.
i did that, washed it with soap/water (like a wound) & it dried up within a day. (see pic 2.)
i'll monitor this section for more rot. if it repeats, i might split this section off.
#dragonfruit #tropical #plants #TropicalAg #gardening
the same area after i scooped all the rot out with my hand, cleaned it with soap, & let it dry. to the left of the scooped-out area, you can see an area that was previously similarly scooped out. it healed perfectly. no more rot there.
mk30, 10 months ago #dragonfruit is a remarkable plant. it's a cactus that likes to climb & then hang down. it grows air roots to grasp whatever it's climbing. you can break off segments & plant them. full sun is fine. it does very well in tropical dry places. it has an amazing ability to recover from wounds or rot. it can even live with little scabbed-over holes in its flesh, like the hole seen below. i love their giant flowers & tasty fruit. <3 dragonfruit! @plants #plants #gardening #TropicalAg
#dragonfruit is a remarkable plant. it's a cactus that likes to climb & then hang down. it grows air roots to grasp whatever it's climbing.
you can break off segments & plant them. full sun is fine. it does very well in tropical dry places.
it has an amazing ability to recover from wounds or rot. it can even live with little scabbed-over holes in its flesh, like the hole seen below.
i love their giant flowers & tasty fruit. <3 dragonfruit!
@plants #plants #gardening #TropicalAg