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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: European mango eshops
« on: October 10, 2020, 03:56:54 AM »
Thanks so much! :) Now I'm starting to think the first eshop I found wasn't actually so expensive. Shipping tree from America doesn't seem like a good idea to me and I definitely don't trust anything on ebay. :D So I'm gonna text the guy of Facebook to see what he got. :) And maybe somebody can come up with some more.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / European mango eshops
« on: October 09, 2020, 06:43:07 PM »
Hey guys,
Please I need all the advice I can get. I found two eshops in Spain. One has many varieties, but isn't communicating and is rather pricey (30-40€/tree). The other has good prices (12-18€/tree) and communication, but offers only few varieties none of which suites my conditions.
Could you please reffer me ANY eshop that sells grafted mango trees and ships to Europe? I cannot seem to find anything despite looking in other languages. It wouldn't even find those I know of.
If it helps I'm preferably looking for NDM #4, Pickering, Cogshall, Maya or Sensation II.
TIA! :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Papaya growing
« on: August 22, 2020, 12:12:53 PM »
Thanks! I thought so.  :-\ I planted around 50 seeds so I guess I'll see. :D And please do you know how it's with grafting? Can I graft female on male if I had more male than female plants? :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Papaya growing
« on: August 22, 2020, 06:18:29 AM »
Hey guys,
I just planted seeds from papaya. I know the plants can be male/female/bisexual.
Please is there any way how to find out before it blooms? I've read that female seeds should have "lighter color" but all of them seemed the same to me. :D
After I figure out which is which, can I graft female on male if necessary?
Thanks!  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon fruit cuttings care
« on: August 10, 2020, 06:22:10 PM »
Thanks for the info. :) So I'm gonna introduce them to sun slowly as they were shaded for about a month and see what happens.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dragon fruit cuttings care
« on: August 10, 2020, 05:40:16 PM »
Hello everyone,
I got 3 cuttings of DF (one pink with white flesh and two yellow).
The first one has been in the ground for a month and started to show new growth. However, I'm not sure whether it rooted yet and don't want to check it bcs I'm afraid to disturb the process.

My question is when to start fertilizing and when can I start to introduce them to direct sun. :)

TIA



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is wrong with my mango seedling
« on: August 05, 2020, 06:58:13 PM »
I wouldn't mind if it continued to grow. However, the leaves you see are the first push that came from seed and since then all new growth stopped in the middle of process and fell off (green and not deformed, just small). :( I hope it gets better bcs I plan to graft them next year. I tipped the tops of both seedlings 2 weeks ago. The healthier one seems to be trying to push but this one does nothing (when I cut off the top it was green so not dead). Now I live in a rented house so there's no point in building a greenhouse. After I finish my studies I will move back to my hometown (Bratislava) where I plan to build my own house with enormous heated greenhouse for my tropical buddies. :) As for growing mangoes here I know of many people who do actually and have trees up to 20 yrs old. The problem is, though, that most people have trees grown from seeds so they don't fruit yet and probably never will.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is wrong with my mango seedling
« on: August 05, 2020, 03:43:53 PM »
Thank You very much for your response! I use led grow lights when there's not enough light. When warm I take them outside during the day. The problem is that we endure the coldest summer in last 20 yrs so the night temps can get as low as 10°C so I was afraid to leave it outside. Do you think it needs even more light that lamps and sun can provide in such conditions? :)
And I chose quite the huge pot bcs it was extremely wet below the root and it would most probably completely rot if left in there. :(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is wrong with my mango seedling
« on: August 05, 2020, 12:15:20 PM »
This is how it looks now. I changed soil and gave it some potassium. Any ideas? 🙈





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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Seed germination + grape polyembryony
« on: July 18, 2020, 04:57:45 AM »
Wow, okay that's good to know. So I'll wait and maybe check on them as well. :D

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Citrus General Discussion / Seed germination + grape polyembryony
« on: July 17, 2020, 07:48:14 PM »
Hello everyone,
I planted on 05/31/20 three seeds of limone di sorrento and one seed from unknown grapefruit. The grapefruit seed came out after like two weeks but lemons do just nothing.
How long should I wait until it's hopeless? :D
I also planted some unknown orange last week so if you have any info on germination time, it would be awesome.

The second thing I'd like to discuss is the grapefruit seed mentioned above that turned out to be polyembryonic. I plan on using it as a rootstock but I heard that polyembryonic ones grow slower. If I separate them from each other will they grow faster? If yes when and how to separate them. :)

Thank You all! :)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / What is wrong with my mango seedling
« on: July 17, 2020, 07:37:49 PM »
Hello everyone,
Please I need help.
I have this little buddy, planted some time in March (don't know the exact date).
The leaves You see are from the first push and since then all the new growth just stopped and fell off (once it fell off and now it started pushing but has stopped again).
I definitely chose too big pots for them so I recently repotted them into smaller pots.
As for the care they were kept under plastic in order to adjust them to lower humidity slowly, now growing without it. When it's warm I place them outside, when inside I place them under grow lights. After it stopped growing I was trying to add some fertilizer (universal (4-2-3) or citrus (unknown but listed it's suitable for cactuses, citrus and bonsai) once in a month). As for the soil it's kept in what they call here soil for indoor plants mixed with lot of perlite to keep the drainage (previous soil had poor drainage that's also the reason I repotted them). The leaves were like this basically since the first month of the plant but now it began to deteriorate quickly.
In the pictures, you can see roots, leaves and the new growth.
I am desperate cuz I rly dunno what's wrong with it.
Could it be root rot? Or overwatering due to its big pot or maybe anthracnose? Or maybe overfertilizing? Maybe potassium or magnesium deficiency?
I would be truly happy for any advice as I have a few more seedlings on their way (germinating)!







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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WANTED: Mango seeds (poly only)
« on: July 01, 2020, 11:01:08 AM »
I wasn't expecting someone would respond. Thank You for info.  :) I'm definitely in!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WANTED: Mango seeds (poly only)
« on: June 15, 2020, 12:10:42 PM »
Hello everyone,
I am looking for any polyembryonic mango seeds. I understand that mango season varies from place to place so don't worry to offer if You would have seeds later. :)
I don't have any specific variety in mind, here is just some list of varieties I found to be poly.

- Carabao (Manila)
- Ataulfo
- Kensington Pride
- Turpentine
- Nam Dok Mai
- Lemon Zest
- Coconut Cream
- Bombay
- Fazli
- Langra

Thank You in advance!  ;)

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