You can say that again HB ... took me a week to pluck up the courage to try it (and, of course, I wasn’t willing to loose my hard earned £1.79!). Wish I could have sent you a slice to try ... even though it might have freaked you out receiving all those icky black seeds in the post (don’t like seeds, scared of wasps ...).
Hope you enjoy it if you buy one ... I’m wishing now for a crop of healthy baby cactus (although I hold out very little hope).

I know, I know I sound like a right wuss. In my defence, wasps are evil. But then not in my defence little seeds are hardly the worst thing on earth are they. I don't like to hold cotton wool either :-D

ive just tried one for the first time. very disapointed by the tast. might have a go at growng though

Saw the fruit at the local market, 4 for a £1. Asked the stall holder (indian chap) what it was called, he was clueless. A quick glance on the boxes at the back revelaed 'Dragon Fruit' from Vietnam.

Bought them home, stuck them in the fridge, in th evening, ran dragon fruit on google for advice on best way to eat it. Sliced in half, and scooped out the watery flesh with spoon, tasted superb!!!

Only disappointment was that i bought 4 and you don't get to see these them everyweek with low prices!!!

i first tried this fruit in thailand about a year ago and fell in love with it! they are a lot bigger in size in thailand than they are in terry tesco's.
when i first saw them in tesco's i grabbed a load.
i am currently growing ten of these which i bought from ebay already at 1.5 cm for £3.50! bargain i thought.

bought my dragon fruit also at tesco, have just opened it thought i better find out how to eat it and where it comes from before i try it, i must admit first thoughts its rather like a kiwi fruit, i`ll go and try it now.

I bought one of these! Ended up getting it for free because the cashire didn't know what they were. I liked it! Tastes like kiwis, but less sweet.

Bought our first Dragon fruit because my daughter saw it on a kids TV show and we were curious... We love it and can hardly wait for it to come to supermarket, it is only sold here at the near end of summer.

Hie!
I tried dragon fruit for the first time when I was in liverpool with my friend.
'Twas extremely yummy.
Since then I have been looking everywhere for it and so far I have been unable to find it anywhere.
I thought it might have been out of season so I checked it up on google.
It hasn't shown me anything about it having a season.
Eesh.
If anyone has any idea about my problem can you send me an email..
Thanks.

Hi everybody. I am from Singapore.

Ya, the first time I ate, I did not like it as the whitish flesh is rather bland. But have you seen one with reddish flesh? It is tastier but you may have to overcome the sight of the reddish flesh which is very juicy and red, almost like blood! I am told that this type is more nutritious. It can be 3 times more expensive than the whitish one though.

In fact, I have just planted the seeds and just the other day, three seedlings have grown. Now, I am looking up the internet to find out how to grow them. This is how I have come to find out this website. God bless.

Hai
I'm from sri lanka. I have seen the dragon fruit at the supermarket many times but didnot want to be too adventurous. Then there was this article in the last months readers digest where they had mentioned about the nutrition factors. So from that day onwards I buy about 2 fruits a week, and my husband enjoys eating it with other fruits for breakfast. I cut these in to cubes with apples and papaya and he has it. It doesnot taste like anything at all, but because of the nutrional value my husband doesnt mind having them.
Dilani

Thanks so much for the info. I'm in Israel and for our New Year it is customary to eat a new fruit. I'm originally from Seattle and this is definitely new to me!! I hope my kids will be brave enough to try it.

Hi All

I'm from London, England and bought the fruit after seeing it in a Magazine article yesterday. Was really excited to try it as I have just embarked on a food combining diet so the more variety of fruit the better. My other half was dubious and said that he doesn't like it, very bland. I ate my piece thinking that it's very like melon only less tasty.

I decided again for nutritional value that i'd buy one every once in a while to add to the fruit in my diet until half an hour later.... argh, massive allergic recation!! Skin rash (Blisters) Itching, swollen lips the lot! :o( SO long Dragon fruit.

Enjoy it everyone, i'll pretend not to be jealous!

S

Just had one - was quite strange!! I put some natural yogurt onto it after I had peeled it and cut it up into pieces. I'm stuffed! I actually think it might be the most filling fruit ever! Great I suppose if you're on a diet or as a snack.

I JUST GOT ONE FROM TESCO THE NAME WAS THE ATTRACTION I THINK I DIDNT EVEN KNOW HOW TO EAT IT I HAD TO SEARCH ONLINE LOL IT IS SO PRETTY BUT IT IS BLAND MAYBE TRY IT COLD NEXT TIME LIKE EVERYONE SEEMS TO SAY ITS REALLY COOL THOUGH!! :)

Hi there

I'm looking to buy this in the UK but can't seem to find it. while travelling in Singapore a hostel I stayed in served it on a plate for breakfast sliced amd cut into quarters, we ate it with our fingers and ibbld up to the pink edge. They are lovely served with other fruit such as orange, and with peanut butter on toast for brekki. I'm a yorkshire lass too.

Hi
I bought my first dragon fruit today in tesco's, it looked very interesting, i will try anything once and had never seen or heard of it before, i thought i'd better look it up because i had no idea what to do with it, i found it very juciy and the texture a bit strange, but i loved it and will be buying more!!!!

Thanks for the tips!!

Hi Greenhouse girl. I had some dragon fruits last year purchased from our Chinese Supermarket in Romford. I kept back some of the seed and now have a big pot full of the climbing super spiny cacti. They are beasts and cover your skin in teeny hairlike prickles which bring me up in hives! I plan to get a hanging basket for them in the conservatory as they just want to hand down or climb up and it is hard to know what to do with them!
Glad to see I am not alone with my love for the unusual!
Emma Jane

Hi...
I'm so intrasted with dragon fruit,
I have enough spase to grow them,
Pls some one help me to learn about dragon fruit
I'm in sri lanka

i just saw a "dragon fruit" in tescos and i got it then ate it and it was nice so i keps some seeds from the fruit put them in some cutting compost in a propergator on a heat mat at 30 degrees C and i have about 20 of them all about 1cm tall!! its sooo damm easy

hi...

i'm from Malaysia...Here, this fruit grow up very well...good taste with this fruit and nice to eat fresh and can make a fruit juice...Malaysia has a lot of dragon fruit with the red variety and white variety...its so sweeeettt........

Further to my earlier post in jul i bought whole load of these when they appeared in Walthamstow market, London. Funny thing is the market vendor again was not familiar with it. They were much jucier than the ones bought in july and my only regret was i finished them in 2 days!!!

Next time i'm going in with a barrow!!!

hi
i fell in love with the looks of a half peeled dragon fruit and tried to convince the kids and wife of how great they are --purchased 6 of them and never purchased any since, simply because they are so bland and tasteless, most melon is tastier.
on a positive note maybe there was a hint of berry flavour but take note of an earlier comment of a red flesh being tastier
i will have a go at growing if the red is a nicer taste than the white flesh, may even take it to the bulgarian house if someone has got a red one growing already
from darryl

hi my name is tricia and i tried dragon fruit in July 2007 in Phuget and sinapore after asking what it was . the answer was very good for you good for toilet i was not one hundred % convinced but started to eat it twice a day and it is as good as they say. comming back home to Australia i tried to buy this fruit at our local asian market and was told that it is only adviable in the summer it has only now come into shops if anyone knows how to freeze or keep this fruit i would like to know,

I have planted few seeds of dragon fruit. two weeks later I saw that small palnts with two leaves. One person told that to get the crop with seeds planting it will take 8 years. Is it true ? I need to know that how many days wil it take to get the crop. Please help me. Thank you

Please can you send me some information about dragon fruit, i need this for my GCSE course.
i eed to know if there is any vitamin c content

They sell them 3 for £1 at strutton ground market near st james' park-they're yummy!!!

I bought a red dragon fruit and now have 30+ seedlings... will these ever produce fruit? I live in Southern Californai. My Fruit was $13.00 a pound... but it was so delicous!!!

I bought a red dragon fruit and now i have 40+ seedlings. Will it fruit? I live in Southern California.

we have a dragon fruit plant with several fruits on it, how do we know when the fruit is ripe and more importently
how do you pick the fruit without getting your hand full of thorns?!
Sherry

My dragon fruit plant is now 5 feet tall, growing in a pot. No flowers yet. How long do I have to wait? I live in Queensland, Australia.

Dragon fruit is wonderful. I discovered dragon fruit in Shanghai. The fruit is beautiful to look at and very refreshing. The seeds are like strawberry seeds in that you don't really notice them or taste them. I'm hooked on them!

please let me know is it good for reduce the blood pressure?any age limit to eat the dragon fruite?

I saw dragon fruit on cityline years ago and finally i found it! at my friend's party so i decided to ask where she got it from and it was at a chinese supermarket. I bought it today and i love the look its so beautiful but its a little on the bland side.. like not too bad but i wish it was more tasty!
also how do we pick them out? i heard when its a hot pink its ripe but ..... u know i'm not the best at picking out fruit so help please!

Hi everyone! I am from Singapore. In fact, my father runs a small business in Singapore growing Dragon Fruits, but the ones we are growing are the red-fleshed ones. It is true that the red-fleshed ones are alot tastier, sweeter, nutritional than the white-fleshed ones. Maybe you guys should try to find the red-fleshed ones and try it! It would definitely be much more lovely tasting than the white-ones. However, the yellow-skinned white-fleshed variety is alot sweeter than the red-skinned white-fleshed ones. The fruit is said to help reduce hypertension, reduce the risks of getting cancer and heart disesases. Its antioxidant properties are held to be accountable for such benefits, the antioxidant being lycopene. Usually anyone of any age can take the fruit although older people are advised to consume it around 1-2 times a week because of the sugar content. Oh, and according to our experience in growing the fruit in Singapore, (by the way we grow it by stem cutting which means we cut off a section of the stem and plant it directly into the ground which is alot faster than growing it thru seeds), it usually takes at least half a year for the first bloom and another 45 days or so for the fruits to develop from the flower buds. Hope the above information helps! =)

Hi,

Helen from Australia. I too have seen them around but today, I purchased a pink fleshed on. It was different, in a nice way. Will be buying more again as my family are a bunch of fruit eaters and variety is the spice of life!

ha! we have slain the dragon, and a very nice dragon it was too, shall be adding this excellent fruit to our diet, and shall attempt to grow it using the methods described on this site . well done greenhouse girl and keep up the good work

nice! Did the Tesco thing... £1.79, googled the thing and found meself here!
Nice and watery and the seeds are a great texture contrast to the melon expectancy.

3 of us here enjoyed trying something new for the first time ever and wasn't that disappointed.

Try it, you might like it!

(as I type, we are still "unsure" but don't seem to be able to stop nibbling!!!)

Bought my first ever dragon fruit in Australia ( I am a Kiwi) last week while on holiday. I am a sucker for trying new things. Cost an arm and a leg ( $A7 for one about 5" big ) I found it very bland. Looked good and might give a lift to a fruit salad.Stall holder didn't know anything about the fruit. Can't imagine why several relate it to a kiwi fruit - nothing like the taste of a kiwi fruit in NZ.

hi, im from Vietnam, and my company has exported dragon fruit. If someone wanna to know more information of dragon fruit,contact my mail anytime.

Hi,

I tried dragon fruit last night after buying it from Tesco. I waited a while before I tried it - to build the anticipation of eating sucha funky looking fruit.
I finally sat down, sliced through it and armed myself with a spoon............
And was truly disappointed by it. I found it tasted of nothing and the texture eventually led me to retch........
Think I will continue getting my vitamins from other fruits and just buy the dragon fruit to look cool in my fruit bowl!!!!

Hi..
My son and I have just tasted our first ever Dragon Fruit and both found it quite enjoyable. Bought at my local greengrocers in Sheringham, Norfolk £1.20 for 2. Will definetly be buying more cos my youngest son is a fruit addict and has yet to try! Thanks for all the useful info on dragon fruit and we will be trying to grow from seed as we have an allotment too!!!

Hi
My youngest son came in from school and tried it and in his words "loved it and when are you getting some more"

Hi I think I've just been done at Peterborough Tescos today.I paid £1.89 for my dragon fruit. Saying that, there was a name,a picture of what to do with it and where it came from beside the fruit so perhaps I got my moneys worth! For such a fantastic looking fruit, the taste was a little disappointing. I thought it was a kind of cross between a kiwi, watermelon and strawberry (with its soft seeds) but watered down. Worth trying just to say that.... I have eaten Dragon Fruit...

dragon fruit rocks! me and my bf just tried it and i loved it. it is almost too pretty to eat. i even tried to eat the outside cos its abit of a waste to just eat the flesh :-(

I bought one of these out of curiosity when i was grocery shopping in Thailand.

Im not big on eating fruit but i thought what the hey i probably cant get em back home in dreary England.

Tried/tasted and binned very quickly :)

I have found that most tropical fruits are at their peak for a very short time and do not travel well. We have a dragon fruit in our garden here in Queensland, Australia and the first fruit is ripening - hence my visit to this site. I loved the fruit in Asia and suggest that anyone who didn't like the fruit try it again if they are ever in Asia.

I tried my 1st Dragon, when in Hong Kong over Christmas 06, loved the fruit, very palatable. depending where you brought it, it was usually HK$5 each or 33p per fruit. they're even larger in Hong Kong, than Tesco's examples.

Pity the other day, when in Tesco's i saw the fruit selling for £1.89 each and in very poor condition (i.e been out on display for a few weeks)

If you liked Dragon fruit, you'll love Mangosteen, cheap as chips and sooooo tasty...

Definatley going back, just to eat the fresh fruit!!!

Yummy it was delicious (YUMMY)

Hi, I'm from California. I went to Trader Joe's yesterday and saw this package of sun-dried Dragons fruit and decided to buy it. When it is dried it really does look like dragon skin. The taste is not very strong but it is sweet. I sliced it up into smaller pieces and added it to my Trail Mix.

Its called dragon fruit as the cacti creeps and the plant itself looks like a dragon. The fruit wasalready big in Vietnam about 10 years ago, and at thattime, I only came across the white flesh version. But they are everywhere here in MAlaysia now, and tehy are being cultivated in a big way.
BE careful you don't get red flesh version dripping on your white bouse.

If you manage yo get a good one, they are really sweet and juicy. But its an acquited taste. Have fun!

First saw this strange looking object last Weds at Tesco, Hythe Colchester, and out of interested purchased one. No indication from Tesco what it was, nothing to suggest how to serve it, but it looked to good to ignore.
It had the white flesh, the texture of a Kiwi, and a bland moist taste. It was different, and all eaten.
Not something that I would really go out of my way to purchase again. But it is full of vitamin C and antioxidants, and as part of a mixed fruit salad would possibly blend well.
My husband wants to try to grow our own, but it means purchasing another to get the seeds.
I guess that we will all have to eat whats left after he gets the seeds he needs.

The best way to eat a dragon fruit is : 1) slice off both end thinly until the contains is exposed. 2) slice the fruit across in wedge shape. 3) Peel the skin outward and the contain will come off easily. 4) Enjoy.
By the way, do not use a spoon !

Hey! My friend from work showed me the drsgon fruit and i tryed it and liked it.. now i always buy it. apparently it has 5 times the minerals and nutrients you need in one day!

Brought one from our local supermarket for £1.80. Love trying new fruit. Trouble is now the kids have a taste, I don't get a look in. Best way We found to eat it, is cut the top off, the peel back from the side, the whole skin comes of in one piece, slice it up and wait for the rush of Children, hopefully there will be some left for me..

I JUST TRIED MY FIRST DRAGON FRUIT IT TASTES FUNNY AND I DONT KNOW IF I LIKE IT OR NOT?

hi tried the red dragon fruit and was gone straight away. i let it go cold in the fridge tehn i cut it in half and squuezed lime on it and it was absolutely delicious.Cant wait to start growing some.

I am doing a project about fruit calorie content and if anyone knows how many calories and vitamin c are in a dragon fruit and how much is needed to make a portion of fruit, please contact me at Adamglenville@hotmail.com

I tried Dragon fruit just a few weeks ago and fell in love with it. Thank you for all the advice how to grow it. I have planted few seeds and I am going to the store to buy more fruit. I am from Vancouvere, Canada.

My husband and I bought a dragon fruit from TESCO's - only place I've seen them. Looked them up on a website www.lovepitaya.com. Seems the latin name is PITAYA. Native to Mexico, Central & South American but also SE Asia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Southern China and Israel. The plant only flowers at night, they are large white flowers, referred to as Moon Flowers or Queen of the Night. The vine-like cactus Stenocereus gummosus in the Sonarian Desert is an important food source for Native American Peoples. The Serio people of NW Mexico still harvest the highly appreciated fruit of the Pitaya agria (Spanish) which the Seris call "ziix is ccapxl" - thing whose fruit is sour". Strangely enough, this fruit was bland and sweet, not sour! The dragon fruit sets on cactus like vines 30-50 days after flowering with 5-6 harvests per year. Some farms produce 30 tons of fruit per hectare every year. I think this is going to be the in fruit shortly! It is supposed to be good for asthma. PS slight deviation - did you know that a kiwi fruit has a month's supply of vitamin c in it? Check out the website and thanks for all the tips greenhouse girl!

It is nice to see them about! I bought my first my first Dragon fruit about 7 years ago here in Vancouver Canada, it was frightfully expensive- $7.00 CAD. I didn't think the taste was worth the cost and only recently with the major influx of the fruit the price has fallen to half of what it was.
I cut it in half and put the other half in the fridge and when I ate the chilled half I was amazed at how the flavor was enhanced. Nice nutrient content makes this fruit a winner in my books. We can grow climatized Kiwi's here, wonder if they will ever breed Pitaya's for our climate?
Cheers all

hi i saw two dragonfruits at the market in leeds in yorkshire in northern england,(uk) and so i bought them, they were the last 2, one each was £1 but the guy there gave me two for £1.20, so quiet expensive, the ones that i got were a red flesh one, the taste was quiet bland but a bit like kiwi just not as sweet

hi,
bought two of these recently in tesco's ate the first and with the second one just scooped the seeds out with a teaspoon and still in the flesh and popped them into some sterial potting compost. I used just one teaspoonfull and now have around twenty seedlings.

I tried to eat some dragon fruit but I am allergic to it and now I am in hospital with a a large swollen face and my body is filled with pain

I dislike dragon fruit greatly.

G'Day from Australia, Had never seen a Dragon fruit untill a few day's ago in the supermarket, I had to get 1 "hav'nt been game to try it yet!, my 10 yrs old son asked me how do we eat it? so here I am finding out, we will try it to night after karate. I love to garden so I'll have ago at growing them , live in Victoria & heading into winter on the 1st June, don't hold much hope but who know's??? thks 4 the info, Leanne

Well i have finally got round to try a dragon fruit and i must say they look a lot better than they taste! Well to be fair they dont really taste of much.I ate it in a fruit salad with banana, mango, ice and Sharon fruit - which also dosent taste of anything. Think next time im goning to try some of your more tasty fruit recommendations such as the custard apple and the sapodilla!

bought 2 dragon fruits on the market for 1 euro in Zeeland, Netherlands.Beautiful to look at. Taste is bland with a hint of kiwi and melon.
Will attempt to grow seedlings and take it from there. Tastier eaten diced with papaya.

Hello from Northern California, I have not tried the fruit or even seen it, but I was at a plant show today and purchased two cuttings. One with the white center and one with the red center. It gets pretty cold here in the winter and may have to move the plants inside or wrap them in a blanket. The vendor said it's best to have both types - what a salesman, but I think it helps to cross polinate them. Anyway I just watched a video by a man named Edgar who grows different varieties in Simi Valley, CA. It was a homemade video, but very informative. Thank you Greenhouse Girl for the tips!

I'm currently living north of Hong Kong and my husband brought home one of these amazing fruits yesterday. It sat in the fridge all night and we tried it today. Husband said that it looked like Oreo ice cream. I agree with the New Zealander that it does not have the taste of Kiwi, but the texture is quite similar. We really liked it. I wonder if the kind you get that has been shipped across the world is not as tasty. We'll be eating more of this, I am sure.

hi, im 13 years old and i have been selected for an interview for blue peters CAN YOU COOK IT ? competition in my interview i have to talk about a fruit or vedgetable for 1 min max i want to go for something exotic and i was looking through when i found this great looking fruit (dragon fruit)i like the sound of it and im goin to try it but the only thing that puts me off is that people say its a bit bland i have looked at the scotch bonett vedgetable which is the hottest fruit/pepper in the world and the star fruit could you give me some tips on some exciting fruits because im feeling a bit confused at the moment kind regards brendan

How are you meant to separate the seeds from the fruits flesh? (so as to grow them)

Dragonfruit have just hit the shelves this season (southern hemisphere) and I've taken some seeds, removed the pulp and planted them in punnets today. I grow other varieties of cacti, and despite the gorgeous flowers, they don't have fruit! Hopefully I can get something going with these seeds.

I ate it today, im from canada ... husband bought it, loved it ... will buy again

I have enjoyed Dragon Fruit for years, and there are several things that you can do with the thing. I like to take out the insides, mix with a bit of lemon juice sugar and water(or cranberry juice) whirl it in the blender. Pour into a bowl and freeze...When half frozen...give it another whirl in the blender...then freeze...makes a great fruit ice. Also great in a fruit salad of melon,kiwi and berries..Mash it through a sieve and add to iced teas...Hope you have fun and enjoy playing with your Dragon Fruit..Where I live in Texas,USA..we buy them at the local Mexican Grocers...4 to 8 for $1.00...depending on the season...ENJOY

I live in Edmonton Canada. We bought this fruit at a reasonable price at a super market. Looks very exotic, high in phosphorus but does not taste like any fruit. This was the 1st time maybe it will taste better next time.

i reallly like dragon fruit. And i really love it frozen i leave it over night 24 hours in other words get out the fridge and split it and eat it.
smooth creamy deliouse dragon fruit perfect on a hot summers day!!!!

I am a 13 year old girl from Oldham, Northern England (UK)and i saw the fruit in Tesco also. I asked my mum if we could try it and she said NO it is too exspensive. Later that week i went with my dad so as you could guess i asked him. He said yes, "first time for everything." We tried it and found it rather bland yet still enjoyed it. I said I think it would be nicer if we blended it and and a little sugar. It seemed I was right as a comment earlier on said so. We are keen on growing our own food as we grow strawberries, potatoes, garlic, onions and this list could become endless. Me and my Dad are going to give it a bash in a propagater. We will keep you posted on how well it goes (or not). Ta Ta For Now TTFN

dragon fruit is really tasty but i've only tryed the red inside one

Tried it. Loved it. Now my plants in bloom :P

I just tasted dragon fruit when my mother in law came here in the Philippines. I love the sweet taste of it. I'd like to grow that fruit here in the Philippines.

Hi from Australia. I live in Darwin and there are dragonfruit readily available in all our stores. I tried my first one the other day and I loved it ! So did my 4 year old son which was surprising. I'm going to try and grow my own from the seeds. If anyone knows of any recipes please share them, I haven't been able to find any yet.

I first tried dragon fruit when it was tarting up a fruit salad at some conference with work, needless to say I ignored the soggy sarnies and munched all the dragon fruit! delicious with a glass of wine too!

i saw the fruit on the self in tesco and picked it up and thought what is hell is that! put in the trolly and got it home and showed the family, then had to look on the interent to find out how to eat it! and i found this site and thank to you i know how! havnt tried it yet but looking forward to it!

My first try at Dragon Fruit came throught the Ice Breakers gum flavor, ever since then I've wanted to try a real one, but the closest I've found is the Dragon Fruit flavored mineral water stuff they sell at the store, oh well. I wonder if you could find it in Arizona.

I Have just tried my first dragon fruit. We saw it while shopping at Tesco's. (I'll try anything once) but was a bit shocked at the price. To me it tasted like a kiwi fruit but less tangy, which is good for me cos how ever much i like kiwi they tighten the back of my throat and tingle my inner ears. I had none of this affect with the dragon so looks like this will be staying on my shopping list. If this fruit is freezable it would make a lovely sorbet. A great conversation piece served in it's own skins at a dinner party !!
I found this site through Google because i wanted to know more about this fruit.

Like many other people here I bought the pink one with white flesh from Tescos. I'd agree that it has a similar texture to a kiwi fruit but it's very, very bland. It is really filling and nutritious though so I'm keen to try the one with pink flesh as several people have said it's tastier. Does anyone know where to buy those ones or if there's a place on the internet that would post them? I'd be willing to pay a bit more because I'd try growing some of the seeds if I liked the taste :)

Dragon fruit was the best fruit I ever try.Infact I am also doing a scrapbook about fruit that grow in Malaysia.I hope every body will eperciate dragon fruit.

I hope that someone could help me to find out the address in singapore - growing dragron fruit in Lim Chu Kang Lane 6.....

Just got one :)
Lovly not much of a taste but nice

I found a few the other day down the local supermarket. Wonderfully refreshing fruit! Should be perfect for summer. Dragon fruit, where have you been all my life?

I bought one from Tesco today, I haven't eaten it yet, as the fruit from supermarkets is usually under ripe. How can you tell when it is ripe enough to eat?

the dragonfruit is one of natures ABSOLUTELY AMAZING thing.. I ate the hylocereus polyrhizus type the other day and it was soooooo GOOD!!! the colour of the flesh was bright magenta. Its as if someone dipped the fruit in acrylic paint.. it made my lips magenta after that. LOVELY!!

i love dragon fruit when i first saw them i thought what a freaky looking fruit but i found i really liked them.

Hello, I'm from Canada and just tried this wonderful dragon fruit. My husband and I like to try different foods and dragon fruit just came to our small town grocery store, I hope it's not seasonal and they keep it stocked year around. The one we tried had white flesh. i would like to try a red flesh one next. Great stuff!!

i was just wongering how many caleroies are in a dragon fruit.

Hi, does anybody know where (soil and weather) does the dragon fruit plant grow?

i love dragon fruit i just had one right now.

I have a dragon fruit cactus -- its about 2 1/52 feet tall, and about 1 1/2 years old. It takes about 3 years for dragonfruit cactus to produce fruit -- it needs high heat and lots of sun. I currently located in Thailand.

I've just been introduced to this wonderfull fruit. I'd like to have one for a house plant, I see that most people pay alot for this fruit, so imagen my suprise when I got 4 of them at .69 cents Canadain, they were on the sales table, I think I hit the jack pot , I think this fruit would make an amazeing and refreshing summer cold soup,with honey dew, with a hint of mint, it would also make a great drink for adults,or a half frozen slussie, for everyone. it's got so many possiilties I just don't know where to begin
it is heavenly though,ouu galautoe (? on spelling)

you can buy the dragon fruit cuttings from daleys fruit tree nursery at kyogle n.s.w Australia,if you
live in aust. picked fresh and RIPE the are the best, but in supermarkets the are picked unripe like all their fruit and vegies so tate yuk.

dragon fruit, what an interesting looking thing but dissapointed when we tried it had no taste what so ever,and at £1.99 in tescos i,m afraid won,t be buying any more

hi,
I live in sw fl. I have a dragon fruit plant that produced a fruit in 20 years. It was a miricle. I was told that I needed the yellow dragon fruit plant to cross pollinate. Could you tell me how I could buy the yellow type? thank you.

I too just saw one for the first time this week...just looking at it; I had to have one. didn't consider the cost it looked too good to pass by! having 2 friends also on healthy eating plans( DIETS!) i took it round for us all to try. What a disappointing taste to such a lovely looking fruit. decided I'd need custard or ice cream with it but then put that against the cost and I'm not sure I'd bother again.

The taste of the dragonfruit can vary from completely bland to mildly sour or sweet. What i want to know is... how do you pick a ripe dragonfruit? I've heard some say that it depends on the no. of the 'scales', or the length, or the amount of green in them... anyone have any clue? I eat it all the time, but i never know how it's going to taste until it's in my mouth...

it was very helpfull as i was thinking how to grow dragon fruit i apprieate your explnation may God bless you

WOW found this site by chance looking for somethingelse but had to read all and i mean all your coments so it looks like im going to the shops today to buy one thanks ps will keep you informed of the outcome

Hmmm... I just came here after eating some fruit which my Indonesian girlfriend insisted I buy. She says that it is useful against diabetes. Living in Indonesia, I wonder how diabetics survive, given that I spend more on insulin than most people earn here. When I enquire about this, the answer invariably involves plants of some description.

Anyway, she told me this fruit was called "buah naga", which translates literally as "dragon fruit", and so I thought I'd investigate it. Yes, it's bland (I got the white-fleshed Hylocereus undulatus version), but if it is healthy, I am prepared to live with that.

My gf reckons it's expensive, and it is, compared with other fruit here. In Pommy money, it works out at about 32p a fruit. (Go to the top of the class if you guessed that I am Australian.) So it is expensive for the locals, but not for someone who, like me, earns their money in the First World.

Oh, and I also now know that I have eaten it before, served for breakfast cut up into little rectangular shapes in hotels around Asia.

i dont like Fruit but when i said i was leaving my current job my Friend (who makes me try all sorts of random fruit and food) brought one in for us all to try.... honestly i LOVE IT!

ive made a nice Fruit salad 2day for my lunch.. strawberrys dragon Fruit and Physilis!

ENJOY!

oh yeah by the way in my Tesco Dragon Fruit is £1.99 a shot!
xxx

i've been eating dragon fruit for year. tried my first one at 11 then spent about 5 years looking for another one. absolutely gorgeous!!! two winters ago i bought some seeds off of ebay and away i went! the thing is is really quite large now and i can't wait to see the flowers. might try getting more going and get a forest of them. don't seem to be able to kill, i give mine quite a bit of water - not knowing how much they were meant to have until today - and don't feed it very often and it seems to be very happy. just sprouted it's first aerial roots to attache to the window. lol

Bought one in Tesco on Friday 18th May - the barcode on the shelf said "discontinued" so if you want to try - get there quick!

I have just bought one and paid $7 CDN. Worth every penny! Yumm.

I want to grow it in my country (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) so please tell me where I can obtain planting materials.

We went to the grocer this afternoon, and this was the first time I had seen this curious of fruits! My boyfriend was telling me someone at work ate them. So today we bought one to try. I have not yet tasted it, as I am worried I may be allergic to it as, I am pretty much allergic to everything. lol
Anyways I wanted to learn more on this fruit and I found your explination here most bennificial.
Thank you for that :)
Have a great night.

~Brat~

is dragon fruit is good for the body. please let me know why the fruit is famous. please give some medical reasos.

thanks

I bought a dragon fruit from ASDA today, and I think it has to be the most boring tasting fruit known to mankind!!! Bland isn't the word....it's tasteless!. Why in heaven's name it's called dragon fruit is beyond me, there is definitely no fire in it.
Well I bought it, ate it and won't bother again.

I live in Thailand and we get the white flesh dragonfruit imported from Vietnam. We're really lucky that it's very affordable here - only 45 pence (29 baht) for one kilo. I've recently been told by a Thai lady that this fruit is a great aid for losing weight. The seeds act like psyllium seeds which are great for cleansing the intestine. It's not too sweet so it won't cause an insulin rush and bloating in the gut. I'm eating one dragonfruit and one young coconut in the evening in place of dinner. Perhaps I'm only losing excess fluid, but I'm really pleased to have lost 1 kilo over four days.

Can anyone tell us what to look for / how to pick a good / ripe dragon fruit ???

Thnx.

I brought a dragon fruit today, i had to ask in Asda what it was as i had never seen one before. I thought it was very nice. I think it would be lovely in a fruit cocktail with mango grapes and melon. A good fruit for dietabetics as it is not to sweet.

Interesting to read most of the comments. I was wondering if anybody knew best way to select the fruit. Is there a 'best time to eat when ........' ie flesh gives to squeezing etc.

tks

Try Asda for Dragon Fruit they've just had their first batch in and were only 86 pence each. A lot cheaper than Tesco!

i brought it, i eat it, and then i threw up for 2days but it looks really nice in the fruit bowl even if i cant eat it.x

Hello dragon - people

you know when somebody like me has diabetes, he has to take eventually insulin!

You know what I found out? - Eating dragon fruit I don't need insulin!

I found even a booklet, written in Thai, where is written about the sugar-killer DRAGON - FRUIT!

Bye - bye

I bought five Dragon Fruits in Dartford Market, kent, last week. Guess what Five for a pound £1.00p. Forget Asdas, too expensive look around, seek and ye shall find!

This message is for caz. You said you bought the seeds for this fruit. Were did you get them? I live in Florida USA and would very much like to find the seeds for this fruit I have never heard of it before. We have a fruit here that is strange but really good called Star Fruit. Maybe we could trade seeds.

Sue

suecjustice@earthlink.net

Hiya, I've tried a dragon fruit and when I first looked at the inside I was like... oh, it doesn't look as nice now. But I tried it and it just tasted like melon! When you bit into it, it was just like water and you can't taste anything! I think it is a strange though interesting fruit if I must say.

Dear sir,
Iam from Sri Lanka.Bought a few fruits & tasted same.Fantastic.Need to get more information about the fruit.Do you have any book/literature which gives more information about this fruit Pitaya.Can you please email me(nuneka20@zeynet.com).
From
Nuwan kannangara
(Sri Lanka)

hei, i very interested in the cultvation of the dragon fruit. i was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers baut where or how to begin?

Really brilliant to eat just by itself

hi everybody, I am from malaysia. I have a dragon fruit farm here in malaysia. the trees are just 6 months old and still not flowering. but, i know the whereabouts to get the fruits supply. If you guys interested, pls email me: inn_joe@yahoo.com

yh ur totally right it realli expensive!!i went to Tescos today to buy stawberries(my fav fruit) and then i saw the dragon fruit, and then i thought hmmm then i saw the price and i was like woah now it's £1.99 so i begged my mum to buy it for...to be honest when i ate the fruit i was a bit dissapionted cos it didnt really have that much flavor

I tried this for the first time and was disappointed aswell, It didnt taste of much, but try scooping the flesh out and mixing with vanilla cream..

Hello Everybody,
I am from Karachi(Pakistan)My friend come back from Thailand and brings "Dragon fruit". I have never seen before, it was very atractive to see. when i eat, its tast was average.Then i research about it, It was very glad to see its nutrition value. So now i m trying for possibility of cultivation here in pakistan. If anybody can help me in this regard, I shell very thankful.

Hi,

I am a Singaporean living in Thailand and I just love dragon fruits, especially the red flesh variety. The fruits are now in peak of season, so we can get them real cheap - 7 baht a fruit (less than Singapore dollars 30 cents)!!! (What will that be in pounds - less than a penny??)What a bragain!! The red flesh variety is definitely sweeter than the white flesh ones and I must also add that the fruit tastes much better in Thailand. When I was in Singapore, the ones I got were usually very bland. I think the fruit lost its sweetness in the export process. By the way, the redness of the juice reminds me of beetroot.

With Reference to my comments posted on July,2 2007. Sorry I forgot to show my E-mail address for contact. it is faheem_khan50@hotmail.com

Hi, I like the yaste of dragonfruit and would like to plant some. Do I plant from cuttings off the mother plant or from the seeds ? Help somebody. Thanks.

Hai there, I would say take the Red Dragon fruit is the best esp when serve chill. Cut it into half and scoop with spoon..whaaaa..so delecious. take it regularly and good for our health. This red Dragon is better than the white, that is why, a bit more expensive.Best for people who have tumor in early stage.got no problem wioth supplies..

Enjoy the fruit..

can u describe for me the ways to plant dragon fruit? i want it stage by stage.please help me...

hey!
me and my bf are doing the rounds of strange looking/out of the ordinary fruit.
and i saw the dragon fruit!
i checked up on how 2 eat it on google and this site poped up...
its a realy amazing fruit...
the slight taist and the texture reminds me of some sweet ive tryed some time ago... i just cant remember what
thankx for the advice on eating it.. id have been stumped otherwise

Hyee! I'm from Malaysia. I'm a dragon fruit lover. In Malay, they called it 'buah naga'. Now, i'm going through a thesis about dragon fruit,it's post harvest handling including storage and packaging to keep the shelf life longer. Anybody have any brilliant ideas, can send me the information about this dragon fruit. Here's my email address
wish me luck!!

some tips from me; eat this fruit with ice-cream!!

Yum I got 2 White flesh Red dragon fruits they kinda taste like nothing but the seeds are tasty and crunchy! But the flesh doesn't really have much flavor.

please send me the details about dragon fruits cultivation in Sri Lanka with contact person and way to obtain seeds. ratanajothy@gmail.com
ratanajothy@yahoo.co.in

haiii...every body am from indonesia
I had just eaten the fruit, it's so delecious i'hev got pink with white color inside.well if it possible i look for the other variety to eat. but the name of the fruit just hear something frighten for me he.... have nice day 4 all of u.

Just tried the Dragon Fruit - I must say it is slightly disappointing in flavour as it is bland but would be great as a sorbet or contribution to a fruit salada

Same as most people bought Dragon from Tesco but before eating exlored on the internet and after reading all comments had a courage to eat it. I must ssay its not bad at all and reminded me immediately of Turnip's(Shalgam) taste.

Hi!I am a SriLankan. Now I am in Chantaburi Province in eastern Thailand where you can enjoy secenic beauty of Dragon fruit cultivations and to taste its excellent fresh flavor. The pinkish variety is tastier that the white. It is quite rare and has a high market value than the white.

Dear Friend,

I came across a dragon fruit in aresort, and found it intresting. As my hobby is gardening, I just got a thin slice of the fruit and burried in a cocopeat. Its amazing! after few weeks I found dozs of plants came up. Now they are four feet tall, I am wodering what type of Fertilizer I can use to stimulate the growing. It would be very nice of you if you can let me know anything.

Rgds
Hassan Saeed

Can the dragon fruit seeds sprout if i try to grow them in sand? Im experimenting with sand plants and i just put dragonfruit seeds in 20 mins ago.

I bought two white flesh dragon fruits for £1 in a car boot sale in Boston-Lincolshire last Sunday. Very exotic but tasteless.....

Hello,
I saw the Dragon Fruit in Tesco about 2 months ago and although I found the taste bland, it was interesting and I decided to grow the seeds, I put a blob of fruit in a cup and added water rinsed it round to loosen the seeds because if you plant the seeds with the flesh they will rot as bacteria grows on the flesh. I then spread the seed / flesh mix on to normal house hold kitchen tissue paper the good quality type that does not dissolve and left them to dry for two days. When they were dry i tapped them off on to a tray and sprinkled them in to a peat based soil tray and put them in my greenhouse for about two weeks and then just put them outside in their seed trays. I did not take great care of them after all they are very very hardy and retain a large amount of moisture. I now have about 100 baby dragon fruit all with two nice fleshy leaves and the cacti centre I have given them no special treatment and they have been outside in all this bad rain we are having in england at the moment although yesterday i finally seperated the seedlings as they were getting a bit cramped and put them back under cover as they are really wet at the moment. I will update as I progress

Hey there, another dragon fruit convert coming through..... saw this fruit a few weeks ago at a local indian owned grocers shop in cambridgeshire and have been plucking up the courage to try it.. at 50p each i thought it was worth it and.... yes it does have an aftertaste of turnip but its not bad. Have bought extra for friends to try and now i see you can plant the seeds too, bargain, going to give it a go as im a sucker for trying to make things grow. Dragon fruiters of the world... ENJOY! hee hee x

Tried one from Cardiff market the other day...£1.99 ..a bit expensive. I had guessed it might be a prickly pear (cactus) fruit so i wasn't far off the mark. Tarted up a fruit sald with it diced in. Not very obvious flavour but as people keep saying , it's healthy in content.

Get the seeds by squashing a bit across a piece of paper towel or something. I will now pick off the dried seeds and put them onto sandy compost, cover lightly with sand and keep them moist and warm for a week or so. I will probably split the number and put one lot in the airing cupboard in a poly bag to see if it gives them a flying start.
The the papaya seeds and the mango one all from that salad!

Hi, I tried this dragon fruit few weeks ago,little bland in taste but enjoyable,I also planted some seeds and now I have got,70 little plants growing,hope they all survive!

last autmn grew some dragon seeds one is now 8in tall shaped like a helter skelter.

Hi, I really interestted to know more about the postharvest of this dragon fruit.

always on the look out for something new i saw this today and decided i had to try it thanks to a lot of infro i got from this site i am ready to "GO" will let you guys know what i think after it gets cold and i get a little more excited from the anticipation i tried a plantain a long time ago thought it would be like a banana so i peeled it and took a BIG Bite BIG Mistake nothing at all like a banana have sinced learned that they are good fried in a little butter and sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon thanks to you all i am looking a lot more forward to the NEW experience sandra

Hi, I bought my 1st dragon fruit in Tesco yesteray, £1.75, the cashier had no idea what it was or tasted like so I promised to let her know. I think they should all try new ingredients so they can help us customers! So I expected the flavour to live up to its appearance and was very disappointed. Watery Kiwi fruit is the closest I can get, and despite comments to the contrary I found it was 'marginally' nicer warm, than cold. Shan't bother again but it was part of my plan to 'try something new every week'. am definitely going to try growing some from the seeds though, out of interest, not for the fruit!

I had dragon fruit and, like you thought it looked lovely.
It was a dissapointment to eat!

I've always seen Dragon fruits on the supermarket shelves & I thought it looks yummy as the external colour combi trying to suggest it is but when I finally had one after meal I have never felt so disappointed in my life, It taste bland & quite seedy & over priced. I should have bought 4 mangosteen for the same price... It's the biggest anti-climax I have ever experienced in my life & that shows all that glitters is not gold :-D

i want to get growing information and marketing
i am from srilanka

hi i am 14 i live in bridgewater nova scotia canada i got bored today and i figured i will try to grow something... i was wondering if anyone knew if it would work for me were i live and all it gets cold in the winter but i can always bring it inside

OmG people its actually nice! u wouldnt be able to find many in Australia but maybe in the summer! it doesnt look yuk [well sorta] youse shld all try it! It was interesing about what it looked like and where its found!!!! hehe! anywayz this will help me on my school work so thanks editor!!!!

Have just tried Dragon Fruit for the first time after being intrigued by it in my local Tesco's this morning, first impression that was it tasted like a grape/melon cross, after that it just tasted bland. Will try and grow some seeds to see what happens.
Sue

I am from Sri Lanka, In Sri Lanka also have Dragon fruit but in a experimental level cultivations.

I've never even tryed it i'm just doing this for homework!! X*~&DRAGON FRUIT&~*X

Hello,
I’m from Sri Lanka. Dragon fruit has a good demand in Sri Lanka. Since there are few Dragon fruit cultivations, it is difficult to fulfill the market demand. Though there are no cultivations, mid country area has a good potential for Dragon fruit cultivation.

It tastes exactly like water cress, kind of sweet & earthy!

to all the people who think the fruit is bland, I would suggest thats because it was picked too early, as most supermarket fruit is, to make sure it survives export from Asia.
I eat it often when I'm in Thailand, but the ones we get here in Oz are nowhere near as good. So I'm growing my own, to go along with all the other wierd and wonderful food for my thai girlfriend !
I bought a 20cm high plant, which grew nearly 2 metres in one summer ! took several cuttings off it (just break off a spur like any cactus) and put them into a cactus potting mix, then transplant into the garden once it has grown new roots.

We are growing from the seeds and are fascinated by the tiny prickles already on the minute leaves, we realise now it's a cactus as we didn't know before. Many thanks for all the interesting info

Hi,
I'm from SriLanka. I'm really interested in cultivating dragon fruit in sri lanka & I would like to get more information regarding that. I have about 20 acres in south of Sri lanka which has dry season as well.
so please send me informations as your earliest conveniance.
Thank you.
Ishanka.

Hi,
I'm from SriLanka. I'm really interested in cultivating dragon fruit in sri lanka & I would like to get more information regarding that. I have about 20 acres in south of Sri lanka which has dry season as well.
so please send me informations how to get the seeds as your earliest conveniance.
Thank you.
Priyantha

Have grown and eaten all sorts of dragon fruit here in Australia for years. particularly like the red fruit one..Hylocereus polyrhizus.
we have about 20 plants, most of them are aprox 15 to 28 metres high,being epiphytic they actually grow up trees, or can be trained to cascade, which is how they are grown commercially. The only negative thing we find with them is that they are very tasty to flying foxes and fruit bats.
the flower can only be described as stunning!
They are great also for making wine with. (again either red or white.
Its relly delicous believe it or not..with cheese.. all sorts..simple cheddar, blue cheese, goats, smoked and most favoutite.Cottage cheese!

I first tasted dragon fruit when my husband went home from thailand. I was reluctant at first but when i started to taste, i like the taste.
Now I am staying in thailand, and i'm lucky because every time i go to the market i am able to buy the fruit which is now one of my favorites.

First tried Dragon fruit in Taiwan
was very impressed. We should sell more in
Great Britian

You can get information from Horana Fruit Crop Research & Development Institute or Thelijjavila Research Institute for growing Dragon Fruit in south of Sri Lanka.

I AM FROM NICARAGUA, LIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA(KENDALL LAKES). WE (@ MY COUNTRY) GROW PITAHAYAS (DRAGON FRUIT) THE RED WITH RED FLESH, AND WE PREPARED THEM IN A JUICE. PUT CUTTED FLESH IN BLENDER, ADD WATER,SUGAR,LIME JUICE AND ICE CUBES. IS SOOO GOOOD! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE TO GET A PLANT IN MY AREA.

hi, i am also growing dragon fruit plus lychees & various other exotics, try buying a cheap aquarium & try growing them in that (with lighting hood) you get great results!

Im from Malaysia...
LOL! Europeans here seems like very curious bout this dragon fruit. Taste bland? well... no doubt because you tried the white meat dragon fruite and not the red meat dragon fruit. it taste so good and extremely nutritious. Give it a try~ even for local sell here, its still quite expensive especially the red meat dragon fruit. I've been thinking of growing dragon fruit for export business in the future ^.^
have a nice day with dragon fruits!

i saw these online when browsing for something new and interesting to try. then i got into lychee and forgot about dragonfruit. i moved to toronto, happened to walk through viettown, and there it was. best way to eat it - slice in half, grab a spoon. it has a great flavour, albeit a little bland. great for breakfast!

i had my first dragon in Taiwan white fleshed one though, it tasted like nothing so i didnt like it, after trying it for the 2nd time i realised how refreshing and juicy it was...now back in Australia it's sooo damn expensive and i am always craving for it =(

Hello,
I'm from Sri Lanka.You can get Dragon Fruit planting materials, from private farms at Bulathsinghala, Tunkama & Embilipitiya. At Viharamahadevi Park also it is available

this really helped me with my homework

thanks

They are amazing. They sell red and white varieties at waitrose and i love them both.

I had to do a project on an unusual fruit and this site really helped thanx.

If I was the editer dude i would put on here what the dragon fruit tastes like, some intresting facts & a few recipies for the dragon fruit.

Nadinexx

I live in Hawaii and this unusual fruit is often seen at fruit stands in Chinatown (island of Oahu in Honolulu). It is expensive even here. ($3.95 per pound) I bought one today and simply enjoyed this delicacy. It's not a fruit that I would purchase on a regular basis, but when I feel like spoiling myself... I do!
It's really a mild taste. Very watery. The variety I got today was bright pink on the inside and it didn't taste any different than the ones that are white on the inside.
I was surfing the web looking for the nutritional value of this strange fruit and I found enough information to suit me right here.
Thanks
and
Much Aloha!

I today have just bought a Dragon Fruit out of curiosity and also think the look of the fruit is very interesting but the tatse is a bit of a let down. I had never thought of trying to grow one myself. After reading some of the comments, guess what I am going to give it a try and hope the weather in Lincolnshire is kind to me. Lets just hope we don't end up with England covered in "Triffid Plants"

I bought a dragon fruit from tescos and YES it was expensive so I decided to have a go at growing them so I dried out some seeds and then I potted them up and cut up a plastic bottle and used it as a mini greenhouse and they all came up so when they were big enough I put them in other pots and gave some to a friend of mine. The dragon fruit cacti are now about 2inches long.I dont water them very often as they are cacti but they are doing well.Have a go they are so easy to grow.

Hi...
I'm so intrasted with dragon fruit,
I have enough spase to grow them,
Pls some one help me to learn about dragon fruit
I'm in sri lanka also i need contact details of a person or a company who can supply me with dragon fruit plants

we tried one in school and now we have to do research on them!! Aaargh!!

I first tried dragon fruit in Thailand a couple of years ago. It was refreshing, but a bit bland, however, great when the weather is hot. Today I just tried a yellow variety. It's much smaller, about 5 inches long and 2-3 inches in diameter, but very, very sweet! Texture is more like a kiwi, whitish/transparent flesh with black seeds...mmm!

Dragonfruit TIPS:
Coming home to my mother's house I would find her prized Dragonfruit plants sprouting over two dozen buds/flowers, for a plot area of 6' by 1'. This was in september of 2007. These plants grow arial roots that attach themselves to anything it can, like the wooden fence of my parent's backyard. At that time, I had never tasted one of these fruits before. I recall my mother saying that she received some clippings of the cactus plant from her friend. She simply stuck it in soil at one corner of the backyard where there was minimal direct sunlight. After several months to a year, she noticed that the plant was not sprouting new limbs. With her usual intuition, she replanted the clippings at the other side of the backyard, against the wooden fence where it gets at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. She would water the plant once a day, but no more. She says that if you water it too much, then the flower will rot or fall. Also, once more limbs start to grow, you can cut some and replant them next to the parent plants. Once the plant is growing arial roots, then they are mature and should bear some fruits. If not, my mother told me that she would cut the tips of each limb to induce the cactus to sprout buds, and eventually fruits. The day I flew back, my mother picked the only ripe dragonfruit for me and it tasted so sweet and refreshing, like nothing I had expected for such a strange looking fruit. I have a beautiful picture of the exact fruit (still on the plant) that I ate.
If you want to see, send me your email address or post it on this website. If you want more tips please let me know. Cheers- Tiger

Shopping in ASDA today, I spotted these and being a person who will try eating anything I brought one. I tried it after putting it in the fridge for a couple of hours, found it a nice fruit but for it being a bit tastless. A bit of lime juice on it maybe like on a Papaya. Lable on side of fruit box showing you how to make cheesecake with it. Might have a go at growing one. 6/10

I saw one of these Dragon fruits for the first time in Asda today, very surprising thing that caught my eye. Im a chef and was very intrigued as I have never even heard of these. i didnt buy it as I wanted to read about it first so thanks for this site giving info. I will go back and try one then try and grow it. lol im like a little kid now I cant wait.

i am a foster carer was given a dragon fruit by a chinese mum for her child .had to find info now
the family love them to

well i bought one yesterday . and yes the colour is just fantastic .. the taste is a little anticlimax afterwards, but a heavenly looking fruit .. worth a try .. we should try something new whenever we can

Helo... Im Dr. Teddy F. Tepora, current program leader of dragon fruit research and development at cavite state univrsity Indang Cavite Philippines

If u need more information on dragon fruit particularly on pests and diseases pls. contact me teddytep@yahoo.com. I would love to share some info with u

Regards

Ted

I saw this pretty looking fruit so I decided to buy it. As part of the Healthy schools initiative I'm always on the look out for different fruit so I can take into school for our students to try. On the whole they all thought it was nice but more than anything they couldn't get over how nice the colour was.

Great info on the ol' dragon fruit. Thanks!

i am a 12 year old girl.
got a dragon fruit in asda because it looked cool. it was tasty i really like the colour. i would recommend them to anyway!!!

I have a 3.5 acre land at Horana where I wish to grow dragonfruit.
Can anyone tell me,
a. Where to get plants ?
b. Any supporting body / organisation through which we can exchange information ?
c. Where to sell ( Any large scale buyer )?

Regards,
Tissa

Take 12"-14" long cuttings from your dragon plant in backyard & plant.

Hello Dragons,
People use the word “Dragon” for a dinosaur like animal. Southeast Asian Dragon similar to a stegosaur & Western Dragon similar to a Pterodactyl. I think .the name “Dragon fruit” originated in Southeast Asia. Because its’ appearance much more similar to a stego. Sri Lanka

This fruit is amazing, I like to try different foods, so I bought one, took it home, cut it in half and me and my boyfriend had half each, what a great experience. Next one I get it will go into the fridge first!

I saw one of these chaps in Asda the other day, and was fascinated... first time in a while I've seen something so new to me. Was tempted to buy one, but I didn't know where to begin how to eat it so decided to do a bit o research. Came across this page, its great! Indeed, everything i wanted to know about it, especially how it tasted. Will be picking myself up two of these next trip to the supermarket, one to eat and one to display. They're so purty....

When I saw the Dragon Fruit in Tesco I could not resist buying. The flavour is delicate and the texture pleasant. I enjoyed the story of its origin. It would make an interesting talking point at a dinner party. Growing my own could be fun.

Any suitable organic fertilizer for dragon fruit so that it will frui well during rainy season? I planted about 4000 plants on a 2 acres of land but these plants do not flowers & fruits well during rainy season. Give some advice so that this dragon/pitahaya trees may fuit well during raining season.

Found comments interesting. I saw one today in Asda so if anyone is having difficulty finding them, they have them at the moment. I haven't plucked up courage to buy one yet. I'm not particularly fond of kiwi so wonder if I'll like them? They're very pretty, I'll probably get one and it'll sit on top of the fruit bowl till it's no good (as per usual with half my fruit).

just bought my first dragon, may try the eat and grow thing. sounds a bit exciting, to see the flowers in the middle of the night, though in wales i think i will have to keep it under wraps.
the eating thing might just be a taste and then pass it on to hubby, brave man (ha ha). thanks for your tips.. nic

Lidl have these now ...12th Jan 08...gonna buy 2 today 99p each.

well just tried one for the 1st time just now & not bad..very nice in a fruit salad..chill it first makes a lot of differance texture of a melon & faint taste of kiwi..but over all i would buy them 1 or 2 a month for a fruit salad for the family..
kind regards
phil white
songwriter uk

hey ! I'm doing a project on the fruit for my Geography class, my teacher said I should do the Dragon Fruit, at first I was scared to do it because I had no idea what it was. But I absolutely can not wait to try it and present it to my class, it is a very interesting fruit indeed! (:

Hhhhmm.. intresting article! Thanks :) I might even hav a go at growing my own!

FYI - i think i only paid 79p from Lidl for one!

Just bought one at Lidl - 99p. Couldn't resist as the pink is my favourite colour!

Just looked on Google to find the ins and outs and thought I would add to these posts.

I will show it to other half before eating it - it seems a shame to destroy it though - it makes a nice ornament!

Hi Dragon Lovers;
Im from Sri Lanka.Dragon Fruit will definitely be the fruit of the future.In Sri Lanka we have most suitable tropical weather conditions for the growing this wonderful fruit.Im looking for a investor for a 50 he plantation.

Just started looking at this page after i brought a dragon fruit the other day in lidl for 99p and not knowing what it was. It was something i never tried until just now. Shared it with my brother who loved it. Really nice&juicey. Back to lidl 2morrow to see if i can get some more.

Well, I've just eaten my first dragon fruit which I bought for my photography A' level. Of course I disected it and took photos first as the colours are wonderful and the contrast of the outer and inner is amazing...I liked the taste too, reminded me of Kiwi fruit but nicer as it's softer inside and no fizzy bits outside. I will definately buy another..thumbs up from me!

I love dragon fruit

i also interested in cultivating dragon fruit in trincomalee, SriLanka

We ate a dragon fruit before Christmas, I kept the seeds and planted them last week, I have loads of seedlings. Really pleased.

I like dragon fruit very much, but it is very expensive ($4-$5 Canadian each).The yellow variety is really nice, but very rare in Canada.
I'm going to try to grow my own inside here, and we'll see what happens.

FYI: Most seedlings begin life as an above ground plant with immature leaves (such as the two on the baby catus) which are called cotyledons - dicotyldons in this case, because there are two leaves. These allow the little plant to gather energy while more complex leaves are formed.

i will like to know more about this(dragon fruit)fruit.i live in africa i wish to grow it in Ghana

We are interested in planting dragon fruit in Sri Lanka.In our country the tropical weather condition is ideal for planting this fruit.I am lokking for an exporter to buy this product.

Bandula Samarawickrama

Tried the fruit for the first time today after getting it from Tesco. Its really nice as a refreshing but not too sweet fruit (all important to a Diabetic like me!). I would recommend it to all and it has some really interesting looks about it too.

I will try the "grow your own" route at some point but unfortunately I ate all of it this time including the seeds!

Enjoy!!!

I was in Cambodia last year and in the hotel bar rather than having potatoe crisp they had crisp made from Dragon Fruit and mighty nice they were too.

Plese send me information about dragon frute. and i would like grow gragon frute

i am in Acton, Ontario, Canada- a small town northwest of Toronto.
i just ate my first dragon fruit and i loved it! my hubby bought one and i just ate half of it- delicious, will be buying more soon! we get the ones with white flesh here- i am now going to look for the red flesh ones in the specialty food shops.

I would really like to know more about the time that it should take to grow to fruiting stage from seed. I tried the seed growing method and got a lot of little plants but none have gone much further than 10 inches in over a year.

Have successfully propgated 100's of seeds...have now transplanted them but they seem to have come to a 'halt'. Any tips please on how to encourage the seedlings?
Penny,previously in the 'Garden of England' but now in Perth Western Australia

Hi all, I'm from Malaysia. The cost of this fruits is just RM3 each approx USD1. And it is a red flesh.

Chill it and eat it.. very nice!

Hi all...if you were once disappointed by the white-fleshed dragon fruit, consider trying the purple/red fleshed ones. Unlike its white-fleshed cousin, they taste sweet and aromatic, not to mention addictive. As both white and purple flesh dragon fruits have the same hot pink skin, its difficult to tell them apart unless indicated. I had the best dragon fruit during a holiday in Indonesia, its smaller in size and purple-fleshed and cost US 1 for two 3" fruit. Don't give up on them just yet!!!

My grandson really wanted to try this, so I bought one £1.98p (so what! he is my grandson) he loved the look of it and the name but did not like it. he will eat all other fruit. i will try any fruit but even i did not like it, i think it is overrated, the name sounds good, it looks good, but even melon and kiwi are better tasting, even though these are mild flavoured jucy fruit. these fruit are great for decoration only but bad for the purse. definitely overrated

I am from England and I had this fruit in Thailand with many other fruits and yoghurt for breakfast, very nice. bought some in their tesco and cost about 50p per kilo. eventurally back in the UK they appeared in Tesco very small and whithered priced at £1.99 FOR ONE FRUIT!! had to buy one though cause I wanted seeds, after planting over 100 seeds, three seedlings survived, and one year later they are still the same size with the two leaves just changing into a cactus, at this rate it will be 20 years before it's big enough for fruit, and if it grows as big as some say it will have to go outside but i dont know if it will survive in an English climate, has anyone got any advise on this.
cheers Tracey

Hi. I used to grow these fruits in my garden on Ascension Island. They grew really easily. The long bits of cactus put out little aerial roots, so I just scrounged a cutting with some roots from a friend's garden and planted it. It grew in no time and a few years later was all over the back fence panels. Lots of beautiful fruit - I took many photographs as the colour is so striking. Also the lovely flowers that come out at night. Have you seen the Frida Kahlo painting 'Pitahayas'? Not sure what the oak leaf represents?

i,m very intrested about the growing of dragon fruit please send me more information about dragon fruit.i'm from sri lanka.

Dragon fruit is long day plant, so in Vietnam now we can produce it year around by treating the plant with additional light. Normally, dragonfruit is propagated by cutting not by using seed. We are exporting more now. Hope you can find it easily in the supermaket.

Hello,
Green dragon is a fine solution for the future fruit market to overcome the discontinuity of fruit supply from global dimming, which reduces rainfall in crop growing areas.
Sri Lanka

There are organically produced dragon fruit collectors in Kaluthara area,for exportation.

Hiya!! I had dragon fruit for the first time on Saturday, I was having lunch in Blakes, Liverpool with my Mum and I ordered a white chocolate and raspberry parfeit and when it came it had little white seeded cubes around it, I had no idea what it was but ate it anyway, it didn't have much taste and my Mum agreed so we asked the waitress what it was and when she said 'Dragon Fruit' we both pulled a face and I thought I'd goodle it.

I agree though it is bland but I liked the way Blakes used it with their deserts!

i need to get more knowledge about dragon fruit.so if you can please send me some details.

Hi! I had my second dragon fruit when I am reviewing for my board examination last September 2006 and had my first I think 2005. I remember that my mother was disappointed with my father for thinking that my father bought a strange fruit. But actually he got it from my uncle who had a plantation of dragon fruit. At first I didn't like it but now I am enjoying it. My father also propagated some through cuttings and is now bearing fruit and I am very excited to sell it in the market. My problem is how to do it knowing that not everybody know this fruit. By the way I from Philippines. Anyway, I got so excited when I read the messages posted here and if it happens that you know how to market it please email me.. email ad: melaniereboldera@yahoo.com

I bought dragon fruit in Canada before moving to Florida and loved it. It looks so exotic and the flavour is not overly sweet. Now that I am living in Florida, I have planted two dragon fruit cacti, purchaed from a local nursery. Tey are growing along an east facing fence where there is constant sun.

first brought a Dragon fruit last week from Aldi for only 99p yes 99p brought because I loved the look of it unfortuantely was disappointed to find very limited on it's uses, have decided to grow some after reading the top of this page.

I just had a dragonfruit,and it was really good it got sweeter at the end of the fruit,i found it at publix

I love oddities and this fruit is one I saw it in Morrisons in Cromer Norfolk UK and spent 2 days finding out how to eat it.
I placed a spoonful of fruit and seed in a pot and hoped they would grow...there are 30 little cacti with 2 leaves and a central spike with tiny hairs. seeking how to care for the plant brought me to this site...are we talking about a 5 foot tall plant?

hye.....im from malaysia......i love dragon fruit.........try evryone......

how can i get Dragon trees for crop

what is sorce for DRAGON TREES for import to implement.

please send me contact no.

love the tast

just purchased the Dragon Fruit for the first time and will definatley attempt to grow some for myself and then can experiment with them, my children were so excited to try someting new, but were not to impressed with all the pips.

I just bought one of these today and I was expecting a really bold flavour that matched it's exotic appearence.. I wasn't so happy with it's blandness. It tasted like a mild kiwi. Besides the lack of flavour, I liked it alot.

ate my first dragon last nite very pleasant taste -pricy but different to be enjoyed again soon and reading the history on it very interesting

i am gettig dragon fruit for the very first time, i hope very much it does not taste like mellon, as i hate mellons. love seed fruits though. This is my hope to get my blood sugar under control and heard this fruit has great benifits. well once my fruit has chilled,i will make my journey to try the dragon.

where can i buy the seeds of this fruit (dragon fruit) in the Philippines? please email me at dotbatsor@yahoo.com thanks!!

luv this fruit!!! my husband and I just tried it for the first time and itès really good... pretty sure it would taste wayyyyyy better off the fresh off the plant, but we definatly enjoyed it.

i Just bought one and i am going to try it tomarrow

BLOODY EXPENSIVE AT £2 FOR A SINGLE BIT WEE FRUIT!

LOOKS FREAKY!!!

AND ITS TASTELESS!!!!!!

WONT BUY AGAIN........................

(and thats just my opinion peeps)

My mother-in-law bought a house in Houston, and one of the "left-behinds" was an ugly looking cactus that created this huge bloom this year. We couldn't figure out what it was until I stumbled upon a picture on the internet. No fruit yet, but it's growing like crazy in Houston. We have started additional plants from cuttings.

We were just GIVEN 3 Dragon Fruit by our Hutterite friends who had purchased same but didn't know anything about them. THANKS for this wonderful SITE!! Will copy off info and send along to them, as well as enjoying same mySELF.
These fruits are the white center variety. Would love to try the "red/purple" variety if I can FIND them. Does anyone know WHERE I might locate same?? (Medicine Hat, CANADA)

I grew one last year and it has now started to send the roots out. It makes a great plant for the kitchen window ledge where it seems to thrive. I will be transplanting it into a bigger pot with sticks for it to climb on..

Hi, I'm from SriLanka.I would like to know more information about Dragon fruit.I wish to grow it. Pls send me the details.

Hello,
Dragon fruit is grown very much in VietNam,We intent to bring it to US. Exporter in Viet Nam

i tried dragon fruit for the first time this week after walking past the lovly display of them in the shop next to where i work, compared to tesco they are a bargain at 99p and i have now eaten 6 this week and have been telling all my friends how wonderful they are!
the shop i buy from is called stokes and its a greengrocers,

I Must try growing read every single comment
and im very intruiged MUST try !!

Thanks, I bought it in Asda because they were selling it off for 10p and I thought, perfect opportunity to try it. It's when I try unusual products the most because if it's nasty tasting it's not such a loss! So I came on google to find out, just like everyone else how to eat it and what it tasted like. I didn't know this little fruit had such a popular reputation and such a following. I justwanted to say, thank you to greenhouse girl for all her hard work. It's made my life so much easier as all the knowledge I need is all in one place AND was the first thing that came up! So not only am I now not scared to try it, but I'm gonna save some seeds and try growing it too!

I'm from Malaysia and both my husband and I love dragon fruits but we only take the red flesh type cause it's a lot sweeter and more nutritious than the white one (although once a while you may get 1-2 outlier). Try to get the bigger ones >450g. From experience, they are tastier. Most of the red dragon fruits sold here are locally grown. Selling for Rm5-8/kilo (USD1.50-2.50/kilo - depending on the size some places rate the bigger ones are slightly more expensive per kilo)
Chill it and cut up in 4-6 slices (like cutting the oranges),peel off the skin and cut the flesh into smaller size (if desired). Relax in front of the tv and slowly enjoy the fruit...very refreshing :)
Don't be alarmed if your urine shows a little "red" after you eat quite a bit of the red dragon fruit. That's normal.

My husband bought me a dragon fruit plant for Mother's Day. It finally bloomed in early September. Gorgeous flower. Anyhow...I believe it was able to get pollinated and now it has, what I think is a fruit, but I am not sure when it is ripe enough to pick. It is not quite the vibrant pink in photos I have see, yet. Also when I do pick the fruit, how is the best way in hopes of not damaging the plant?

Newbie dragonfruit grower!!!

i was just wondering if u knew who decoverd the dragon fruit and wether it is atable and i was also wondering where the dragonfruit can be growen as a house plant and if so where would i get one so that i can grow it?

thanks for ur time

savannah

"where to find a dragon fruit"..aisle 6 at tesco :D

The dragon fruit is an ordinary nutritious fruit that is common to most people these days, though I dont get it why some people freak out at the seeds and white/red flesh??//.. Just cut them up and bite.=P Job done...I suggest after trying this, get your hands on Rambutan, Jackfruit, Passion Fruit, Lychee, Star fruit, Mangosteen, Kumquat, and Durian which I have been eating since a kid till today...(staying at S.E.Asia and all). Anyways the only thing left on my list of fruits-2-eat is the african cucumber and talking about cucumber, i have to yet to eat sea cucumbers...=@

I also interested in cultivation of dragon fruit in Sri lanka.I have 12 ackers or more in north west region( dry zone) for cultivation and looking for a partner to start growing of dragon fruit

Tiger would you please send me the instructions for growing these fruits. I bought two plants this summer in North Carolina. I have air roots everywhere. do i take them off or what. I have one plant that is spreading all over the place. I have broke off some shoots by accident and they grow very well. I put them inside for the winter as a result of living in Virginia. I look forward to getting fruit to eat. I have never tasted one.
Any advice will be be greatly appreciated
Virginia M.

i`m very interested in yellow dragon fruit.how can i get the cuttings? i live in Cambodia. please kindly tell me. where is the farm of yellow dragon fruit near cambodia?

The fruits are really good if u know how
to choose a fresh one, my experience is:

shd be - round type if (inside white fruit)
- the leaves in green but with slight
yellowish all round the green!

I m taking one daily bcos in S'pore they are
so cheap, normal prc at 70 cts each.

Enjoy fruitings.

We grow the red centre one in Australia. Their flavour is mouth watering. When we take a cutting we throw it on the concrete in the shade for a month and let it devolop roots before we plant them. They seem to grow faster and stronger this way. One two year old plant from a large cutting had over sixty fruit this year.

Hi Dear Sri lankans , If any body knows that we can cultivait Dragon fruits in kandy area or not. becoase i have a suspition about groving dragon fruit in up cuntry. Mey be its not groving, mey bo will not get good result of fruits. if any body has knowlege about this please send me some notes. sugath219@yahoo.com
Thank you

Well, I went into tesco's today and saw the exact same thing. I was buying fruit to make fruit salad when I came across it. Strange little thing, isn't it?! Anyway, I didn't but because
1) I don't know how it tasted and
2) I didn't know how to prepare it.
But now I do! It's amazing how many people you can help without knowing ;)

i tried dragon fruit today...was really disapointed....it just taste like tasteless kiwi...that best way of describing it :(

I'am very interested in dragon fruit.so i want get all information.Can you kindly send me the informations.

I saw this fruit in Asda, Stafford, UK today GBP 1.50. Bought one to try, then found this webpage from Google. When I saw the pictures, I realise I ate this fruit in Singapore 2006 but did not know what it was. Now looking forward to slicing it open and eat in fruit salad.

I.m about to start a small plantation with 400 plants in Kaluthara area. All comments from experienced growers are most welcome and could somebody advice me on a reliable supplier of plants at a reasonable price.

Tried my first Dragon fruit about two weeks ago. I found it quite tasty and sweet and will definately buy it again.

I planted some of the seeds just five days ago in a clear plastic grape box. I used a multi-purpose compost and placed it on a sunny (or as sunny as its been during March in Hertfordshire GB) window sill with the lid on. When I went to close the curtains this evening the surface of the compost was covered in lots of tiny seedlings. Thats how I came to this site, to obtain more information on growing on my baby dragons. So if all goes well it looks like I could well be enjoying my homegrown fruits around the end of September. Can,t wait!

Thanks for all the useful information provided by everyone. A very informative and useful site.

I 'm interesting to cultivate dragon fruits in Sri Lanka. Can you kindly send me more information.
Thanx

i buyed 1 from tesco thier verry sweet .it tastes wierd never tried 1 befor its got millions of seeds in it .really slimy

Hi I m planning to start growing this fruit in a big scale n looking for investors to start of in Malaysia. If u have any one whom is willing to do the investment please contact me at aeswarii@gmail.com i hv attend training on growing this fruit at Vietnam. Now m planing to do onmy own.

i have just borght a dragen fruit i was realy exsighted to see what it looked like and most of all tasted like i cut it in half and stared at the guwey mixture inside it looked rather discusting but i thorght i would give it a try i cut 1 of the halfs in to 4 peaces i took one of them and bit into it,it was kinda like a kewi or a melon not wat i was exsepcting at all anyway i wouldn't go out of my way to buy one again because it wasn't the bet fruit in the world i still love my favorite strawberrys yummy x

hi,
i am interested in dragon fruits, so i hv bear land to cultivate, so some one help me to start this
i am in Sri Lanaka,send me all the informations,
thanks
kish

i have never ever had it but i want to try it sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly.

My son bought us a dragon fruit 2 years ago, not a lot of taste, I sowed a few seeds and now Its taking over our conseratary.Its a good 8 foot wide and about the same high, so beware these things are massive.

just had it, bought it from Asdas £1.58. it is a cross between a Kiwi fruit and a melon, bland taste at fist but with a slight sweetness. over all nice to say ive tasted it but to expensive to buy on a regular basis.

I'd like to know that how to cultivate Dragon fruits?
Please send me some details about it.
I'm going to introduce it to my villagers.

dragon fruits is weired to see and you be think can be eaten and not delicious but when time i taste is not sweet and the taste is like an apple for me but hte important base on my reasearch is good in our health cause no clories and with vitamins c and other good benefits in our healh but is sad for me im from the philippines i dont kwon were can i buy it a dragon fruits,i think is that the solution to be a sexy and to help me for diet.

Bland? Okay, the one with the white pulp can be a bit bland, especially if it's not ripe yet.

However, the "red" pulp kind, which is more of a bright/neon magenta, has a much more enjoyable flavor.

I had Dragon fruit the first time on a trip to China. I saw it at the hotel buffet breakfast and loved it! When I came home I saw it once....$8 per pound. So I decoded to try to grow it myself. I bought 2 cuttings on eBay 8 months ago....lost one that I planted in ground to an unseasonal hard frost. The other is doing fine, now 8 inches tall with numerous new shoots. I'm moving it today from the 4 inch pot into the larger pot I intend it to stay in. Other websites advise wrapping the post/plantstake/support with burlap so you can soak it with water soluble fertilizer to feed the aerial roots, so I'm going to try that. I was worried about which type of soil to use, but from all the postings I've seen getting the perfect soil mix doesn't seem all that important....just so long as it's not the local sticky red clay. Wish me luck and I'll keep you posted on how my garden grows. Thanks for all your info. Thelma from Sacramento, California.

Bought my dragon fruit in Lidl - only 79p - haven't tried it yet, it looks great in the fruit bowl but judging by the comments will be a disappointing taste.

Hi. I bought one from asda yesterday, and was wondering how to eat it :). Thanks mate.

hello all
my father have Dragon fruit farm in Thailand
if you are interesting in dragon fruit
you can contact me via Kratair42@hotmail.com

Hello,
This is the dragon fruit season in Kandy .Enjoy your fruit.