to import seed or fruit

[nickytwo]

Is there a thread about how long seed stay good and how long different fruit stay good......maybe I cant get jaboticaba seed they wont be good after three weeks in shipping but maybe they will still be good if they are in the fruit

[Cassio]

Jaboticaba has recalcitrant seeds. So, it don't resists for long time.
Read the Abstract: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100-29452011000100030&script=sci_arttext.

Grumixama has the same problem, but I have success seedling after I received the seeds still inside the fruits. So, I think it can be an option for you to have viable seeds of jaboticabas.

[stuartdaly88]

It's all about packing. Seeds I order are never shorter than one month shipping and normally sprouted and alive if packed nicely. Jabuticaba seeds survive fine in moist cocopeat other moist mediums probably fine too but with vermiculite and perlite there is always mold for me cocopeat I think must suppress mold or something. Theobroma and Durio is another story never have any survive

[nickytwo]

Stuart who will you recommend to order seed from.....I have asked trade winds how they pack seed waiting for answer

[stuartdaly88]

I got 10 seeds from Oscar beginning of the year excellent germination rate 9 survived:)
Trade winds is abit of a gamble iv heard never tried them myself.
Check: http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistforeign.html
That's the order page he has a few types of jaboticaba too:)