If you are a big fan of exotic fruits and especially plants with special properties…
If you are a big fan of exotic fruits and especially plants with special properties, we invite you to find out how to combine both flavors. Well, we will tell you how to plant dragon fruits in a pot using just one seed.

First, it’s important to note that this round, reddish fruit with a whitish interior is also known as pitahaya; It is a family of Cactaceae in the genus Hylocereus.

According to the Mexican government’s Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service, dragon fruit or “dragon fruit” contains “nutritional properties related to vitamins C, B (B1 or thiamine, B3 or niacin and B2 or riboflavin), potassium, iron, calcium and phosphorus , it is also low in calories and promotes digestion as it is rich in fiber.

Dragon fruit plant at home
Perhaps the most special thing about it is that this exotic fruit comes from a cactus. The flower from which the dragon fruit arises is white, fragrant, lasts only one night and is nocturnal. It is not only considered the largest flower of all cacti.

This unique fruit gets this name because it was considered a “scaly fruit” in the Antilles; Because of the way it grows, it was given the name “dragon fruit” in Vietnam.

The plant that produces this fruit climbs up the trunks of the trees, at a certain point it intertwines and forms the body of a dragon; That’s where the name comes from.

You can plant dragon fruits at home, then you will succeed
Now we will tell you step by step how to get your cactus to harvest dragon fruit:

Halve the fruits
Use clean tweezers to pick up a few seeds
Place the seeds in a glass container
Fill the glass container with water and cover it
Allow the seed to begin germinating and after ten days, transplant it into a pot
You have to wait patiently as Pitaya comes from a cactus and therefore can grow slowly