How to Grow Dragon Fruit

While you may see some dragonfruit cactus plants in your backyard if you are in Hawaii, for many of those in the world the climate is not tropical enough. However, when it is right growing dragon fruit commercially is big business. Growing dragon fruit commercially is common in places like Thailand and Vietnam where the climate is right for growing dragonfruit cactus all the way successfully to fruit. In growing dragon fruit cactus commercially, there are three most commonly cultivated varieties of dragonfruit, red dragon fruit with red flesh and red skin, dragonfruit with yellow skin and white flesh, and red dragonfruit with red skin and white flesh. All varieties have the flesh or dragon fruit pulp filled with lots of tiny black seeds which are edible with the fruit. For hobbyists who want to grow dragonfruit, there are lots more dragonfruit varieties than used by those who grow dragonfruit commecially. If you want to experiment yourself and try growing dragonfruit at home, often it is easy growing dragonfruit plants just from the seeds in dragonfruit you eat. Growing dragonfruit is a fun project for kids, but bear in mind that commercial growing of dragon fruit is another story.