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Great to have younger members on the forum.
$10 wouldn't cover the shipping cost of the fruit.
Support the fruit sellers when you can and grow the seeds out to try and recoup money if it's tight.
sharing extra is where it's at , but that's mother theresa level to package it up and take it to usps and pay to share it with you.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Top working rambutan
« on: March 21, 2024, 01:35:57 PM »
So try top working with some Pulasan and let us know how it go's!
Even if it fails, Rambutan are reset annually with a big prune so it will come back either way.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lara farms = awesome
« on: March 19, 2024, 01:24:54 PM »
gotta be grammin then

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« on: March 19, 2024, 01:23:17 PM »
The struggle is real for organic farming . It's hard work but the proof is in the pudding and showing people a different way to grow without toxic chemicals , even if it's 1 person a year or one person at a time, is somehow worth it.
It just takes alot of hard work to get to that point.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lara farms = awesome
« on: March 18, 2024, 02:31:36 AM »
oh, nice! Should plant some Artocarpus down at 300'!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Soursop "Bali"
« on: March 17, 2024, 01:30:34 PM »
If your looking for a known soursop cultivar Lara Farms is a good option.
If your on Oahu , go visit Frankie's.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lara farms = awesome
« on: March 17, 2024, 01:27:14 PM »
tell that to the artocarpusses

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Put a shade cage on it if you want to protect it from the sun.
The tin foil hat is a bad idea on multiple fronts.

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Whats the aluminum foil for?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please help, multiple plant emergencys
« on: March 15, 2024, 01:12:35 AM »
maybe your party cups aren't draining properly . It looks like the plants are frying from too much heat or direct light as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit trees for 25 gal pots long term
« on: March 10, 2024, 04:22:34 PM »
I think an important caveat is the use of slow release pelleted fertilizer Theme must use .

Alot of my potted plant experience is Myrtacea and I've found that once anything get's root bound in a 15, 25 , 45 or 65 It stops producing fruits as much and is hard to keep the root mass wet and saturated.
For example I had a Grimal in a 45 Gallon that did not fruit last year after years of fruiting because it requires deep saturation to actually water it.
Now it is going backwards because lack of irrigation or up potting. I feel sure if it was up potted to a 65 it would have kept cruising and fruiting. but it's hard to up pot big tree's , and the jabo hoop house is full.

Same way I had 2 Pitangatuba's in 25's that pumped fruit until they got root bound, required bi weekly deep irrigation and could basically never stay wet enough to fruit again.

But I have rarely used slow release pellet ferts, always organic teas , sprays and amendments.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Any way to tell the sex of . . .
« on: March 09, 2024, 10:12:37 PM »
How can you tell Male/Female Imbe by the leaves?
Thanks

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Tape
« on: March 09, 2024, 12:18:47 AM »
Shade them & Take the bags off.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please help identify!
« on: March 08, 2024, 06:56:11 PM »
Looks more like akee

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Tape
« on: March 08, 2024, 06:51:48 PM »
See everyone does it different and gets good results.
Experiment with them all and see what you prefer.
Climate can matter too like brad mentioned about the parafilm cracking.
I’ve never seen that .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Langsat Defoliation
« on: March 08, 2024, 06:47:50 PM »
Langsat can’t do it in CA.
The winters and temperature swings in CA are pretty Wild not mild.
 Florida is comparatively a much better place than CA to grow almost every Tropical fruit and many sub trops as well.

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No Problem with seedling fruit. The commercial orchard spreading fruit around the Bay Area is 100 Seedling tree's producing huge, all seedlings. They produce on westside of santa cruz fog belt.
You should be fine. Any good known cultivars would be fun to try. All the varieties should ripen before winter no problem, doesn't matter late or early.


I'm in a cool coastal area and dont get too much heat but I have some young plants i've started from seed and are doing alright. I'd like to graft over them but unsure which would be most suitable. Which varieties are decent tasting and have the earliest and/or shortest ripening times. I'm hoping this will increase my odds of eventually getting fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Tape
« on: March 08, 2024, 12:56:42 PM »
My buddy does that method. It's fine.
The local CRFG group used to teach grafting using masking tape .
Most important is timing , The scion is ready to push buds, and the rootstock is in grow mode.
Then good weather for grafts to heal is the final ingredient.
There is many ways to do it and they are all right, some just work better than others.


I haven't done much grafting. It is interesting that no one here is recommending rubber strips for tightening the union. Does this not have merit?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Langsat Defoliation
« on: March 08, 2024, 12:46:19 PM »
That is awesome! Who was selling grafted Duku 24 years ago?
 
Is your tree upright like the one photo'd or have you pruned it at all to have a wider canopy?

I don't think that upright form is the way to go for production or picking and trying to confirm my theory that I need to force them into a wider canopy with pruning , so the fruits can be shaded in huge clusters.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Tape
« on: March 07, 2024, 01:58:57 PM »
I see people not stretch the parafilm much sometimes, I think this can maybe smother a bit and not get the ideal air exchange.
I pre stretch out the parafilm to the point of breaking and then wrap the scion , continuing to stretch out the parafilm as much as possible. So it’s completely & tightly wrapped but easy for the buds to break through the stretched parafilm.

I prefer parafilm but like buddy tape for micro grafting.

Either way you need a very tight cambium connection . Tighter the better.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Puerto Rico - Travel ideas
« on: March 05, 2024, 02:06:21 PM »

there are some good ones and they have been covered extensively on the forum.
 a forum search on "Puerto Rico" should serve you well.
research station in mayaguez, botanical garden in san juan etc.... on and on

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You can space at 5’ for the guavas, 8’ for Cherimoya . 10-15’ for loquat.
Give the cherimoya your best soil and sun.
The Guava’s and Loquats grow like weeds and don’t require your best soil or sun.
They often fit best in the margins like a fenceline or property line or sidewalk strip, nooks.
They wont require irrigation once established.

The Cherimoya is the star of the show. Baby it and mulch and feed and irrigate it during summer, hand pollinate for more fruits, or any fruits . HoneyHart can be self pollinating in the Bay .


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Langsat Defoliation
« on: March 04, 2024, 01:21:11 PM »
Mike, This may have been discussed before but we need a key to be able to differentiate the different identifiable forms.
I have Duku seedlings from Oscar in the ground and grafted Langsat as well. I can't see any difference.

The Langsat seeds were extremely bitter but the Duku not so much.

You are one of a very few people that does not seem confused at differentiating these sub species.
thanks for the help.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Skinned Pineapple with high brix?
« on: March 04, 2024, 02:17:36 AM »
Thanks for all the info Mike

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit trees I gave up on
« on: March 03, 2024, 09:40:31 PM »
They are not that good anyways . more tiny bird food. Much smaller than blueberries with a thicker skin and meh flavor.

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