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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Spacing for a garcina hedge
« on: April 12, 2023, 03:19:15 PM »
I would stagger them in a zigzag manner
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Fruit Trees for Yard on Canal with Iguanas
« on: April 12, 2023, 10:03:32 AM »
Maybe they were going to come back with an iguana recipe book link.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Spring Rain on the Way for South Florida?
« on: April 11, 2023, 08:32:41 PM »
Went nuts here all night and day; 3.17" since midnight, 3.52 inches since Sunday. Cool and breezy too
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Spring Rain on the Way for South Florida?
« on: April 11, 2023, 09:20:44 AM »
.8 inches overnight here
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pickering: New Growth Dying
« on: April 08, 2023, 09:23:00 AM »
Looks like something is munching on tender new growth.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia Cross Species Grafting
« on: April 07, 2023, 03:10:29 PM »
Cool thread! I'm curious re what can be grafted onto e. uniflora, as I have probably 50+ of them growing around the fence line. The fruit sux (look beautiful), but if can graft something good on them, would be lovely.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Too hot to graft Mango?
« on: April 05, 2023, 04:14:44 PM »
Best time to graft mangoes in FL is summer. Heat not a problem. You want scions with energy, ready to pop new growth. Protecting new grafts with shade cloth or other means is wise, and try to keep the graft union dry. Good luck!
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Searching for Plants, Cuttings, or Seeds of Passiflora Nitida
« on: April 05, 2023, 11:06:45 AM »
PM sent
Updated pic of p. nitida, going kind of nuts
Updated pic of p. nitida, going kind of nuts
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: FL summer gardening ideas - best tasting & productive vegetables/herbs
« on: April 04, 2023, 12:43:39 PM »Peanuts
Which peanuts do best?
Growing some here, forget the variety.
Green peanuts are the best to me, harvested when still a little soft. Makes the best boiled peanuts.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Mango tree thread
« on: April 04, 2023, 12:07:26 PM »
Ceci Love seedling we are growing has leaves that smell very piney and spicy when crushed. While I do like the piney mangoes a bit, it's not my fav of flavor profiles. Hopefully it's more like its mother than it seems.
Might need to do more controlled crossing. For next flowering season, was thinking of attaching a mesh tube between Sweet Tart and Ceci Love, letting some flies in, and crossing them.
Might need to do more controlled crossing. For next flowering season, was thinking of attaching a mesh tube between Sweet Tart and Ceci Love, letting some flies in, and crossing them.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: FL summer gardening ideas - best tasting & productive vegetables/herbs
« on: April 03, 2023, 10:26:24 AM »
Okra rocks! Will try your recipe Galatians. I like it fried too.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Macro Fruitography and Zoom Shots
« on: April 02, 2023, 07:29:54 PM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Macro Fruitography and Zoom Shots
« on: April 01, 2023, 07:38:02 PM »
Yes, lubbers are back, and they LUB crinum and even mango leaves. We call them demons. On larger plants, not an issue. On a small tree or ornamental, unwelcome and worthy of das boot!
Jumping spider is spectacular! Great shot Daintree!! People actually keep those as pets, probably sitting on a spider gold mine over there
Jumping spider is spectacular! Great shot Daintree!! People actually keep those as pets, probably sitting on a spider gold mine over there
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Macro Fruitography and Zoom Shots
« on: April 01, 2023, 04:14:12 PM »
In ground COTRG
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Florida Betony
« on: March 31, 2023, 10:27:49 PM »Ya just can't stop getting more stuff. I feel the same. If it grows well and it's food or medicine I want it here. I really have a collection beyond my control but it keeps me on my toes for sure. I now do the plant nursery thing full time. Hopefully that'll help me keep up. Potted up a ton of stuff today. Still planning on doing more. Labour of love though. All I wanna do is screw with plants in my own yard all day and live off my efforts. A bit scary fully relying on myself now but hell I already made $140 just today having two people stop by. It's highly variable though. I could make $500 in a weekend or <$50 in a whole week. Don't have a ton of expenses though. My place is fully paid off.
Grow lots of my own food. Fully meat self sufficient but I rely on store bought feeds mostly though. Should pull up around 200-300 pounds of potatoes this year. Still gotta get sweet potatoes in too though. Got around 80lbs of regular potatoes last year and 65lbs of sweet potato. Hope to at least double or triple both those this year.
You are my dream neighbor =)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sapodilla tree won't grow
« on: March 31, 2023, 05:54:55 PM »
Chop that slacker tree down and plant something productive!
...maybe give it one more summer, but make sure it knows you mean business
...maybe give it one more summer, but make sure it knows you mean business
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What's your Favorite March to May 1st Fruit :In Zone 11 to 8 in North America.
« on: March 31, 2023, 05:50:25 PM »
I agree, mulberries! ...and sapodilla, until the mangoes start.
Passion fruit usually are in that zone and a fav, along with bananas.
Passion fruit usually are in that zone and a fav, along with bananas.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cocktail Trees
« on: March 31, 2023, 12:20:09 PM »
Great job building up some diversified fruit factories in your multi-graft trees!
I am jealous =)
4 varieties, including rootstock, is as far as I've gone (mangoes).
Gonna try doing a yangmei cocktail tree.
I am jealous =)
4 varieties, including rootstock, is as far as I've gone (mangoes).
Gonna try doing a yangmei cocktail tree.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: New seed drop! eBay auction page updated as well! Check it out!
« on: March 30, 2023, 08:22:40 PM »
$50 seed/plant/cutting/whatever is all relative. Thanks to inflation, $50 aint that much anymore anyway
I've got some reasonably priced and high priced stuff from Kam, most of which which was not available anywhere else.
The health/quality of plants and customer service have been superb.
No regrets, plants are all doing well and can't wait to try them and share.
I've got some reasonably priced and high priced stuff from Kam, most of which which was not available anywhere else.
The health/quality of plants and customer service have been superb.
No regrets, plants are all doing well and can't wait to try them and share.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with rooting mulberries - stage 2
« on: March 30, 2023, 04:06:04 PM »
With most varieties I've tried, good ole stick-it-in-the-dirt method is best because cheapest and easiest, with great outcomes. No need to unnecessarily overcomplicate things.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Parrot safe rare fruit
« on: March 30, 2023, 09:54:51 AM »
We feed our parrots all kinds of fruits, but she is a bit picky. Go lght with any new additions, and see how they do. I would be careful with seeds, annonas for example. No avocado. No cacao.
Would love to see pics of the parrots munching some fruit! =)
Would love to see pics of the parrots munching some fruit! =)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2023 Mango Season
« on: March 29, 2023, 10:00:30 PM »
Great pics and updates everyone! Still looking like a nice season.
Planted our 3 gal Sugar Loaf 4/2019. It held a few fruit last year, but critters beat me to them.
She's holding more this year:
Planted our 3 gal Sugar Loaf 4/2019. It held a few fruit last year, but critters beat me to them.
She's holding more this year:
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Orange essence versus Orange Sherbet bloom
« on: March 29, 2023, 09:52:04 AM »
From what I know, OE seems to be more precocious than OS. My bro in law's tree is way smaller than both of my OSs, and he had lots of flowers and now little fruits. I only have a few OS fruit.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with rooting mulberries - stage 2
« on: March 29, 2023, 09:49:52 AM »
I just shove several fresh cut sticks into dirt filled pots and water like crazy, dappled sunlight. Great takes. Wait till they grow a bit, lots of roots, then pull them up and separate the roots and repot. Can't recall ever losing one when repotting.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Filling In My Yard - Zone 10a
« on: March 27, 2023, 08:30:13 PM »
More mangoes
Thai/Indian jujube
Kwai muk
Carambola
Loquat
Annonas
Thai/Indian jujube
Kwai muk
Carambola
Loquat
Annonas
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