The Tropical Fruit Forum

So I’d like to put this out to the group for consideration. I bought this young Honey Moon Guava tree and 4-6 weeks ago from a nursery in Florida. Had it shipped to me in California. I potted it in its current location and thought it would just take off like gang busters, since I have another guava tree that is well established and is huge. However, from gate this little tree has never thrived. It hasn’t produced any new growth and now I’m noticing that the growth that is there, a lot of the leaves are still green, but they are dry and brittle and are falling off or completely crumbling when touched. The tree seems to be alive, but I’m really worried that it’s going to fail and since the tree is hard to find and very expensive, I want to try and save it. Help!!

I am looking for either a young tree or a rooted cutting. I recently acquired some unrooted cuttings and its been about 3 weeks and they looked all pruned and have no signs of any roots so I am going to wait a bit but otherwise I assume they are dead or dying and I suck at rooting cuttings. Hence I want a rooted cutting or a young, healthy tree. Willing to pay shipping. Must be in the US due to agricultural restrictions

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!

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.

I have a sweetheart lychee that i recently bought at a nursery in LA, and right after i bought it, a heatwave hit the area, and we have been experiencing temperatures in the high one hundred teens and 120's. Despite being shaded, the tree has been dropping leaves, and the leaves are all burned to a crisp. I have another lychee that is doing great, so i know they can take the heat. This one just wasnt ready for it. So, i was wondering if there was anybody out there that knows of a lychee recovering from this kind of heat stress, or is my little tree toast?

So, i have this grafted Gefner Atemoya that i bought from a mail order nursery about a month ago. The plant is small, about 18 inches tall. When I first unpacked it from shipping it had lost all its leaves, presumably from stress. Since then, i have been caring for a living stick. Recently, the plant showed signs pf new growth, and it has been budding some new leaves. But today, i looked at some of the leaves. And they look like the leaves are drying out at the tips. The bases look ok, but the leaf edges are drying out, and the growth it has is so small as it is that the leaves havent even unfolded yet. I know there are documented cases of Atemoya growing in this area, so what could be wrong with my little tree? Any ideas? Also, unrelated issue, i have a seedling Longan, and it has a weird habit. The new growth leaves seem to wilt down, and shrivel in the mornings. When i come around in the evening, the new growth branch is proudly outstretched, is this normal?

I was wondering if anybody has ordered and successfully grown Paho from the seller on here known as fruittreenursery. I ordered a couple of seeds from him, and was pm'd by someone saying the seeds they ordered were all rotted, and they know of other members who also have had bad luck with this seller, so im just wondering if this individual has actually ducceded at sending seeds to anyone. Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst.

So, i was just Curious, has anybody tried to sprout a golden sugar apple from seed? I bought some from an online nursery a few weeks back, planted them, and nithing. Just kinda wondering how long they take to sprout up?

So, i have just started up this year with some jujube trees. I have a Li in a 7 gallon pot, amd a honey jar in a 15 gallon pot. Purchased the trees from a nursery in the area and they already had fruit on them. Was aytraxted to the idea of a fruiting tree that relished in hot summers. The trees have been doing well, but lately i have been noticing that the Li imparticular some of fruit has been softening, and it isnt ripe. It seems to harden back up again after the tree is watered. I know jujube's dont like wet feet, so I have been watering the trees every other day, but the temps have been over 100 degrees on the regs. I am wondering if they need to be watered more often. If anybody has any experience with this, please advise .