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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Squam and Har in very useful video on powdery mildew
« Last post by Rice-N-Beans on Today at 08:48:07 AM »
Quote from: JR561 on Today at 07:48:36 AM
Those facebook groups are the worst.

Thank you for sharing that very informative video, I'm a nooby grower so info like this from someone in the know helps out big time! I did what he suggested in planting a resistant variety of mango tree, I read Pickering was somewhat resistant, but I think I read that here on this forum about Pickering so I planted one as my first mango tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Origin of cultivated mangosteen
« Last post by TropicalFruitHunters on Today at 08:25:14 AM »
Wisdom?  Hmmmmm...that would be a stretch!!  Lots of mistakes were made.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / DID YOU SUCCEED IN AIR LAYERING OF COFFEE
« Last post by Ariel on Today at 08:11:18 AM »
HI FRIENDS
COFFEE IS EASILY PROPAGATED BY SEEDS - CUTTINGS - GRAFTING........BUT I AM INTERESTED IN AIR - LAYERING OF THICK FRUITING BRANCHES

I AM AWARE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HORIONTAL AND VERTICAL BRANCHES GROWTH BEHAVIOUR WITH CUTTINGS

LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOUR REMARKS
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Loquat seeds available
« Last post by D-Grower on Today at 08:01:49 AM »
Bump
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Do you have a picture of a large prague citsuma plant?
« Last post by vnomonee on Today at 07:54:12 AM »
if you can get taitri, which is hardy in zone 7, use that as a rootstock and you won't have to wait decades. I have a graft on taitri outdoors which has outgrown the original prague I bought from Stan that is on poncirus (2-3 years ago) in just a season.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Origin of cultivated mangosteen
« Last post by Tropicaltoba on Today at 07:50:30 AM »
I really appreciate it when people source scientific literature. Btw I really enjoyed your old posts about your gh. Unfortunately, I found them after I had built mine so I was unable to use your wisdom.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Squam and Har in very useful video on powdery mildew
« Last post by JR561 on Today at 07:48:36 AM »
Those facebook groups are the worst.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Can you bury passionflower trunk?
« Last post by Tropicaltoba on Today at 07:44:37 AM »
I ended up cracking the base of a 5yo vine in a large pot they get very brittle. It looked intact but u could see the vine just dry up.

I currently have 2 purple in 35 gallon pots 3 and 1 yo. Looks like I may get 75 fruits this spring. I am curious about what is the max number you could grow in a large container? I staring doing proper pruning (not perfect) this year and it made a difference.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Planting out Cambucá in full sun? Advice please . . .
« Last post by Julian R on Today at 07:15:19 AM »
I planted mine out recently in Jan after it's taproot started poking out of it's pot, I think it was either a 3 or 5 gallon?  It seems to be a pretty tough tree for our area so far.

Just measured it, it's about 20 inches tall now.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Origin of cultivated mangosteen
« Last post by TropicalFruitHunters on Today at 07:07:01 AM »
In the past, we've discussed possible varieties of mangosteen and what a pain figuring out the common and scientific names of all the others.  Confusing to say the least.  I bring this up due to someone from one of the Facebook groups in Australia recently inquiring as to why it is so difficult to get these names correct or why two garcinias may be called the same name.  I came across this recent publication, and while long and technical, I did find it interesting.  It discusses the origins of mangosteen and the few varieties that may be available.  I got the impression that there was one section that seemed to harbor some doubt on this, but maybe I understood it wrong.  It does open your eyes to the difficulty of identifying the genetics of the most popular garcinia.  Is it any wonder very little effort/expense has gone into the rest?  I thought Mike T at least would be interested in this. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10020034/
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