The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: Dangermouse01 on May 13, 2014, 05:13:08 AM

Quote from: snhabegger on May 12, 2014, 04:02:34 PM

In Uganda they believe that when the root of a jackfruit touches the house, the owner will die.

Glad my jacks are closer to my neighbor's house than to mine.

DM

It could actually be a good way of crying out for help.


"Michael's in a downward spiral again, look, he's planting jackfruit by his porch."

HAHAHA thats a good one

10 feet sounds good, maybe 15 to be sure. Dont think I want the roots to touch my house  .

yea thats what I was thinking, in the cacao manuel it says if it becomes stressed make sure to water frequently and keep the roots wet, but since my soil is mostly sand with added peat moss it dries out pretty quick, every time I went outside it felt pretty dry and since im 124 feet elevation it drains really quick and I don't have to worry about water logging, most likely wouldn't have watered it as much if I was down in south florida. I was just concerned with root rot but I figured it is a pretty hardy tree used to a lot of dampness so I just winged it. I didn't know cacao trees went dormant either which is pretty cool, they talk online about it being so sensitive and dying from slight cold and dryness and if it lost its leaves, guess if its healthy and happy it can withstand even the border limits growing it outside here on citrus ridge. Also I put a lot of azomite and 25 gallons of rotting kitchen scraps in the whole about 6 feet down so maybe that might have been keeping the roots warm with the methane coming up.

YES, I had it in the ground for 6 months and kept it well watered so the roots had time to expand, but during winter it went a whole night in the 30's and lost most of its leaves. I managed to water it with room temperature water twice a day and never let the soil dry out and it still had 3 leaves on it (burned but still there), and a few days later I watered it with rainwater when it was 45 outside (which so was the water) and all the leaves fell off the next day from too cold of water. So I kept watering it twice a day with room temperature water ( about 75 F) all winter and it looked like a stick so I assumed it died but figured Id still keep watering it, 2 months with no leaves and all of a sudden it sprang to life. Figure I would share my experience because I know its a tricky plant to grow here but its a lot hardier than what you read about it online, just make sure to keep the soil wet and dont let the water be colder than 60 degrees F but I would suggest at least 70 F to be sure, AND THERE WILL STILL BE HOPE .

right after winter in march as a stick with a little green growth starting to appear, I didnt take a picture when it was completely bare due to sadness



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I have a 50 gallon pot I am thinking of using for a mangosteen tree, Possible??? And if so will it produce good if any fruit, Or and if anyone has successfully grown a mangosteen in florida, success? possible?

That guys face doesn't look to enthused, awesome harvest tho. Just curious wouldnt the giant guanabana be the same as the regular guanabana just grown in pristine conditions, or is there really seeds that only grow giant guanabana.

Thanks for that info, Its definitely a fruit I cant wait to try. Hopefully they sprout soon and I''ll be sure to try a couple different shade/light variables because Im sure its based on the environment. Ill keep you all posted in the turnout.

Hello there stuart, I view the TCM as well as Ayurvedic herbs as treasure, Its absolutely amazing how they work. Im currently growing some Foti, Chinese licorice, self heal, Brahmi, Albizzia julibrissin, Amla, Lo han guo, as well as Goji and Longan. Still trying to sprout the jujube and Shisandra, actually got a couple Shisandra to sprout 5 months after planting no stratification just planted straight in potting mix. Out of 40 seeds only 3 Shisandra have sprouted so far and only one is alive now after some trial and error, but I have been reading that it can take 6 months to 6 years to sprout the Shisandra seeds so patience definitely will pay off in this case.

Hello there fellow fruit growers, Im buddyguygreen real name Jordan.

Im 23 florida native and live in Kissimmee FL at 125 feet altitude on a quarter acre. I just recently started growing exotic fruit trees. Im into chinese and aryurvedic medicine and thought why not try to grow the herbs to save money. So when i got into amazon herbs it was more of fruit medicine with herbs so I bought some camu camu seeds for the vitamin C, which grew amazing with some trial and error but ending up helping me with my green thumb, next thing i know Im getting into exotic fruit trees and it took off from there.  I always tried to grow papayas, mangos and avocados but never had any success and they just were never happy so I sort of gave up for some time (only my tangerine and grapefruit tree seemed to be at home), Then randomly 2 weeks after the japanese tsunami in 2011 I had a bunch of seeds i planted around my yard that never grew suddenly pop up and without doing any work they grew like it was their native region. So i tried various other fruit trees like figs and bananas and they grew amazing, better than ever before with the same work and soil. So I did more research and found this forum which is awesome with knowledge and good people. I then realized ive been living in a bubble with fruit trees thinking the ones in the store were the good ones (was i wrong, a trip to kauai'i fixed that ), So after realizing the possibilities of flavors I am now on a mission to have them all (with one problem not enough room but it doesn't hurt to try to fit as many as possible) , I believe in canopy layering just like the amazon (tall trees that like sun, then medium trees that like partial sun, the small trees or bushes that like shade, and then ground cover). So with your help lets create a utopia of fruit trees



me in the beginning stages of my garden

Ive been looking it up and i believe i have the kohala variety, so even tho it may be harder to dwarf Im still willing to try it out with a couple of the seedlings but will definitely look into getting the diamond river variety. Oscar have you tried the diamond river variety and if so is it as good as the kohala, also in your opinion which is the best flavored longan as in sweetest of all variety.

It would be difficult to keep small because you would always have to trim it, sounds like an experiment to me. Ill let everyone know how it works out. The space is just very limited here and I figure some fruit is better than none. I figure if people have them in greenhouses than there is a possibility 

That would be awesome, I think it is Opuntia cochenillifera, Thank you for helping me pin point it.

Everything doing real good, heres the plants that have sprouted so far,

Langsat
Cherimoya
brazilian guava
purple forest guava
guajiolte
annatto
cola nut
cassabanana
and jackelberry

cant wait for the rest of them to sprout. The germination techniques that nullzero showed me work great, many thanks .

I also just bought a guarana on ebay from firstcoasttropicals that is doing good, been trying to get that for awhile now.