Saturday, October 14, 2006

Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit! Can you believe I grew this in my garden?! I love the colors.
Dragonfruit 1
It's a type of cactus fruit. The taste is similar to kiwi, but much lighter.
Dragonfruit 2
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2007 at 2:25 PM

    The first time I had dragon fruit was when I spent a summer in Viet Nam, it's so freakin delicious. It automatically became my favorite. Is it difficult to grow?

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  2. Wandering ChopsticksOctober 12, 2007 at 8:55 PM

    Hi anon,
    It depends on the cutting? My uncle nursed a pretty large thanh long plant for several years but it never bore any fruit so he eventually dug it up and threw it away. This was from a small cutting only a few feet tall and I got 3 or 4 fruits that year. One tip I learned was to bury shrimp shells underneath. But I've since buried shrimp shells underneath all my plants and it seems to work!

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  3. MsDrPepperAugust 26, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    Very cool! I've seen dragonfruit occasionally at the local Asian markets here in town but didn't know what it would be like or how to eat them. I like Kiwi though. Do you just scoop out the white flesh after you cut it in half? Are the seeds chewable (like in kiwi or bananas etc)?

    Thanks!1

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  4. Wandering ChopsticksAugust 29, 2010 at 5:10 AM

    Ms. Dr Pepper,
    You can scoop the insides with a spoon, but I like to quarter it lengthwise, then dice it. The seeds are like kiwi seeds, tiny but edible.

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