Want: Purple or yellow mombin cuttings

[sildanani]

I have one yellow dragon fruit (S. megalanthus) cutting, prickly pear cuttings, and moringa seeds to trade. PM if interested!

[akanonui]

I have one small yellow mombin that is almost a year old. They aren't hard to grow from seeds which I bought from tradewindsfruit.com. They also sell red ones periodically and even have kaffir plums, an African relative to the mombin.

[bsbullie]

They are fool proof to grow from hardwood cutting.  Almost any thickness will do it.  Just stick it in a pot.  Take is near 100%.  The trees are pretty big, will be difficult to grow properly in a pot in Ohio.

[sildanani]

They are fool proof to grow from hardwood cutting.  Almost any thickness will do it.  Just stick it in a pot.  Take is near 100%.  The trees are pretty big, will be difficult to grow properly in a pot in Ohio.

Darn. That thought didn't even occur to me. Even with excessive pruning and a large pot?

[akanonui]

I've heard the same thing. Dwarf june plum/ambarella is also a Spondias, and can be easily grown in a pot and will fruit within a year. That might be your best bet. It is fairly commonly sold in vietnamese markets but the fruits are usually picked green and far too early to have a good seed. I got one from Logee's a while ago but it since has died. I honestly don't know why either, it was healthy, then it went dormant for winter, I cut back watering and it still got moldy at the top and then it just died from top to bottom. I sprayed it with neem and still nothing helped. Anyway, I really want to fruit a Spondias of any kind as they are all quite delicious and like a small mango.

[sildanani]

I've heard the same thing. Dwarf june plum/ambarella is also a Spondias, and can be easily grown in a pot and will fruit within a year. That might be your best bet. It is fairly commonly sold in vietnamese markets but the fruits are usually picked green and far too early to have a good seed. I got one from Logee's a while ago but it since has died. I honestly don't know why either, it was healthy, then it went dormant for winter, I cut back watering and it still got moldy at the top and then it just died from top to bottom. I sprayed it with neem and still nothing helped. Anyway, I really want to fruit a Spondias of any kind as they are all quite delicious and like a small mango.

Could excessive humidity caused mold? If I could just grow mombin in an x-large pot with lots of pruning I'd be happy with that! I want to try growing it before investing in a grafted mango tree. Since cutting propagation is generally inexpensive.

[akanonui]

I think it would work personally. People literally chop the entire tree down once dormant and new shoots appear in the spring. I think it will be fine for at least a few years. Root pruning might be possible as well.