Hmm, the California Rare Fruit Grower (CRFG) guy who sells dragonfruit (Pitahaya) at the Farmer's Market is having to move his plants from Thousand Oaks to Moorpark.

TO Acorn: Here be dragons

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Here be dragons

A lot of people aren’t familiar with the hot pink and spiky produce commonly referred to as dragon fruit. Fewer people know that Alik Shulman has been tending a Thousand Oaks orchard of the sweet crop that’s much more common in southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador. Working mostly alone during the <a href="https://www.toacorn.com/articles/here-be-dragons/">[…]</a>

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The hand-pollinated yellow pitahaya fruits are developing nicely. (The rainbows were a coincidence.)

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They bloom at night, this was the first one (on the full moon) and hand-pollinated since there aren't many pollinators at night. Looks like it worked since the fruit is developing.

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@cwebber Is this a #pitahaya??
Instead of another post about irrigating #avocados, here's a picture of some #pitahaya / #dragonfruit. We don't grow them commercially, but they're a fun addition to the farm.
Good morning! 52.4F 0mph wind in my part of of Ventura County, California. The #pitahaya is blooming (but only one bloom, so nothing to cross pollinate this one with, so will likely not set fruit). #gardening #dragonfruit