How Do You Start A Dragon Fruit Cactus From Seed?
Dragon fruit is a delicious fruit from the Pitaya cactus. It is called dragon fruit from the scales on the outside which reminds people of a dragon. While the cactus must be protected from freezing, it makes a wonderful houseplant in colder areas. it s VERY easy to start from seed. If you cannot find any seeds for sale, you can start with a dragon fruit (pitaya fruit)which can often times be purchased at Asian Markets. They come in several different colors: yellow, red, magenta. The one I recently started with is magenta. The seeds are very, very tiny and one fruit contains hundreds if not thousands of seeds. You will need to clean the seeds from the gelatinous pulp that surrounds them. This is time consuming since the seeds are barely larger than the size as a period at the end of a sentence. You do not have to harvest many though. Twenty should be enough. You can enjoy the rest of the dragon fruit as a delicious snack (the red and magenta varieties more flavorful than the yellow) Any
