QAUZUY GARDEN 20 Purple Dragon Fruit Seeds Pitahaya Pitaya Strawberry Pear, Non-GMO Heirloom Fruit Seeds, Perennial Fruits Plant for Garden Home($12.99Value)

Description

USDA Hardiness Zone. Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit with a unique appearance, crunchy texture, and sweet taste, grown in 9-11(USDA). Flavor. When ripe, dragon fruit has a mildly sweet flavor often described as a blend of pear and kiwi, and a soft texture similar to a ripe kiwi. Sow. Place the pot under a grow light or in a sunny window. Keep warm and lightly water when needed. The seeds will sprout within 30 days and perhaps much sooner. Fertilizer. Dragon fruit cacti are rather hungry plants, and feeding them every couple of months during their first year, using a balanced 20-20-20 fertilizer. Pruning. Plan to periodically cut back any overly long, damaged, tangled, or dead stems as often as two or three times per year. Common names. Pitahaya, Dragon Fruit, Pitaya, Strawberry Pear. A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the Americas. Pitaya usually refers to fruit of the genus Stenocereus, while pitahaya or dragon fruit refers to fruit of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus), both in the family Cactaceae. Dragon fruit is cultivated in Peru, Mexico, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Australia, Mesoamerica and throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world The fruit's texture is sometimes likened to that of the kiwifruit because of its black, crunchy seeds. The seed oil contains the fatty acids linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Dragon fruit is used to flavor and color juices, such as "Dragon's Blood Punch" and the "Dragotini". The flowers can be eaten or steeped as tea.