On 14/11/07 11:07, in article gum-uwief,
"Zhang DaWei" wrote:

On Wednesday 14 Nov 2007 10:11, Sacha
) wrote:

Captivated by the colour, I bought one of these the other day and we ate
it
this morning. Doesn't taste of anything much but I wondered if anyone had
tried growing it from the seeds?

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We have a number growing which we planted ourselves from seed from one of
the shop bought plants. Very easy to germinate in our experience. I'm not
sure how easy it would be to get fruit. It grows reasonably quickly and you
need to give it plenty of room as it is a kind of climbing cactus or cactus
vine. For more information, you could use some of the more rigorous
references found in these wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_fruit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylocereus_undatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylocereus_costaricensis

I hope that helps.

Very many thanks - it's enormously helpful and it's interesting, too. I can
imagine it being cactus-y. I got one that hadn't been trimmed quite enough
and got a nasty tiny thorn in my finger! This was the pink with white
flesh one, so I'll try it again, this time putting it in the fridge first.
I can see it would be refreshing on a hot day but it was just quite bland.
I might be able to persuade Ray to try it in one of the green houses, just
to see what it will do here. I suspect we won't get enough sun for long
enough to make it fruit but the Passiflora mollissima is fruiting - ripening
might be another matter altogether.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'