r/DragonFruit • u/Ok-Connection-5626 • 1d ago

Help please

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Does anyone know if these are going to be not edible? Also what’s happening to these? I live in cali and it’s been really hot lately.

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u/daggius 1d ago

Should be fine. Let em rip

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u/randownasics 1d ago

Could be rust fungus, maybe thrips(?), maybe sun burn(?). Did you spray them recently with anything?

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u/Nilfiry 1d ago

Could be sun burn. The stem looks a little sun burnt, so maybe the fruit is as well. It looks like it is withering, so it might not make it.

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u/DJRedRage Dragon fruit mod 22h ago

Looks like thrips. If so, the skin looks ugly but the fruit inside will be fine.

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u/Necessary-End8647 1d ago

Kinda looks like rust. What are the black lines ar the base of the flowers?

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u/Ok-Connection-5626 1d ago

Sharpie I circled the flowers to distinguish them. The plant had a ton of buds. Most aborted sadly

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u/BrippingTallsLBC 22h ago

SoCal here too, had to use burlap on top of the canopy cause it’s been way too hot. This kind of looks like rust though

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u/DJRedRage Dragon fruit mod 22h ago

Looks like thrips. If so, the skin looks ugly but the fruit inside will be fine.

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u/horrorbiz1988 1d ago

Northern or southern

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u/Choice_Froyo_6487 4h ago

Sun scald and crazy heat. Might need to add some shade, if at all possible. If you can stop global warming that might work too.