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I'm looking for an avocado cultivar with ripe fruit in this month of February.

There are some trees in South Florida with ripe avocados, right now.
Fruit & Spice Park says on its web site that avocados are in season.
A couple of days ago, Rob said he picked some ripe Lula avocados of a/some tree(s).
Also, some Forum members have said that the Monroe avocado cultivar can hold fruit on the tree well into February. Although I don't doubt this, I'll appreciate it if someone can confirm this, and share some light on the subject.

I just planted a Doni avocado cultivar. And, the cultivar-description-card that came with the tree, says that fruit will ripen early, from May to June.
If this is the case, does this mean that in S. Florida, we can have avocados year round exept in the months of March and April?

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All of my banana cultivars produce large banana bunches. I have:
Gold-Finger: They're big fat and juicy. You'll be full with 2 or 3; Tall tree.
Fia#3: Good taste. I think it's similar to Gold-Finger. I get'm confused. Tall tree.
My-Sore: Very small fruit, very sweet. Tree is tall and thin, with a tendency of the trunk to snap/bend to the ground; thus its name.
Nam-Wah: Short tree. Sweet and tasty. Easy to get at the fruit. No need for ladders...
Kandrian: Beautiful, tall tree. Hasn't fruited yet. I planted it about 1 year ago. I'm still waiting to taste the fruit for the first time.

I don't have a red-colored banana variety that I tasted this month, January 2013, when I went to the Fruit & Spice Park.
It was reddish, raw, sweet and refreshing. The texture was good, pleasing and different from the banana cultivars that I currently have.

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Please think twice about destroying a thriving Dragon Fruit cactus, that you started from seed, just because the fruit it produces is not of good quality.

Without knowing it, you may have hit the jackpot! What I mean is, you may have a great Dragon-Fruit root-stock, that is not affected by nasty nematodes.
Specially, if it's just planted straight in the ground.  Without any barriers between the D.F. and the surrounding area. By barriers I mean sand, clay-pot or pot of some kind, spraying pesticides, black-nylon-sheets, etc.

I planted about 6 cuttings of David-Bowie D.F. cultivar around a pressure-treated pole in the ground, about 10 months ago, Without any barriers.
Now, they look to me like they are showing signs of nematode damage. Maybe my Zone-10b/South-Florida, is affected by nematodes and other Zone/areas are not?
One of the cuttings was climbing the pole OK. But now, it kinda stopped & there is some kind of dirt accumulating at the tip, at the top.
The other cuttings around the pole, have thrown some air-roots like a Medusa, or they've done nothing or developed some rotting holes or both!

I'm very interested in knowing whether anyone has a Dragon Fruit, whether a cultivar or a seedling, that they've just planted in the ground and, it is thriving and doing wonderfully. Regardless of whether it is producing good fruit or not. But showing no nematode damage.

It seems to me, that the solution to the nematode problem, may be to graft the desired D.F. cultivar on top of the nematode resistant/proof D.F. Rootstock; I think Nullzero uses this technique with the Opuntia cactus.

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Can someone please comment on which is the best Jackfruit variety when it comes to Sweet-Taste and Productivity?

The very best Jackfruit cultivars that I'm aware of (in the USA) are Mai1, Mai2, Mai3, J30, J31, NS1 and Excalibur-Red.

Has anyone tasted all of these varieties and can you comment on the one that has the best Sweet-flavor and is the Most-Productive?

I only have one location/spot in my yard to plant a grafted Jackfruit tree; I already have Black-Gold and Sweet-Fairchild.

Please exclude any nasty Jackfruit varieties that split/crack wide open when they ripen.

And, please feel free to comment even if you've not tasted all of the above cultivars.

Thanks




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Anybody heard of Semil-35 Avocado?
Does it hold fruit on tree in the winter months (December, January, February, March)?
Is it consistently productive year after year or is it alternate/irregular?
What about fruit quality (taste, size, appearance...)?
Where can I get it?
Who sells it?

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Can anyone reccommend a productive fruit tree cultivar, that will produce ripe fruit in the Winter months (December, January, February, March) and yet, handle being in the shade of an avocado and mamey tree?  The tree will be about 20 feet away from the avocado and mamey trees.
I have a spot in my yard for just one fruit tree that'll meet these requirements.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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January 7, 2013

Looking for Opuntia (Prickly Pear) cactus pad(s)/tree.

The climate zone where I live (Miami, FL) is Zone 10b.

I've learned that opuntias grow just fine all ove the state of Florida.

I'm looking to obtain a pad(s) from a  productive, large, quality optuntia (prickly pear) cactus cultivar; some are even seedless!

Anybody has any suggestions?




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January 1, 2013

I am looking for an Avocado cultivar of good quality, whose fruit ripens in December and/or January.

There is an Avocado cultivar tree called Semil-55 at Fruit & Spice Park (Miami, FL) that seems to fit what I'm looking for.
I was even able to taste a ripe fruit I picked up from the ground and liked it!
But, there were no grafted trees for sale.
This was in the middle of December 2012; about two weeks ago.
I guess this proves that what I'm looking for does exist!

If anyone can give me more info on obtaining this or another cultivar with the desired specs, I'd really appreciate it.

Leo

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Does anyone know where I can get a grafted Canistel Cultivar "Oro" also known as TREC-9680? I've called several nurseries and they have other cultivars but, not the "Oro" cultivar. This cultivar is very productive and the largest size. :-\

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