Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

We need a pollen drive going during flowering season so we can all get fruit 😂.

The flower.

The plant itself.

So it's been a while since an update of my dragon fruits. Since the last plant bloomed it suffered a large knock back from a harsh winter and has just recently recovered to its former glory, however i ...

Mkivryan, do you have a gravel yard? Because I think that could be the problem...

are these flower buds? this three was planted this year.

Yes gardening is certainly scary... I guess you could say I should 'grow a pear' before growing papaya Laughing

Thanks for the help... I think the the trickiest part will be germinating them with restricted water.

The greenhouse is 6ft tall, also do you think my root rot/cold problems would be solved if I had some light bulbs heating the pots so they don't get their feet wet?

I purchased a small greenhouse (for germinating seeds) and I was wondering if I would be able to grow healthy papaya plants over winter with it.

No, most of the varieties you find are self pollinating because they are largely favored regardless of color.

Also, agreeing with pt on the taste.

White types- nasty/tasteless

Red types- sweet small

Purple types- sweet

Yellow thorned types- sweetest

It all depends on what variety you grow. On ...

Turns out I spoke too soon on the successful pollination. The nursery description was self fruitful, so that must mean that two flowers must be open at the same time and be pollinated with each other. ...

Both fruits set successfully without pollination.

Yeah, sun is most likely it's problem, 25% is probably ideal. Also no I didn't expect a red flower, although that would be quite interesting to see as well. I believe there is a named variety called ' ...