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I will be in Port Saint Lucie, West Palm Beach, and North Miami Beach this Thursday until the start of next week. I wanted to know where I could buy some good mangoes like Lemon Zest, etc. anywhere near those areas. Preferably near the I-95 on the way down from Port Saint Lucie going into Miami.

Any leads appreciated thanks  .

For those who I did not commit to send seeds there are no more left now. I only collected seeds from larger fruits. Even without thinning tree, the fruits are larger then most loquats I have see. Most fruits have 1-2 seeds some have a few more. Flavor is excellent sweet/sour taste. It yields very heavy every 2 years (on the follow years is a lighter yield but still decent amount of fruit production).

Seedling offspring are really close to mother tree and produce in 2-4 years after planting (verified with friend that planted seedling trees that produced fruit).




(picture of tree from last years crop)

I have a beautiful Chilean guava Ugni molinae in a part shaded area most of the day. Its in a fabric container (which I found that it seems to love). I think the key to keeping the Chilean guava happy is cooler root zone which others have mentioned here; http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=2166.msg30211#msg30211

I am hoping it flowers and fruits either this year or next, it seems like its big enough thats for sure .

7/28/13, Summer growth flush a few months after getting the seedling.


3/18/14, Before the move to a fabric container.


2/28/15, After close to a year in a 10 gal fabric container.

I have fresh Dregea volubilis seeds +20 seeds for $4.50 shipped in US. Dregea volubilis is used as a leaf vegetable and medicinal herb in SE Asia. It is used in curries in Sri Lanka and other surrounding countries.

Seeds are attached to cotton like fiber, detach easily similar to dandelion. Fiber may be of use for yarn or stuffing.


What the outside of the fruit looks like (fruit is not edible part, just contains the seeds and fiber)


Some references of Dregea volubilis use here;

http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/project/value_addition/Vegetables/048.html
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sneeze%20Wort.html
http://www.moh.gov.mm/file/Medicinal%20Plants%20of%20Myanmar.pdf
https://www.mcgill.ca/files/mchg/MedicinalPlants.pdf

I recently ordered some Telfairia Pedata seeds from http://www.theseedybusiness.com/the-seed-book/rrsatkzp458h2upnrg4q0mor6y2lf9

They arrived in good condition are look like they are indeed Telfairia pedata. The seeds were a little on the pricey side, considering can't find a source anywhere let alone one based in the U.S. Delivery time was good. Now time to germinate them!

Took some pictures of the trees to show an update to those interested (online friends interested to see how everything was doing).

Everything is doing well, considering that no added irrigation is being used (ground water pump system needs to be fixed). I lost a couple plants due to conditions at hand, but this was expected.

Pitangatuba, was initially started with a waterboxx. Took it off months ago now mulched and shade clothed to continue root establishment.


Annona dioica, doing really well in a mostly shaded area with overgrown grass.


What I believe is a Keitt mango


One of the last 2 mangoes held by the tree, the other mango was pecked by birds and no good. Late bearing tree and seems to hold fruit into November. Fruit set has been on the shy side (about 8 large mangoes this year, most of them got taken by the critters), tree has been neglected prior just started to amp up fertilizer schedule and pruning etc. I think next year will be a much better fruit set.


Large Keitt mango? Next to Lisa atemoya


Lisa Atemoya, self set 1 fruit.


Lemonzest mango, putting on some size.


Glenn mango, doing extremely well. Continuing to flush into October.


Pina Colada mango


Coconut Cream


Dream atemoya, in ground about 8 months. Seems to be settled it, think the roots have been doing most of the growing.


Annona reticulata, PR yellow grafted


Cogshall mango, nice and compact seems really healthy.


Phyllanthus emblica


Parkia biglobosa


Bactris gasipaes, in waterboxx. Been in ground for about 8 months now.


Luc's garcinia


Hope everyone enjoyed, don't hesitate to ask me questions.

I thought it would be nice to track the seedling development of Aframomum sp. and Moringa in SoCal.

Here is the Aframomum sp. seedling it was up potting in late spring from a 1 gal into a 10 gal fabric container in +90% coco coir mix. The seedling is about 1 year old now. It was about 1 ft tall in late spring, now over 4ft tall. Very fast grower, I am really impressed how well its doing since it gets about 6 hours of good sunlight a day.


Now the Moringa  seedlings, this is at a friends house. 3 seedlings from a batch of seeds I gave them all planted around the same time (early May).

First one in a mostly sunny spot, not really impressed with growth about 1f 1/2 or 2ft tall.


Second one in a full sunny spot, flowering now but only about 3 ft tall.


Third one, I am standing next to. Its over 8ft tall, I believe! This one gots some freak genetics because its in partly shaded area. Getting maybe about 5hrs of good sunlight. The stem is much thicker then the rest, and nothing special has been done from this one and the other Moringa plants (besides extra water and a nice recent harvest of Moringa leaves, I have been told).


Going to see if I can get some cuttings of that plant  .

I saw this Jackfruit tree with about 15 fruits the size of a 1 gal water bottle, today when passing by on a car. This is in Hermosa Beach, about .3-.5 mi from the ocean.

Here is another great PDF listing herbs, vegetables, fruits, and seed crops of India.

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/7837/1/NPR%206(1)%2074-80.pdf

Sugarbelle description sounded really good, did some research and decided to get a tree. Is anyone growing Sugarbelle? How is the taste and growth habit. I am going to leave it in a partly shaded area growing in a superoot container.

Looking for Black Gold Jackfruit seeds or source for 1-3gal tree. Also interested in Excalibur Gold.

I was lucky to quickly snag up some Coinosicys macranthus from here http://www.rareseeds.com/panama-passionfruit-melon/

Unfortunately, I can't find much information on this on the internet at all. Was wondering if anyone else was growing it? I was planning to grow the vines up some oak trees. No idea how they will do in FL but its worth a shot.

I have grown citrus in the past and have noticed a big difference on trees vigor and resistance to insects, yellowing, leaf curl, leaf miners, etc. From my observations the following citrus never really got hit as hard in the garden during the same time frame of leaf miners etc.

I have found the following to be have excellent disease/bug resistance; Yuzu, Australian Finger Lime, and Kumquat. Would love to hear what others have experienced as well.