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Gunnar - I've got my addiction under control now. Those last 3 years of the 12 step programsreally work!Really.....other than switching out some undesireables, I'm DONE!!!!!! Gary
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Quote from: MangoFang on September 17, 2014, 11:20:42 PMGunnar - I've got my addiction under control now. Those last 3 years of the 12 step programsreally work!Really.....other than switching out some undesireables, I'm DONE!!!!!! GaryGary...I don't believe that "98% done"....lol.We'll have to rekindle your addiction next year with some varieties you don't have....Peach Cobbler, White Pirie or ST Maui, and some others. After next month, I'll have all of these in Southern California...so you won't have to buy from TT...just get a cutting from me and go at it!
Quote from: wslau on September 17, 2014, 11:43:52 PMQuote from: MangoFang on September 17, 2014, 11:20:42 PMGunnar - I've got my addiction under control now. Those last 3 years of the 12 step programsreally work!Really.....other than switching out some undesireables, I'm DONE!!!!!! GaryGary...I don't believe that "98% done"....lol.We'll have to rekindle your addiction next year with some varieties you don't have....Peach Cobbler, White Pirie or ST Maui, and some others. After next month, I'll have all of these in Southern California...so you won't have to buy from TT...just get a cutting from me and go at it!Warren, I believe Gary he's done . He is perfecting his grafting skill I can't believe he butcher his beloved Manny and grafted a bunch of LZ
well.....based on my grafting skills, that manila may be a widowerbefore long.....I'm so bad at it, and I don't know why....they lookgreat to me! Thanks, JF, for the encouragement.Mr. Slice & Dice(PS - Warren - I am going to pull out my apple and pear trees which really don't do wellout here, so there will be a spot to fill...but hey, maybe I'll be looking at some otherfruit...who knows....)
Hi guys, I have a new twist to my saga with Top Tropicals. A day after I contacted my credit card to dispute the charges with Top Tropicals I received an email from Heather. She said that they weren't able to get a straight answer from their plant expert so they were going to replace both of my trees! Today I received a call from Christy at Top Tropicals. They are going to replace my 3 gallon Southern Blush with a 7 gallon Southern Blush and my 7 gallon mislabeled Cushman with a 7 gallon Sweet Tart (per my request). The trees will ship Monday with ground shipping. I should receive them on Thursday or Friday of next week. Wish me luck!I don't know if getting my credit card company involved had anything to do with it or not. Christy did say that Heather is not working for Top Tropicals anymore. Maybe she was giving other customers the same bad customer service she gave me. I have no idea. All I know is I'm happy and should have new trees soon.As a side note I was told by what I think is a reliable source that Zill has grafted Fruit Punch trees and will release them in the spring or summer. Depending on when they are ready size wise.Do you guys think replacing the Cushman with a Sweet Tart was a good idea? Some people say the Cushman is great and others say it is just so so. Everyone says the Sweet Tart is great so I thought I would probable like it better. Time will tell.Bill
I don't know if getting my credit card company involved had anything to do with it or not.
Today I received a call from Christy at Top Tropicals. They are going to replace my 3 gallon Southern Blush with a 7 gallon Southern Blush and my 7 gallon mislabeled Cushman with a 7 gallon Sweet Tart (per my request). The trees will ship Monday with ground shipping. I should receive them on Thursday or Friday of next week. Wish me luck!
They are likely from the same source, so you're probably going to get another tree with malformation. Also, please destroy the tree that you've confirmed has malformation. It's not worth the risk of it spreading to other trees in your yard or throughout your state.
I had bad experience with Top Tropicals first time around (when heather was there), day after placing the order I wanted to cancel and they dinged me with handling charges, while plant was not going to ship for another 3 days.Fast forward 4 months, again, I had to call them to cancel Dwarf Hawaiian Raposa as I got confused with "Dwarf Hawaiian", they replaced it after talking to Christy and mentioning that dont give me bad experience twice! Then I was told that my Peach Cobbler that I ordered in 3gal was out of stock, instead they are shipping 7 gal. wow!I think although I had to remind them to not screw me second time around, I believe Top Tropicals is trying very hard to be better service oriented. I will give them a benefit of doubt.
I hope it's Florida standard 7 gal and not CA standard where CA sell 15 Gal that is actually smaller than Florida 7 gal. Lol
....I think although I had to remind them to not screw me second time around, I believe Top Tropicals is trying very hard to be better service oriented. I will give them a benefit of doubt.