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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Entire Seed Stock and 1kg GA3 for sale!
« on: October 19, 2014, 01:34:15 PM »
We are selling all of our seed stock. I have been part of this group and the yahoo one prior for years and plan to continue participating, however we will no longer be making a business out of seeds. Please see our auction with 1kg of GA3 and the rest of our seed stock.

Thanks again for so many of you who have been loyal customers over the years.

-C

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261631601057

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Annona blooming in 5 months?
« on: October 02, 2013, 08:55:08 AM »
So many of you know we have a seed business and regularly germinate the seeds to check viability.

I was going through my plants to update my free plants listing and knocked something off one of the Pond Apples (Annona glabra).  Sure enough, it was a bloom!  This plant was planted 5/11, which makes it less than 5 months old!  It isn't even 1ft tall.

A. glabra is usually used for rootstock, but what do you all think?  Is this unusual?  I'll post a pic later.

Regards,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / *UPDATED 10/1* FREE Plants (just pay shipping)
« on: September 20, 2013, 05:57:12 PM »
I am getting too many seedlings and it's getting too close to fall.  These are available to registered forumites for free.  Just pay shipping.

Strawberry and Lemon Guava (Psidium cattleianum)
Yellow Passionfruit (Passifloria edulis var flavicarpa)
Pond Apples (Annona glabra) - 2 avail
Orange-fleshed Jackfruit from Paul Recher's travels in Malaysia (2 avail)
'Pixwell' Gooseberry rooted (in-pot) cuttings (3 avail)
Soursop (Annona muricata)

Thanks,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Fresh real PKM Moringa Seeds CHEAP for forumites
« on: September 11, 2013, 12:06:17 PM »
Knowing what it costs to import Moringa seeds, I cannot see how some of the websites can justify charging 50 cents per seed for PKM-1.  PKM 1 is the primary cultivar grown commercially in India and doesn't cost significantly more than wild-type Moringa.

We are eBay's largest seller of Moringa seeds (regular and PKM-1) with nearly 1000 feedback that is 100% positive.  I have dealt with many of you here on the forums in trades of seeds and plants from our germination trials.

100 PKM seeds for $12 (including shipping in padded envelope) to anybody on the forum.  Just send an email to ambersedibles@gmail.com with your name, address, and forum username.

Thanks,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Free Hiccup Nut (Combretum brachyeosum) Seedlings
« on: September 10, 2013, 01:14:33 PM »
I have two Hiccup Nut trees, Combretum brachyeosum, that I would like to offer here free.  Just pay shipping.  They are growing fast, already 18in or so, and look great.  If there are multiple takers, we'll limit it to 1 ea.  Shipping to continental US is $6-7ish, and to HI and PR is $8-9ish.  If only one taker, both can be shipped for about $8.

Will post pics when I get home.

Regards,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Salacca wallichiana - Birth Of a Child!
« on: August 06, 2013, 12:00:35 AM »
As part of our business of selling seeds, we conduct countless germination tests.  No seed germinates like Salacca sp so I thought I'd capture it on a film strip to show off.

1 - Perfectly circular 'cap' opens on the end of the seed.

2 - Thick appendage emerges approx 1/2cm-1cm from seed that remains perfectly blunt on the end.

3 - Tap root emerges from exact middle of blunt end but only grows approx 1/2cm before temporarily stopping.

4 - Side roots (stability roots?) form from the side of the appendage (missed focus, sorry).

5 - Once side roots get to be about 1/2cm, the tap root takes off very quickly.  In this pic, the side root can be seen going straight down from the appendage.  It's a little hard to see.



Enjoy,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Exciting Germinations and a New Trick!
« on: July 24, 2013, 10:39:03 PM »
So a couple things... 

I took Paul up on his offer to send seeds during his travels in Malaysia.  Even though they were packed very well and a lot of care was obviously put into shipping them, the extended travels through the mail system didn't seem to treat them very well.  Regardless, I cleaned them up, soaked them, and planted them using the paper towel method.  With the exception of the Dwarf Longons, these were all new varieties to me.

The BIG NEWS to me was there is something that smells worse than durian.  I cannot handle the smell of durian!  But should you ever wish to torture your worst enemy, send them some rotten Jengkol (Archidendron pauciflorum) seeds.  Most of those arrived rotten and I about passed out cleaning them out looking for good ones.  Fortunately they weren't all rotten and I was able to successfully germinate my first ever Jengkol.

Mangifera pentandra - successful!
Salacca wallichiana - successful! (And I had enough seeds to conduct side by side germination test.  A 24hr soak in 50% water, 50% HP solution will increase speed of germination, though reliably germinated without treatment)
Euphoria longana - Dwarf sub sp - successful! (super excited about these for application in container culture)


New Topic...Cuttings...

For the first time I decided to stick a Moringa cutting in water to see if it'd root (these are small cuttings off of my seedlings).  I stuck it in a glass where I was trying to root Gooseberries and Crossberries (Grewia occidentalis).  The cuttings in the water with the Moringa sprouted roots over a week faster than the glass that didn't have the Moringa in the water.  None of the cuttings were treated with root stimulant and all were originally started on the same day.

Anybody experience anything like this?

Sorry for the book  :P

-C

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Ceropegia meyeri bloomed!
« on: June 30, 2013, 11:17:43 PM »
So this year I was able to get my hands on a small lot of fresh Ceropegia meyeri seeds.  These are also known as Bushman's Pipe or Vining Moringa, and the leaves are eaten like spinach by the indigenous population.  I conducted a germination test like usual, and had 100% germination rate which is very unusual for the African seeds as they tend to be a bit picky with their germination triggers.

Anyway, the seeds sold so fast and I have no idea if they'll be available again so I kept 4 of the seedlings for myself.  I haven't been very proactive about getting them transplanted and moved to a better location.  They are still growing like crazy, still green and stress free, and still in their original 2" pots so I wasn't in a rush.

Today I was moving the trays around and look what I found!  These were planted 3/22/13 and are in their original 2" pot.  Another variety, Ceropegia stapeliformis, is merely an inch tall after the same time period.  Not sure what I'm doing, but I like the results!

And for those who are curious, these leaves taste WAY better than fresh Moringa to me.  I like Moringa, but it has a stronger taste and doesn't mix as well with other salad greens.  Vining Moringa tastes like mild baby spinach...almost exactly.  If fed to a stranger, they would believe it to be normal salad makings because it doesn't have the bite that moringa does.



Woohoo!   ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Amateur Study on Radiation and Germination
« on: June 11, 2013, 03:24:48 PM »
http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/blogs/student-science-experiment-finds-plants-wont-grow-near-wi-fi-router

Good Stuff,
-C

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Amber's Edibles Seedlings Available (Updated 9/30/13)
« on: May 27, 2013, 12:19:41 PM »
It's getting late in the season and I need to move seedlings.  Prices negotiable if ordering numerous plants.

I have 100% feedback on our eBay store under ambers_edibles (found at http://stores.ebay.com/Ambers-Edibles) and have worked with many of regulars on this forum who can vouch for us.

For forumites, minimum order is $20 (including shipping).  One plant is $7 shipped priority, up to three plants can be shipped for $10, or up to 5 plants for $12.  Trades for fresh seeds or temperate exotics are always considered.

Most plants are seedlings in a 2" pot to save on shipping charges.  They are all grown in either 5 parts Miracle Grow Moisture Control and 2 parts Turface, or 5 parts of our preferred peat/perlite/pine fines blend with 3 parts turface.  This creates a very well draining mix that promotes awesome root development.  These seedlings will all transplant fine.

$5 Cuttings:
- Ribes uva-crispa - 'Pixwell' Gooseberry

$5 Seedlings:
- Passiflora edulis v. flavicarpa - Yellow Passion Fruit (1 left)
- Annona glabra - Pond Apples
- Bauhinia petersiana
- Psidium cattleianum - Strawberry and Lemon Guava
- Annona muricata - Soursop
- Myricaria glazioviana or M. glomerata (traded as yellow jaboticaba, specific latin name unknown)

$7 Seedlings:
- Schotia afra - Karoo Boer Bean (gorgeous flowers, one of the most attractive seedlings we offer with new flushes of leaves being bright pink.)
- Orange-fleshed Jakfruit collected this summer from Malaysia
- *NEW* Salacca wallichiana (collected by Paul in Malaysia)
- *LOWERED* Mimusops zeyheri - Transvaal Red Milkwood
- *LOWERED* Chrysanthemoides monilifera - Beitou (edible perennial daisy, only 1 offered)
- *NEW* Archindendron pauciflorum - Jengkol (also from P. Recher)

If you want plant specific pics, send me a text message at 361-seven nine 0 five 5 6 six and I will reply with whatever picture you request.  Just let me know you're from this forum.

Regards,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB: Coffea arabica
« on: May 16, 2013, 04:04:18 PM »
Good Evening,

I am looking for 50 fresh seeds of C. arabica.  Also interested in cocoa seeds.  Happy to pay or trade.  Most of our seeds/plants are listed in our Ebay store at http://stores.ebay.com/Ambers-Edibles.

Please email me your price, including shipping, for the seeds.  Or just let us know what you'd like in trade. 
Seedlings not yet listed on Ebay (some are still a bit small, some we're contemplating keeping) include:
- Grewia occidentalis
- Strychnos pungens
- Strychnos spinosa
- Moringa (regular, PKM, and stenopetala)
- Pappea capensis
- Ceropegia meyeri and stapeliformis
- Commiphora neglecta
- Red and Yellow Cattley Gauva
- Fleuggia virosa
- Cherimoya
- Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant)
- Cordia monoica
- Azanza garckeana
- Mimusops zeyheri

Regards,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Free Moringa ovalifolia seedlings
« on: July 08, 2012, 01:18:35 PM »
We have a bunch of M. ovalifolia seedlings from a recent germination test.  I'd like to offer them to forumites for free, just pay shipping, before we put them up on ebay.  They'll be ready to ship this week.  I have a couple M. oleifera var PKM-I that I would offer the same deal for.

Who are we as a family if we don't take care of each other?   :D

Regards,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Air-Layer/Graft/Rooted Cutting of Genips/Lychees/Longon/etc
« on: June 28, 2012, 01:11:26 PM »
Hi,

I am interested if anybody knows which of the plants would fruit best in a pot, is most amenable to pruning, and what role the propogation technique might play?  I understand that air-layers are usually more spreading with a shallower root system so would that make them the best solution for a potted specimen?

Thanks,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Help Identify Mystery Plant
« on: June 22, 2012, 12:25:04 PM »
My wife and I had to move to WA for a few months and she took a bunch of plants with her.  The climate change and winter killed this plant (or so we thought) so she left it in the yard when she came back to TX.  6 weeks later, she is back in WA and it is looking great!  Unfortunately, we no longer no what it is.  I am sure that it is a tropical fruit though since that is all we grow.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Carraig








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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WANTED: Genip Plants
« on: June 17, 2012, 12:27:44 PM »
I'm looking for known-sex genip plants in the 3-5g size range.  Any leads?

Thanks,
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WANTED: Sea Grape Seeds
« on: June 16, 2012, 04:09:02 PM »
Does anybody know a good source for fresh sea grape seeds?  Just looking for a few.

Thanks!
Carraig

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Amber's Edibles Seeds
« on: June 15, 2012, 02:58:28 PM »
List of seeds available for trade, updated 7/7/12.

Cashew                 Anacardium occidentale
Sugar Apple           Annona squamosa
Wild Coffee Bean   Bauhinia petersiana    *NEW*
Num Num               Carrisa bispinosa
Jackal-berry          Diospyros mespiliformis
Puzzle Bush           Ehretia rigida
Small-Leaved Coca Tree   Erythroxylum delagoense     *NEW*
Cape Ebony           Euclea pseudebenus
Chinese Waterberry   Flueggea virosa
Kokum                  Garcinia indica
White Raisin Tree   Grewia bicolor
Climbing Raisin Bush   Grewia caffra    *NEW*
Brandybush           Grewia flava
Giant Raisin Bush   Grewia hexamita
White Crossberry Tree   Grewia tenax
Rhino Coffee          Kraussia floribunda
Natal Medlar         Lagynias lasiantha
Forest Milkberry      Manilkara discolor
African Lily             Massonia depressa
Moringa                Moringa oleifera (pkm-I)
Phantom Tree          Moringa ovalifolia
Curry Tree             Murraya koenigii
Tortoise Berry          Nylandtia scoparia
Tortoise Berry           Nylandtia spinosa
Black Ironwood Tree   Olea capensis
Jacket Plum            Pappea capensis
Amla                     Phyllanthus emblica
Waxberry               Pollichia campestris
African Bush Grape   Rhoicissus tomentosa
Karoo Boer Bean   Schotia afra
Drunken Parrot Tree   Schotia brachypetala
Marula                  Sclerocarya birrea
Coffee Bean Strychnos   Strychnos henningsii     *NEW*
Black Monkey Orange    Strychnos madagascarensis
Spiny Monkey Orange    Strychnos spinosa        *NEW*
African Blueberry   Vaccinium Exul
Ashwaganda          Withania somnifera
Jujube                   Ziziphus zizyphus

Current Wants:
Kwai Muk
Known papaya cultivars
Fresh coffee seeds
Rambutan
Pulasan
Genip
Roselle

Always look forward to trades.  Most of these are also available on ebay under username ambers_edibles.  Don't buy seeds on ebay though since we much prefer to trade or work better arrangements for fellow forumites.

Regards,
Carraig

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