The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hello, looking to buy a Honey Moon Variegated guava. Prefer a seedling, if possible. Must be in the USA because of agricultural retristrictions.

Anybody out there know anything about Phalsa, AKA Sherbet Berry. I had a very small seedling in my yard, and some inconsiderate bonehead weed whacked it today. It was just starting to push some fresh spring growth and now it has been cut in half and has no leaves at all. I’m just wondering if it will come back at all. Thoughts?

Hey all, just wondering in the unfortunate situation that a seller fails to deliver an order as promised, how do I get my money back. I paid for some seeds on the 8th, they replied to me on the 13th that they were preparing the order. I messaged again yesterday, asking if the seeds ever went out and they have not replied in over 24 hours. HELP!

I have always had very high success rate here with Mangoes. With temperatures in the summer months over 100 degrees and long growing seasons, my other mango trees thrive here, and lots of other people have them here too. As for this sad tree, I agree with the possibility of a pre existing infection that was brought out during the stress of shipping. I have 7 other mangoes that are all very alive and producing. For those in San Diego areas, the milder climate and wetter weather can be an impairment, but we are fortunate here that most tropicals can adapt and thrive here. I will look into grafting. For now, I suppose I will look into alternate trees to replace this seemingly dead tree. Any ideas for a good Mango. I already do have an unknown variety that might be Valencia Pride, Carrie, Honey Kiss, Alampur Baneshan, Irwin, Ice Cream, Cotton Candy and Coconut Cream.

I am interested. What is shipping cost

I am certainly willing to learn to graft, though I don’t currently possess such skill. I can certainly do research on that. There is some green at the base, and I can try and cut the top of the tree off, below the blackened area. I am not feeling really positive that the tree will make any kind of comeback. I certainly hope for that outcome, but the tree has been deteriorating steadily despite assurances that this was simply shipping stress. I have an eye on another tree. It isn’t the same kind, but it is another variety that I thought I might like. Thanks for the info.

So I have posted pictures of this Mango tree on here before and I have been told that the tree will live it is just stressed. I am becoming increasingly skeptical. Backstory here is that I bought this tree from a nursery in Florida. It was shipped here along with two other mango trees. The other 2 mango trees are in peak condition, and are doing very well. This one started to droop almost immediately and then the leaves started to dry up and die off. Now I have a very expensive stick in the ground. I have consulted the nursery and they keep telling me the tree is stressed, it’ll be fine. However, I have been watching it, it it seems to be deteriorating further. There is an expanding brown zone coming down from the crown, and perhaps more concerning the trunk itself looks shriveled and dried out. It also feels dry to the touch. I took some pics that don’t really show what I mean to the fullest extent. The question of the day is do I continue to see what the tree does or doI call it quits and replace the tree? The nursery I purchased this tree from is rather costly to ship plants in from and it is likely I will not use them again to replace the tree. I would have to spend about 300 dollars to purchase the tree from them and have it sent to me. With no guarantee that it’s successor will survive the shipment. It is really a sad thing for me since I can’t find this variety of Mango anywhere else. I am on a limited time scale in my area because it gets so hot so fast. Pretty much after March I can’t ship anything here because the heat stress in combination with stress from shipping kills everything. The trees need time to metabolize the dramatic shift in climate to have a chance. So I have a small window to get any new trees here.

Is there a minimum order amount and what are the shipping charges?

So, I thought I would put my own Mango issue out there to the experts. I recently purchased a small batch of new mango trees from Florida. I ordered them from a nursery before without any incident. This most recent batch included Alampur Baneshan, Honey Kiss, and an Imam Pasand. I planted them about 2 days after they arrived here, and the Honey Kiss and the Alampur Baneshan are doing great. The Imam Pasand crashed and burned. I asked the nursery and they said that the tree should be fine, but I am not so sure. They say stress, but this is the first time I’ve seen a mango do this when shipped.

Tree looking sad this am. Itooks like one main branch may be dying back. I have one main branch left that is still green. If i lose that one, it wil be hard to tell if the tree is alive still. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. May have to buy another tree after the summer temps pass.......😭

Well they usually seem to need a lot more water when they are fruiting. They are drought tolerant, but if you want good fruit, you need to water more. Although clay soils probably retain more water, so that can be tricky. You could always try digging down a like 6 inches to a foot in the area around the tree to see how much moist soil is in that area. I see summer temps well over 100 degrees every day, so it is hard to overwater here. Unless it is a cactus

Just out of curiosity, does anybody know what the cold tolerance is on Mamey Sapote. I have a small seedling, and a grafted Key West Pantin. They have not overwintered here yet, and i know the typical growing region is south Florida, so i am curious if they can make it here