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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling Passiflora Decaisneana Fruit (fruits are sold out, only sell cuttings)
« on: October 29, 2019, 03:37:45 PM »
Quote from: HoangNguyen on October 28, 2019, 04:58:56 PM
Quote from: barath on October 26, 2019, 12:59:19 AM
I'm curious if your cultivar is "Purple Tiger" or if it's a different P. x decaisneana variety.

I don't know purple tiger.  Mine is called P. decaisneana.

Thanks.  Did you do the cross pollination yourself to produce the plant or did you get it from somewhere?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling Passiflora Decaisneana Fruit (fruits are sold out, only sell cuttings)
« on: October 26, 2019, 12:59:19 AM »
I'm curious if your cultivar is "Purple Tiger" or if it's a different P. x decaisneana variety.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Where can I get Catalina Avocados?
« on: October 14, 2019, 02:46:04 PM »
Anyone know where I could get Catalina avocados (really just the seeds, but I'm fine with buying whole fruit too)?  I'm in California, but happy to do mail order.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Zutano avocado seeds?
« on: October 14, 2019, 02:35:48 AM »
Quote from: spaugh on October 13, 2019, 01:25:42 PM
Not in season yet.  Maybe november or december they will be.  They have the fruit for sale in the farmers market here in Poway, I will try and get a bunch when they are available.  Ask me about it in a month or so.

Thanks!  I'm also hoping to find Catalina seeds, but not as many people seem to grow it.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Zutano avocado seeds?
« on: October 13, 2019, 12:06:40 PM »
Anyone have a few (about 5) Zutano avocado seeds they could spare?  Happy to buy or trade.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Passiflora laurifolia (Jamaican Passionfruit) cross pollinators?
« on: October 06, 2019, 06:49:45 PM »
Quote from: ScottR on October 06, 2019, 11:59:26 AM
Way cool Barath, that's good to know that edulis pollen works for laurifolia, I have a small laurifolia growing but my area has been to cool for it to take off and grow bigger :(

One tip I got from someone who grows them commercially in Florida -- they do well in large containers (I have mine in a ~30 gallon container).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Passiflora laurifolia (Jamaican Passionfruit) cross pollinators?
« on: October 05, 2019, 07:26:37 PM »
Ok, answering my own post, and I'm excited to see: my Jamaican Passionfruit is setting fruit.  I hand pollinated it with pollen from P. edulis (probably Frederick) flowers.

This isn't great timing as the weather is cooling down, so I don't know if it's going to ripen.  Has anyone here in California gotten P. laurifolia to fruit?  How long did it take to ripen if so?




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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Looking for some fresh Catalina Avocado seeds for rootstock
« on: September 14, 2019, 10:20:42 PM »
I'm looking for some fresh Catalina Avocado seeds for rootstock.  I'm in Southern California, and can pick up locally or trade via mail.  I don't need a lot -- maybe 5.

Happy to trade scions of Avocado, White Sapote, Loquat, rare Passiflora cuttings, or other things.

Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: sho shang
« on: September 09, 2019, 10:44:53 PM »
Quote from: marklee on September 08, 2019, 08:08:11 PM
Hey Patrick,

I have one that produces here. The tag says it is "Katherine Anderson hybrid" It tastes ok, but it does have to be really ripe to taste good.

Hi Mark,

Is that the one I brought you one time?  I think Catherine (and the rest of us) never figured out what species that one is.  We suspected it's a hybrid of goumi and something else.

My favorite Elaeagnus is autumn olive -- they're tiny but really tasty.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Passiflora laurifolia (Jamaican Passionfruit) cross pollinators?
« on: September 08, 2019, 04:58:38 PM »
I'm getting flowers on my P. laurifolia (Jamaican passionfruit) for the first time, and am wondering what other Passifloras are compatible for pollination.  I have another genetically distinct vine of it, but it's not flowering right now.  (This is the first time it's flowered in about 6 years.)

I remember reading somewhere, but I can't find it, that it is compatible with other species, but I can't find the reference.  Anyone know?  I think I will be able to get pollen from P. alata, P. edulis, and maybe some varieties of P. caerulea.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon Guava cultivars / breeding?
« on: August 25, 2019, 09:25:45 AM »
Quote from: gnappi on August 23, 2019, 11:58:56 AM
One of my my lemon guava gives me golf or ping pong ball sized reasonably sweet fruits, which my GF does notcare for. The other fruits are small like strawberry guava. I like the larger fruits quite a bit, the smaller not at all. That one is getting pulled.

Neither tree has had any volunteer seedlings appear in the 8+ years they're in the ground despite many fruits falling there during every harvest season. I have not tried to propagate it by cuttings, grafting or air layering.

Nice.  Did they get different amounts of water or anything else that might have made the difference?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon Guava cultivars / breeding?
« on: August 25, 2019, 09:24:42 AM »
Quote from: Bush2Beach on August 23, 2019, 11:13:44 AM
I tried ground layering some long healthy Cattlieanium branches for 6-8 months and failed.
Any advice?

I'm not sure -- maybe make sure they are low branches and you ground layer them close to where they branch off of the main trunk?  That's where I've seen roots most often.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon Guava cultivars / breeding?
« on: August 23, 2019, 03:34:57 AM »
Quote from: Oolie on August 22, 2019, 02:36:13 AM
I tried on the far-side of Maui to find a superior strawberry, they're all too similar.

As far as lemon guava is concerned, I know where to find a nice selection, but not sure if it will come true to seed, but I hear it's very difficult to propagate from cuttings/grafting.

If you know of a good selection it might be worth propagating by ground layering.  Lemon guava and pineapple guava seem to be easiest to ground layer vs. any other approach.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Lemon Guava cultivars / breeding?
« on: August 22, 2019, 01:42:00 AM »
Has anyone done breeding or selection on Lemon Guava?  Anyone know of any trees that produce particularly large / sweet fruit in large quantities?  The trees seem pretty variable in general, and while quite hardy the fruit is sometimes nice and sometimes bland, sometimes large and sometimes small, etc.  I did once plant out a bunch of seeds from a large-fruited tree, but never followed up to see if this quality was retained in the offspring.  If breeding is viable in it in the short term, it seems like a worthwhile plant to breed.

Separately, it might be worth doing a fruit expedition through the thickets of Strawberry Guava in Hawaii to find good cultivars, but I'm guessing most of the fruit is ruined by fruit flies.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pushing growth on stalled recently planted trees
« on: July 28, 2019, 10:24:13 PM »
Thanks for these suggestions.

These are all non-bareroot trees, from plastic pots.  Most are ones I grew, but some are nursery trees.  I always break apart circling roots when planting.

I haven't given any kelp, fish, or epsom salt yet, just all purpose fertilizer and sulfur (the soil and water are alkaline).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pushing growth on stalled recently planted trees
« on: July 27, 2019, 03:11:48 AM »
I recently planted a bunch of fruit trees in the ground --  across the spectrum of temperate to tropical -- and have been giving them all plenty of water, but they are all doing the usual thing of sulking / stalling their growth.  They have plenty of water, and I gave them all some all purpose fertilizer.  Bananas are the one exception, as they usually are -- they started growing as soon as they hit the ground.  But the rest are stalled.

Any ideas on how to get them to start growing again?  Once I remember feeding a diluted kelp extract for a pineapple guava that failed to grow after transplanting and it started growing.  But I wasn't sure if that was just coincidence.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Passiflora Ligularis / Sweet Granadilla
« on: July 19, 2019, 10:48:49 PM »
Quote from: alangr088 on July 19, 2019, 08:43:12 PM
Has anyone had any luck? My vines are still growing strong, still no flowers.

You might give it some Sul-Po-Mag and also some P, and withhold Nitrogen.  They also seem to really hate dry winds, so on windy days you might spray them down.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Greetings fellow earthlings, new member here. **Acerola Cherry cutting**
« on: July 12, 2019, 10:18:33 PM »
Quote from: murahilin on July 12, 2019, 07:00:09 PM
Oscar has the best tasting acerola variety I've ever tried and I've tried many.

Is it a named variety?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WANTED: Seeds of any Mexican avocado variety
« on: July 10, 2019, 11:17:03 AM »
Quote from: nexxogen on July 10, 2019, 05:06:50 AM
OK. Hardy Platas said up there that the season starts in July.

Yeah, it makes sense that it would be earlier in Mexico because they are further South.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WANTED: Seeds of any Mexican avocado variety
« on: July 10, 2019, 12:09:57 AM »
Quote from: nexxogen on July 08, 2019, 01:27:46 AM
Bump. It's July already so I suppose the season has already started. Anyone got Mexican avocado seeds to sell?

The earliest Mexican type avocados in California that I know of are Duke, which fruit in September (maybe some are ready in August), and Mexicola isn't too much later.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Diospyros decandra (Gold apple)
« on: July 06, 2019, 10:55:23 PM »
Quote from: ajeshcool47 on July 06, 2019, 10:36:02 PM
how is the fruit taste like...?

I'm wondering this as well.  I have one plant I grew from seed, and am curious if I will ever get fruit and if so what it'll taste like.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Mango trees in Southern California
« on: June 27, 2019, 02:30:23 AM »
Quote from: shaxs on June 26, 2019, 12:39:35 PM
I kind of was, but it doesnt seem like it is possible. I have never eaten cherimoya. I was thinking maybe a Longan tree.

In Dana Point plenty of tasty fruits will do well -- Cherimoya, White Sapote, Avocado, Passionfruit (not just P. edulis but also some of the highland species like P. ligularis and P. antioquiensis), along with a lot of deciduous fruits.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Passiflora Ligularis aka Sweet Granadilla seedlings for sale.
« on: June 25, 2019, 09:58:16 PM »
They can't even handle full sun in a coastal Northern California climate -- I nearly killed them from wind and sun during the "summer" of 72 F degree highs and 55 F degree lows.  They do great in afternoon shade with wind protection.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Mango trees in Southern California
« on: June 23, 2019, 06:10:42 PM »
Quote from: shaxs on June 23, 2019, 04:47:06 PM
I just moved to Dana point up on the hill about a mile from the ocean. I have not tried any mangoes yet since I came from Seattle. I have room (not really hah) for one tree. Trying to find the right one.

That's going to be a tough location -- it's really cold for mangos in Dana Point both in the winter (deep, cold water offshore so lower lows than surrounding areas) and summer (marine layer, coastal breeze).  Not that the trees won't grow, but it might be tough to get fruit to set and ripen.  Still worth a shot, but maybe you want a cultivar that has small fruits and is known for setting in colder areas.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Luc's Mexican Garcinia growing experiences around the world
« on: June 20, 2019, 12:47:38 AM »
I have found Mexican Garcinia to be more cold hardy than G. brasiliensis, and at least in the bay area they grew at about the same rate.  (Achachairu seemed to grow faster than either of them, but it was not as cold hardy.)

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