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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Fruits for a School Yard
« on: April 06, 2013, 06:22:53 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on April 06, 2013, 05:25:52 PM
Gardening classes should start at elementary school level. Expose children to the wonders of growing plants and that may influence their hobby and career choices. I think there are  some programs here to encourage kids into farming, Future Farmers of America and such, but any kid with any economic smarts stays away from them like a plague. They know they will never be able to make a decent living at it. As long as there is no economic incentive then these kinds of programs mostly fail. Farming needs to be made economically viable again.

Oscar,

Thank you for your mention of the FFA, it left me reminiscing about how much I enjoyed it. I still have my jacket ( I definetly cant fit in it now!). I also include a link to the creed. It has been revised since my high school days but the meaning still rings true.

 http://www.agriscience.msu.edu/specialprojects/Chapter%20Officer%20Development-Michelle%20Guthrie/MEMBER%20HANDBOOK/FFA%20Creed.pdf


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia deliciosa and R. mucosa differences?
« on: April 01, 2013, 05:33:35 PM »
Adam,

The avatar is pachira aquatica.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia deliciosa and R. mucosa differences?
« on: April 01, 2013, 02:08:02 PM »
Quote from: ASaffron on April 01, 2013, 12:55:11 PM
Quote from: Bob407 on April 01, 2013, 12:31:26 PM
I hope this fits within this topic, but I am genuinely curious, what is the fruit on the right side of this pic? The fruit on the left looks like a rollinia but on the right?


ask BMc... :)

Thank you, sir!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia deliciosa and R. mucosa differences?
« on: April 01, 2013, 12:31:26 PM »
 I hope this fits within this topic, but I am genuinely curious, what is the fruit on the right side of this pic? The fruit on the left looks like a rollinia but on the right?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Greenhouse on 3nd floor in Athens
« on: April 01, 2013, 12:16:16 PM »
Pajoojo, I really like your set up especially the sliding doors.  The red color is a nice touch.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: valuable resource
« on: March 30, 2013, 10:51:11 AM »
Thank you for the link!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Germinating help?
« on: March 19, 2013, 01:04:02 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on March 05, 2013, 12:53:16 AM
Biriba seeds must be very fresh in order to sprout well. Tradewinds is in Northern California, which means they buy those seeds from someone else = not fresh = not viable.

 Day 54 of my second round of rollinia seeds from tradewinds.... Nada. Lesson officially learned :'(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: March 2013 Yard Update
« on: March 16, 2013, 06:43:20 PM »
Yard? I think orchard would be more appropriate!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Flowers Questions
« on: March 04, 2013, 07:54:02 PM »
This website helped me https://www.lycheesonline.com/flowertypes.cfm

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Chinese jujubes grow in central/south FL?
« on: February 27, 2013, 02:02:34 PM »
Two seedling ziziphus jujuba. I sprouted these last summer, when it cooled they dropped all their leaves.


Today





 Native Range: Native to China, where it has been cultivated for over 4000 years. Not grown commercially in parts of the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

 Hardiness: They can stand extremely hot desert temperatures, as well as cold temperatures to -25F. In the United States, Jujube's have fruited as far north as Seattle and New York.


The squirrels will probably leave these thorny trees alone!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Most expensive seeds you've purchased?
« on: February 24, 2013, 06:11:01 PM »
My most expensive seeds are always the ones that never germinate. After spending time reading about the particular type, selecting the seed, investing time, material, space and money, i feel the cost was not worth the lack of results. Oh, and getting moldy seeds, when I see that in a package it is annoying.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is my lychee blooming?
« on: February 24, 2013, 04:57:47 PM »
The pollinators stopped by and have been busy at it.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is my lychee blooming?
« on: February 24, 2013, 03:40:03 PM »
Male hermaphrodite flowers opened today for the first time. In all, eight male hermaphrodite on the entire tree and everyhing else is female hermaphrodites so far. I noticed many of the female flowers have already been pollinated  and swelling before any male flowers appeared. I have seen wasps, honey bees, ants, flies and myself swarming around the blooms. Tommorrow I am off to the hobby shop for a 10/0 natural bristle brush.










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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 19, 2013, 01:01:45 PM »
The Keitt mangoe is fine




The seedling caimito didnt like the first night out but seems to be rebounding


Today




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 17, 2013, 02:27:59 PM »
The lychee has leaves with a bronze tint on the north side. Tonight I may add a light.


South side


Flowers!!


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 17, 2013, 08:44:42 AM »
Current Orlando temp 39f, inside the "tent" 60f. The keitt gets the royal treatment and old man winter gets a face full of knuckles. ;D


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 16, 2013, 07:38:43 PM »
Current Orlando temp 59f, inside the "tent" 66f.....for now.




the lychee is only getting quasi overhead watering but that will be later tonight/tomorrow morning


Pardon the crude design; sprinkler tied to the bean fence with post hole diggers leaned to for the proper trajectory

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 16, 2013, 06:14:48 PM »
Current Orlando temp 62f, inside the "tent" 66.5. I hope the mango peas  dont drop off. We will see.










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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cool Down Coming for Florida This Weekend
« on: February 15, 2013, 01:26:35 PM »
Hopefully my keitt mango peas wont drop :'(




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: share your pests
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:38:10 AM »



This is the only "fruit" I am currently picking from the garden. They seem to prefer the loquat tree and the Ketembilla x abbysinian gooseberry over the other plants. I hand pick them every morning, their numbers seem to be dwindling. I have been hovering over my flowering lychee like a mother hen, just in case.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is my lychee blooming?
« on: February 12, 2013, 12:38:40 PM »
I am looking forward to sharing them with friends and family!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is my lychee blooming?
« on: February 12, 2013, 12:04:10 PM »
The lychees flowers are opening! It looks like the female hermaphrodite flowers.






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mrs Keitt
« on: January 26, 2013, 04:23:50 AM »
And my Keitts are definitely not "upright" trees -more like willows- Mangofang

That is so true! This past summer I had to put tiles under the mangoes because they were touching the ground. The tree was practically laying down with fruit. I checked the tree today and it has pea sized fruit.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Question about rollinia seeds
« on: January 25, 2013, 09:50:54 PM »
I am also starting rollinia seeds today. I am soaking them first and noticed that they are floating. They were removed from the packet today and were clean and none were moldy, I have received moldy annona seeds before from TWF but these were not.




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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Atemoya trees (7gal gefner, Lisa, priestly) Local pick up only Orlando, FL
« on: January 22, 2013, 12:08:17 PM »
Adam, I emailed you regarding the Lisa, let me know, thanks :)

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