The Tropical Fruit Forum

Free giveaway! I am getting rid of several fruit trees I have. 3 different peach varieties. Barbados cherry. O’Rourke Fig. Only condition? You need to come and dig them up out of my yard where they are planted. Please bring enough dirt or topsoil to fill the hole back to level. I will be digging them up and getting rid of them but if anyone is willing to take them let me know. Location is Merritt island FL. Last condition is no one is allowed to re-sell. I’m a hobbyist trying to share with others. Don’t come get these just to pot up and sell for a profit.

I started a bunch of seedlings early in the year with the intention of simply seeing if I could be successful at grafting on to them. Several of the early ones appear to be of sufficient size. Is now an acceptable time of year to attempt this or should I wait until spring time? Anyone with some experience would be appreciated. Location is Florida.

I’ve done this here a few times so here goes another one. I have some things I want gone. No charge but I will not ship anything and the in ground trees you will need to dig up. I have a shovel and I’ll help but I won’t remove them until you get here. If you feel obligated to exchange money please donate to any non political charity my choice would be the SPCA but nothing is required or expected. Ok so here’s what I’m getting rid of.

In a pot I have a mulberry tree I grew from cutting that was very green up until about a month ago and while it is still green the Florida summer sun and living life in a bucket many leaves have fallen off. It needs to go in ground. Not sure what type it is as I got the cutting from someone that didn’t know.

Brown Turkey fig in a pot. Looks the same. Same reasons probably.

Shishito pepper plant.

Unknown hot pepper plant. I was gifted seeds and tried the peppers and didn’t like them much. They are spicy. Just not a flavor I really liked.

Dwarf June plum. This thing just won’t die. I dug it up and threw it in a bucket so I could plant something else in its place. The thing looked deader than Jeffrey Epstein but I just watered the carcass of a tree every day and after a month it started sprouting all over. Looks to have fresh fruit growing on it as well. I didn’t like the fruit so it goes.  Very easy to propagate and I hear it grows true from seed.

All the above are in pots. Some are in buckets I turned in to pots. I would like the buckets back the pots are cheap nursery pots I don’t really care about. If you plan to keep them in a bucket I would appreciate a replacement bucket or $5 so I can buy another one from Home Depot. Food grade buckets only as the others rot in the sun fairly quick. Like those darn orange Home Depot things.

In ground I have a Smith fig. The darn figs do this every year when summer gets hot they need water daily or their leaves fall off and they just sit there looking miserable. It is a strange shaped tree but it is very much so alive and needs someone better than me to keep it healthy. And possibly a little shade from peak summer sun. The figs from this tree look like leftover produce you forgot about in the bottom of your fridge but they are one of the best tasting.

Gold finger banana in ground. The thing with digging up bananas you want gone is they have all this root system underground and unless you dig up every last bit it comes back to life. I want it gone so this means all the way gone. It is likely a good banana but they need wind protection and mine just don’t get any so they are green but that’s about it.

Some unknown banana that suffers from the same wind issues as above. Makes small bananas. Never tried them because as soon as it flowers a thunderstorm takes it down in an effort to watch me use profanity when I realize the damage.

So there it is. All free. Just please make an attempt to keep them alive. A picture of it in ground somewhere would be nice to know they survived the journey.

So apparently Green Jungle in Orlando has a recording saying they are closed for Corona virus. I looked for an email and on their Facebook page and couldn’t find out when they plan to open. Any chance someone here knows when they plan to open or have some other inside knowledge? Thanks

Looking for a Kari and either a Bell or Sri Kembangan carambola tree. In an ideal world I would like to pick up an Orange Sherbet mango at the same time. Local nurseries in Merritt Island, cocoa and Rockledge are all out and I don’t want to drive all the way to Excalibur unless I really need to. 

I am making some room for new things in the yard. I will be removing figs and bananas and if you would like them feel free to contact me and we will arrange a time to come get them. I feel bad about killing them and discarding them but I need the space.

Figs:
LSU Purple
Desert King
(Possibly more later)

Bananas
Raja Puri
Some unknown I believe it to be an apple banana
Maybe the improved Mysore can’t remember the actual name but also not sure on this one yet. 

The LSU purple is very bushy and likely could be separated into 3 different trees. I am not interested in shipping or separating cuttings. Each banana has maybe 10 or so shoots and could easily be separated into a lot of plants. Timeframe is this week. Probably within the next few days. I do not require any compensation or trades. If someone wants to be a true hero to the group feel free to come get them all and ship out to people but I just don’t have the time or desire to do the work. I live in Merritt Island FL. If someone lives close(within 20-30 minutes) I would be willing to use my truck to help move everything especially if I had help digging them all up.

I’m shedding the ones that weren’t the low maintenance or shape or type of fruit I wanted. I have several I want gone. For sure an LSU purple that could honestly be turned into a few trees due to it sprouting from the ground far enough apart you could probably cut it on into separate trees with roots. The Nero 600m is most likely spoken for. A Celeste/TN mountain. Probably want the desert king gone as well and maybe one more I just am not sure about yet. You will need to dig them up and I will not dig and ship. I do have shovels and I will help. I would appreciate a small donation so I can buy some soil/ black cow for what will replace them but if not I won’t complain much either. Trees are all 3-4 feet tall and were started as cuttings in March of 2018. I also have a Brazilian red banana that I would like dug up and taken away also. If possible I would love to trade for a pup from any banana variety I don’t have preferably something that makes full size bananas as all mine are minis except for one.

Rumor has it I can grow peaches here. What varieties and can I still put them in ground now or should I wait?  Thanks so Much!

I have been having a talk with another forum member via messenger about HLB resistant/tolerant citrus and one of the types that came up was the Honeybell. I went out and bought a couple Honeybell fruits the following day and was blown away by how good they are and easy to peel and eat. I would love to grow one of these trees but being unsure of how it is affected by citrus greening I am hesitant. This other member suggested that he/she believes that it has some resistance as Florida growers have started to replace their infected trees with the Honeybell. Can anyone comment on this or know if this is working? I did not ask permission to use this individuals screen name hence the anonymity however feel free to chime in here if you like. I would be excited to grow this variety but I would be hesitant to grow something that would just end up dying or not producing down the road. If anyone has any info on this or any other resistant/tolerant varieties please share. I am excited about the prospect of this type or any for that matter that will do well. I’m in Florida space coast 9b. Thanks!

I’ve done searches and found mixed results. My NDM died but I have a Peach mango and Thai Everbearing both of which have one fairly tall and one much smaller stem. I would like. To. Trim the not true to type one back and research seems to show most people are of the opinion to trim the smaller one but some disagree. Is there a consensus here? Thanks!

I have been doing a season long tasting with as many varieties of mangos as I can get thanks to Tropical Acres Farms which I will post the results of my tastings at a later date. Spoiler alert. They are incredible! Mango heaven. Anyway... I have decided to plant a Duncan for now maybe another later. If I get a tree in ground this month am I making a mistake? Is it too late? Would the tree be healthier if I waited until spring? Zone 9b space coast FL and the plan would be a largeish tree if I can find one somewhere. Thanks!

Last year was a big year of filling most of my yard with several different fruit trees. I currently have at least two prime spots left with which to plant. One of those spots will likely be a mango of some type to compliment the three I already have in the back yard but I would love to do an avocado on the other side of the front yard. Behind the house I already have a Wurtz avocado that I planted last year. It has very little progress last year but so far is really putting on some growth this year. I bought this avocado as I heard that it would maintain a compact growth habit and that was important based on its current location however I have a little more room up front. I would like to grow a tree that can be kept ideally under 12 feet with pruning so I can get to all the fruit but if it got a little taller that would be ok. The Wurtz I understand is an “A” type avocado I believe so in an ideal world I would want one that is a B type if there are good varieties to choose from. I would like a good quality fatty Hasslike fruit and the longer the ripening season the better especially if it ripens at different times than the Wurtz. I am on the Space Coast of Florida in zone 9B very close to salt/brackish water. My soil drains very well but is basically all just sand. Where I am located close to the water I often have milder temperatures than only a few miles inland but I still do hit 30 degrees as a low a couple times a year and high 20s can happen one night every 10 years or so. If anyone could please suggest what varieties I should look at that meet my desires as well as will grow well in my climate and soil type. I originally had considered a Gwen but saw that it is an A type and although self fertile I hear having an A and a B in the same yard(opposite sides of the house unfortunately) can make both produce better. I appreciate any help that you all may have and thank you!

Hello all and thank you again for all of your wisdom. I have two different banana pups I was hoping to remove for a friend and wanted to make sure they are big enough and healthy enough to thrive when removed. What are your thoughts? One is dwarf Namwa the other is some kind of Brazilian red. I apologize the photos aren’t in the right order but only two different pups here just one of the photos of each I put my hand in the photo for size reference. Thanks.