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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa dying back
« on: March 05, 2024, 09:27:35 PM »
My meiwa has stayed small for years. Took a major turn for the worse when i grafted a branch of fukushu on it. Later removed. Hoping to start some meiwa seedlings for rootstock.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: February 20, 2024, 10:46:41 AM »
Nice!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: December 03, 2023, 12:31:29 AM »
Pretty cool simon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mangos in san diego
« on: November 28, 2023, 10:01:59 AM »
I should be able to come. Probably have a load of yellow strawberry guavas and some psidium striatum. None of my mangoes sized up this year.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Claimed
« on: November 19, 2023, 05:10:23 PM »
Seedling red and black. Taste fine. Or use as rootstock. Pm me with your cell #. Forum doesnt always let me reply.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Tropical Guava
« on: November 05, 2023, 05:02:00 PM »
Any updates on this? Best time? I think someone said february for california in another thread.

Found it. Lots of times suggested.

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=40879.0

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Theres probably some in poway. I know there are lots in ramona. I have a probable male in my front yard and another a mile away.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Pawpaws in San Diego
« on: September 29, 2023, 08:34:50 PM »
Thats fantastic mark! I have a few seedlings but many years till they fruit. I have one that was underwater for 4 months and broke bud and leafed out anyway. Grats on yours.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: September 23, 2023, 08:38:51 PM »
Biqi seedling. Fruited last year. Carlsbad, CA. 4 miles from the coast. This is from the part of the tree that has flowered last couple years. 2-3 times a year. Looks like flower buds to me.



Putative male branch grafted a few months ago:



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: September 23, 2023, 08:35:30 PM »
Biqi seedling. Fruited last year. Carlsbad, CA. 4 miles from the coast. This is from the part of the tree that has flowered last couple years. 2-3 times a year. Looks like flower buds to me.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Air layering Mango Trees?
« on: September 23, 2023, 08:07:35 PM »
My friend has been watching similar videos and is trying rooting cuttings. Theyre leafing out now but its early.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Kei apple cold tolerance
« on: September 21, 2023, 03:12:23 PM »
I have 5-plants in ground for years the oldest one's 20yrs plus with very sour fruit and one grafted to a female scion wood a friend had but no fruit yet. Most promising is a seedling from sweet fruited plant that used to be a San Diego Botanical Garden which is about 4' tall but no flowers yet. Had a sweet variety from Marta but was small and it died, hoping to get another one from Marta. Mature trees have taken down to teens one year without harm.
Grafted in Jan. many years ago and one took out of 3-grafts.

Down to teens is good to hear!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting avocado on fresh shoots
« on: September 18, 2023, 10:16:42 PM »
On older wood i agree matching is better but its tricky on young growth hugging the trunk. They snap off during wrapping. But im having good success with offset cleft grafts on fresh growth. As far as the timing i double checked my texts. First bark grafts were may 8th! Not end of june. So shoots took 2.5 months.

Heres some picks.

Trunk had three branches. We lopped off all three and left one nurse lateral. Each trunk got 3 bark grafts. These 2 of 9 made it. Jan boyce.






Those were grafted may 8th. There was actually a third attempt on the nurse branch with matched sizes that all failed. That was the june 24th grafting. We then grafted these july 27th. Fuerte and hass










And sharwil




These were done middle of august. Scions from the successful jan boyce bark graft.




And just to complete the story heres a pick on july 15th of the soon to fail nurse branch grafts. The big shoot in the middle is 9 weeks old and grafted couple weeks later.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Kei apple cold tolerance
« on: September 18, 2023, 09:39:33 AM »
Mine took 7 to first flowers and two more seasons for decent set. And probable air layer. But my yard is slow with everything.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting avocado on fresh shoots
« on: September 18, 2023, 09:37:14 AM »
That doesnt seem right Shane.  4 weeks later and it had new growth that was 3/4"?  It always seems to take months for my stumps to just start putting out suckers, then 6 months to be 3/4".

It definitely wasnt months. We topped and did bark grafts and when those started failing in 4 weeks switched to the new shoots. I might be over estimating the thickness. Will get pictures. Maybe yours take months because its december? Also this was complete topwork not just a branch. It was going nuts. [Wrong again. See below.]

Cookie, we only did offset cleft. Side veneer seems reasonable.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Kei apple cold tolerance
« on: September 17, 2023, 11:50:30 PM »
At peak ripeness theres very little vegetal taste.  Sweet sour balance is like a slightly under ripe orange or ripe green apple. I rarely eat more than one but do eat them every time i walk by. My wife usually turns them down.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting avocado on fresh shoots
« on: September 17, 2023, 11:42:18 PM »
Checked my notes. Topped the tree june 24th, grafted the new vigorous 3/4 inch vigorous shoots, some 2 feet long, july 27th. 4 weeks later.

[Wrong. See below]

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting avocado on fresh shoots
« on: September 17, 2023, 09:08:55 PM »
Yeah, pencil thin is the smallest ive done. These last were thumb thick. Will grab pics as soon as i can.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Grafting avocado on fresh shoots
« on: September 17, 2023, 05:39:18 PM »
About a year ago i grafted onto fresh avocado shoots on a topped tree. Worked pretty well. Moren recently i helped a friend top work a mexicola grande. We started with bark grafts and got 2 of 8 to take. Then when all the new shoots started appearing we tried again on those. They were growing really fast, up to half an inch wide. Was like grafting onto a wet noodle or half cooked cucumber. We had to be really careful with wrapping since they snap off unlike waiting till the next year. But got great takes. Like 6 out of 8. 4 varieties. Ive never had such success on avocado. Hope this helps.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Kei apple cold tolerance
« on: September 17, 2023, 05:27:34 PM »
Btw my silber at home is loaded. Anyone who wants to stop by and pick a few fruit or grab some scions is welcome. Really tasty right now.

Also, not shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Kei apple cold tolerance
« on: September 17, 2023, 05:03:47 PM »
Just wanted to post a note. I planted a bunch of seedlings where they probably shouldnt be. First observation is that deer and probably squirrels or rats love the leaves. Plants get stripped every few months. They were fine with the two winters before last but then got a cold wet winter with a couple hard freezes. Probably 29 or 27 degrees. The bad news is that they all died to the ground. One made it through the first couple but then succumbed. The good news is they all regrew from the roots.






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My trees from exotica took 7 years to fruit. Bumper crop this year. Very good fruit. I have no reason to think its not silber as advertised. Any new tree you get will just be starting over.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sweet Tart Mango Tree Producing in SoCal
« on: August 06, 2023, 10:59:47 AM »
Check this out. The section in the top middle-right w/o PM is sweet tart. Rest is tim thompsons pineapple. Mid may.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sweet Tart Mango Tree Producing in SoCal
« on: August 04, 2023, 08:22:59 PM »
I have one branch. Grafted year before last. Holding about 7 fruit. Was happy to see it was powdery mildew free when the rest of the tree was covered.

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