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Don't give up on old seeds unless they're rotten. Red take forever for me. I planted a bunch a year ago, and probably 20% have come up. The rest of the seeds are still green under the soil, just come up in their own time.

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Glad to hear the fruit is good. Only one plant?

Mine didn't even lose its leaves this winter. It's like 8 ft tall with a dozen stems. Idk how much more time to give it to produce complete flowers. It's budding up now, last chance I think.

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Can you do bridge grafts? Look up "bridge grafting girdled tree"

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone growing out Mouriri?
« on: March 20, 2024, 06:55:33 PM »
Jk I just noticed one of the survivors is fried, and the other looks iffy. Maybe they don't like sun? Or something else went wrong.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seattle has fresh durian.
« on: March 20, 2024, 01:30:09 PM »
I didn’t try durian until a couple years ago and that aroma pulled me right in. It doesn’t smell bad to me at all it’s this fruity sweet delicious smell. Freeze dried durian is by far the greatest way to introduce someone to durian. My mom hated all durian until she was really hungry and asked for some of my freeze dried durian; she loved it and is now addicted. They sell packets of it in my Asian market but you could probably find some online although it’ll be expensive. I go through 3 packets a day if I have them. I have to stop myself or I’ll break the bank. As expensive as it is Yearofthedurian is the only place I’ve been able to buy quality non dried durian. Eating half frozen black thorn is one of the greatest sensory experiences one can have

please let me know what variety of durian has sweet aroma and great taste. I will plant it. I am in So. Cal. I hope it can grow here.
It can't.

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IMO left to right:
Fig? Pomegranate? Weirdly small if it's supposed to be a pomegranate. The fruit shows persistent sepals, which could be a pom, probably not a fig. They should be pointed on a pomegranate though. They seem to have been made deliberately paddle-like, getting wider not narrowing to a point, very un-pomegranate-like. The curved attached stem looks odd for a pomegranate too. The stem makes me think fig, but the persistent sepals don't fit.
Citron? (deliberately lumpy)
Grapes
Apple
Carob?
Pear
Rose
Some asteraceae, daisy/sunflower family
Wheat

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« on: March 03, 2024, 12:18:04 PM »
Would be nice to see your posts, but if you can't handle a little criticism, probably for the best. I don't see anybody bullying or trolling you. Watching your content = stalking? Ok I won't.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: The Fig Hunter
« on: March 01, 2024, 11:21:39 AM »
Like I said, there's a lot of identical looking figs on his website. I'm not going to waste my time and point every single one of them out for you. I bet I can look at 90% of his figs and find an existing variety that looks identical. So if he's claiming to be finding seedlings, how was one of them Razz Jelly an already existing variety. Makes me skeptical on the background of some of these "seedlings"

Compare their varieties to the ones on this site

https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/fruiting-trees-shrubs/fig/?orderby=price-desc
What am I supposed to see?
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/826825-crema-di-fragola-fig-new-seedling-found-to-be-common

Looks like someone else found it too and gave it that name. And I mean... figs look like figs... Legit I took your word on this at first, and wanted this to be a juicy scandal, but if this is all your evidence...

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: The Fig Hunter
« on: March 01, 2024, 11:00:33 AM »
What's your source that he's rebranding popular figs?

Here's one example.


It's not like he renamed Black Mission and claimed it was a feral seedling he found though, right? What's the issue with this one? It was a seedling in an olive orchard that multiple people named. I'm open to this guy being a jerk and a con artist, but where's the evidence?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: The Fig Hunter
« on: March 01, 2024, 12:37:34 AM »
What's your source that he's rebranding popular figs?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is this common Ecuador fruit?
« on: February 27, 2024, 12:50:15 PM »
Quararibea cordata

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@Cerakat @nateTheGreat Could we get updates on these white flesh green sapote seedlings?
I think I got 3 that survived the first winter. One died after transplanting, and I have one left, in the tall pot amid normal green sapotes. It actually takes the cold a bit better.


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I think it may be one (of many) Philodendron species, my best guess is Philodendron jacquinii based on the leaf.

Images of the fruit look similar as well, though I cant find much consistent documentation or pictures on immature and ripe fruits.
There's photos of heart-leaf philodendron fruits, which are much more elongated, so I'd guess other philodendrons would be too. That was one I was considering as well. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43357592

iNaturalist's observations in the Aroid family in Belize, for other possibilities: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=6953&subview=map&taxon_id=48536&view=species



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Maybe Syngonium podophyllum. Here's the unripe fruit looking similar: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49080437

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You can use a vice grip. Adjust it so when closed it fits the seed exactly, open it, tighten it a tiny bit, close, open, tighten, etc until it cracks. Whether it's necessary though idk. I've cracked Pouteria seeds and had them not sprout, have had non-cracked ones sprout. When in doubt I don't crack.

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I don't know why they wouldn't. Your climate isn't that different.

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https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/kadsura-coccinea-kadsura-seeds $0.80/seed. I had decent germination from them.

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Pretty sure that's a wine, not a variety of Jaboticaba. I think they use regular red Jaboticaba to make it
Looks like maybe a coronata:

https://toptropicals.com/store/item/5298.htm

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone growing out Mouriri?
« on: February 16, 2024, 07:33:29 PM »
I got 3 of the M. pusa seedlings from Bellamy, 2 of which survived transplanting. They're doing fine. Got them back in August, and I don't think they've put out any new growth yet. I left them outside, somewhat sheltered, so they definitely have some cold tolerance. One of them is getting ready to grow at least. They withstood a lot of sun.

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In California there are a lot on Craigslist. Some free when grow ops are getting rid of a bunch of pots, usually 2g or 5g IIRC. I've also seen some dealers on Craigslist with prices for various sizes. Doesn't look like there's much of that in Broward County area.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Least destructive tree roots?
« on: February 15, 2024, 02:15:20 PM »
Achacha, lemondrop mangosteen, atemoya, ruby supreme guava, lemon guava, white sapote, and canistel.
In 9a??

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Let's Play: Name That Eugenia/Jabo!
« on: February 12, 2024, 07:45:21 PM »
#1 does kinda look like a red, so AxP is believable.
#2 squamiflora? (never would've guessed that without the clue)
#3 Plinia edulis?

All of them should get more distinct with age. Especially squamiflora.

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I have already fruited Diploconos. It has a resiny citrus flavor. The fruit is like the size of a kumquat. It may be ok to juice, but its definitely not tier A or B fruit. Its more like a tier C with nice ornamental value.
Thanks for the honest review. I'm getting tired of being burned by solanums that all turn out to be gross.

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A question about Psidium cauliflorum: can anyone describe the taste of its fruit? I found the botanical description, but nothing about its taste.
Not always true, but if the sellers don't mention the taste, it probably isn't any good.

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