growing dragon fruit is so easy with the hot climate. How To Grow Dragon Fruit

growing dragon fruit at home in Thailand is easy. #udonthani How To Grow Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruits come from Mexico and Central and Southern America. Not surprisingly they like warm conditions with mild winters and no frost. They can tolerate the occasional short burst of cold weather but ideally they should be kept above 10 degrees. They can handle heat, drought, humidity and poor soils but will grow tastier fruit with regular watering and rich soil.

Choose a sunny spot and then boost the soil with compost, manure and certified organic pelletised fertiliser. A dose of lime is also beneficial. Soil needs to be free draining as these plants rot easily if the roots sit in water. Clay soils are not ideal but if that’s all you have then treat with gypsum and plant on a raised mound. Alternatively they will happily grow in a large pot.
Hylocereus undatus (white fleshed fruit)
Hylocereus costaricensis (red fleshed fruit). Also known as H. polyrhizus.
Hylocereus megalanthus (yellow skin and white flesh)