This is pretty awesome, I’m not the biggest fan of dragon fruit but I do know how awesome it is to pick fresh foods right off!
It’s amazing how different the plants are in terms of species and varieties. For example one of the farms we love to visit has 15 varieties of blueberries! We had no idea there were that many, and apparently there’s over 45 varieties from what we’ve heard. Pretty wild stuff!
Hopefully the clipping you prefer ends up doing well and really stays. We have a similar challenge at our place where we have to use pots for our foods we are growing but it’s not terrible. Getting the right fertilizer is crucial.
What we’ve done to combat root rot is get the planters that have the bottoms on them that you can allow water to drain out. It works for most of it until the plant gets really big and the roots end up covering the holes where the water is supposed to come out. With our seasons, we don’t have to worry about that though haha. In southern Cali though you have much more consistent weather!
I had no clue there were over 45 types of blueberries! It’s crazy, I’ve only ever eaten the ones from the supermarket.
As for root rot, we haven’t had too many problems. We did have one issue, though. I think it was because the “soil” we used had a lot of compost in it, which turned into a muddy mess when it fully decomposed. Even with good drainage, it stayed way too moist for too long! Yeah, our weather is super consistent here. Makes it fairly easy to grow plants... normally!
Ya it’s funny when we water soil that’s a mix of top and compost and how it collapses to nothing haha then you have to add more to get it back up.
If you thought the blueberries was wild.. wait until you hear apples! Lol there’s hundreds of species of apples!