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There are many seasoned campaigners and earlier contributors who frequented this place and have now diminished their posting or disappeared. I could name quite a few who had plenty to say who no longer seem to be with us.
Yes I miss Coconut, even if I could only understand half of what he posted, I think due to my language barrier, the Whitman fiberless seeds I got from him now have three small fruits for the first time, can't wait to try them out.. M[/quote)Wow. Coconut sent you seeds. Good deal. I loved his posts.
How about Harry Houseman with the 100+ mango trees who lives in Broward? I remember Coconut going on about the dwarf coconut palm trees he was selling for $5,000 each to landscapers building new houses for the wealthy. Fully grown and fruiting for sure.
All it takes is one major financial error, divorce, or career relocation. Years of collecting and growing can disappear frighteningly quick
Yep. Divorce takes a heavy toll on collections, Noel and Harry being notable examples of this.Quote from: Sleepdoc on May 24, 2018, 10:00:54 PMAll it takes is one major financial error, divorce, or career relocation. Years of collecting and growing can disappear frighteningly quick
I had some questions for him about Apocynaceae lianas - he was our local expert I also miss CoPlantNut. I think the old off-topic forum left a bad taste in his mouth here (it did for me as well). Half the threads there were just fights.Don't think I've seen Jcaldiera either... he brought me coconuts from Fiji to plant once
I would love to meet Coconut. He sounds like a character for sure and his posts were one of a kind!Seems like he was/is pretty well connected and one of those people well versed in many aspects of life. Has anyone ever met him before?
Rather than everyone guessing, i think it would be very easy to find out why members left just simply by asking them, should anyone really have enough interest in finding out real reasons? PM or email could even be sent as a survey which would be very easy for them to answer.