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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Eugenia mattosii

« on: February 19, 2018, 01:29:31 PM »

10 seeds - 20 USD shipping included . Taking pre orders now , fruit is ripening .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / And another one ...

« on: January 12, 2018, 07:56:23 PM »

Even though it is not really the right time of the year I have been planting lots of seedlings in the ground at the orchard ( pressure from my wife and I must admit I was exaggerating ) Couldn't read the name on this one anymore , may be a weed ...someone knows ....

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Good or bad bug ?

« on: November 20, 2017, 06:19:08 PM »

I've had these once in a while , so far I did kill them all .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / What's the name again ??

« on: November 17, 2017, 12:49:07 PM »

I am updating my growing list and I don't remember the name of this one : Fruit size like a very small chicken egg , crunchy like an apple , white pulp , branches have thorns , popular in CA .

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Eugenia stipitata var. Sororia seeds for sale .

« on: November 02, 2017, 06:45:46 PM »

10 seeds including registered mail for 20 USD .

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Is Akee fruiting somewhere now ?

« on: October 25, 2017, 12:22:18 PM »

I have a FB friend in Portugal who's looking for seeds .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Gardening by the moon-phases

« on: October 16, 2017, 06:24:25 PM »

Sowing , planting , pruning , grafting according to the moon-phase , is anybody following these rules and does it really make a difference ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Strange ( bad ) fruiting year so far for 2017 .

« on: September 26, 2017, 08:15:53 PM »

Don't know about you folks but so far 2017 was not really a good fruiting year , actually very poor . Some trees didn't even flower at all . Others on the other side had unusual heavy crops . Did any of you experience the same ?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Out of season Mexican ( Luc's ) Garcinia

« on: September 25, 2017, 08:12:01 PM »

Since I deal with lots and lots of these seeds , cleaning them and let dry for shipping , some get stolen by wildlife and end up germinated in unusual places . Most of the time I cut these down or pull them out . Some that are not really in the way of planting space for other trees I leave them for experimenting with later on . Well ...one of these produced good size fruits now , not normal ...season usually ends latest in July . Never noticed them since this tree ( only 2 meters tall ) grows in an not much visited area outside of the orchard .

Only 30 some seeds available @ 2 USD each plus shipping . Due to problems with US customs ( people with no permit ) I'd rather sell the whole badge to ONE person outside of the USA . Sorry .

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Eugenia stipitata var. Sororia

« on: September 08, 2017, 01:40:36 PM »

Some of you missed them last season , available now 1 Euro or 1 USD each , average shipping between 5 and 10 USD / Euro . Depending quantity / weight .

Also available Mabolo and Kwai Muk at 1 each .

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Pouteria hypoglauca - Cinnamon aple

« on: September 01, 2017, 09:09:12 PM »

First fruiting , grapefruit size fruits , only 20 seeds available at 3 usd plus shipping , they do take a long time germinating ( 4 months ) , excellent quality ..

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Mabolo anyone ?

« on: August 22, 2017, 09:05:58 PM »

Seeds available for sale in one week . Very sweet variety , no rotten Camembert taste or smell . PM .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Jatropa

« on: August 21, 2017, 12:33:43 PM »

Is there a way to distinguish the edible variety from the toxic one ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bilimbi ....not acid ..

« on: July 08, 2017, 08:43:17 PM »

Finally got to taste my own bilimbi , fruits were only about 10 cm long ( no idea how large they get in their natural habitat ) Found a few fruits on the ground and was prepared to have my tong burned ( was also eager to use the fruit to clean the blade of an antique Malaysian Kris ( dagger / sword ) I read somewhere that's what they use the fruit for besides in cooking ) Surprise ....I am not gonna say it was sweet like a mango but for sure a lot sweeter than some of my Eugenia pyriformis . First I just licked the fruit ( cut in half ) almost no acidity so I took a good bite 1/2 of the fruit . I didn't have to run to the pharmacy for anti acid pills at all , was actually a pleasant flavor . Now the question is : did I end up with one of those kinda rare sweet ones ( thanks to my Indian friend who send me the seeds )

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Kaffir lime problems .

« on: June 26, 2017, 07:16:21 PM »

I am not a Citrus guy , actually I removed most of them for fear of HLB . Now my beautiful Kaffir 3 meters tall lost all his leaves , the few Citrus I kept are doing great , all growing in the same area . The Kaffir has never flowered or fruited , other Citrus much younger have fruit now . Some thing in the soil maybe ? Or since we had an extremely long dry season did I water too much ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Inga ??

« on: June 24, 2017, 06:53:04 PM »

Any idea what type of Inga this is ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Eugenia copacabanensis

« on: June 23, 2017, 06:44:51 PM »

June 2017 flowering ( 2nd year )

Hopefully the rains won't knock of the flowers .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Now this is realy embarassing - Eugenia mattosii

« on: June 03, 2017, 06:25:06 PM »

In 1996 I brought back from Brazil ONE single seed , now ( I measured it , 3 meters wide and 1.70 meters tall ) Since last year I decided to plant some seeds for back up ( one never knows , I had trees doing wonderful and then suddenly die ) All seedlings did great up to 5 cm tall and then gave up ... I did send seeds to quite a few of you and would like to hear what you did to keep these going , type of soil , water etc...

This year I am gonna prepare several types of soil mixtures from extremely poor to very fertile , some with coffee grounds ( would Starbucks be a good brand ...LOL...) , or am I getting too old and loosing my green thumb ...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pouteria glomerata ( ex hypoglauca ) - Cinnamon apple .

« on: June 03, 2017, 05:59:25 PM »

This does not grow wild in my area but further south ( Oaxaca , Yucatan etc..) Can anybody tell me , how do I know when the fruit is ripe , some say it doesn't turn yellow and must fall by itself from the tree , a friend send me a few ( Fedex ) and said they would be ripe on arrival . Look at the pic ...to me they are not ripe yet ...probably the seeds will be ready but I am afraid to screw up and also get a bad impression about the fruit itself ( if still unripe ) What do you folks think ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / What is the difference between Talisia olivaeformis and Melicoccus bijugatus

« on: May 12, 2017, 09:48:26 AM »

They both look the same to me ..

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Eugenia punicifolia are available now .

« on: April 19, 2017, 07:57:43 PM »

PM if interested .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Eugenia sp . not identified yet .

« on: April 18, 2017, 03:12:10 PM »

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / For sale , last Myrciaria glazioviana for this season.

« on: April 11, 2017, 07:27:01 PM »

1 USD each plus shipping . PM if interested .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Chrysophyllum oliviforme

« on: March 28, 2017, 09:23:24 PM »

What is your opinion about this fruit ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cherimoya or A. reticulata ??

« on: March 08, 2017, 02:26:02 PM »

A friend from southern Mexico send me these pics , since I am not in Cherimoya country I am not sure what they are ...
the area where these grow is very hot and dry , so maybe some type of reticulata ?

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