Dragon fruit

Dragon fruit

I've noticed that dragon fruits are starting to pop up in local supermarkets. They are very colorful and very beautiful looking fruits. I can't image what they would look like growing in the wild, but I can understand how they got their name.

Their colorful exterior gives promise of an exotic taste experience. Unfortunately, for me that experience fell very short. 

I wasn't to keen on the taste! I found it very...blah..boring. I expected tangyness or a sweetness, maybe even sour but there was nothing; an unfulfilling blandness that I had a hard time getting past.

One of the recommended serving methods was to blend it in a drink. I guess that is one way to give it some flavour! 

My usual rule of thumb is to try something at least 3 times. If I still don't like it after 3 attempts, I've earned the right to turn my nose at it. In this case, I couldn't bring myself even to finish the other half of the fruit.


Dragon Fruit "seedlings"



Instead of throwing the fruit out, I decided to try and plant the seeds. The seeds inside the fruit are similar in looks to black sesame seeds, maybe slightly smaller. I scooped out the flesh and seeds and stuffed spoonfuls of the stuff into the soil of a few pots I had sitting around in the garden shed.

It took a while to grow, but the resulting plant is very similar to cactus and looks great. The 1/2 of the left over fruit didn't go to waste!!

These plants are about 1-2 years old.