I thought it best to start a new thread about growing dragon fruit in this different way.
I saw a few seconds of this on a TV show ages ago & wasn't quite sure what I had seen.
Then Berkeloid made this post with the link to google photos & there is was again.
http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/threads/how-much-of-a-dragonfruit-is-edible.1006/#post-10849
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...DCRzyM:;O8BxtXkiKGYaMM:&imgrc=nainukT-DCRzyM:
It seems like they cut off the segments that have produced a fruit, bundle them all together & stuff them in a clay pot maybe with some growing media in to keep the segments growing while the fruit develops & matures.
When you look closely at the farm photos like these on this google page & this image below,
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dragonfruit+farm&tbm=isch#imgrc=VPgc6KKZKzjAsM:
It looks like they then take that bundle of segments & stake them around a strong post.
This gives me a completely new ideal about growing dragon fruit.
We normally tend to plant one or maybe 2 segments whereas it seems the way to go is to plant a heap all around the post.
Also I guess the more the fruit bearing segments are harvested the more branches the plants produce for next season.
Makes sense really.
I also saw photos where they have put the plants under lights to force even more fruit.
I saw a few seconds of this on a TV show ages ago & wasn't quite sure what I had seen.
Then Berkeloid made this post with the link to google photos & there is was again.
http://www.selfsufficientculture.com/threads/how-much-of-a-dragonfruit-is-edible.1006/#post-10849
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...DCRzyM:;O8BxtXkiKGYaMM:&imgrc=nainukT-DCRzyM:
It seems like they cut off the segments that have produced a fruit, bundle them all together & stuff them in a clay pot maybe with some growing media in to keep the segments growing while the fruit develops & matures.
When you look closely at the farm photos like these on this google page & this image below,
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=dragonfruit+farm&tbm=isch#imgrc=VPgc6KKZKzjAsM:
It looks like they then take that bundle of segments & stake them around a strong post.
This gives me a completely new ideal about growing dragon fruit.
We normally tend to plant one or maybe 2 segments whereas it seems the way to go is to plant a heap all around the post.
Also I guess the more the fruit bearing segments are harvested the more branches the plants produce for next season.
Makes sense really.
I also saw photos where they have put the plants under lights to force even more fruit.