The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hey everyone, finally going to post pictures of my trees, starting with the "Black Pearl" Wax Jambu,

Hey everyone, for a good soursop alternative im' planning to grow mountain soursop here because of it's resistance to cold, and low humidity, just to keep things easy though, im' ONLY going to buy from someone in the US because I don't want to have to deal with all the ag stuff. Thank-you, seed sources for it would be nice too. Regards below

Hey everyone, looked at my collection today and noticed that my 2 African custard apple trees had died for some unknown reason, they were 2-3 yrs. old and started from seed( the source was Tradewinds). Anyway I would like a new tree or 2 to put here because I have always wanted to taste an african annona OTHER than Junglesop which there is a 92% chance your not going to try it unless you take a trip to africa and search day and night for it. Reminds me, I had a dream that I took a trip to africa and brought back junglesop scion and grafted it onto cherimoya rootstock. I woke up from that good dream in the next 1-2 min. Thanks everyone

Hey everyone, l was looking for some pineapple alternative, so I found the Screw Pine fruit, looks similar, is edible, and supposedly tastes good. All help is appreciated, Thank-you

Hey everyone, I did some research and found that the Seashore Mangosteen(Garcinia hombroniana) would be MUCH easier to grow and fruit here than normal mangosteen. So does anybody have or no of a source where to get plants? Thank-you

Hey everyone, I am getting bored of common cherimoyas and biribas so I decided to try some other rollinias, this one seems to have nice fruit, not sure how cold hardy, could someone notify me of how cold hardy it is and how much humidity it rerquires? Thank U all

Hey everyone, I had some Salak seeds from Oscar, and I planted them and 1 month later I pulled them out and there were wriggling fungus gnat larvae in there drilling through the seed, only 2 survived, but if the wrath of the larvae comes again, what would be an easy, non-pesticide way to kill em'?

Hey everyone, so I love the taste of durian, hate the smell, and would absolutely love to grow a species with good quality fruit that can survive low humidity, about 50%-75% and our low 55 degree temperatures and average 65-75 temps although about 7 times a year we get below that, sometimes less. So I already know that Durio Macrantha with about 10 years in a greenhouse would do well here, but that is near impossible to obtain from where I live, so are there easier to obtain same cold tolerance if not more species I could obtain seeds of with little trouble? Pleased with any help at all, Regards-PM

Hey everyone, this is a poll to see what people think the peskiest tree is to grow in even a tropical climate, will be judged on Disease Resistance, Wind Resistance, Flood Resistance, 80% or higher humidity, 65% or Higher Temperatures, and Pest Resistance. Thank-you for your time, Regards-PM

Hey everyone, I was on the Pine Island Nursery website and I just saw that they got all of this new stuff in stock such as the Mammea Apple which I love and I was thinking of ordering one, but the question is has anyone ever fruited it here in SoCal or Cali? Thank-you, Regards-PM

Hello everyone, would like to get some Sal. Wallachiana seeds as they are one of the hardiest of the Salak family and given 4-8 yrs. may fruit in zone 9b with low humidity(50%-75%), so does anyone currently have seeds or know of a good source? Thank-you, PM

Hey everyone, every time that I order seeds from Trade-Winds, They don't sprout for about 3-6 months and then I check on them and they have these revolting pulsating worms gobbling down the inside of the side until it is just a mushy shell. This happens with every single one of my orders from Trade-Winds, anyone else had the same problem. The other reason I find this strange is that I was using just opened Sterile Seed Starter and I didn't overwater the seeds, just gave them the amount given on the package, and the seeds were Actindia Arguta, Rollinia Deliciosa, Actindia deliciosa, Annona Purperea, Annona Cherimola, Averrhoa Carombola, Monstera Deliciosa, Annona Senegalensis, Raimondia sp., and Couroupita Nicaraugensis. All the seeds had different worms but they did the same thing, ordered a seed sand-which and ate up like it was there last meal. Regards-PM

Hey everyone, in a recent post of mine asking about some trees I was told that Green Sapote would be a little hardier than the mamay but I already have a large mamey thats in the ground so I can't sell it. Instead I wish to purchase a Green Sapote tree to go along with the Mamey. So anybody know of a registered nursery in SoCal that sell 5 gal. or bigger for a good price?- regards- PM