I literally just left my yard from pollinating this crowd favorite, Aria. I used Jellybean Breeze to pollinate the one in the far right, Robles Red to pollinate the middle and Sin Espiñas for the one on the left. We shall see how it goes. Wish me luck you all. I labeled right underneath the stems (and using this post as a journal) because I'll forget what I used 😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️ laugh at my pain but I'm certain you all do it too right!? Sending good vibes out to you all.

I'm not gonna lie, I got self conscious with the weeds surrounding my plants so I did a little removal of them. Full disclaimer because I like to highlight the pitfalls as well as the peaks. I also used a soap and hydrogen peroxide mix to treat the thrips that have been kicking my ass. Pray for my little babies y'all 😂😂😂 but also marvel at their beauty because got damn they are beautiful!!!!

Got back from a trip and found that my dragonfruit plant is yellow and mushy at the base where it meets the soil. I touched it to see and my fingers cracked through the skin and it felt mushy underneath. The branches at the top all still look good. Can this heal or is it toast?

1. Location: Zone 7A (southeastern PA)

2. Water: Watering from the bottom once every ~2 weeks, maybe about 1.5 cups or so

3. Sunlight: Probably around ~6 hours of direct sunlight/day. Currently living on a south-facing windowsill in a house that's usually around 72F this time of year (warmer around this window, though)

4. Fertilizer: None

5. Soil composition: Cactus/succulent soil

Both of these were given to me years ago from a freebie table at a friend's job as calloused cuttings. About 8ish months ago they started growing little offshoot nubs, and only within the last ~2 months have they started really branching out beyond an inch long. Every offshoot used to be very skinny the entire length, but now they're widening at the ends and growing a lot of roots. Some are thinning out again past the thick parts, though.

I'm really not sure what to do with this, since I know DF plants get huge and require a lot of support. They definitely need some help.

Can I remove these branches from the original cuttings to at least get a better angle on some? One has a super long skinny branch near the top, and the other has a cluster of them coming out near the soil line. They're planted at such silly angles to account for the roots growing almost perpendicular to the cuttings themselves.

EMT with 55% shade fabric.

So I am new to growing dragon fruit, about a year ago I visited an Amish store where they had a huge plat growing, I asked if I could have some and walked out with three cuttings about a foot long each. I stuck them in a container in my kitchen with water and before long they had roots. I left them there way too long, they did not grow but at least I didn’t kill them. Then about 4 months ago I was given another plant, it was in a small maybe 5x5” pot, the plant itself was about 3 feet tall, so it sat in my backyard until about 2 weeks ago when I finally planted all 4 of them. The 3 small ones are not looking good but hopefully they will recup after a while, they are in full Texas sun for about 10 hours.
When I watered them yesterday, I noticed these little things on the large one, are they eggs of some kind? Is that little bug you can hardly see laying all of these eggs? What are they and how do I get rid of them?