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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: The propagation station
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:51:21 AM »
one i brought back from the dead, and it flowered like crazy...the other is a small seedling given to me, that was planted in pure coffee grounds...it did really well, and continued to thrive after being potted in regular peat based potting mix.

aphids get all over these, but they get mummified by the parasitic fungus that I spread on them!  its fun to do.  Hosing them off works well to, but tears leaves when you really spray hard.

I hope to get pods in the next 2yrs...not sure though...this one grows slow through winters, and took months to bring back to green and happy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / anyone growing Myrciaria dubia? camu camu
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:47:32 AM »
HI

I'm growing this one,  and Chlorine water is like roundup on these guys!

Once they get cholorotic at a young age its hard to reverse.

I know whitman fruited one, and discarded it for making loads of acidic fruit...too bad he never had fresh miracle fruit or even frozen m.f. and served the two together (maybe he did, but I don't know).

I'm curious why he tossed the tree and didn't utilize it in conjunction with miraculin...which he had ample supply of.


Anyone growing this?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria guaquiea
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:35:04 AM »
Quote from: edself65 on March 03, 2012, 01:29:49 AM
I was wondering if any of you are growing Myrciaria guaquiea?

Thanks,

Ed

Doubt it.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / The propagation station
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:24:15 AM »
x

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Viva Pickering
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:17:36 AM »
x

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ross is the boss.
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:15:53 AM »
Ya Oscar,

You may be right, but I don't think they are distinct species.  I don't know how to prove, but I've always felt this way.  it seems like they change stuff around so much I can't keep up!  Soon you'd think they will just run a genetic test for all of these in question...how much could it cost?  Maury knows!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Ross is the boss.
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:08:56 AM »
x

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Viva Pickering
« on: March 03, 2012, 01:00:45 AM »
Counted about 20 mangoes on my Pickering.

It totally out performs cogshall and icecream (the other two dwarf mangoes I have)  Based on my observations it whoops julies butt too.

I got this tree late 2010, and fruited it 2011, (only getting 2 fruits), I didn't think I'd have so many set the 2nd yr.

Viva Pickering. 8)





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrica rubra
« on: March 03, 2012, 12:38:36 AM »
i know where a fruiter is, (M. rubra), saw berries on it.  Is budwood something of interest to u fanatics?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dear Sapodilla Wizards
« on: March 03, 2012, 12:11:57 AM »
Wonder if spraying hot pepper oil (capsaicin) will deter these little buggers

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: sapodilla...you gots any?
« on: March 03, 2012, 12:08:46 AM »
I have makok naseberry, but I don't have enough to go mailing every Tom, Dick, and Jerry a fruit just to sample.  You may find it difficult to get a fruit grower to mail u just one fruit.  Maybe just try sapodilla at the store near u.  If u like it, you will like mAkok.  It has no grit...and a nice cinnamon taste as well..wash them and eat them skin and all, watch for seeds, they pose a choking hazard and are angular and sharp. Just buy a makok tree and leave in a pot, if u don't like it sell it! 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dream Cherimoya, a variety that fruits in FL ! Introduced by Wayne Clifton
« on: March 02, 2012, 10:22:11 PM »
Quote from: Guanabanus on March 02, 2012, 08:31:32 PM
Anikulapo,

The leaves in your picture do look like cherimoya.   Are they hairy?  The small plant that I received had narrower, pointy leaves.
The flowers could be either cherimoya or atemoya.  Another thing to check will be seed shape and color, but that won't be definitive either, because, as hybrids, different atemoyas will have different throwback details to their ancestors.

No more hairy than atemoya when new, but fully formed leaves look hairless (click on my picture of the leaves and see for yourself! if you click twice you can see how many megapixels my camera is, the detail is astounding).  Some of the leaves on this tree became more pointed, but most were round.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dear Sapodilla Wizards
« on: March 02, 2012, 07:05:44 PM »
I'm no whiz but I'd say it looks like molix

party smants ;)

11739
Tropical Fruit Discussion / anyone growing meiogyne cylindrocarpa?
« on: March 02, 2012, 04:01:03 PM »
x

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / no more
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:27:51 PM »
No more cuttings

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango grafting question (and a slight brag)
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:23:02 PM »
the way i learned how to harden off those side veneer grafts, is to wait for the scion to flush an entire set of leaves, once they are fully formed, crack the protruding piece of the rootstock so it is still connected by cambium and nourishing the tree, but now your new terminal branch should be the scion.

Once the scion has flushed again, it's safe to cut the broken piece of rootstock off, that was hanging by a thread of bark.

Hey isn't coco cream patented?  Coconut sensation u mean! ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cambuca does not taste like orange jello
« on: March 02, 2012, 01:39:16 AM »
I think by innocent they mean no objectionable in flavor by any means, no resinous notes.  Also by honest I thought they meant the fruit has a good and consistent flavor, only tasting like cambuca, being true to itself and emulating no other fruit in taste.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dream Cherimoya, a variety that fruits in FL ! Introduced by Wayne Clifton
« on: March 01, 2012, 11:22:45 PM »
Quote from: JF on March 01, 2012, 10:01:01 PM
that's a cherimoya.

thats the tree called "dream"

Supposed to be a cherimoya...everyone but Har answered....

I still have an unanswered question about the height and age of the A. reticulata from Noels post.

click on the picture of the whole tree, and you'll see when its enlarged that some leaves have the lance shape, and confirm Guanabanus ,and my confusion, about this suppsed true cherimoya.

I see hints of Squamosa witin this tree.  But without genetic testing, I don't know if I'll ever know for sure. :(

Hope fruits taste good! and it bears! thats all that matters I reckon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atemoya Most Like Cherimoya
« on: March 01, 2012, 09:22:56 AM »
Quote from: Felipe on March 01, 2012, 07:10:38 AM
Har, the Sarasota list mentions the 'Malamud Atemoya'. Do you have any infos about this annona? The picture looks like Fernandez reticulata..

BTW, if you write a book about annonas, I'll be the first one buying it  ;)

No me first! there's a waiting list for Gauanabanus's book! ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Better Eugenias than Surinam cherry
« on: March 01, 2012, 01:41:56 AM »
whats worse than a surinam Oscar?

an red surinam as opposed to a black colored?

not many eugenias are currently being grown by nurseries, that I can think of, that are much worse.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Good weeds
« on: March 01, 2012, 01:40:26 AM »
some stuff like milk weed, attracts butterflies, and pollinators.

so maybe some stuff like beggars ticks, and daises, and violets.

I have wood violet growing in my pots, and I love to eat this one! flowers taste nice.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Good weeds
« on: March 01, 2012, 01:13:39 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on February 29, 2012, 11:48:22 PM
<I'm certain that some bulbs and legumes help fix nitrogen.. . I haven't researched it, but I assume the oxalis  I have does something like this.  It never bothers my plants.<

Adam, oxalis doesn't fix nitrogen, even though it's often called clover, and true clovers do fix N, oxalis is in a different family. Here we have lots of leguminous weeds that do fix nitrogen, like desmodium, often called "hitchiker plant" because seeds stick to your clothing like velcro.
Oscar

thanks for the info.

I still prefer to encourage oxalis because of the bulbs, sucking up less water, unlike roots of herbs like mint and such.

But now you are making me see that I should plant real clover!

Good thinking!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Better Eugenias than Surinam cherry
« on: February 29, 2012, 11:04:43 PM »
im just putting species, all of these are eugenias.

neonitida
koltzschiana
luschnathiana
pitanga

More?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / What's the most you'd spend per pound on a fruit?
« on: February 29, 2012, 10:57:19 PM »
What's the most you'd spend per pound on a fruit?

Lots of reasons to spend, and to save your $.

I fall into the category of being willing to sacrifice body parts like Lycheeluva (left mammary gland).

 ;)

Where do you fit in???

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Good weeds
« on: February 29, 2012, 10:35:28 PM »
cow peas, and pigeon peas!  Forgot about these! SO think FABACEAE, legume family, which includes inga.

actually looking for varieties of pigeon pea, if anyone has seeds!  We have some really nice varieties near me!  This plant has tons of potential if you ask me!


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