The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thanks guys!
Yes, the maple tree roots are a problem, they break the surface of the greenhouse floor in several places. 

But at this point removing it is not an option. To clarify, it is only one tree.  It is 70 years old, and absolutely ginormous.  It keeps the greenhouse cool in the summer and is home to several sets of squirrels and a pair of screech owls.

We had three trees cut down to make room for the greenhouse, but even if we cut down our maple tree, there are still the neighbors tree roots. We have a pretty small yard, and the greenhouse takes up half of it.

The property line is just past the maple tree, and six feet to the right of the greenhouse. The rhodies you can see on the left are right up against the house. So yeah, it is pretty tight back there!

I guess I will see what happens!

Cheers, Carolyn

Brian, eyeckr, and anyone else,
You bet! Come on over! We are only a 6 hour drive from Yellowstone's western entrance, and Boise has a really nice water park.

This has also inspired me to do a video of my greenhouse!

How about if all of us "greenhousers" post videos and we can put them in a special thread. That would be fun!

As for the quail eggs, here is what I did -
Mini eggs benedicts!




Cheers,
Carolyn

They do not have bicolor on their website. I love them and I do buy from them. Two of my three current adult plants are from there, as seeds.

Carolyn

I grow cacao instead of bicolor because I can find the seeds and fruit!!! 
I'd love to grow others but can't get my hands on them. Seedlings from EBay are risky at best.

Carolyn

I am always amazed at what tastes change after eating miracle berries. They get rid of the heat in spicy foods, take the metallic taste out of your mouth caused by certain medications, and change the flavor of mediocre fruits. If only they would make coffee taste sweet!!

Carolyn

Hi All,
Hubby found these for me. Here is what I know -
Not from a palm (that is the extent of his tree knowledge).
1 inch diameter. Looks lsimilar to dried raspberry. Black in color.
Mayans used it as medicine.
Dried, hard, lightweight, smells like coffee or toffee.
Nothing inside so I am thinking it is an aggregate fruit and each drupelet is a seed or contains a seed.
Drupelets have no taste, but are quite dried up.


Ideas???

Thanks!!
Carolyn

Going Bananas has a huge variety of plants.  When they were still doing mail order I got some things from them.  Now they are local only, by appointment. They are in Homestead.
I really like their stuff, and am sad I have to travel there to get corms.

Carolyn

As a general rule, plant seeds to a depth of  1 1/2 times the size of the seed. Tiny seeds I put right on top of the soil and sprinkle a little vermiculite on top, then keep the vermiculite damp.

Ok, a couple of things. I think you might be killing it with attention.

The pot is probably too big. It is holding a lot of water. Forget the top two inches and stick a spoon clear to the bottom of the pot and pull out a bit of soil. I bet it is sopping wet. I am guessing the leaves look like that because the roots are drowning and can't pick up enough nutrients.

Organic fertilizer doesn't work in potting soil because there are no beneficial micro organisms in the soil to break them down and deliver them, months later, to the plant.

I don't know how on earth almost straight peat moss can be giving you a pH of 6.8. Are you measuring the pH of the water??? Stop the RO water. pH is too high. Just use rainwater. Rain water should be about 5.5 or so.

 I would repot in a smaller pot, in 2/3 peat, almost 1/3 perlite, and a bit of regular potting soil. I always put some small chunk bark on top of my pots as a water breaker, to keep all the perlite from floating to the top.  Mix some Osmocote Plus into the top inch or so of soil and quit putting everything else on it.

Don't worry about the red leaves, you are probably not giving it too much light. Mine always come in with red leaves and they are pretty big and fruit like crazy.

Carolyn

bought some seeds from this website about 8 days ago and till today they didnt ship my seeds nor they responded to my emails
i dont who bought from them but i think i got scammed

Patience, Grasshopper. You may be expecting instant gratification, but be careful before dissing someone.  Could hurt your reputation!

Carolyn

These are all now SOLD.

I have some fresh babaco papaya cuttings for sale!
US only
$5 each plus postage

Carefully packaged with bubble wrap, all cuttings are marked as to which direction is "up"

Shipping depends on length of cutting and how many I can fit in a box, as listed below.  Will ONLY send Priority.
Priority shipping for up to six 8 1/2 inch cuttings is $10.40
Priority shipping for up to ten 12 inch cuttings is $18.40

PM me if interested

Thanks!
Carolyn

Definitely best to get recommendations, like those above, from areas that have your same basic weather.
Here in the high desert and almost 3,000 ft in elevation, "full sun" has a whole other meaning than a humid, cloudy place closer to sea level.
Things that are labelled as full sun can fry to a crisp here out in the open, but when planted in shade or dappled sun they thrive.

Carolyn