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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Anyone have Jackfruit seedlings?

« on: May 23, 2012, 09:47:36 PM »

I'm looking for about 5 jackfruit seedlings, to be used as rootstock for grafting. Preferably with trunk diameter a bit smaller than a pencil.

Would anyone happen to have some, or know where I could obtain some in central or southern FL?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / White Sapote in Florida - anyone had luck?

« on: May 23, 2012, 09:15:20 PM »

I'm considering adding a white sapote tree to my collection, but the more I dig, the more I read about peoples difficulties in getting these trees to produce fruit. Anyone here had luck in Florida, and if so, which cultivar has been successful?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pomegranate - Vietnam

« on: May 20, 2012, 04:19:01 PM »

Has anyone had firsthand experience with the Vietnam variety of Pomegranate? Is it truly everbearing, or does it typically bear one crop? How hard are the seeds? I typically eat the seeds from the supermarket poms - would the seeds be harder than those?

How well do they produce? Do the fruits and leaves succumb to fungus?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Info on Red Jaboticaba?

« on: May 20, 2012, 04:16:57 PM »

I have read the recent thread on jaboticabas, and saw several references to the red jaboticaba. I just picked one up at Pine Island yesterday.

Is this the same as the large leafed jaboticaba that is occasionally available in nurseries here in Florida? Or is this something new that Adam discovered? What is the origin of this cultivar? Are there any other names it goes by?

When does it typically fruit? Same times as sabara?

I noticed that it was mentioned that it likes full sun, whereas my sabara seems to like partial sun. Does it also like lots of water just like sabara?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mamey and Jackfruits - cold tolerant varieties for zone 10a

« on: April 29, 2012, 10:44:14 AM »

I'm curious about any opinions as to which varieties of Mameys or Jackfruits might survive in a location that is barely in zone 10a in Osprey, FL (1/4 mile from Intracoastal waterway). It is between Sarasota and Venice, FL.

I have been considering Mai 1 Jackfruit. Or would Black Gold be more realistic?

I have also been considering Pace and Viejo Mamey Sapotes.

Any thoughts?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Tree spacing recommendations?

« on: April 26, 2012, 08:50:34 PM »

I'm purchasing a home with 280 linear feet around the perimeter of the house that can be planted on. I'm trying to plan the spacing of the following trees and wanted some input as I whether these numbers seem realistic. I plan on typical pruning and keeping things 12 to 15 ft tall Thanks.

Avocado Marcus pumpkin 15'
Avocado Miguel 15'
Avocado Doni 15'
Avocado Monroe 15'
Atemoya Gefner 12'
Jaboticaba 12'
Orange Valencia 12'
Lychee Mauritius 20'
Lychee ohia 20'
Lychee kaimana 20'
Lychee poamoho 20'
Lychee sweetheart 20'
Lychee Groff 20'
Carambola Kari 15'
Persimmon triumph 10'
Persimmon winter set 8'
Key lime 8'
Dragonfruit