Green-fingered Brits are turning to social media for ideas with ‘Grow your own fruit’ - the latest TikTok trend to inspire budding gardeners. Dragon Fruit is one of the most intriguing looking fruits to be found anywhere. It’s distinctive blood red, with green tips leaves, makes it unmistakable. However, once you cut into the fruit, it looks very different indeed. Milk white flesh, dotted with hundreds of tiny dark seeds. Lastly, the export market remains largely untapped, as dragon fruit farming is relatively new in Kenya.A kilo of dragon fruits retails between Ksh. 1,000 to Ksh. 2,000. How To Eat A Dragon Fruit During the fruit-bearing stage, you should adjust the proportions as follows: 100g of muriate of potash, 50g of superphosphate, and 50g of urea.

When used as part of a larger dish, Dragon Fruit will usually be added to fruit salads to add a slightly more exotic flavour. Another Thai favourite is to add a few segments of Dragon Fruit to a spicy salad, to supply sugar content, which reduces the burning sensation of chilli. No one knows why dragon fruit takes its English name from a mythical fire-breathing beast. Perhaps it’s because of the fruit’s bright pink colour, or how the outer petals look like flames. Either way, dragon fruit is a truly unique exotic fruit. Preparing a Dragon Fruit for eating is straightforward, although it should be noted that Dragon Fruit taste better if they have been refrigerated for some time. Simply cut the Dragon Fruit in half, and then run a teaspoon around the edges of the skin, and down under the flesh of the fruit. You will then be able to easily part the flesh from the skin, and then quarter it into suitably sized segments. Given the scanty rains experienced in Kenya, dragon fruit is ideal for cultivation since it thrives in semi-arid areas. The fruit grows well in Meru, Laikipia, Naivasha, Machakos, and Makueni.For example you can mimic the effects of a greenhouse by simply placing a plastic sandwich bag over the plants, to create a humid environment. Susanti VH, Suryadi BU, Yandi S, Redjeki T. Phytochemical screening and analysis polyphenolic antioxidant activity of methanolic extract of white dragon fruit (hylocereusundatus). Indonesian J. Pharm. 2012:23(1);60-64. doi:10.14499/indonesianjpharm0iss0pp60-64 Dragon Fruit is very low in calories, and also contains many essential vitamins including a large dose of vitamin C, and other trace nutrients such as calcium and phosphorous. Recreating the climates in which these tropical fruits are grown can be done with everyday household items, enabling enthusiasts to grow tropical fruits from the comfort of their own home.

You must source quality seedlings from a reliable seedling company for propagation. Seedlings cost about Ksh. 500 to Ksh. 800 each depending on the vendor. After an individual enemy reaches a certain threshold of damage from fireballs, they will take greatly reduced damage from fireballs. This threshold is reached after about half of the total fireballs hit the enemy, meaning you can miss some of your fireballs or end your skill early and still deal most of the damage. You can also buy seedlings from independent dragon fruit farmers in Meru, Naivasha, Laikipia, Machakos, or Makueni.Persimmons are a hardy plant and will grow in temperatures down to 15 degrees. Perseverance is needed with this plant as the fruits can take a while to mature and the tree may not start bearing fruits for several years in some cases. While planting the cuttings, fill the pits with a topsoil and manure mix. Additionally, each plant needs inorganic fertilizers for good vegetative growth. The quantities for each plant cutting are 40g of muriate of potash, 90g of superphosphate, and 70g of urea. Choosing a fresh Dragon Fruit is fairly easy to accomplish. The tips of the leaves which surround the body of the fruit should be a verdant green, if the tops are brown, the fruit is older. When squeezing the Dragon Fruit, it should be only a little soft, much like a riper Kiwi Fruit. Additionally, if you know a seedling vendor that sells them by the roadside, you could ask them if they also have dragon fruit seedlings. In most cases, you’ll get, or they will refer you to a reliable source. Where to Sell Dragon Fruit in Kenya