what happens when u lose your newbie statusyou get three yellow boxes and you are termed a "member".
Hello and thanks for the welcome.
I suspect very few pawpaw trees have been tried in the Denver area (what's locally called the "Front Range", right along the base of the Rocky Mountains) because their ideal growing environment- acidic, well-drained soil with protection from wind, moderate to high humidity-- is not what we have here. We get 70-100 MPH winds blowing down off the mountains several times a year, very low humidity, and we have alkaline, non-draining bentonite clay soil. A pickaxe is usually required if it gets dry and you need to dig a hole. A pawpaw tree haphazardly placed in the ground here has little chance of survival. With proper siting, on top of a hill for drainage, protected from wind by buildings and other trees, it appears it is possible to grow them in this area.
I planted two pawpaw trees (seedlings) about 12 years ago, about 6 feet apart. One died after 3 years, the other has now been blooming for the past 3 years but has yet to bear a fruit. Last year I did a search through local plant societies and found what was widely believed (among the social plant enthusiasts, anyhow) to be the only blooming pawpaw tree along the front range. It was also planted about 12 years ago as one of two grafted plants; according to the owner, both grafts died and re-sprouted from the rootstock, then one of his trees died entirely. He has had fruit form on his remaining tree, so it must be self-fertile. Mine certainly doesn't seem to be, and even after exchanging pollen with his tree last year, I still didn't get fruit.
Last summer I planted 6 more grafted pawpaws, but it will likely be a few years before they bloom. I'm planning on harvesting some budwood from some of my grafted pawpaws to attempt grafts onto my mature tree this spring; if I get lucky I'll be able to try the selected varieties in 2013! I'm still hoping I can successfully cross-pollinate it with the other tree 70 miles away this spring to see if my seedling's fruit is even worth eating.
Kevin
Hey everyone! My name is Kyle and Im in central Ohio. I am interested in growing tropical fruits, wrist watches and I am obsessed with fishing. I have always had a passion for plants but about a year ago I came across an article on miracle fruit and I had to have one. I then met OhioJay and ended up with many more plants than just miracle fruit. I have recently thinned out what I have as we have bought a new house and I've been busy with it and our old home. right now I have a Grumichama tree, 5 miracle fruit bushes, tazmanian poppy, a couple dragon fruits, 2 Butch T trinidad scorpions, bhut jalokia, fatali, white habs.
I look forward to being a member of the forum.
Kyle
I was Mango Dog at the "other" forum and had to change to MangoFang as "god" was taken. (Yeah, Murahlin - not a "dog" had been used here but a "god" apparently was....somebody's got a spelling problem ::) yes? Just kidding....)
Interesting. I hope the new grafted pawpaws work out. I was looking at the map where you put your location and it is amazing to see your location actually at the base of the rockies. I did not think it was going to be so apparent. That must be an amazing view though. The flat land in Florida is boring to look at but nice to drive on.
Terrible view! Don't know how you stand it. Murahilin would never survive in a location that is not flat as a pancake. The smallest of hills wears him out!! ::)
I've been for the most part a quiet reader on Gardenweb and Yahoo Rare Fruit. I am a police officer by profession and live 30mins north of Tampa with average winter lows of 20-25f. I have a growing collection of tropcial and subtropical fruits and my favorite fruit is lychee. I have been fairly sucessful fruiting in-ground tropical fruit trees in a not-so tropical location. My hopes are set of fruiting an in-ground jackfruit.
Marcus
Terrible view! Don't know how you stand it. Murahilin would never survive in a location that is not flat as a pancake. The smallest of hills wears him out!! ::)
Many athletes come to Colorado to train, as our high altitude forces the body to produce more red blood cells. When an acclimated individual returns to a lower elevation, they have much more energy and endurance. I'm always shocked when I'm on vacation and go snorkeling at just how long I can hold my breath at sea level. Perhaps Murahilin just needs to vacation in the Rocky Mountains, Tibet or the Andes before trying to climb any hills. :) The Himalayas and Andes have more interesting fruits than the Rockies, but the plane ticket may be more expensive.
I will be planting an Atemoya and a Longan. Maybe a Lychee and or an avocado.
Hello everyone. My name is Jeremy, and I have been growing sub-tropicals/tropicals for about 6 years now. I have successfully fruited lychees for years now, but the trees are finally coming into their prime fruiting age, so good things are expected from this time onward.
Hey Oscar, the Tazziberries(Chilean Guava) are extremely, I mean absolutely delicious! No kidding, they smell and taste kind of like cotton candy mixed with berry. Unfortunately, mine were very small, smaller than a blueberry and my specific variety didn't turn completely red, mine were very light pink with some green on it. If they were bigger and more red, they would be even more amazing.
Simon
I'm in Venus too, but weekends only. I wish I had a greenhouse, as I've lost every citrus tree, a "cold-hardy" Winter Mexican avocado, and other items to the hard freezes.
In Venus (9b) I have started a lot, but nothing has fruited yet: Angie and Jean Ellen mangoes (Fairchild), Loquat, key lime, jaboticaba, two seedling jaks (from Warren), three seedling kwai muk, imbe seedlings (Fruit and Spice Park), three banana varieties that are supposed to do well in zone 9, (Going Bananas), pineapples, charichuela (Whitman) (in pot, has flowered but no fruit), 4 garciania gardineria (sp? Whitman), moringa oleifera (sp?? the Kampong.) Ed is in the process of sending me some mulberries and hardy avocados. I have ordered Sunshine Blue blueberry plants and a couple other blueberry varieties to try.
I was very interested to see some posts on low chill northern fruits, because I want to try them, now that I can't grow much of the tropicals. I have a small greenhouse for the cold nights.
When I am not working on the fruit trees, I have more orchids than you can shake a stick at, even after giving away half of them, bamboo, and a vegetable garden.
Erica
Hey Oscar, the Tazziberries(Chilean Guava) are extremely, I mean absolutely delicious! No kidding, they smell and taste kind of like cotton candy mixed with berry. Unfortunately, mine were very small, smaller than a blueberry and my specific variety didn't turn completely red, mine were very light pink with some green on it. If they were bigger and more red, they would be even more amazing.
Simon
Sounds good Whit! Now where to get seeds or starts?
Oscar
My name is Ron just moved in to a home 1/3 acre in Kendall (Miami) and have set up a nice little collection of trees. Thanks to forum members Jeff and Sleep I now have;
Mango: Pickering, Neelam, Angie, and Coconut Cream
Ron
Hi John, welcome to the group. Your plantings look very nice. Been to Fiji a few times...i love Fiji and Fijian people! What island are you on?I'm on the most northern part of Viti Levu, the biggest island (the pin on the forum map is exactly on my farm). It's an intermediate rainfall area, which is great for citrus and mango. Too dry for vanilla and a few other tree crops.
Oscar
Hi John, welcome to the group. Your plantings look very nice. Been to Fiji a few times...i love Fiji and Fijian people! What island are you on?I'm on the most northern part of Viti Levu, the biggest island (the pin on the forum map is exactly on my farm). It's an intermediate rainfall area, which is great for citrus and mango. Too dry for vanilla and a few other tree crops.
Oscar
The fishing is good - no need to buy cat food :-)
Right now I'm growing sour orange rootstock for valencia orange, grapefruit and mandarin scions that I'll graft later this year. I've also started a few hundred mango seeds that I plan to veneer graft several good varieties onto. I've been unsuccessful in finding any mangosteen planting material here and variety choices on most species is very limited. I am jelous of those you you who have access to so many varieties available in the U.S.
Below are some rootstock plantings in the shadehouse, which serves also as a rain-controlled zone in this rainy season!
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John
I'm on the most northern part of Viti Levu, the biggest island (the pin on the forum map is exactly on my farm). It's an intermediate rainfall area, which is great for citrus and mango. Too dry for vanilla and a few other tree crops.
The fishing is good - no need to buy cat food :-)
John
Hi John, i traveled all the way around Viti Levu, beautiful place. I stayed for a week at Nananu-I-Ra island, pretty close to you. Awesome snorkeling there! I have sent seeds from Hawaii to Fiji once and they made it through ok. You can check the seeds i sell at http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistforeign.html (http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistforeign.html) I can send mangosteen seeds in July if interested?Nananu-I-Ra is very near - a 10 minute boat ride. I picked some of my sprouting coconut starts (wild "Fiji Tall" variety - great for making coconut cream) from the north side of that island. I'm also growing some of the dwarf varieties that are better for drinking.
Oscar
My internet is delivered through the mobile phone network. I recieve it on a little modem that looks like a flash memory stick. It's painfully slow by EU and U.S. standards (no YouTube for me), but okay for most websites.
John
Hi John, i traveled all the way around Viti Levu, beautiful place. I stayed for a week at Nananu-I-Ra island, pretty close to you. Awesome snorkeling there! I have sent seeds from Hawaii to Fiji once and they made it through ok. You can check the seeds i sell at http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistforeign.html (http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistforeign.html) I can send mangosteen seeds in July if interested?Nananu-I-Ra is very near - a 10 minute boat ride. I picked some of my sprouting coconut starts (wild "Fiji Tall" variety - great for making coconut cream) from the north side of that island. I'm also growing some of the dwarf varieties that are better for drinking.
Oscar
I'll consider the Rambutan seeds.
My internet is delivered through the mobile phone network. I recieve it on a little modem that looks like a flash memory stick. It's painfully slow by EU and U.S. standards (no YouTube for me), but okay for most websites.
John
Too bad about slow internet. Other than that, being on or very close to the salt ocean for fish to eat, plus growing all you do, where you are is ideal. Is your soil sandy? Do you have clay content and volcanic content in your soil?The topsoil on my farm is mostly a good quality loam, with a little too much clay in some areas. Most areas drain well, but water weeps out of rock in a few places for 3-5 days after a good rain. The soil is shallow in some places, with soft volcanic rock underneath. It's a very dark soil. I use plain topsoil for starting plants in bags - nothing added.
The topsoil on my farm is mostly a good quality loam, with a little too much clay in some areas. Most areas drain well, but water weeps out of rock in a few places for 3-5 days after a good rain. The soil is shallow in some places, with soft volcanic rock underneath. It's a very dark soil. I use plain topsoil for starting plants in bags - nothing added.
I only started farming 5 months ago, and am still in the process of clearing land. Only the first 3 acres have been planted with fruit so far.
John
Hi everyone, I have been lurking on the other forum for a long time and decided to join this new one. I don't know much but I have been working on a tropical fruit orchard on a small dry island in the Turks & Caicos islands. Combatting drought, poor soil, hurricanes and my own ignorance, I have finally started to get some trees growing but not really fruiting yet. Really working on the soil by heavily mulching with ironwood needles, seagrass and wood chips and starting to add micros and sulpher. It is a red laterite soil as in parts of the Bahamas and lacks just about everything... Also started spraying with foliar micros but am only there two or three times a year. Just wanted to say thanks for all the vicarious advice and I look forward to getting to know you all. Dave
Hi everyone, I have been lurking on the other forum for a long time and decided to join this new one. I don't know much but I have been working on a tropical fruit orchard on a small dry island in the Turks & Caicos islands. Combatting drought, poor soil, hurricanes and my own ignorance, I have finally started to get some trees growing but not really fruiting yet. Really working on the soil by heavily mulching with ironwood needles, seagrass and wood chips and starting to add micros and sulpher. It is a red laterite soil as in parts of the Bahamas and lacks just about everything... Also started spraying with foliar micros but am only there two or three times a year. Just wanted to say thanks for all the vicarious advice and I look forward to getting to know you all. Dave
Welcome, Dave. Glad you decided to join the fun here on the new Forum. Do you have much of an issue with salt intrusion? You guys have been in the cross hairs of a bunch of Hurricanes that were near misses for us in recent years. How long has it been since you began your planting there? And, more importantly, what are you growing?
Harry
Hi Steven,
I'm from Algarve. We are practically neighbours, give or take 1000 Kms of ocean ;D
I've noticed that you selected zone 10b for your location? Surely, unless you are at some elevation,
Madeira is a solid zone 11b or even 12. What do you say?
Again, unless you are at some elevation, there's loads of species that you should try
at your favorable location. I suggest you give mamey, ilama, a bunch of Garcinias a try...
regards,
Sérgio
Hello guys.
My name is Janio.
I am working in lampung University - Indonesia
I am glad I found this forum.
Hello guys.
My name is Janio.
I am working in lampung University - Indonesia
I am glad I found this forum.
Harry - wow!! you've got momoncillo?!?! very jealous - i don't know anything about them except for what little information i've found on the net, but wow... might be an unattainable dream, but i hope to one day, somehow, i'll get my hands on a couple of seedlings/seeds... ;D
What's up murahilin. Will I see u at the mango fest agan this year?
Harry - wow!! you've got momoncillo?!?! very jealous - i don't know anything about them except for what little information i've found on the net, but wow... might be an unattainable dream, but i hope to one day, somehow, i'll get my hands on a couple of seedlings/seeds... ;D
The trees are dioecious so a seedling may be male, fem, or herm. What are the plant importation restrictions in AU? Ebay sometimes sells grafted spanish lime trees (mamoncillo) for pretty cheap. That may be a better option than growing a seedling.
Hi Murahilin
its practically impossible for us here in WA to import seeds let alone plants. Other states are not so strict, however, those of us here in the west can only dream.... we are restricted to whatever the local nurseries stock. we are not allowed to even buy a number of plants from the other states. the costs of delivery/quarantine inspection etc is an issue in itself, but a lot of the exotic plants are prohibited to us.
hopefully some other west australians join this forum that would by some miracle have in their possession some trees for sale...??? :D
What's up murahilin. Will I see u at the mango fest agan this year?
Hey, I should be there. Do you know what day you will be going?
Sounds kinda like California. Why are the restrictions so tough in your state?
Welcome, Mark. It sounds like you've made some fine choices. I hadn't heard of cherry guava, but it sure sounds tasty.
Hi, my name is Mark. I am new here and new to tropical fruit growing. I live in West Palm Beach, Florida. I have 1.25 acres of land with sandy soil and using well water. I started by buying six "minature green houses" from WalMart and planted various perennial flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables in the greenhouses, then went on a two week vacation. ::) I also cut 2 liter bottles of sodas in half and used those as minature greenhouses. When I came back two weeks alter, half of the seeds have sprouted. Then I bought my first true tropical fruit tree from a big box store called "Costco" a Red Lady Papaya. Within a week of planting the Red Lady Papaya, I planted a Carrie Mango, Sweet Heart Lychee, and Cherry Guava, which I got from a local grower. My newest acquisitions are an Choquette Avocado tree, Coconut Cream Mango and two dragon fruit cuttings. I apparently have dived head long into fruit trees. I need to figure out a micro irrigation system and some master plan on how I should be planting my trees. :-\ I discovered a free source of compost and picked up my first load today. I will also be planting my the flowers, veggies and fruits that I have started as seeds sometime in the near future. :)Mark - welcome...what veggies are you just now starting ? This is really not a great time of year to start planting most veggie seeds due to the approaching hot season. Most growers are on their tail end of the veggies, not to be replanted again till "fall".
Welcome to the forum, Jorge y saludos a su esposa dominicana. Happy to have another Florida member. Your collection is going to need some major additions, which I am sure Patrick will be very able to assist you with. We'll certainly do all we can to help you earn that solid green thumb!
Harry
Greetings Fellow Tropical Fruit Nuts,Welcome, or in your case, welcome back :D
Have been growing bananas and tropical fruit here in Port St Lucie, Florida for 7 years with some success. The plant obsession began 40 years ago back in New Jersey with orchids, tomatoes and bananas. They followed me to Charlotte, NC and growing stuff was much easier . Then came the figs, bunch grapes, full blown vegetable garden and more bananas, but the cold always brought a halt in Oct.
Came to south Florida to take care of family in 2005 and the darn things found me again. Also thought I’d finally be free of the cold but it still bites me a bit. This is the first year most bananas made it thru winter with fruit hanging.
Current plant list:
Bananas in ground ---- FHIA1 Golfinger, 2 Ae Ae, Pisang Klotek, Dwarf Brazilian, Belle, SH 3640, Raja Puri, Datil la Lima, Dwarf Namwah, Dwarf Puerto Rican Super plantain, Grand Nain x Sumatrana, Manzano (the real deal variety)
Bananas potted – Kru, Pitogo. Red Iholene, Baloy, Chini Champa, Grand Nain, Dwarf Orinoco, Logee’s ladyfinger, Maricongo plantain, ensette Maurelii, Saba, Hua Moa
Fruit trees -- -Minnie Royal and Royal Lee low chill cherries, Lula avocado, Eureka lemon, unknown Florida low chill peach, Tropic Beauty peach, Key Lime, Guanabana, Fuyu Persimmon, Spanish lime (genip) m/f grafted, Carrie, Nam Doc Mai and Duncan mangos, Jaboticaba
Muscadine grapes --- Black Noble, Black Southland, Southern Dixie, Blanc du Bois
Veggies --- Imperial Star artichoke, grafted heirloom tomatoes, Cachucha peppers (PR and Venezolano), Bih Jolokia peppers, Black Jungle butter beans, Blue Lake pole beans, Culantro, Italian parsley, basil, rosemary, onions, dozen pineapples unknown
Orchids --- Shomburkia, Cattleya, Phalenopsis, Blc’s – a dozen unknowns
New this year --- Vanilla planifolia, Cattleya Dowiana alba, Passifloras incense and incarnata , Monstera, Concord grape seeded and seedless, Emerald, Windsor, Primadonna, Sharps Blue blueberries, Lemon grass (for the bugs)
Anyone interested in a banana sucker let me know. Have some rare --- hard to get --- cold tolerant varieties.
Fruit trees -- -Minnie Royal and Royal Lee low chill cherries, Lula avocado, Eureka lemon, unknown Florida low chill peach, Tropic Beauty peach, Key Lime, Guanabana, Fuyu Persimmon, Spanish lime (genip) m/f grafted, Carrie, Nam Doc Mai and Duncan mangos, Jaboticaba
Hi all ,
Been collecting rare fruits for the last 15 years , was kinda slow on the rarefruit yahoo group so I decided to visit you guys.
Currently growing over 300 sp. and any seed I can get my hands on.....running out of space though...
Glad to see some of my old friends are also posting .
Oh yes forgot to say I am in Mexico , Puerto Vallarta area and the source for the now famous Mexican Garcinia , no accepted scientific name so far..
Hi all ,
Been collecting rare fruits for the last 15 years , was kinda slow on the rarefruit yahoo group so I decided to visit you guys.
Currently growing over 300 sp. and any seed I can get my hands on.....running out of space though...
Glad to see some of my old friends are also posting .
Oh yes forgot to say I am in Mexico , Puerto Vallarta area and the source for the now famous Mexican Garcinia , no accepted scientific name so far..
Hello everybody
My name is Zach and I live in the northern part of Dade County South Florida. I am a chiropractor by trade, and have taken a liking to exotic and tropical fruits. When I first tasted jackfruit a year ago I became hooked and completely obsessed. LOL. So far I have planted a carambola tree, nam doc Mai mango, keitt mango, and Mai 3 Jackfruit. I look forward to learning more. I would like to plant Avocado, sugar apple and passionfruit. I have a small trellis fence behind the house along the water where I live. I was thinking this would be good to grow passionfruit. Does anybody know how long it would take to do so?
Hi, My name is Mike. I live in Boynton Beach,Fl. I was a frequent use of Garden Web but found this forum and noticed most of yall on here are the same from the other forum only this one is set up better. Anyway, I had to foreclose my last house and finally was able to acquire my own space again. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take many of my plants with me as I had to rent a while before purchasing. I left the Tropical Fruit addiction for a while and am now ready to get back into it. I have been growing tropical fruits since about 2006. My favorites are the Lychees, Sugar Apples, Mangos and Sapodilla. I do have some experience grafting and budding..I took a class at PBCC a couple years on Plant Propogation. I am currently employed as a Firefighter though my dream is to live on a farm....I am working on setting up a 1000gal aquaponics system and I grow some organic vegetables in raised beds. It would be nice to meet up with anyone in the area to learn their cultivation techniques and meet face to face...Hope I can ad my knowledge and take some with me....Thanks for the forum, Mike
Notice the name is International Tropical Fruit Growers. Dear moderatiors, please do whatever you can to promote this as an international site and attract international members. I love Florida but don't want this group to become totally Floridacentric.
Of you Brevard area residents/members, any of you members of the Brevard RFC ? Any of you making the bus trip this month to Excalibur ?I am a member of the Brevard Tropical Fruit Club (formerly Brevard Rare Fruit Council), but am not able to make that trip.
I am a member of the Brevard Tropical Fruit Club (formerly Brevard Rare Fruit Council), but am not able to make that trip.
DM
Thank you jackfruitwhisperer, now i know who to call when my jackfruit is misbehaving.
Primetime11
introducing my self ...im from indonesia..
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My name is Berns, I am from the Philippines, I founded the Rare Fruit Society of the Philippines. I am also a fruit nursery operator and my website is www.rarefruitnursery.com (http://www.rarefruitnursery.com). Jay invited me in this forum. Fruit trees that I am interested are Mangoes, Atemoya and Sugar Apples. I am interested in exchanging seeds and scions with different fruit tree growers in the world. I am currently starting a company that will help individuals start there own fruit nursery either as a business or as a hobby. :) I am also a member of the Philippine Fruit Association (PFA).
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My name is Berns, I am from the Philippines, I founded the Rare Fruit Society of the Philippines. I am also a fruit nursery operator and my website is www.rarefruitnursery.com (http://www.rarefruitnursery.com). Jay invited me in this forum. Fruit trees that I am interested are Mangoes, Atemoya and Sugar Apples. I am interested in exchanging seeds and scions with different fruit tree growers in the world. I am currently starting a company that will help individuals start there own fruit nursery either as a business or as a hobby. :) I am also a member of the Philippine Fruit Association (PFA).
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Welcome Berns. Great to have someone so active in Phillippines fruit scene as you on this forum. Hope to be able to get some great scion wood from you some day. Still trying to get your great macapuno coconut over here! :'(
Oscar,
Hello, My Name is Ronald,
based in hills of Jamaica, zone 10
My Main interests are lychee, longan and atemoyas but have others including jaboticabas, sapodilla, guava, santol, white sapote etc.
Have no idea how I am just finding this forum.
Ronald
Hi, My name is Bill. I'm new to the forum. I have been posting in the GW forum and just found this one. I live in Long Beach, CA and just got 11 different mango trees! Besides that I grow Avocados, Bananas, Raspberries and Blackberries. I look forward to sharing and learning a lot in this forum.11 new mango trees is serious stuffs!! You are not fooling around. Fairchild Gardens says mangoes are the world's most delicious fruit. Welcome.
Bill
Thanks for the warm welcome, Steven :)Hi Chris,
As for the festival, I'm almost sure that none of them will have any names, as mango seeds have historically been planted at random across the island. The diversity of types I'm coming across is staggering but without any real effort to identify them all, named mango cultivars are extremely rare. It's two weeks away and I can't wait!
Chris
Harry,
I believe sleepdoc said it was a Mai I seedling from your tree. It was delicious. Low latex. I bought a Mai I grafted at the brfvc sales without ever tasting one so I was really grateful to get a glimpse of what is to come. Thanks!
My mango trees are PPK, florigon, keitt, kent, ndm, dot (I think this was mislabelled), and Glenn.
Hi Samuel, glad you finally made it over to this forum!
Welcome FrankA and Samuel it looks like you guys are a couple of seasoned fruit enthusiasts.
Samuel I imagine reunion and for that matter mauritius are almost the same latitude as the big island of hawaii and that place might be a good guide for you.
Hi everyone,
i am Samuel living in Reunion an overseas French department located in the south eastern part of the Indian Ocean.
I started to get consciously interested in tropical fruits at the age of 18 when i moved to Martinique (another overseas French department this time in the west indies) to take a 2 years technical degree in agriculture. Eversince i have been working in agriculture as a worker, a teacher and today as a farmer-manager. My main focuses have been ecologically sustainable ways of farming, vegetable seed production and tropical fruits.
I have been traveling in some parts of the tropical world which has made my interest into tropical fruits grow stronger. As i was saying above I have lived in the west Indies for few years, I travelled quite extensively in India and visited Thailand twice.
5 years ago we decided with my family to settle down in Reunion. The tricky part of that project is to access the land. Fortunately i had the opportunity to get a 2,5 acres plot at the beginning of this year. It is located at 350 m elevation on the southern coast oh the island. I also have a smaller plot at sea level in the same area.
For the past 5 years i have been sourcing and collecting vegetal material from the rarest tropical fruits that were introduced by some fellow fruit hobbyists. So It came to me naturally that i should first develop my farming activity as a nursery specializing in tropical rare fruits.
That's why i am very happy to participate in this forum, a wealth of information regarding what i would love to achieve.
Special Thanks to PJ and murahilin for doing this great job and to all of you for contributing.
I am a native Floridian, living in West Palm. I like to grow vegetables, herbs and fruit trees. I am hoping to learn more about taking care of what I have, diagnosing problems, propagating and of course growing more.
I prefer to grow organically.
I work as a paralegal and my husband is a knifemaker. My other interests are plant medicine, self sufficiency and permaculture.
Glad to be here. Thank you for the great reference material.
Anna
He makes every day use knives, entertains custom orders, has done everything from art knives to kitchen knives. Mostly working with carbon steel due to its edge holding capacity.
www.rgblades.com (http://www.rgblades.com)
He makes every day use knives, entertains custom orders, has done everything from art knives to kitchen knives. Mostly working with carbon steel due to its edge holding capacity.
www.rgblades.com (http://www.rgblades.com)
I looked through the entire gallery. Those knives look awesome. What is the price range on those knives? What type of knife would he recommend for cuttings open fruits such as mangos? I currently have one of the long thing flip open fruit sampling knives but I may be interested in purchasing something more substantial and non flip. Too much stuff gets stuck in a folding knife and a solid one would likely be easier to keep clean.
Hello everbody,
My wife and I got hooked on mangoes a few years ago when our Glenn produced its first fruit. My only experience with mangoes up until then was with backyard Hadens brought in by co-workers. The Glenn was a pleasant surprise. Last year I bought a Malika, Poi Pu Kalay,Lancatilla,Carrie,NDM#4 and a Maha Chanok.
The Carrie has 6 small fruit. We have lots of Papaya, some bananas/Plantains, orange, a few pineapple, and 2 Mamey Sapote from seed.
I just found a guy on Craigslist selling many different kinds mangoes from his house. This would be a great way to taste some of what we have planted so we paid him a visit yesterday. We picked up an Edwards, Jacarta,Bailys Marvel, Spirit of 76, Zill, Van Dyke, and a NDM. Turns out the guy bought the house from Gary Zill. Its in WPB. Didn't get a tour, but the property looked great, lots of mango trees! We're now having our our own mango taste test, and seeing how our Glenn stacks up.
Hi everyone. I'm Xeno (pronounced Zee-no). I'm 24 years old and live in Ventura County, Ca. About a year ago I got the gardening bug and it's been going ok.
A list of fruit trees that I have:
Citrus: Tango mandarin, Valencia, Washington navel, Cara Cara, Moro Blood, Tarocco Blood, Eureka Lemon, Thornless Mexican Key lime.
Stone: Anna Apple, Gordon Dorsett Apple, Mid Pride Peach, Arctic Star Nectarine, a 3 in 1 asian pear tree (forgot which varieties), Satsuma Plum, and Santa Rosa Plum).
Tropicals: Big Jim Loquat, white and pink skinned dragonfruit, Hak Ip lychee, Brewster lychee, Mauritius Lychee, Angel Red Pomegranate, 2 Wonderful pomegranates, Pink Satin pomegranate, and an unknown longan.
Etc: Heirloom tomatoes, Serrano peppers, Bhut Jolokia pepper, Brown Turkey Fig, Mission Fig, and Pepino Melon.
The majority of these are in pots. Wanting to get a Carrie mango, Timotayo mango, Black pearl Wax Jambu, Kajang starfruit, Giant Bangkok guava, Sapodilla, and a jaboticaba. Also would LOVE a jakfruit, just don't know where to put it. I'm here to gather information on how to grow near the coast. It's hard to find any info regarding growing tropicals in ventura county, even though I'm only like an hour drive north-west of LA county. I feel like I'm the only one growing tropical trees in my area! ;D
Hi Tropicdude, my wifes from the DR and grew up growing everthing from mangoes to coffee and tobbaco.
Any trouble getting those barerooted plants through customs? Our last visit was to Santiago in Nov.
A warm welcome to Roberto and Faezal. Good to have you both. Roberto, since you are in Pembroke Pines, where my office is located, please let me know if you are going to be in the area during the week around lunchtime to early afternoon. We do daily mango tastings and would love to have another opinion on which mango wins the best of the day award. Faezal....isn't human nature a thing of wonder. You are growing what we crave and can't really grow and you want what we have and have no trouble growing. Funny how we are.
Harry
Welcome all the new people to the forums. Jack it was a pleasure touring your garden, welcome to these forums.
Hi all, my name Faezal from Sri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. I am keen to learn and find the right way to grow tropical plant that originated from the South American and try to get the seeds of the trees, especially seedlings of grumichama and jaboticaba.
I have planted some trees:
1.Dokong
2.Mangosteen
3.Longan
4.Rambutan
5.Chempedak
Regards,
Faezal
Hello All,
My name is Roberto. Been a lurker for a while as I was a member of the "other" forum.
I had to join to place a vote for my favorite mango- Julie :)
I'm originally from Trinidad and as a kid, I've always liked sweet...flavorfull...mangoes. I don't find fiber objectionable at all- as long as the mango is sweet.
I like Sapodillas too. I currently reside in Pembroke Pines and my yard has:
Mangoes: (yrs in ground, size, fruits bore, comments)
2 Julie (6yrs- 30+ fruit, excellent quality like last yrs. 1yr 7gal tipped)
1 Nam Doc Mai (6 yrs- 30+ fruit, 1/2 of last yrs crop...ranged from watery (5-6) to extremely sweet. teaspoon white sugar each bite sweet)
1 Dot (1 yr 7gal bore 1 fruit...flavorful, rich, delish, then pugged),
1 Pickering (1yr 7 gal, bore 3 H-U-G-E fruit, flavorful, sweet, no coconut hint though)
1 Mallika (1 yr, tipped)
1 Lancetilla (1yr, 7gal tipped)
1 Carrie (1 yr)
1 Cushman (1 yr, pugged)
1 Maha Chanok (1 yr, pugged)
1 Okrung (15gal, bore 2 small fruits tree ripened, sweet and melting)
Sapodilla:
Okutzcab (1 yr 3 gal)
Alano (1yr 7 gal)
Yes, my yard is ambitious. :)
Looking foward to all the mango discussions.
Hi all, my name Faezal from Sri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. I am keen to learn and find the right way to grow tropical plant that originated from the South American and try to get the seeds of the trees, especially seedlings of grumichama and jaboticaba.
I have planted some trees:
1.Dokong
2.Mangosteen
3.Longan
4.Rambutan
5.Chempedak
Regards,
Faezal
Welcome to forum Faezal. I've been to Malaysia once (for a day) and I enjoyed it. I visited about 3 or 4 nurseries and I really liked the very wide variety of fruit available.
Are your fruit trees grafted or seedlings?
Hi,
I just found this group and immediately think that it is a valuable resource for any tropical fruit grower. I am also from the Yahoo rare fruit group, and look forward to learning and contributing to this group, as well. I live in Cutler bay, about half way between Miami and Homestead, Florida.
I have always liked the idea of growing my own food, but after getting married and buying a house 4 years ago, and suddenly having a small backyard to be able to plant things, I really started getting into tropical fruits. At first I fell in love with every exotic fruit I learned about and had the grandiose plan of trying to have one of every tropical fruit plant in my tiny backyard. I quickly found out that wasn't going to happen, but it hasn't stopped me from trying. I am growing about 100 different fruit trees, some are seedlings, some grafted, some in pots, some in the ground, all my babies, though.
I will post pics of some of them once they start blooming, like my Abiu which is blooming for the first time. Or my red-fleshed Pitaya, also blooming now...
My hope is to one day retire to a small plot of land in Central Chile where I can grow the usual temperate fruits in that region, plus a greenhouse full of the tropical stuff.
Jaime
Hi,
I just found this group and immediately think that it is a valuable resource for any tropical fruit grower. I am also from the Yahoo rare fruit group, and look forward to learning and contributing to this group, as well. I live in Cutler bay, about half way between Miami and Homestead, Florida.
I have always liked the idea of growing my own food, but after getting married and buying a house 4 years ago, and suddenly having a small backyard to be able to plant things, I really started getting into tropical fruits. At first I fell in love with every exotic fruit I learned about and had the grandiose plan of trying to have one of every tropical fruit plant in my tiny backyard. I quickly found out that wasn't going to happen, but it hasn't stopped me from trying. I am growing about 100 different fruit trees, some are seedlings, some grafted, some in pots, some in the ground, all my babies, though.
I will post pics of some of them once they start blooming, like my Abiu which is blooming for the first time. Or my red-fleshed Pitaya, also blooming now...
My hope is to one day retire to a small plot of land in Central Chile where I can grow the usual temperate fruits in that region, plus a greenhouse full of the tropical stuff.
Jaime
Hey Jaime, welcome to the forum! You now finally figured out where i've been. HAHAHA
A warm welcome to Jaime from Cutler Bay. Glad you joined us! Sounds like you have a nice little collection going. You don't necessarily have to wait for bloom to post pictures. Anyway, nice have another South Floridian in the group. If you are ever planning to get up to West Broward, let me know, would love to show you around my place.
Harry
Hi to all new fellow members,Excellent little video, Steven. Thank for the warm welcome to, uh, Ponyville?!? ;D I hope to contribute on as many topics as possible.
Mangomaniac, Xeno, Vyvy, Jack, Tntrobbie, Tropical66, and Jez251...Welcome to the forum! 8) :)
I could only find this ''Welcome song'' on you tube...hope y'all like it ;D ;D ;D
Welcome Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPECOKbhBzw#ws)
Regards,
Steven
Hi to all new fellow members,Excellent little video, Steven. Thank for the warm welcome to, uh, Ponyville?!? ;D I hope to contribute on as many topics as possible.
Mangomaniac, Xeno, Vyvy, Jack, Tntrobbie, Tropical66, and Jez251...Welcome to the forum! 8) :)
I could only find this ''Welcome song'' on you tube...hope y'all like it ;D ;D ;D
Welcome Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPECOKbhBzw#ws)
Regards,
Steven
JaimeI'm also liking the extra HTML features this forum has...
Hello everyone,
I just learned about this forum today and feel like I've discovered a real gem! There is so much great stuff here and I want to say thanks to everyone for whatever they've put into this great forum to make it what it is.
About me... I am a parent, a nutritionist, a dog trainer, and I've got the great blessing of now being able to start working with horses. I also have had a love of plants since forever, and for years now I have dreamed of growing tropicals but have never had the opportunity. Well, now it seems I've got it. I have the space to build a greenhouse which should be up by this spring. I'd like to create a few different ones, each housing it's appropriate plants. There is a local natural foods coop here that would like to buy fruit from me rather than having to import out of Mexico or California, so I'm really itching to get going! That said, I'm pretty new to growing trees and also to tropicals, although I have had some experience with this and that along the way. I'm hoping that I can come here to learn and get an idea of how I want to approach this - which trees to start with and so forth. I'm mainly keen on bushes and shrubs with edible or medicinal uses. As a nutritionist, I'm interested in bringing new foods to my community too. So it's a multifaceted reward for me. I live in Wisconsin, zone 4b, so it's a bit of a challenge I suppose, but I want to do the very best I can with it! So far I have a few cacao trees. So... thanks for reading, I'm really glad to be here!
I live in Wisconsin, zone 4b, so it's a bit of a challenge I suppose, but I want to do the very best I can with it! So far I have a few cacao trees.Welcome. Wisconsin... Isn't that the natural range for American ginseng? Do people there hunt for wild ones? ;D
Beautiful photos, robguz24. Quick question regarding your Fig tree, do you know which variety that is and how does it do for you in HI?It was a White Kadota fig. It grew quite quickly and well, but I ripped it out last fall and now have a naranjilla and a dwarf red banana in the same spot. The fig fruit was average and virtually impossible to harvest at the right time. Too hard and they wouldn't ripen well inside the house. Soft at all and they were already infested with fruit fly larva. When you open them up they kind of look like larva anyway, so it was even harder to tell if I was about to get a mouthful of maggots. So it was more trouble than it was worth for me.
There is so much I don't know about them, right now I want to learn grafting sugar apple to a cherimoya tree, since I was told Cherimoya root will do very well in Southern CA. This will be my first project and also that's how I found this forumInteresting. Cherimoya pollination was how I found CRFG. The Fruit Facts were always the first few results when I searched for any fruit back then. Welcome to the forum. Create new topics to ask about anything you want or share what you have and know.
Renee,Katie what part of Texas? I was raised in Corpus Christi, but went to school in Dallas and San Angelo.
Good to have another South Florida transplant from Texas here!
Wow so many new folks, welcome Vy Renee, Richard.
Hi all,
We found out about this forum after attending a mango seminar by Joe (Mangoman2). We moved to Merritt Island, FL, late last year. The previous owner had planted a number of trees, according to the 2x4 header in the shed:
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After searching the property, I've come to the conclusion that the mango and banana trees must have died. The other trees are alive, but obviously have been neglected. I'm working on feeding/pruning/spraying the remaining ones.
We also have ordered a Glenn and Zill mango trees.
Neither of us care much for grapefruit trees, so these might end up being replaced, especially since they're in rough shape.
We have a 0.66 acre lot, but about half of it is conservation area, so nothing can be done with it. The upside is NO neighbors behind us! Very tropical here on the island. Recently planted a pineapple as well.
Looking forward to learning and sharing.
Robert & Dawn
Hi VyVy, welcome! You have 4 sugar apples and no cherimoya? Don't worry. That can be fixed really soon. :) We have lots of good cherimoya around here.
You can also try attending a local CRFG meeting in your area for more in-person interactions if you aren't already. There are chapters in Riverside, San Diego, Orange County, South Bay, West LA, San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley, and I believe Santa Barbara as well.
Greetings everyone.....im from Indonesia,Hi Picko Jack
its really nice to read all those information and see the pictures of lovely fruit from tropical fruit lovers.... (my english was very..very poor....so hope that you can even understand what im trying to say/write.... :p
Greetings everyone.....im from Indonesia,Hi Picko Jack
its really nice to read all those information and see the pictures of lovely fruit from tropical fruit lovers.... (my english was very..very poor....so hope that you can even understand what im trying to say/write.... :p
Your english is very easy to understand. In fact it is very good. Did you learn it in school? Being from Indonesia you must get to eat a lot of nice fruit over there. Do you have many fruit trees yourself?
Hello all,Welcome...for those who don't know, naseberry is sapodilla.
My name is Sidney, I do believe I am the only member from the Bay Islands of Honduras on here.
I have been familiar with fruit and gardening from a very young age, but have not taken it seriously until about 5 years ago. Here on the Island, known officially as Guanaja, but as "Bonacca" to all local Islanders, hence my user name, we have grown the usuals for the area. Mango (numerous unknown varieties), breadfruit, cassava (yucca to some), hog plum (spondias mombin,and spondias purpurea), cocoplum, naseberry, banana, plantain, pineapple, sugar cane, mamey sapote, guavas, coconuts, soursop, various citrus varieties, sea grape, giant craboo, guava, avocado, cashew, rose apple, and a few others I can't remember at the moment.
Once I had aquired most of these I felt pretty good about my little garden of only 1 acre. Then I started researching to learn how to take better care of these and then it happened...
Lychee..? Marang..? Mangosteen..? Achachairu..? Grumichama, Okari nut..? Kepel..? Salak..? These things sounded like rare health conditions until I started reading... The more I read the more determined I was to grow these new(to me), unique, and (apparently) delicious fruit... I say apparently because the forums spoke of the taste but I had never tried them and the more I read the more enamoured I became with these unknown wonders...
I started buying seeds online and looking locally for what could not be found by seed, and like most of you agree, it just doesn't stop. Every time I brouse the net I seem to find a new fruit that is a must have...
Altough space is becoming limited I still run across a spot here and there where I can put just one more...
Sorry for the long first post. I look forward to reading more of the experienced posters comments...
Happy to be here.
Bonakyon.
Howdy and welcome Patty and Picko Jack.Picko Jack I am a neighbor of yours living just across in northern Australia.Hollywood films have all the english that is worthwhile.If you have a 'need for seed' there are many top guns on this forum.Keep having a try at posting the pictures and it will seem easy after a few times.
HI y'all from Central Texas!!! :D
I am avid tropical fruit fan, pushing the Zone 8b whenever I can & LOVE the challenge of germinating seeds!!
Am a tropical fruit nut...It all started with 3 little Dwarf Namwah banana plants. ;D
I have a few varieties of passionfruit, 3 varieties of dragonfruit, a variegated pink lemon, a mandarin orange, a mexican lime tree, 5 varieties of pomegranates, a loquat, a Lila avocado tree & SCADS of banana plants!! (Plus a few date, apple & misc. citrus seedlings) :)
Not a Novice, but not Uber smart in all the ways of tropical fruit-dom.
Usually ask questions about fertilization(kind & frequency) & soil amendments.
Love to talk about & trade plants/seeds.
Looking to learn & GROW!!! Glad to meet y'all!! ~Cheryl
so this my first time here so anyone want to give me seeds to grow here on guam
hey party people, im julian of lara farms.
we do all our grafting so that means we wholesale.
i was raised around tropical fruits thanks to my family.
we love introducing people to all the rare fruit variety here at the farm.
I try to have the best variety of what ever im selling.
also give you the best advice i can about how to care and how u install ur new tree(s).
Hello to all :),
My name is Nikki, and I will be going by the username littlegrower. I have been a lurker for a while now, and once I found out people can buy/sell/trade things on here I had to join! :) I also love reading all the informational posts on gardenweb. This place is awesome!!!
Anyway, Peter - wanted to ask you (and Dan too) how you grow you're stuff? Is it in a greenhouse or just in a large south-facing
window in the house or somewhere?
The climate here is much more Mediterranean and subtropical than the other parts of Greece and Europe. Crete is the southest part of Europe. The only problem is the weather in January and February with temperatures between 5 - 12oC. Some trees are very sensitive to those temperatures. My oldest trees are the avocado 4 years old planted in the ground not fruited yet. All other trees are in big pots, small pots and plastic bags 1-2 years old. I hope soon I can plant many of them. Last summer my NDM had a few mangos but the fruits didn't make it to the maturity because the tree is very young. if I find pictures in my computer I can post here.
Mike
Hi, thanks for the warm welcome
William
This forum is awesome, amazing interesting. Really international. Yes it will be very intereting to share my pictures and my experiences to the forum. As soon as I feel very comfortable with posting and my English I will post pictures from my trees. My experience is not very big because I am relative new in that field.
Harry
The climate here is much more Mediterranean and subtropical than the other parts of Greece and Europe. Crete is the southest part of Europe. The only problem is the weather in January and February with temperatures between 5 - 12oC. Some trees are very sensitive to those temperatures. My oldest trees are the avocado 4 years old planted in the ground not fruited yet. All other trees are in big pots, small pots and plastic bags 1-2 years old. I hope soon I can plant many of them. Last summer my NDM had a few mangos but the fruits didn't make it to the maturity because the tree is very young. if I find pictures in my computer I can post here.
Mike
Gracias Oscar, thanks, how long did you lived in Buenos Aires? (I am 260km from Buenos Aires, Capital)
Thanks for the welcome all, wonderful people here obviously. Love having a one-stop-shop for information and personal help.
Thanks for not making us newbies feel weird :P
Deeply involved in study of quantum physics and cosmology.
Hello my name is RoynMalibu. I am learning to grow passion fruit of various types to make exotic salsa. I have 7 types currently and will experiment this next year with tasty dishes to top mango salsa 8). I bought some sample vines in June, 2012 and have grown from small plant of 2' to 8 to 25' varies. I have some flowers violet and waiting for Flame reds to appear? I am open and have lots to learn. My goal to to cultivate and create new salsa line of product to rival the mango salsa sold at Costco.
Thank you everyone, look forward in chatting in the future :)
I'm a lot like Patrick : My hobbies include, walking around my yard aimlessly looking a each leaf of every living plant in my yard, pest and disease control of my plants, fertilizing my plants, explaining to my neighbors why I talk to my plants, explaining to my family why I talk to my plants, and seeking out new places in my yard that require additional plants in the ground... except my wife limits me as to where I can plant. Also, half of my property is on a solid limestone shelf that requires a back-hoe to cut out a planting hole that limits tree size.
I have eight varieties of mango (mostly dwarf), two of lychee, two of longan, three of avocado, two of Surinam Cherry, two of Mulberry, papaya, three of banana, Annona Squamosa (red), Gefner atemoya, Golden Nugget jakfruit, Arkin carambola, persimmon, Gulf Ruby plum, Monstera, soft shell macadamia, fig, Persian Lime, Key Lime, Meyer Lemon, yellow jaboticaba, loquat, dragon fruit and canistel. Had a grove of Hurado Buntan Pumelos before the citrus police in 2000, and black sapote before Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
I'm totally organic, so lots of time is spent hand killing pests. I also enjoy grafting, especially my favorite mango varieties, and air-layering the lychees.
Enjoyed finding lots of a large variety loquat (Nespola) around along the Amalfi Coast and Naples, Italy this spring.
I still work full-time, so time is the biggest challenge.
I wonder how many others are trying these pots and swc's and how they are working? Thanks Nullzero!
Hello,
My name is Ed Doyle. I have been growing tropical fruit trees and other things since I moved into this house in 1991. Through the years, I have been more of less serious as financial and health matters have often taken precedence. I have a unique pie-shaped lot in a treed neighborhood close to downtown; protected from the winter North- Northwest winds and freezing temperatures by a 20 foot high concrete wall at the rear of the property. This provides an excellent microclimate. I have collected a large number of cultivars of many species. Of course, the major problem here is Hurricanes, and I've had my share of heartbreaks with fallen trees and wind damage. Last November, we had a monsoon event. My property is 5 feet higher than my neighbor to the rear, so flooding is never an issue. However, he has some larger oak and ficus trees, two of which decided to topple on my property and house. The roof over one bedroom collapsed, and I have spent the last year repairing the damages and removing other large trees in order to maximize my future efforts. I am fascinated with the Eugenia/ Myrciaria and Garcinia/Rheedia groups, Lychee, and Mango; as well as the more usual fare. This year, I am doing a complete garden overhaul, removing older selections and replacing them. I am also installing self-watering grow boxes and vertical growsticks for production of more vegetables in a smaller space. I am studying the possibility of adding an Aquaponic system as well. Always on the search for the rare and unusual seeds and plants. In these times, I think people need to work at re-aquiring the skills of food production largely lost in our 'just-in-time' delivery system. Besides, foods grown at home with all the micronutrients is far healthier. This year, after reading about the legendary 'Terra Preta' soils of the Amazon and their insane productivity, I purchased a keystove to turn waste wood into bio char and wood ash. It is a pleasure to have found this board thru Pepe's Plants!
Hello fruit lovers,
I am an agronomist and I have a garden in Thailand with many types of tropical fruits.
Happy to have found this forum.
Hein
I wonder how many others are trying these pots and swc's and how they are working? Thanks Nullzero!
Hi everyone, I have been a 'lurker' for a while but finally found the courage to post! I love reading all the informative discussions on this forum also Daleys and love growing my own fruit to eat. This fruit-tree obsession has been a fairly recent one for me (over the last year really) but has been fuelled by all the fantastic information available from all you gurus! I love garcinias - starting with the purple mangosteen, furthered by the achacha and am growing a variety of other things most of which are too young to fruit yet but I hope over the next couple of years to start tasting all these exotic fruit which are not readily available in the shops - abiu, white sapote, cherry of rio grande etc.
I am a busy mum of 4 boys all at school & I study graphic design & I do photo restoration so it's hard to fit it all in but I try! My husband unfortunately does not share my fruit tree obsession, only tolerates it and we do not live on acreage so space is always a consideration. I am trialling the bonsai tree bags as discussed on the Daleys website for a few of my trees, so how successful this will be remains to be seen.
Hello fruit lovers,
I am an agronomist and I have a garden in Thailand with many types of tropical fruits.
Happy to have found this forum.
Hein
Aloha, Ryan. Welcome. Which of the Hawaiian Islands do you call home?
Harry
Hello
My name is Maurice and i have been growing and learning about fruit trees(as a hobby) since about 2009, rarely participating in any internet forum but silently reading. The collection and knowledge increased drastically during this time but at first people bugged me for having too many plants, now my family has finally gotten used to it :P.
As a proud nerd i have many hobbies which include reading about different topics,sports and computer science/programming which is what i majored in.
See you around :D
Spent 11 years on the island of Java, the town of Malang,Indonisia, thus i am very familiar with tropicals fruits. We had 4 acres of fruits describe on this forum.I like to add a mango variety that we grew that we grew with the name of kwennee, it is pronounce this way, but is spelled different i believe, it has lots of fibre and taste totally different(a aquired taste).It is a large fruit and you have to peel it thick and make shure you don't mesh with it or you end-up with thick lips.
I retired in Arkansas, U.S. now and like to grow a few tropicals fruits tree's.I am growing a Page Manderin tree for the last 5 years and it is doing good and so are my pomagranates. As i read articles in this Forum it brings back sweet memories(tears that is). Maybe i can find answers on this forum.
Bob.
Popular varieties of mangoes cultivated in East Java include Arumanis or Gadung, Manalagi, Podang, Chokanan, Golek, Gurih, Kweni, Madu and more. Cukur Gondang Mango Plantation (Department of Agriculture, Horticultural Research & Development) has its research ground in 13-hectares of land in Pasuruan keeping 210 mango varieties.
However, the most popular one for export is Gadung or Arumanis – known as Green Mango in Singapore. Manalagi, Golek, Gurih, Kweni and Madu are good varieties popular locally – yet have not won popularity like Gadung, be it locally or overseas. Podang – produced mostly in Kediri - is just potential for export.
Spent 11 years on the island of Java, the town of Malang,Indonisia, thus i am very familiar with tropicals fruits. We had 4 acres of fruits describe on this forum.I like to add a mango variety that we grew that we grew with the name of kwennee, it is pronounce this way, but is spelled different i believe, it has lots of fibre and taste totally different(a aquired taste).It is a large fruit and you have to peel it thick and make shure you don't mesh with it or you end-up with thick lips.
I retired in Arkansas, U.S. now and like to grow a few tropicals fruits tree's.I am growing a Page Manderin tree for the last 5 years and it is doing good and so are my pomagranates. As i read articles in this Forum it brings back sweet memories(tears that is). Maybe i can find answers on this forum.
Bob.
Hello Bob
You must miss your tropical s from Java, some members are growing tropical fruits in Canada, and even Iceland, so I am sure you can learn from their experience.
not sure if you have tried some of the wonderful varieties mentioned in this forum, some do well in containers.
UPDATE:
I found the name of your Java mango, its called " Kweni".QuotePopular varieties of mangoes cultivated in East Java include Arumanis or Gadung, Manalagi, Podang, Chokanan, Golek, Gurih, Kweni, Madu and more. Cukur Gondang Mango Plantation (Department of Agriculture, Horticultural Research & Development) has its research ground in 13-hectares of land in Pasuruan keeping 210 mango varieties.
However, the most popular one for export is Gadung or Arumanis – known as Green Mango in Singapore. Manalagi, Golek, Gurih, Kweni and Madu are good varieties popular locally – yet have not won popularity like Gadung, be it locally or overseas. Podang – produced mostly in Kediri - is just potential for export.
Big green mango.
Hi Everybody,
I am a mango-lover from Bangkok Thailand. I have 2 big NamDocMai tree's which i converted into multi-grafted tree's. I have about 10 species growing on them and since yesterday a graft of sangaria (ma-prang in thai) on it.
I also graft citrus on my pomelo-tree and i have plumeria's with loads of different flowers.
HI TFF, Placton here. I started to grow edibles 6 years ago after I was able to get a bigger plot on my house. I do not have much space but love to eat fruits from my garden. I'm always in the search of a good fruiting/spice/medicinal plant that is not too big and is willing to work with my 10/11 zone.
By now I'm able to have fruits year round with most all my plants being common to my area. My selection is not too big but is opened to whomever is in the look for seeds/cuttings/roots/branches etc.
I love to have the opportunity to sprout a seed, see it grow and let them say thanks by giving something back to you; amazing sense of accomplishment.
Hope for the best to your plants and caretakers.
Just a note that I will be largely unplugged for the next few months. Got some priority work to get one...
Hi Everybody,
I am a mango-lover from Bangkok Thailand. I have 2 big NamDocMai tree's which i converted into multi-grafted tree's. I have about 10 species growing on them and since yesterday a graft of sangaria (ma-prang in thai) on it.
I also graft citrus on my pomelo-tree and i have plumeria's with loads of different flowers.
Welcome to the forum. Do maprangs graft easily onto mango?
Hi Everybody,
I am a mango-lover from Bangkok Thailand. I have 2 big NamDocMai tree's which i converted into multi-grafted tree's. I have about 10 species growing on them and since yesterday a graft of sangaria (ma-prang in thai) on it.
I also graft citrus on my pomelo-tree and i have plumeria's with loads of different flowers.
Welcome to the forum. Do maprangs graft easily onto mango?
Yes Murahilin maprang and mango are compatible and easy to graft. Often done in Thailand.
I should say i haven't tired it. It is second hand from my friend in Lampang, Thailand.Hi Everybody,
I am a mango-lover from Bangkok Thailand. I have 2 big NamDocMai tree's which i converted into multi-grafted tree's. I have about 10 species growing on them and since yesterday a graft of sangaria (ma-prang in thai) on it.
I also graft citrus on my pomelo-tree and i have plumeria's with loads of different flowers.
Welcome to the forum. Do maprangs graft easily onto mango?
Yes Murahilin maprang and mango are compatible and easy to graft. Often done in Thailand.
I just see your reply now Oscar.
Well nobody here can believe me when i tell them i will graft maprang on mango, i have no idea if it is done often but so far my grafts died. I m trying a new approach graft now between them and will let it settle for 2 months before i cut anything of. If you say it is possible then i will keep on trying. My grafting techniques are getting better every time and now cleft grafts also succeed by the tips from the forum. I will let you know when i have a maprang scion growing on the NDM.
My name is Brian. I am a tropical fruit enthusiast. I have all sorts of fruit trees. I live in Western Palm beach county Florida. I am a member of the Palm Beach chapter of the Rare Fruit Tree Council. Right now I am really hooked on Mango trees. I have 13 and looking for a few more. I have a Choc-Anon, Cogshall. Duncan, Haden. Nam doc mai, Kent, Duncan, Glenn, Lemon Zest, Lemon Merangue, Coconut cream, Carrie, and Malikia. Any suggestions on good ones to plant? The next one has to be a condo mango. It is going under the powerlines. Height is an issue. I don't want a fight keeping it small. I intend keeping them all under control size wise. But I realize I wont stay young forever. I will have my hands full. In addition to mango. I also have apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, sapodillia, Mamey sapote, Loquat, pomagranite, jujubee, jaboticaba, grumachama, pitumbo, cherry of the rio grande, miracle fruit, persimmons, dragonfruit, guava, barbados cherry, Jackfruit, mulberry, allspice, cinnamon, carambola,strawberry tree, figs,and of course lemons, limes, oranges,tangerines, tangelo, grapefruit, blood orange. Lost my avacado, sugar apple, papaya and june plum in flooding after Isiac. Dont plan on replacing any of the ones I lost. Also looking for a goji berry.
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Would love to Harry. Sounds like a nice cruise on the Harley. What kind is that in your picture? Very colorful. I already have a Maha Chinok too. I knew I was forgetting one. WOW I do have a problem. LOL
I am Denise from Commonwealth of Dominica in the Caribbean (commonly called Dominica and not to be confused with Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic).
I am a nurse by profession, but my husband and I have a farm where we specialise in growing tropical fruits.
I look forward to sharing with others in this forum to learn more about tropical fruits.
Would love to Harry. Sounds like a nice cruise on the Harley. What kind is that in your picture? Very colorful. I already have a Maha Chinok too. I knew I was forgetting one. WOW I do have a problem. LOL
My avatar is a mango from my Maha Chanok seedling project. I love the look of that mango. It is a good, but not superlative tasting mango in eating quality. You can read about it here:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0218064232467.html (http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0218064232467.html)
Would love to Harry. Sounds like a nice cruise on the Harley. What kind is that in your picture? Very colorful. I already have a Maha Chinok too. I knew I was forgetting one. WOW I do have a problem. LOL
My avatar is a mango from my Maha Chanok seedling project. I love the look of that mango. It is a good, but not superlative tasting mango in eating quality. You can read about it here:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0218064232467.html (http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0218064232467.html)
As of January 5, Brian now has a very nice Neelam (i am the one who helped you at Excalibur).My name is Brian. I am a tropical fruit enthusiast. I have all sorts of fruit trees. I live in Western Palm beach county Florida. I am a member of the Palm Beach chapter of the Rare Fruit Tree Council. Right now I am really hooked on Mango trees. I have 13 and looking for a few more. I have a Choc-Anon, Cogshall. Duncan, Haden. Nam doc mai, Kent, Duncan, Glenn, Lemon Zest, Lemon Merangue, Coconut cream, Carrie, and Malikia. Any suggestions on good ones to plant? The next one has to be a condo mango. It is going under the powerlines. Height is an issue. I don't want a fight keeping it small. I intend keeping them all under control size wise. But I realize I wont stay young forever. I will have my hands full. In addition to mango. I also have apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, sapodillia, Mamey sapote, Loquat, pomagranite, jujubee, jaboticaba, grumachama, pitumbo, cherry of the rio grande, miracle fruit, persimmons, dragonfruit, guava, barbados cherry, Jackfruit, mulberry, allspice, cinnamon, carambola,strawberry tree, figs,and of course lemons, limes, oranges,tangerines, tangelo, grapefruit, blood orange. Lost my avacado, sugar apple, papaya and june plum in flooding after Isiac. Dont plan on replacing any of the ones I lost. Also looking for a goji berry.
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Welcome Brian. What kind of a crazy person would have so many mangoes and still want more? Oh OK.....if you have to have more, I would suggest Pickering, Maha Chanok, Rosiegold, and Neelam for starters. Check back with me if you need more. Or, if you are in West Broward during mango season, plan to stop by to try some other varieties over at my place.
My name is Brian. I am a tropical fruit enthusiast. I have all sorts of fruit trees. I live in Western Palm beach county Florida. I am a member of the Palm Beach chapter of the Rare Fruit Tree Council. Right now I am really hooked on Mango trees. I have 13 and looking for a few more. I have a Choc-Anon, Cogshall. Duncan, Haden. Nam doc mai, Kent, Duncan, Glenn, Lemon Zest, Lemon Merangue, Coconut cream, Carrie, and Malikia. Any suggestions on good ones to plant?
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Hello all, my name is Mike. I am obsessed with fruit. The problem is that I live in Connecticut!
I envy all those who live in South Florida and can get pretty much whatever they want. My goal is to someday eat my favorite fruits right from the tree. Mangoes are high on that list. In the Northeast I have to deal with terrible quality mangoes most of the year. We only get Lychee in June. It drives me nuts.
Melons are a favorite of mine. In the summer I live on watermelon, canary, and rock melons.
I was in South Carolina over the summer and got my hands on dragonfruit, guava, and longan.
I'd love to move to South Florida and work with fruit. If anyone can help me with that dream I would be grateful!
Welcome Juan! :)
sorry, these are fruits that i have tasted, not that i ownWelcome to the Forum!
Exotic taste list, for sure you got there Wanderer!Get some cactus from Nullzero and put them at the perimeter to protect your mangoes!
:o
I'm in Palm Springs CA and a 9b zone, but grow only mangoes
and papayas because I'm squirmy about trying new things!!!!!!!
MangoFang the Scaredy Cat.....
Hey,
I'm 13, and I very much enjoy rare fruit. At first, I just ate the fruit. Now I've moved on to growing them. I'm not growing much due to the fact that I live in Tennessee, but I have 4 cherimoya seedlings, and a pineapple shrub-thing. I ordered a Violet de Bordeaux fig tree which should arrive in early March, and plan on planting 20+ goji berries in a few days. The only fruits that are available here in TN are guava, jak, ugli, lognan, and the occasional lychee. I get most of my fruits either online, Whole Foods market, or a place called K & S world market in Nashville.
Bai c:
Sorry, I should have explained it more clearly. Just a plain pineapple, sadly. I may get a feijoa in the future though. Supposed to grow well (protected, of course) in zone 7.Hi Henry, pineapples may not be as glamorous as some of these rare fruit but they are still fun and very worthy - and easy - to grow! I picked this a couple of days ago and my husband & I ate it last night, it was delicious. This grew from a top of a store-bought pineapple, a common variety, and still great. Good luck with the gardening.
The reward is the fruit you will get when you plant out one of these tropical seeds you are going to grow that takes half a lifetime to fruit.Yeah! Let's see... where'd I put those mangosteen seeds...
;D
But I thought those were illegal...?I think it's likely illegal to export them from the Maldives. Maybe you meant illegal to privately own an endangered species. I was only kidding:)
But I thought those were illegal...?I think it's likely illegal to export them from the Maldives. Maybe you meant illegal to privately own an endangered species. I was only kidding:)
Sigh. That's the problem with youth. You don't have the money to do stuff you want, and by the time you do, it's too late to do some of those stuff.My thoughts exactly. :'(
5!? Whoa!! Did he/she just like eating the fruit, or did they actually get in to growing things at age 5?Sigh. That's the problem with youth. You don't have the money to do stuff you want, and by the time you do, it's too late to do some of those stuff.My thoughts exactly. :'(
I know some people that started at this hobby at very yearly age, one at the age of 5, and they turned out to be incredibly productive and happy individuals. So i wouldn't despair! :)
Hello everyone. We are in Taiwan. Little cooler than many tropical areas but still above 15 year round.
We have some land where we grow lots of different kinds of fruit and like to travel and try new kinds where we go :)
Next week we go Borneo and I hope to try new types of Durian!
I'll adopt a young fruit-fanatic ( afraid my collection and nursery is gonna go to waste the day I am not there anymore ) he or she will have to move to Mexico and learn Spanish ....
Here's our web site www.sardinafarms.com (http://www.sardinafarms.com)
Farm boy ;)
I will second Harry's comment about Kents in June and add to it Mamey in April??Here's our web site www.sardinafarms.com (http://www.sardinafarms.com)
Farm boy ;)
Nice web site. Welcome to the forum. I have a couple of questions for you. How do you deal with fruit fly on your property in your guava groves? Also, how do you get mature Keitt mangoes in June? I don't think I have ever had one reach maturity at my place earlier than late July and not usually until August or after? Thanks.
I will second Harry's comment about Kents in June and add to it Mamey in April??Are they Mamey, such as Pantin, Pace, Lorito, etc. or are they Magaña? Big difference...
We just picked 1700 lbs of mamey a week ago. Feel free to stop by, maybe I will let you squeeze a few......
I will second Harry's comment about Kents in June and add to it Mamey in April??Are they Mamey, such as Pantin, Pace, Lorito, etc. or are they Magaña? Big difference...
We just picked 1700 lbs of mamey a week ago. Feel free to stop by, maybe I will let you squeeze a few......
As far as the keets..... we sell them to a special Asian market that only buys them green.
However, I don't eat green mango's, it sounds like a recipe for a stomach ache.
My Father has grown guavas since 1969 in the Redlands district, he recently passed away and left the farm to my wife and I.
He showed us many ways to grow the red guava and how to care for it before he passed. I love my new job, we have moved the entire family to Florida to take care of the farms.
My wife and I owned a tractor dealership since the 90s in another state before we arrived, so farm equipment is second nature to us.
I look forward to meeting the members here and making new friends......
Here's our web site www.sardinafarms.com (http://www.sardinafarms.com)
Farm boy ;)
My Father has grown guavas since 1969 in the Redlands district, he recently passed away and left the farm to my wife and I.
He showed us many ways to grow the red guava and how to care for it before he passed. I love my new job, we have moved the entire family to Florida to take care of the farms.
My wife and I owned a tractor dealership since the 90s in another state before we arrived, so farm equipment is second nature to us.
I look forward to meeting the members here and making new friends......
Here's our web site www.sardinafarms.com (http://www.sardinafarms.com)
murahilin Im glad you met my Dad, he was a great farmer. I really don't have the time for a video tour yet, but you are welcome to stop by and have a real tour and some fruit .
Dr. Crane is a wealth of information, I have a lot of respect for him and his advice which we rely on a lot !
My Father was ill the last few years of his life and the farm kinda went down hill, so we have spent the last year repairing equipment, sprinklers, fences, pumps, tractors, and returning the groves to a healthy state. When we arrived the grass was 4' tall under the trees, and the irrigation system was not the best, plus the building was full of ........ so we have been renovating and fixing the place to get it to what it used to be. If my Dad could see it now, I think he would be proud, although we still have a few hurdles to jump through ;)
Farm boy ;)
Welcome to the forum Farm Boy. I'm sorry to hear your father has passed. I had the opportunity to meet your father and tour your farm a few years back with Dr. Crane during the Tropical Fruit Research and Production class I took at TREC. He showed us the packing house and gave us some guavas and also let us walk through the grove and keep any fruit we found that was ready to pick. It's great to know that you're keeping the farm and business going. Are you willing to post a picture or video tour of your farm on the forum?
If I remember correctly, they bagged some of the guavas at your farm to protect them from fruit flies right?
Hello to the community :)
This is Mike from Greece. I live in the island of Crete(Zone 10a/b?).
Am I the first greek member of this forum?
I was a lunker for some time and now I am here. I am a tropical fruit enthusiast after visiting Thailand. After tasting so many fruits there I said to me that I can grow some tropical fruiting trees in my place and enjoy the freshness.
At the momment I am growing the following trees :
Mango (many cultivars, grafted), sapodilla (from seed), Black Sapote (from seed), Jaboticaba (from seed), Jackfruit (grafted, from seed), Dragon Fruit (cuttings, from seeds), puteria sapote (from seed), Avocado (grafted), atemoya (from seed), guava (from seed), passifloras, papayas, pineapples. pawpaws (from seed).
I am looking for more mango cultivars such LZ, Maha Chanok, R2E2, Keitt, Mallika, KP or unusual and not common cultivars, durian seeds, lychees and more...
Mike
Hello :)Hello Kosta and wellcome. Κώστα καλός ήρθες στο φόρουμ για τροπικά φυτά - φρούτα.
I am Konstantinos Giannopoulos and live in Melissia,Athens,Greece,which is Zone 8b/9a. I have a garden 300km away at Pyrgos,in Zone 10a/9b and have been transforming it to a tropical garden the past 5years mainly with Palms,Cycads,canopy rainforest trees,bromeliads,orchids,aroids,ferns and bananas. I am trying to create a rainforest theme garden with huge canopy trees with epiphytes on them,palms towering above and others understory and lots of understory plants in general. A small part will have a few more arid tropical plants in a Caribbean style planting with palms and cycads requiring excellent drainage and more sun.
I am currently not growing any tropical fruit trees unfortunately(only bananas which are tropical fruit but not trees!),even though i have long wanted to. The main reason for that has been the lack of enough information on the cold hardiness and taste of many of them and the lack of pure seeds for others. Also a slight fear i will be attracting too many mice/rats to my property which could potentially damage my other plantings as the area has many fat tree rats which used to visit the fruit trees that were growing in the property before i started the garden(most deciduous,very unattractively pruned temperate species and a few Citrus hybrids(lemon,mandarin,not what i like)) but are not found wandering in my property much anymore. I am not afraid of rats but i know the damage they can do to small precious plants and thus dont want to be feeding them! The only fruit trees i retained are an olive tree(finally coming along after lots of careful pruning to give it a natural branch shape as it was badly pruned for years,i hate pruned trees) and a Ziziphus tree which i dont plan to keep long term as its deciduous and doesnt help the least bit with cold/frost/hail protection of the understory species i am growing,nor the orchids and bromeliads on it. So the plan is to let it get engulfed by a Ficus benghalensis...The olive tree will stay and is a host to a wide variety of epiphytes now that enjoy its protection.
Anyway,i want to be adding a few tropical fruit trees to my garden and i am really happy i found a forum dedicated to them. I will really need your help in choosing a few species that suit my needs and tastes! I am glad i found this great forum! :)
Greetings from sunny Greece!!! :)
Hi there everybody!Vlk, welcome to the forum with a litle delay. Durian is my prefered fruit also. Like you say it's a passion. I hope we can excange many experiences with the other forum mebmers. Mangos taste delicious too!
My name is Vlk and I am from Czech Republic, Europe. I've been collecting all sorts of exotic fruiting plants for a little while, but my real passion is collecting and growing durio and artocarpus species. I am not sure what caused this passion - maybe the little experience and rarity of these plants in our republic - as it is very little known about them, how to grow them and such. And many people and growers has been unsuccessful growing them. I want to change that and explore the durio species as much as I can (I already got a little research in my mind concerning durio seedlings). :-) Also I want to collect as much species as possible! Since I am from central Europe, it seems like an adventurous quest! :-D
I am glad to be part of this community!
Geia sou Jonas. Καλώς ήλθες στο φόρουμ. It is nice that you grow some tropical fruiting trees. In your area is some winter protection needed because the winter is a litle hard for the real tropical plants. We have here some nurseries selling mangos. Sorry to hear about the dead plants you got from the nursery. Maybe the way of packing was not right or they stand long time in the transport company? The way to your place from here isn't long.Hello to the community :)
This is Mike from Greece. I live in the island of Crete(Zone 10a/b?).
Am I the first greek member of this forum?
I was a lunker for some time and now I am here. I am a tropical fruit enthusiast after visiting Thailand. After tasting so many fruits there I said to me that I can grow some tropical fruiting trees in my place and enjoy the freshness.
At the momment I am growing the following trees :
Mango (many cultivars, grafted), sapodilla (from seed), Black Sapote (from seed), Jaboticaba (from seed), Jackfruit (grafted, from seed), Dragon Fruit (cuttings, from seeds), puteria sapote (from seed), Avocado (grafted), atemoya (from seed), guava (from seed), passifloras, papayas, pineapples. pawpaws (from seed).
I am looking for more mango cultivars such LZ, Maha Chanok, R2E2, Keitt, Mallika, KP or unusual and not common cultivars, durian seeds, lychees and more...
Mike
γεια σου Mike, I'm Jonas I stay in Athens. I grow mango, lychee, guyava and have a citrus collection (some varieties from Austalia, Vietnam, India, Reunion island,..). I'm particulary interested by spices trees as cinnamon, allspice, clove, star anise, pepper,... I ordered some mango, avocado,.. plants in a nursery in Xania, but all arrived dead. The best I think is to come and choose by myself, also to get better looking plants. I grow until now everything outside, but for equatorial plants (as nutmeg, clove, cacao,..) I'm building a greenhouse. Which mango varieties do you grow? τα λεμε!
Thank you Mike. :-) Iam glad to hear durian is your passion as well. :-))Hi there everybody!Vlk, welcome to the forum with a litle delay. Durian is my prefered fruit also. Like you say it's a passion. I hope we can excange many experiences with the other forum mebmers. Mangos taste delicious too!
My name is Vlk and I am from Czech Republic, Europe. I've been collecting all sorts of exotic fruiting plants for a little while, but my real passion is collecting and growing durio and artocarpus species. I am not sure what caused this passion - maybe the little experience and rarity of these plants in our republic - as it is very little known about them, how to grow them and such. And many people and growers has been unsuccessful growing them. I want to change that and explore the durio species as much as I can (I already got a little research in my mind concerning durio seedlings). :-) Also I want to collect as much species as possible! Since I am from central Europe, it seems like an adventurous quest! :-D
I am glad to be part of this community!
...I am also looking for these mangos varieties.
Me too, I brought from Reunion island some local varieties as José which is absolutely tasty. I'm looking for indian & pakistan mangoes varieties which are the best in my personnal advice as: Langra, Sindhri, Chaunsa, from north India/Pakistan and some other as Alphonso which is not too bad. I also tried south east asian varieties as Nam Doc Mai or Carabao, Manilla, but I don't like the strong taste as resin...
I think here the most important is to protect the plant from the wind. I have sugar can, litchi, allspice, star anise, mango , cinnamon outside but not exposed to the wind and they are well. Of course in Crete you have, particularly in Xania, a microclimate (As Kalamata also).
For the mango trees from Xania, they had absolutly no protection and they were carried by ferry.
Hello everyone! I am a new member to the forum AND a new grower as well, I am in South Florida and looking expand my collection and knowledge!
Happy growing
FRUITBOXHERO
Hello;
Im Ed New To The TFF,Been Lurking for a while , learn lots from this Forum !
Im a member of Bananas.org as well same Nick .
New To NE Florida , been here 1 year started to Grow :
Avacado & Mango Trees , all Killed By The latest frost here in NE Florida.
Since i bought a green house & i am starting again to acquire New Mango & Avacado trees.
Also wood like to try my hand at Grafting this spring.
Most of my Fruit Trees where purchased at Pine Island , Bens Grove a bought a Guanabana Tree .
Home depot and some other Nursery's in the Miami Area .
My Banana Plants from Don at going Bananas , all of the above are great folks to deal with.
Thanks Great Forum..
Hey everyone,Hello Julia, Welcome to the forum. I also can say it for sure: this forum is great! We exchange our experiences and have a lot of fun. Happy tropical gardening ;)
am Julia and I study landscape architecture near Munich. Yeh, it's cold over here but nonetheless I try to grow tropical fruit trees indoors. I started 2 years ago and am always looking for new stuff, sooo addictive - this forum is great. I have already seen so many fruits I didn't know before.
So, cheers ;)
Hey everyone,
am Julia and I study landscape architecture near Munich. Yeh, it's cold over here but nonetheless I try to grow tropical fruit trees indoors. I started 2 years ago and am always looking for new stuff, sooo addictive - this forum is great. I have already seen so many fruits I didn't know before.
So, cheers ;)
Hi Everybody mi name is Raul Gonzalez, I like to collect exotic fruits, I live by a small river on a almost half acre property with a small hill slope at the back, I started about 8 years ago so most of my trees are in juvenile stage, currently have jack f, bakuripari, Eug. Candolleana, Ilama, Garcinia macrophila, Mexican atemoya, mama de cadela, premium pitangas( twice the size very sweet & firm flesh with no turpentine flavor , achachairu, marang, champedak, mangostan,Kwai muck, dwarf ambarella, duku, long kong, pedalai,Bali Salak, durian, Durio graveolens,Ross sapote, cupuassu,caimito,biribas, apple mamey,Burmese grape, kuwini mango ( flowering for first time! ) seedless bread fruit, lychee ,longan,
Now my new passion are mangos, but I'm running out of space, so I have to be very selective ! I have a beautyful girl(23) and a boy(9) from previous marriage, I live with my wife 3 dogs, male rottie,fem lab, fem cocker, and 4 cats, I worked in hotelery industry, I'm really exited to join this group!
Un abrazo!!
Hi Harry
The elevation of my farm is basically sea level to about 40m. We often have some fruit here but the best time to come for fresh fruit is around September to November. I am seeing flowers on mangosteen, rambutan, and durian right now, to name a few. A visit could be easy from South Florida, I was up there in May and visited some very interesting nurseries. I got some material from Excalibur and a few bromeliads from Bullis in Homestead. It would be great to see you here.
Peter
Hi, I just joined yesterday, trying to find help for my tiny mango plant!
I am not a gardener....seems like everything I try to grow dies :-[
I live in Canada, we get very cold winters and very hot summers!
Hoping I can find some advice for my mango tree!
Hi, I just joined yesterday, trying to find help for my tiny mango plant!
I am not a gardener....seems like everything I try to grow dies :-[
I live in Canada, we get very cold winters and very hot summers!
Hoping I can find some advice for my mango tree!
I think you came to the right place because we have some forum members in Canada growing mangos, i'm sure they can help you, along with the many other mango experts here. Welcome to the group!
Yes Felipe ,
Soy Aleman ( Bavarian from Munich),My Job brought me to Mexico 25 years ago.
Thanks'for welcoming me .
Helmut
Welcome to the forum... :)
Rusahlynn. :) I'm glad you found other Canadian Mango growers.. hopefully they'll be able to help. But keep us posted on how your little tree does..:) It would be nice to see it make it through..:) I grow some mangoes in pots as well, so if there is anything i can help with, just let me know.
JD, you've a great collection so far and I'm sure you'll probably be adding much more..:) Here's a good place to start your Jaboticaba reading http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=4238.msg58386#msg58386...: (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=4238.msg58386#msg58386...:))
Waldi1...welcome to the forum, retiring with more than a 100 different fruit trees sounds wonderful..:P
Welcome to the forum... :)
Rusahlynn. :) I'm glad you found other Canadian Mango growers.. hopefully they'll be able to help. But keep us posted on how your little tree does..:) It would be nice to see it make it through..:) I grow some mangoes in pots as well, so if there is anything i can help with, just let me know.
Thanks :) it is growing new leaves now...so I'm hoping they don't turn brown as well....I will keep you posted on how it does!!
Hello everyone, I registered with the site because I have been a hobbyist of fruit trees for about 3 years now. I looking forward to learning from others as I am still a novice when it comes to growing.
I think it could be done with the jujubes, I think Roger Myer has imported plants in the past. I think it depends on how the species is listed by Aphis. I am near the largest ag school in china and saw some cool looking photos of different types of jujubes before, but as I am going home at the end of july I wont be here during the right time of the year to import budwood. Yeah its good to have some young blood in this rare fruit stuff. What got you into it?
Greetings to all forumites,
I got interested in tropical fruits when, upon moving to Stuart, FL in 1994 from 4.5 acres on the Potomac river in rural Virginia where I grew apples, grapes, plums, vegetables, blueberries and others, I discovered there was nothing particularly tropical in my regular Publix produce area. Disappointed, I decided, well, I'll just have to grow them myself. So I got this little Sunset book, on Citrus and Subtropical fruit and got inspired. Then got my own little acre in 1997, had Richard Wilson bring a truck full of trees, and boom, I was off. I've pretty much continued this on my own as I didn't know anyone else in the hobby until recently. Most of my neighbors are sod farmers. (if that's harsh just pretend I didn't say it) So my interest waxes and wanes year to year. I sympathize with Patrick as he wanders around the yard looking for any unoccupied tree planting space, new fruit, leaves, bugs, squirrels, flowers. I have added new stuff and killed other stuff (3 persimmons...etc. ). Locally in Martin county we have Mike's Treesnmore which is a great nursery. I recently did a grafting workshop there with Adam and am very excited to try my hand at this new skill. I appreciate all who have answered my questions and hope to continue learning as I interact with others in the hobby. I also have some orchids, heliconia, bromeliads, collector palms & cycads.
Some fruit inventory....from 20 year old trees to potted seedlings : araca boi, black sapote, sweet tamarind, tropical guavas-Tikal, ?, cattley guava, lychee 2, tangerines, grapefruit duncan, mineola tangelos, uglifuit, pineapple, monstera, cherry of the rio grande, macadamia, mango 7cv-Tebow(Edward x kent), coconut cream,PPK,kent, Glenn, Beverly,valencia pride , longan, pitomba, pomegranate, papaya, guava, coconut, mamay sapote -pantin lorito1, avocado 4 cv., nangka mai1, peach 2, apples 3 cv on one(from Treesnmore) , limes 4 ,lemons 2, white sapote- redlands, rollinia, malay apple, starapple, starfruit- kari, pommelo, sugar apples- red green Puerto rican purple grafted,atemoya geffner 48-26mmm! , soursop,blueberries-3 cv., herbs, tomatoes, eggplant, bananas -gros michel , manzano, hua moa, tall red, short red, raja puri, ice cream, misi luki, dwarf cavendish, praying hands,kru +unknown ones, genip, mysore raspberry, grapes-2, blackberry-Brazos, passionfruit- purple, dragonfruit-pink red, white, yellow, sapodilla , miracle fruit, Ross sapote(canistel),barbados cherry ,... I'm tired....pulasan, terap,abiu coming soon, want chempedak,
OK, since there are others like me, does that mean I'm not crazy or that we all are? Hmmmmmmmm.
Regards, Rusty
Hello everyone
Although I have been growing tropical fruits for over thirty years I recently came across this forum and joined.
I originally lived in Naples Florida and grew all kinds of tropical plants at my home in town and on country property. I llost a 3 acre development of lychee, longan, citrus, and banana varieties to the three problems with groeing tropicals in Florida fire, frost, and flooding. To more successfully pursue my interests I purchased a farm im Maricao Puerto Rico. Maricao is one of the finest places on the planet blessed with natural beauty, nice prople, and a fantastic climate where no heat or air conditioning is ever needed! It also enables you to enjoy nature and the out of doors without the pesty mosquitoes so prevalent in Florida.
Anyway, my particular interests are in growing tropical fruits, palms, and flowering trees, although all of the tropical plant world excites me including the fantastc native plants we have here. I also have some property in the dry hot areas on the southwest coast to provide a different environment for fruits like mangoes which grow to enormous size in the rainy mountains but do not fruit well.
Since nothing is very level in Maricao, plantings are on steep hillsides or switchbacks constructed on the property. Working alone, I have concentrated my plantings enjoying the beautiful native forests on the rest of the property.
I have fruited lychees, longans, rambutans, mangosteens,and citrus and bananas of all kinds easily. Many other
Fruits like jaboticaba and langsat grow well but do not fruit. As a strong lover of langsat from my times in Asia, I'd love any advice on how to mak my trees fruit. Hope to hear from any of you interested in fruits or farming in Puerto Rico.
Welcome bienvenidos
Camilo mucho gusto de conocerte
Very nice to meet another person studying agronomy, tambien estoy estudiando agronomia, pero en los EEUU. You are lucky to live in a place with so many interesting species of fruiting plants. I also grow Mora de castilla and its one of my favorite tropical rubus species. This is a very good place to find and trade rare fruits and there is a lot of information available, aqui es un buen lugar si quierias hacer intercambios de semillas, y se pueda incontrar much informacion sobre frutas.
Mi gustaria ver fotos de las frutas locales que se tiene en este lado del mundo.
I would like to see some photos of the fruits from the part of the world.
Hi, has long wanted to participate in this great forum and meeting point for lovers of tropical fruits.
I hope to help in any way possible and learn from the great masters who appear here. I'll put my list of varieties and tropical species now I have on my farm. I own the web www.frutalestropicales.com (http://www.frutalestropicales.com), and prefer more sharing than selling. My English language is not very good, but hopefully enough to defend myself. Greetings and a big hug to everyone.
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Grafting zone for tropical fruit trees
Hey, my name is Alex Curtis-Slep and I live in St. Petersburg, Florida.hehehe, so close of believe I of that lives in russia
Ok, so I'm a newb.
This Wendy from MangoMaven.com, which is a blog geared toward consumers/layman interested in mangoes. I try to provide information the non-expert / non-enthusiast might want/need. I have a ton of questions about this or that related to mangoes - hopefully I won't drive you all crazy.
I confess that I'm jealous of *anyone* that can grow a mango tree. I live in Pebble Beach, CA where it's an average 65 degrees all the time. My particular location tends to be even a little cooler - can't even grow tomatoes! So I have to live through all of you... On my bucket list is the Mango Festival at Fairchild, and then possibly attending some international ones too. The big one in India has my name on it! On my mango site, I have a listing of festivals...if you know of any that I've missed PLEASE tell me! :)
My professional life includes co-founding http://messageaday.com (http://messageaday.com) and being a Founding Member of Solavei. (a $49 unlimited cell service that runs on top of T-Mobile) I like to save $$$ and help others do the same.
Oh, and I am a cat lady...and the mother of twin daughters who are now 21! I look forward to connecting on the forum.
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"Fruit Trees Attract Women...be careful" I wonder which one out of two of you have to be careful.. ::)
Welcome to all the new members. Tom, stop on by and say hi some time!When I see you outside sometime I will stop.
Welcome to all the new members. Tom, stop on by and say hi some time!When I see you outside sometime I will stop.
you should grow yellow dragonfruit, is so exquisite a good for the health.
the chilean papaya is resistent to the frost ,but not the snow, although here you can see papaya of mount like a wild plant, so that pucharse a fruit and extracted seeds of them.
the custard apple also grow good, just get cuttings in the section of interchange or buy of this forum.
you should grow yellow dragonfruit, is so exquisite a good for the health.
the chilean papaya is resistent to the frost ,but not the snow, although here you can see papaya of mount like a wild plant, so that pucharse a fruit and extracted seeds of them.
the custard apple also grow good, just get cuttings in the section of interchange or buy of this forum.
Thanks. Ill check them out. Actually have mexican papaya growing from seed. Its about 4" right now. Is chilean papaya the same as our pawpaw that grows in th southern US? I thought about custard apple but theyare too sweet for me.
you should grow yellow dragonfruit, is so exquisite a good for the health.
the chilean papaya is resistent to the frost ,but not the snow, although here you can see papaya of mount like a wild plant, so that pucharse a fruit and extracted seeds of them.
the custard apple also grow good, just get cuttings in the section of interchange or buy of this forum.
Thanks. Ill check them out. Actually have mexican papaya growing from seed. Its about 4" right now. Is chilean papaya the same as our pawpaw that grows in th southern US? I thought about custard apple but theyare too sweet for me.
the scientific name is Carica candamarcensis, is good and grow in mediterrean and subtropical climates
I am new to this site and have questions regarding how to and where to buy materials for mushroom growing in Costa Rica. I have experience back home in the U.S. but don't even know where I can find vermiculite and other materials in my new country. Any ideas? I don't even know where to look on this forum. Any guidance on how to find help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
Bienvenida Xisca!
Where are you lacated? In CI at 500m over sea level you will have a very hard time growing tropicals. In your case, I would focus on growing sub-tropicals and temperate fruits. You say you are growing mango, did you ever get them to fruit at your location?
aloha!
my name is Micah and i love to grow and eat things that are from our earth. i live in waipio valley hawaii with my wife and two kids. we grow taro and over 100 tropical fruits and nuts.. im always trying to expand the garden with other pleasantrees. ive been surfing the net for years looking for sources of the rarities from around the world. i have a small seed permit for importing seeds to grow. i love the fact that we do a service to all mankind by growing these treasures to perpetuate them for future generations all the while eating healthy saving money and helping our earth/air/soil...seems to me a win win situations. i growing the seeds of the trees i feel worthy to spread out on the island. my family does a horseback riding trip by the orchards with samples sometimes as this helps spread the word of these tasty treasures. :)
Hi there
My name is Jared and I don't grow (NYC apartment, couldn't if I tried), but I do have a love for hunting down fruits I've never had before. I travel a lot for work. Last winter I spent three months in Malaysia and was coming across so many new fruits that I decided to create a youtube series reviewing what I found. I am, I admit no expert in this field, but its a fascination of mine and I hope to learn more from this forum. The series I made is called "weird fruit explorer" if you'd like to take a look.
Hello everyone,Grant, welcome! Where in North Georgia are you? We have a cabin about 10 minutes from Helen in Clarkesville...
I have a mature charanja tree on my property that bears a wonderful crop of fruit each fall. I have been able to start some seedlings from this past years fruit and I found this site while researching the charanja. I live in north Georgia, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, so I was quite surprised to find such a nice citrus tree growing untended when I purchased this land.
I look forward to learning about growing tropical fruit and sharing what I learn about my charang as they grow.
Hello my name is João Sousa I'm 17 years old and I live on Madeira island, Funchal and I have been interested in rare and exotic fruits since my 15, I hope to learn more about more this kind of plants in the future. I live in an flat on the top floor where most plants can get sun but most plants that i own are on my mothers boyfriend roof, unfortunately i don't have any kind of terrain to plant more plants but i hope to get one in the future, for now I'm going to put them in a VERY large pots.Olá João! Tens umas variedades fantásticas! You will learn here a lot! See you soon! ;D
The plants that I have now are: passiflora edulis (both the yellow and purple variety), longan, grumixama, feijoa, jackfruit, black suriman cherry and dragon fruit (selenicereus megalanthus, the yellow one).
And the fruit plants that i hope to adquire in the future are berries with uncommon colors, rambutan both the red and yellow variety, durian, dragon fruit(selenicereus megalanthus hybrid) orange skinned with red pulp, jabuticabas, mangosteens and black and white sapotes or how i like to call them "pudding sapotes" because of what i heard they taste like pudding.
Well, that's i have to say, I hope to learn more from all of you. Good evening and thank you for your time.
Hello my name is Tim Thompson, I am an "old guy" and this is my first effort with internet forums. This is somewhat intimidating, and also at the same time very exciting. I started growing things with my dad's help and guidance as a child. Then it was just a hobby. I have special interest in tropical fruits, mangoes in particular. For the last 20 plus years many people have referred to me by the nickname: The Mango Man. My father instilled in me a sense of adventure in growing new and often difficult things. That desire to overcome obstacles is part of what made me take on the challenge of growing and fruiting mangoes in Southern California. I started that effort almost 40 years ago and now have achieved that goal with over a dozen mango varieties that are in the patent process and which will soon be growing throughout Southern California.WOW great story! Thank you so much for sharing your life story with us! :D
I live in Camarillo, about 15 miles inland from the ocean and grew up on a ranch between Ventura and Santa Paula after moving from frosty Nothern Illinois.
Welcome Patrick,Do you have tropicals with cold weather? By the way can you tell what do you have?
It's great to see a tropical fruit grower/enthusiast up in Arlington. I don't live that far from you, here in Richmond, Virginia. Just plant those tropical fruit seeds! I can tell you that it may be a little of a challenge to grow tropical/subtropical plants up here but it's not impossible. I have a small collection of my dearest plants after moving from Florida, and so far they are doing well.
Tomas
Hi Luisport,Yes i can try that too, but in potas it's more dificult to get a fruit stage...
Well, I grow my plants in pots so when cold weather comes I bring bring them inside/greenhouse. Here is what I have:
abiu
white, yellow, black sapote
various Eugenia species
various Garcinia species
various Myrciaria and Plinia species
and some obscure plants too
Tomas
Welcome Luis, Alphonzo, Jared, Joao Sousa, Phat, Kathy Thomas, Dietrich Cusseaux, Tim Thompson, Patrick! Look forward to your postings!Thank you so much! This forum is awsome!!! ;)
Hi all,
I am here in sunny England (NOT!) and am attempting to grow stuff I really should have more sense about.
My excuse is that we have bought a house in the south of Spain and I am preparing to plant the garden out there :).
Currently I have about a dozen Mango's from India,Pakistan and Bangladesh and new this year some Lychees.
I have previously killed dozens of Custard Apples (and related species) Tamerind and countless fruits from holidays around the world.
Chilli plants are everywhere and I grew Epezote for the first time this year.
I am looking to grow as many varieties as possible in my new garden, but I need to be realistic.
I see many plants advertised as suitable for Zone 9 for example, but I am not sure what zone I will be in.
My house is in Ramil Bajo, Andalucia, Spain, so if anyone who understands Zones can tell me which one I will be in, I would be very grateful.
I really hope to learn from you guys, and in return I can pass on my knowledge to you.
I am also willing to send seeds (Laws permitting) if I get something people want, just for swaps, (no money involved).
Mwambao from the East african coastal city of Mombasa Kenya.
Curently residing in Canada.Still have small farm at south coast of Kenya.
cheers
My name is Patrick (I am veggie on the tropical vegetable forum). I live in Arlington, Washington, which has a mind boggling amount of tropical fruit growers: three 😉. Us fruitarians are a rare breed up here. I started when my family went vegan, and we found a food co-op that carried chirimoyas. I had not gardened since I was little, but these seeds were just asking to be planted. Long story short, I turned into a total fruit junkie, with dreams of eating them all, fresh and homegrown, delicious 😋. Being new at this, I will probably have a few awkward and duh questions. Such as what to do when neighbors steal your cacao seedling (mine is now over seven inches, theirs died of neglect). I look forward to your answers (a much used line, I know)! Thanks!
Hello,Geeezzzzzzzzzzzzz congratulations! You should post photos to us! ;) Your collection is impressive... all of them are producing?
my name is Markus. I live in germany and started a hobby (5 years ago) to grow exotic fruits.
For the most i grow fruits which cannot be bought anywhere here in germany .
Till now I am growing :
Pouteria obovata => grafted plants
Canistel => grafted plants and plants from seeds
acca sellowiana (Coolidge,Unique,Mammouth,Triumph) => bought plants and from seeds -> got fruits
citrus australasica=>plant bought
citrus hybride (Faustrime) => plant bought -> fruits
Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis => plant bought
diospyros digyna(black sapote)=> from seeds and grafted plant -> got fruits
scasimiroa edulis(white sapote)=>grafted plants and plants from seed -> got fruits
pouteria viridis(Green Sapote) => from seeds
Mamey Sapote=>from seeds
pouteria multiflora (bully Tree) =>from seeds
Manilkara zapota=>grafted plants and from seed
sziziphus jujuba (different varieties)=>bought plants -> this year first fruits developing
ziziphus mauritiana => bought plant
carica pubescens=>bough plant -> died
carica pentagonia -> got fruits
theobroma cacao=>bough plants->flowering now the third year
Anacardium occidentale (cashew)
inga edulis=>from seeds
Manilkara kauki=>bought plants
pouteria caimito (abiu)=>from seeds
Stelechocarpus cauliflorus (Kepel)=>from seeds
Psidium friedrichsthalianum=>bought plant
psidium guajava=>bought plant
psidium guajava dwarf=>bought plant
Psidium cattleianum=>bought plants-> first fruits this year
ugni molinea=>bought plant-> got fruits
Cherimoya, Annona cherimola=>bought plants
Chrysophyllum cainito=>bought plant
Passiflora mollisima=>bought plant
passiflora edulis=>bought plant
passiflora decaisneana x =>bought plant
passiflora alata=>bought plant
Manilkara discolor=>bought
manilkara achras=>dead
Sapodilla-LaMudSriDa-Madhuca-esculenta=>dead
musa raja puri => plant
musa dwarf red => plant
musa super dwarf cavendish => plant
musa super plantain=>plant
Sandoricum koetjape (santol,lolly fruit)=>from seeds
punica granatum=>plant
aegle marmelos=>from seeds
asimina triloba=>(several grafted varieties, growing outside)
Cyphomandra betacea=>from seeds
myrciaria cauliflora=>plant
Dacryodes edulis (safu)=>from seeds
I already succeded in a few fruts but hope to harvest more types when the palnts get older .
Currently on my wishlist for seeds or plants I could not get till now is :
Malay apple
inga vulpina
ross sapote
Hello everyone!
I'm so excited to join this forum. I'm here because my teenage son - "Mr. Caimito" - has gotten me hooked on rare/exotic/tropical fruit.
I know precisely nothing about growing tropical fruit ;D That's the main thing that motivated me to make my own account here - I need lots of help!! Living in zone 7a doesn't really help matters much, either.
Mr. Caimito and I are attempting to grow a Cogshall Mango (from Excalibur), a Violet de Bordeaux fig, 3 cherimoya saplings (from seeds of a commercial fruit), 3 papaya seedlings, 2 miracle fruit seedlings, and one coffee plant.
I'm in my mid-thirties and work at home full-time as a Call Center Workforce Manager. My primary hobby is breadmaking - I bake all of our family's bread from scratch and by hand (except for some mixing). I also love jazz - it's playing in the house all the time.
My screen name is what it is because I am slightly obsessed with the pawpaw. Despite growing up in Tennessee (ideal pawpaw territory), I had never heard of the tree until a few months ago, and I was floored by the fact that it's a temperate Annona. So I love to hunt wild pawpaw trees in the woods. I have yet to taste the fruit as of this writing. I've found some large fruiting trees and can't wait to check them out in September!
Lastly - my favorite exotic fruits in mostly descending order: Durian, jackfruit, cherimoya, mamey, mango, canistel, rambutan, lychee
My apologies in advance for any noob questions I may ask! Thanks to everyone for making this such a great community.
Hello! zone 7a, huh. Looks like we're in the same situation ;) (i'm 7b)
Welcome to the forum!
Welcome Triloba Tracker. I grew up in N GA and am quite familiar with pawpaws although I never found a really good one in the wild. It's hand to hand combat with the wildlife to get them when ripe. KSU has many cultivars - http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/ (http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/)
I'm here because my teenage son - "Mr. Caimito" - has gotten me hooked on rare/exotic/tropical fruit.
Welcome Triloba Tracker. I grew up in N GA and am quite familiar with pawpaws although I never found a really good one in the wild. It's hand to hand combat with the wildlife to get them when ripe. KSU has many cultivars - http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/ (http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/)
Thanks!! Yeah, I've heard similar things about how hard it is to beat the 'possums and such to the fruit. I guess since I'm new at it, I haven't become jaded yet! I did learn about the KSU pawpaw program and have spoken with them a little. I would like to take a trip up there to see their operation and maybe get some trees.
I just love the feeling of foraging in the wild for fruit. ..it's such a cool feeling that nature is just handing out free, delicious, nutritious food! Of course, cultivating food has its own rewards too.
Before the onset of agriculture everything humans ate was handed out by nature.
Before the onset of agriculture everything humans ate was handed out by nature.
So true! With today's industrial agriculture machine, you have to sorta wonder if we've ruined it :)
Congratulations, normally it's the other way around. Very refreshing to hear kids getting hooked on tropical FRUITS rather than many other things, then converting parents to make great duos.I'm here because my teenage son - "Mr. Caimito" - has gotten me hooked on rare/exotic/tropical fruit.
Ha! Well, I will see if Henry can comment too, but my answer is: talk about rare fruit all the time, bug your parents to let you mail-order fruit, constantly beg to go to the nearest international grocery store, and start growing plants all over the house :):):):)Congratulations, normally it's the other way around. Very refreshing to hear kids getting hooked on tropical FRUITS rather than many other things, then converting parents to make great duos.I'm here because my teenage son - "Mr. Caimito" - has gotten me hooked on rare/exotic/tropical fruit.
Haha! I am also a teenager, but cannot seem to get my parents fully interested. Any suggestions, triloba tracker?
Ha! Well, I will see if Henry can comment too, but my answer is: talk about rare fruit all the time, bug your parents to let you mail-order fruit, constantly beg to go to the nearest international grocery store, and start growing plants all over the house :):):):)Congratulations, normally it's the other way around. Very refreshing to hear kids getting hooked on tropical FRUITS rather than many other things, then converting parents to make great duos.I'm here because my teenage son - "Mr. Caimito" - has gotten me hooked on rare/exotic/tropical fruit.
Haha! I am also a teenager, but cannot seem to get my parents fully interested. Any suggestions, triloba tracker?
Welcome! That is a wonderful and inspiring list from Canada! I hope to hear more from you. Make a topic and post some pics! I also have avocado, one of my favorite fruit. Is yours grafted? Avocado trees are very popular over here, and most houses have a little tree from store-bought fruit, but almost nobody has a grafted tree, and even I have not grafted mine yet. I like your citrus list! I also have a few, but kumquat is not technically a citrus, but instead a fortunella. Good luck with that babaco!
Welcome, Canadian Tropics!
What size are your potted plants, and what can you tell us about your greenhouses?
Hi, I'm Tony.Welcome! ;D
I'm the webmaster for SoCalPlantBreeders.com
I'm also an avid tropical gardner as well.
I currently reside in Ventura California.
I'm the webmaster for SoCalPlantBreeders.comWelcome Tony. You will likely find some interesting information on tropicals you can grow in your area. Hardiness zones change quickly over physically short distances in CA. Are you in USDA 10a?
I'm also an avid tropical gardner as well.
I currently reside in Ventura California.
My name is Jeff. I grew up in Massachusetts but moved to Miami in 2007. I just moved into a new house and had a baby boy (named Keegan) so I figured a healthy mini-orchard addiction would be perfect! I have a small lot--maybe 1/5 of an acre....but I intend to make it a densely-packed fruit and veggie paradise. I love the idea of self-sufficiency at least somewhat living off the land.
I may have missed some but I think that's it. Suffice to say, I have "the bug" like many of you. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Harry, Rob, Lisa, Jeff Hagen, squam, sheehan, and others for your mango cultivar reviews as well as many other fruits. Without you guys, I would've been in the dark and probably got a Tommy atkins and choc-anon--lol
Anyway, I look forward to interacting with you all as time goes on and I try to bring this mini-orchard up to speed. BTW, what is oolitic limestone? My soil here is sandy (some parts are always white in color, but most are a light gray--have hear people say it's sugar sand. I know i can have it tested by UF extension but i like instant gratification.
Let the journey begin!!
~Jeff
Mango (lemon zest, coconut cream, nam doc mai #4, Maha Chanok, mallika, pickering, graham, rosigold, Neelam, fairchild, Glenn, angie, madame francis (already existing--may graft onto it in later years)
Hi All
Im very interested in tropical rare and exotic fruits.
i also like medicinal herbs and just about all edibles (im a vegetarian)
I liveb in the suburbs, but my backyard is full. mainly Papaya trees, but have guava, satsuma
and a few other adult treesd
but mostly i am still in the growing stages for lots of stuff
like Mamey, Baobob , Lychee, opuntia, dragonfruit, cherimoya etc... seedlings i have.
i keep a photobucket account of stuff here...
http://s98.photobucket.com/user/911review/library/?sort=3&page=1 (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/911review/library/?sort=3&page=1)
I am outside of New Orleans, so it stays warm most of the year
and the winters are pretty mild. - i think im in zone 10 (maybe 9a ?)
not sure... i saw 2 different maps
one was hard to read.
i love to trade
and am looking for (especially) Marang/Terap - Cacao and Lucuma
or almost any exotic tropical fruit that will grow here.
(also medicinals)
Brad
I plan on pruning intensively...as i have seen from dave wilson nursery online. Pepe also has some info on mini-grove culture on his site. Not much pruning yet because things are just starting to take off. I have planted a few multi-trees in one hole and pruned them accordingly upon planting so they wouldn't shade each other out.
Old Alchemist from Canada who married someone from Brunei, nearly 30 years ago. We currently live in California so are growing citrus, avocado and a couple of Paw Paw. We have a small farm in AL. I'm interested in PAW PAW as we need to take the tropical favors north.
Hello,
My name Moh'd and I'm from Dubai, UAE. I started this hobby when I was 12 years old . My first grow was a mango that was bought from a supermarket. Right know, I 'm growing over 20 different types of fruits from all over the world (most of them are not available here). I got Genip, Mammea Americana , 5 types of Garcinia , 6 types of Eugenia , Eggfruit , Jackfruit , mango , Malay Apple , Rose apple and More.
Mohd
Hello,
My name Moh'd and I'm from Dubai, UAE. I started this hobby when I was 12 years old . My first grow was a mango that was bought from a supermarket. Right know, I 'm growing over 20 different types of fruits from all over the world (most of them are not available here). I got Genip, Mammea Americana , 5 types of Garcinia , 6 types of Eugenia , Eggfruit , Jackfruit , mango , Malay Apple , Rose apple and More.
Mohd
Hello!
Just wondering, how do such plants fare in your arid climate?
Welcome Moh'd! That sure must be a challenge to grow tropicals in such a arid area! Are you growing your plants in ground or in pots? Where does your irrigation water come from?
Hello,
My name Moh'd and I'm from Dubai, UAE. I started this hobby when I was 12 years old . My first grow was a mango that was bought from a supermarket. Right know, I 'm growing over 20 different types of fruits from all over the world (most of them are not available here). I got Genip, Mammea Americana , 5 types of Garcinia , 6 types of Eugenia , Eggfruit , Jackfruit , mango , Malay Apple , Rose apple and More.
Mohd
Hello!
Just wondering, how do such plants fare in your arid climate?
Well, I live 8 km away from the sea so, it not that dry. The humidity level is between 40% to 80% most of the time and the temperature ranges between 8C in winter and up to 45C in summer. I can grow Jackfruit , sapodilla, mango, Mullberry, Figs and lemon without any problem as long as the root system is well developed.
Hello,
My name Moh'd and I'm from Dubai, UAE. I started this hobby when I was 12 years old . My first grow was a mango that was bought from a supermarket. Right know, I 'm growing over 20 different types of fruits from all over the world (most of them are not available here). I got Genip, Mammea Americana , 5 types of Garcinia , 6 types of Eugenia , Eggfruit , Jackfruit , mango , Malay Apple , Rose apple and More.
Mohd
Hello!
Just wondering, how do such plants fare in your arid climate?
Well, I live 8 km away from the sea so, it not that dry. The humidity level is between 40% to 80% most of the time and the temperature ranges between 8C in winter and up to 45C in summer. I can grow Jackfruit , sapodilla, mango, Mullberry, Figs and lemon without any problem as long as the root system is well developed.
That's really awesome!! good luck in all your growing pursuits!!
Old Alchemist from Canada who married someone from Brunei, nearly 30 years ago. We currently live in California so are growing citrus, avocado and a couple of Paw Paw. We have a small farm in AL. I'm interested in PAW PAW as we need to take the tropical favors north.Welcome! AL is the closest forum member location I've seen to my location in Middle Tennessee. ..we're only 30-45 mins from the Alabama line. I'm interested in pawpaws as well but so far I've not planted any. Good luck!
Hi Everyone,Glad to have you, Bruce. Your story sounds a lot like mine. . .good luck!
The tropical fruit bug infection me. It got kindled when my son was showing some interest in gardening and dug up the old garden bed (that went unused for 12 years) and wanted to grow some peppers, strawberries, and tropical’s. Then to add fuel to the fire in July of 2012 we when to the AZFRG meeting in Phoenix, AZ and walked away with 3 loquat seedlings, a fig tree, banana plant, and sugar cane plant. This started a mad rush to collect as many tropical plants that could possibly grow and fruit in Phoenix, AZ. The collection as grown to many plants with most of them in containers for the sake of moving them around winters cold and summer heat. Currently in the process of sorting out what will survive planted in my yard without any protection from winters frost. Looking for info on best practice on growing Tropical fruit trees in container, soil mixes, fertilizer types application, container size, and plant types best for containers. Just about any info that will make container growing fruitful! I’ve spend many hours buying plants, planting seeds, and looking for info on the net also attended classes at the county extension office and club meetings for this information but still looking for more info to increase my success.
Bruce
hello everybody,
I'm Gabriel and I'm italian
I want to create in my garden all tropical fruit
I hope that here is possible to find all information
thanks
Hey I'm Pineapple Bob, a pineapple and blood orange grower from north Georgia. I am now in New Orleans (much easier to grow tropical things when your weather is tropical). Anyways I figured I would share some pics of my fruit with you, maybe one of you might know what type of pineapple I have! (it is very sweet and smells amazing)
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New to any type forums and this one came highly recommended, no turning back now. Met Murahilin and Patrick on Saturday to pick up some of the free pomerac seedlings to share with family and fellow Treasure Coast Rare Fruit Club members. Was very impressed by Patrick's garden and Murahilin's knowlege. I felt right at home in Patrick's garden - fruit tress in his front lawn, sides and back. PARADISE!Welcome, check out echonet.org...it's involved with helping people in third world countries become self sustainable
My reality has been working with the mental health population, and in 2010 realized that I had my own mental health issues. I could not wait until retirement to create the exotic fruit garden I dreamed about daily, so the OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) personality took over. Quit my job, cleared out the grass from my lawn, went to excalibur, and today blissfully enjoying the fruits of my labor; 20 years before my retirement. Somehow I keep finding room in my already polulated yard to add just one more tree. Peppers were my 2013 obsession, 2014 will be tomatoes, and the OCD continues! For the last 3 years I enjoyed being in heaven; no time clocks, no traffic jams, no deadlines, no "normal" people to deal with; it was just me, my garden (100 plus fruit trees) and fellow fruit tree fanatics (no offense).
Gardening lowers my blood pressure, relieves my anxiety, feeds my OCD, and allows me to escape the rat race of life. Social Activism is my reality. I founded an international Human Rights Organization working with families permanently separated by US deportation policies. When immigrant parents are deported, many of their American children are either lost in the US child welfare system and / or thier parental rights are taken away and we have a mess. I am also very active in my community, currently working with one of the local schools to develop a sustainable school garden, assiting a local AIDs organization with a fundraising project, and working with the FAU (Florida Atlantic University) Collegiate chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as a program developer, while working on my Masters.
I purchased 15 acres of land in Trinidad just in case I run out of planting space on the one lot lot I live on in Port St Lucie FL. I know my mental issues are deep especially when I was able to convince my Therapist and my Psychiatrist to join me (lol).
My current mission is figuring out how to marry my passion (fruit tree gardening) with my reality (human rights activist). Ideas welcomed.
Marlene
New to any type forums and this one came highly recommended, no turning back now. Met Murahilin and Patrick on Saturday to pick up some of the free pomerac seedlings to share with family and fellow Treasure Coast Rare Fruit Club members. Was very impressed by Patrick's garden and Murahilin's knowlege. I felt right at home in Patrick's garden - fruit tress in his front lawn, sides and back. PARADISE!
My reality has been working with the mental health population, and in 2010 realized that I had my own mental health issues. I could not wait until retirement to create the exotic fruit garden I dreamed about daily, so the OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) personality took over. Quit my job, cleared out the grass from my lawn, went to excalibur, and today blissfully enjoying the fruits of my labor; 20 years before my retirement. Somehow I keep finding room in my already polulated yard to add just one more tree. Peppers were my 2013 obsession, 2014 will be tomatoes, and the OCD continues! For the last 3 years I enjoyed being in heaven; no time clocks, no traffic jams, no deadlines, no "normal" people to deal with; it was just me, my garden (100 plus fruit trees) and fellow fruit tree fanatics (no offense).
Gardening lowers my blood pressure, relieves my anxiety, feeds my OCD, and allows me to escape the rat race of life. Social Activism is my reality. I founded an international Human Rights Organization working with families permanently separated by US deportation policies. When immigrant parents are deported, many of their American children are either lost in the US child welfare system and / or thier parental rights are taken away and we have a mess. I am also very active in my community, currently working with one of the local schools to develop a sustainable school garden, assiting a local AIDs organization with a fundraising project, and working with the FAU (Florida Atlantic University) Collegiate chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as a program developer, while working on my Masters.
I purchased 15 acres of land in Trinidad just in case I run out of planting space on the one lot lot I live on in Port St Lucie FL. I know my mental issues are deep especially when I was able to convince my Therapist and my Psychiatrist to join me (lol).
My current mission is figuring out how to marry my passion (fruit tree gardening) with my reality (human rights activist). Ideas welcomed.
Marlene
Hello everyone,Welcome!! What part of Taiwan are you in, and what is your job? Pretty cool to have a fruit-related job. ...
A delayed self introduction.
My name is Rock from Taiwan. I'm interested in tropical and subtropical fruits. Collecting new fruits is my hobby and job. if you have special ones, please let me know.
Hello everyone,Welcome!! What part of Taiwan are you in, and what is your job? Pretty cool to have a fruit-related job. ...
A delayed self introduction.
My name is Rock from Taiwan. I'm interested in tropical and subtropical fruits. Collecting new fruits is my hobby and job. if you have special ones, please let me know.
I live in central Taiwan. Planting fruits (pineapple, papaya, tomato etc.) and selling them is one of my job, owning a nursery is the other job.In other words, I'm a farmer and nursryman.Excellent! My wife's family lived in Taipei for 11 years back in the 80's and 90's. We are trying to save up to visit.
Hello everyone,Welcome!! What part of Taiwan are you in, and what is your job? Pretty cool to have a fruit-related job. ...
A delayed self introduction.
My name is Rock from Taiwan. I'm interested in tropical and subtropical fruits. Collecting new fruits is my hobby and job. if you have special ones, please let me know.
I plant a lot of exotic fruits, but only some fruits start to fruit including jaboticaba, white sapote, star apple, abiu, soursop, black sopote, imbe, cherry mangosteen, white logan, waxberry, ChempedadI live in central Taiwan. Planting fruits (pineapple, papaya, tomato etc.) and selling them is one of my job, owning a nursery is the other job.In other words, I'm a farmer and nursryman.Excellent! My wife's family lived in Taipei for 11 years back in the 80's and 90's. We are trying to save up to visit.
Hello everyone,Welcome!! What part of Taiwan are you in, and what is your job? Pretty cool to have a fruit-related job. ...
A delayed self introduction.
My name is Rock from Taiwan. I'm interested in tropical and subtropical fruits. Collecting new fruits is my hobby and job. if you have special ones, please let me know.
Do you grow any exotic fruit?
Hello and welcome!! the cherry mangosteen seems interesting, what is it?I plant a lot of exotic fruits, but only some fruits start to fruit including jaboticaba, white sapote, star apple, abiu, soursop, black sopote, imbe, cherry mangosteen, white logan, waxberry, ChempedadI live in central Taiwan. Planting fruits (pineapple, papaya, tomato etc.) and selling them is one of my job, owning a nursery is the other job.In other words, I'm a farmer and nursryman.Excellent! My wife's family lived in Taipei for 11 years back in the 80's and 90's. We are trying to save up to visit.
Hello everyone,Welcome!! What part of Taiwan are you in, and what is your job? Pretty cool to have a fruit-related job. ...
A delayed self introduction.
My name is Rock from Taiwan. I'm interested in tropical and subtropical fruits. Collecting new fruits is my hobby and job. if you have special ones, please let me know.
Do you grow any exotic fruit?
Hi Jason, welcome to the group! Are you able to find any durian there in Ecuador?
Hi Harry and Jason,
I would say Me encantan las frutas dulces. Amo is not really used in this context, but if you really want to use it I would shortn the phrase to Amo las frutas dulces.
Jaime
Hi Harry and Jason,
I would say Me encantan las frutas dulces. Amo is not really used in this context, but if you really want to use it I would shortn the phrase to Amo las frutas dulces.
Jaime
See.....that's what happens when you get a gringo attempting to speakor write Spanish. You are absolutely right, of course. I was trying to conjugate what was written, and translated literally to a wrong conclusion. Thanks for the correction to my correction.
Hello everybody, My name is Nancy, I live in So Cal, and just started to grow tropical fruit trees. I have been reading this blog for the last few months, but I wish I had known about it before I started planting my few trees 2 years ago. I have some citrus trees in containers, a Haas avocado and a seedling guava in the ground. Earlier this year I planted 2 Atemoyas in the ground, but one got root rot, so I googled to find out how to deal with it, that's when I found this forum and some others, I have been lurking all this time, and now finally found the courage to jump in. LOL. I learn so much from reading your posts. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Hi my name is Stephen I live on Big Pine Key, just wanted to introduce my self, lots of good info here!
Hi, I just joined the other day. My name is Carolyn, and I live in Boise Idaho. We are USDA zone 6, but I have a 15x30 ft zone 12+ greenhouse in my back yard (ok, it sort of IS the back yard...). Costs more to heat than the house.
I have about 80 different species out there right now, and I am mostly interested in tropical fruit - I some cavendish banana (have had two crops so far, and am hoping for a third this year off these new plants), two different varieties of cacao (have not tried to pollinate them yet), coffee (lots of beans, learning how to roast them properly!), vanilla orchid, cinnamon, dragon fruit and a couple other varieties of blooming tropical cacti, lychee, several different citrus, date palm, jelly palm, coconut palm, a really weird fruiting conophor vine from Africa, and a bunch of other things.
I am ALWAYS looking to buy, sell or swap tropical fruit plants, seedlings and seeds!
Hi, I just joined the other day. My name is Carolyn, and I live in Boise Idaho. We are USDA zone 6, but I have a 15x30 ft zone 12+ greenhouse in my back yard (ok, it sort of IS the back yard...). Costs more to heat than the house.
I have about 80 different species out there right now, and I am mostly interested in tropical fruit - I some cavendish banana (have had two crops so far, and am hoping for a third this year off these new plants), two different varieties of cacao (have not tried to pollinate them yet), coffee (lots of beans, learning how to roast them properly!), vanilla orchid, cinnamon, dragon fruit and a couple other varieties of blooming tropical cacti, lychee, several different citrus, date palm, jelly palm, coconut palm, a really weird fruiting conophor vine from Africa, and a bunch of other things.
I am ALWAYS looking to buy, sell or swap tropical fruit plants, seedlings and seeds!
Nice to have you on the forum, Cassandra! I have never tried longan, but have a small seedling, your love of them makes me wish I had kept more! Good luck with the jackfruit (another fruit I have not tried), I hope they all do well! Jackfruit are fast growers, so I have heard, and can begin flowering after barely a year.
Nice to have you on the forum, Cassandra! I have never tried longan, but have a small seedling, your love of them makes me wish I had kept more! Good luck with the jackfruit (another fruit I have not tried), I hope they all do well! Jackfruit are fast growers, so I have heard, and can begin flowering after barely a year.
Patrick, I was first introduced to them while staying in a small village up in the northeastern region. I don't know why, but once I started eating them, I just couldn't stop. I think I bought out all the fruit the local market had, which was maybe a few pounds (I suspect that they were at the tail end of their season). Then I bought another large bag of them at Suvarnabhumi airport on my way out of the country. They were my sustaining food for the flight home, since I ended up with last picks for my choice of "airline meals". Some folks say it's sort of a coconuty flavor. I don't actually think so. They are unique. And as for jackfruit... have you ever had Juicy Fruit Gum? I've been told that jackfruit is where it gets its flavor from! Folks in Thailand don't typically let their fruits ripen (case in point, green papaya salad is a favorite dish over there). When I had jackfruit there, it was yellow and OK, but the flavor sort of reminded me of a banana. Then when I got back to the states, I found a huge chunk of jackfruit at a local Asian market, and the edible pieces had a deep orange color. I brought it home, and that was that. Favorite tropical fruit #2. My other favorite I have not attempted to grow here yet; mangosteen. Fresh, it's awesome. Aged... well, trying to cut through the shell/skin once it's browned is like trying to saw through a log. And unfortunately all the mangosteen I've found locally is the tough stuff.
I'm glad to hear that jackfruit grow so fast. I don't know what species of jackfruit I ended up with. The seed retailer just said the fruit is deep orange, sweet, thick and crunchy, with very little fibery membrane, and supposedly it's also "latexless". I personally didn't mind the latex. I actually thought it'd be cool to utilize the latex into materials for making art.
Good luck with your longan seedling! :) I hope you get some fruit from it.
Welcome, Cassandra! You sound about like me. . .we have a tropical fruit plant collection but nowhere to really house them. We are getting a grow tent/light setup underway right now so hopefully they'll last thru the winter.
I also love jackfruit and have had similar experience with it - fresh/local stuff I had in South FL wasn't as good as the deep golden, super sweet stuff from the asian market in Nashville.
Indoor gardening in small spaces... Fun times! ;) I actually rather love having green in my room during the winter. All that white fluffy stuff and bare-leafed trees are depressing.
I'm not sure why fresh local stuff isn't tasting all that great. I wonder if that's a Cultivar/type issue, or just a matter of the fruit not being ripe enough. Maybe a little of both?
Hi, my name is Cassandra. I'm not in the greatest climate (zone 5B) for growing tropical fruit trees, but after I spent 6 weeks in Thailand last fall, I fell in love with a few! My favorites were longan. I planted a few seeds after I returned to the states and I now have three beautiful little longan trees. They seemed to do OK outside during the summer months, but I really think they prefer the indoors here because of some issues we have with high winds in their outdoor space. The other fruit I just love is jackfruit! I ended up receiving 32 seeds last month and thought, what the heck, I'll try planting. 31 out of the 32 have sprouted, and the most robust already have leaves on them. If they keep growing at this pace, the will soon be taller than my year-old longan!
Ideally, I would love to own a small greenhouse for them all, but that's just not possible in my location. I have all my trees on a large table in my room with a grow light suspended above them. I dunno how long this setup will last, depending on how tall the jackfruit get. I've brought in a heater, which I normally do for the winter, so this room should be at a minimum in the 70's.
I am here mainly because I have never grown anything tropical beyond these guys and I need all the pointers I can get.
Nice to meet you all!
(http://s22.postimg.cc/ohkcig0y5/indoorgarden_Oct13th2013.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/ohkcig0y5/)
P.S. Yes, I even have a Thai pepper plant in the mix now too. :)
My name is Saksith and I live in Thailand. I can speak Eng little.
I am interested in rare fruits.
In my country have a lot of local fruits ( mango, mangosteen, rambutan, durian, longan, jackfruit and... ). Every where have these friuts and I think it looks like apple or berry fruits in USA so I try to looking for rare tropical fruits that look tasty and sweet taste.
Now I m also interested in Inga edulis ( Ice cream bean) seeds. I think this forum is amazing. nice to see eveyone, Thank.
My name is Saksith and I live in Thailand. I can speak Eng little.
I am interested in rare fruits.
In my country have a lot of local fruits ( mango, mangosteen, rambutan, durian, longan, jackfruit and... ). Every where have these friuts and I think it looks like apple or berry fruits in USA so I try to looking for rare tropical fruits that look tasty and sweet taste.
Now I m also interested in Inga edulis ( Ice cream bean) seeds. I think this forum is amazing. nice to see eveyone, Thank.
Welcome to the forum Saksith. I find some irony in your introductory post. There you have all the tropical fruits that we all crave and covet....and you are looking for Ice Cream Bean, something I stopped growing long ago because of its inferiority to almost all fruits that I can grow or have access to. I assume that you have never had Ice Cream Bean and so your quest is in full swing. Best of luck in your quest. If you find it and try it and think it is going to taste like Ice Cream, you will be disappointed. If you want a nitrogen fixing tree with a nice growth habit and fruit that has edible cottony flesh with a mild sweetness, then you may actually appreciate Ice Cream Bean.
No problem. Happy to be of assistance. Most of us on the forum have some measure of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when it comes to fruits and fruit trees. We recognize this and embrace it. We have all had our "had to have" trees and plants for whatever reason that our brains conjured up triggering the mad rush to find our "had to have" plant material. Over the years of desiring, seeking and finding I have found much material that, in retrospect, did not warrant the time, mental energy and especially money that I put into the effort of locating and obtaining the sought after material. But, I always enjoyed the quest.
Oh....have to run. One of my friends is calling me about a new mango cultivar that I just have to have. :)
My name is Saksith and I live in Thailand. I can speak Eng little.
I am interested in rare fruits.
In my country have a lot of local fruits ( mango, mangosteen, rambutan, durian, longan, jackfruit and... ). Every where have these friuts and I think it looks like apple or berry fruits in USA so I try to looking for rare tropical fruits that look tasty and sweet taste.
Now I m also interested in Inga edulis ( Ice cream bean) seeds. I think this forum is amazing. nice to see eveyone, Thank.
Welcome to the forum Saksith. I find some irony in your introductory post. There you have all the tropical fruits that we all crave and covet....and you are looking for Ice Cream Bean, something I stopped growing long ago because of its inferiority to almost all fruits that I can grow or have access to. I assume that you have never had Ice Cream Bean and so your quest is in full swing. Best of luck in your quest. If you find it and try it and think it is going to taste like Ice Cream, you will be disappointed. If you want a nitrogen fixing tree with a nice growth habit and fruit that has edible cottony flesh with a mild sweetness, then you may actually appreciate Ice Cream Bean.
My name is Saksith and I live in Thailand. I can speak Eng little.
I am interested in rare fruits.
In my country have a lot of local fruits ( mango, mangosteen, rambutan, durian, longan, jackfruit and... ). Every where have these friuts and I think it looks like apple or berry fruits in USA so I try to looking for rare tropical fruits that look tasty and sweet taste.
Now I m also interested in Inga edulis ( Ice cream bean) seeds. I think this forum is amazing. nice to see eveyone, Thank.
Welcome to the forum Saksith. I find some irony in your introductory post. There you have all the tropical fruits that we all crave and covet....and you are looking for Ice Cream Bean, something I stopped growing long ago because of its inferiority to almost all fruits that I can grow or have access to. I assume that you have never had Ice Cream Bean and so your quest is in full swing. Best of luck in your quest. If you find it and try it and think it is going to taste like Ice Cream, you will be disappointed. If you want a nitrogen fixing tree with a nice growth habit and fruit that has edible cottony flesh with a mild sweetness, then you may actually appreciate Ice Cream Bean.
Keep in mind that not everyone has the same taste buds as Harry. For example, in the book Fruit Hunters the author, Adam Gollner, describes ice cream bean as one of the best fruits he ever had. (BTW it was a fruit he tasted here from one of my trees.) Also it's not true that Thailand has all the tropical fruits we crave. They are extremely poor in fruits from South America: sapotes, jaboticabas, achachairu, and ofcourse all the ingas. Inga is a wonderful multi purpose tree so i would encourage you to introduce it and spread it in Thailand.
My name is Saksith and I live in Thailand. I can speak Eng little.
I am interested in rare fruits.
In my country have a lot of local fruits ( mango, mangosteen, rambutan, durian, longan, jackfruit and... ). Every where have these friuts and I think it looks like apple or berry fruits in USA so I try to looking for rare tropical fruits that look tasty and sweet taste.
Now I m also interested in Inga edulis ( Ice cream bean) seeds. I think this forum is amazing. nice to see eveyone, Thank.
Welcome to the forum Saksith. I find some irony in your introductory post. There you have all the tropical fruits that we all crave and covet....and you are looking for Ice Cream Bean, something I stopped growing long ago because of its inferiority to almost all fruits that I can grow or have access to. I assume that you have never had Ice Cream Bean and so your quest is in full swing. Best of luck in your quest. If you find it and try it and think it is going to taste like Ice Cream, you will be disappointed. If you want a nitrogen fixing tree with a nice growth habit and fruit that has edible cottony flesh with a mild sweetness, then you may actually appreciate Ice Cream Bean.
Keep in mind that not everyone has the same taste buds as Harry. For example, in the book Fruit Hunters the author, Adam Gollner, describes ice cream bean as one of the best fruits he ever had. (BTW it was a fruit he tasted here from one of my trees.) Also it's not true that Thailand has all the tropical fruits we crave. They are extremely poor in fruits from South America: sapotes, jaboticabas, achachairu, and ofcourse all the ingas. Inga is a wonderful multi purpose tree so i would encourage you to introduce it and spread it in Thailand.
Thanks, Oscar, for pointing out the mistaken points in my response. I want to clear up any misconception I may have created. I was not trying to totally dissuade Saksith from buying seeds or planting Inga. My comments were to point out an irony that I was feeling and to temper the view of the fruit in light of its very inaccurate name. I am certain that you have absolutely wonderful Ice Cream Beans....probably one of the best in the world. And Saksith, if you are planning to buy seeds, I would highly recommend Oscar for that purchase as a reliable source of excellent quality seeds. I do feel that this fruit has been romanticized or hyped by the English name chosen for it. To most people, Ice Cream anything sounds really, really good. So any fruit that is named Ice cream is a must have to most collectors. Well, with all due respect to Oscar's Ingas and Mr. Gollner's hype in a book he is trying to sell, they just don't have any relation in flavor, texture or anything else to ice cream. So I am suggesting some tempering of the excitement based on my experience and my taste buds. Know one knows better than me that other people like things that I don't like. However, if Gollner describes Ice Cream bean as one of the best fruits he has ever had, it causes me some pause to wonder. Even the most ardent supporters of the Inga species that I have encountered in my few years of growing tropical fruits have ever said such a thing with a straight face. Oscar......would you agree with Gollner that Inga is "one of the best fruits in the world?"
Greetings,Hi Bush2Beach congratulations! It would ne nice to see your wonder pics! ;)
I'm Jonah. I enjoy caring for fruiting plants and exploring the woods and beaches. Some of my favorites are the citrus, Avocado, Guava, White Sapote, the hybrid berries in my garden, Cherimoya, Tamarillo, Dragonfruit, Passion Fruit, Loquat, Cereus Cactus, Pakistan Mulberry, Peaches, Figs, and Cherry's I manage.
In my Greenhouse I have Jaboticaba, Cabelluda, Babaco and Granada Papaya, miracle fruit, and lots of babies that are currently wintering in there. I have terraced a fruit orchard in the Redwood and Oak hillside that is very steep and challenging at times but I am happy to have a place to grow fruit.
Hello everyone, my name is Souphanh leaving in Euless TX. I got interested in growing tropical fruit tree when I stumbed on Cherri blog searching for something else other then fruit tree. I thought to myself if she could grow them in PA, why not me in TX. My first tree was a sweetheart lychee, on the second year I almost got fruit, but one day of 45mph wind blow most of the bloom away. From there on I got a few more to my collection, kohala longan, silaswood sapodila, nam doc mai mango(hail storm victim) and a bunch of rambutan seedling(3month old as of today, Dec 10, 2013. Looking forward to learn from everyone on this forum.
Hi All-
My name is khalid, I am a morrocan .
I am happy to see this new forum and look forward to learning and interacting with the other members.
Hello all,
My name is Greg, based in the UK (Coventry) and have just planted 100 avocado trees in The Gambia West Africa.
i must confess that I have no knowledge what so ever about planting and i'm hoping to muddle through with the support of your good selves!!
Currently I'm paying someone to water the avocado trees every other day but at some point would like to put in an irrigation system to make things easier for my farm manager.
I found this site by logging on to myavocadotrees.com . . . all I can say is that I am a fast and keen learner.
Many thanks/regard
Greg
Hello Everyone,Hi Hernan! Nice to see you here! I love to be frugivorous too... maby one day when i have suficiente diferent fruits here... Thank you for sharing your experience! ;D
My name is Hernan Posada and I am originally from Colombia. In 2012, I started to become extremely passionate about fruit.
I am 20 years old and will be living permanently in South Florida starting Jan 7th, 2013.
I am on a 99% fruit diet and will occasionally have leafy greens. I have been a raw foodist since December 2012 and I have never felt so amazing in my life.
This fruit diet has inspired me to seek my passion in life which is to be a fruit hunter and some day have a huge fruit orchard and be a mentor for those who want to reach new levels of health and vitality through raw foods and fruit.
I may plan on moving to Costa Rica or Colombia some day but right now I will really be enjoying my time in South Florida.
I feel as if Tropical Fruit are the healthiest foods we can be consuming, having our biological origin in the tropics.
In the summer of 2013, I attended the Woodstock Fruit Festival, one of the world's largest raw foods event with access to unlimited fruit and amazing presenters and speakers.
Really looking forward to learning all that I possibly can about Tropical Fruit so I can start growing it in the backyard of my home in South Florida. It would be amazing if I could eat most of my food from my backyard.
I also look forward to meeting and connecting with like-minded people.
Thanks Luisport. Really glad to be joining this forum. There's no limit to how much I can learn here and it's amazing how everyone can expand their knowledge of the vast and mysterious world of fruit with the power of the internet.And what fruits do you grow?
Fruits that I would like to grow include: Papaya, Persimmons, Longan, Caimito, Lucuma, Abiu, Sugar Apple, Canistel, Mamey, Miracle Fruit, Figs, Sapodilla (Nispero), Chupa Chupa Sapote, Rollinia, all different types of melons etc.You have to make a post with your fruit tree photos! ;D
Hi fellowsWelcome to the forum "neighbor". This a great place to learn, to teach and to exchange ideas, experiences, seeds, plants etc!
I am 60 years old, specializing in subtropical and tropical fruits.
Living on my hobey farm in Central Israel growing exotics and rare fruits
I raise animals as horse, goats, farm dogs, chickens, ducks, quails
I have many types pf prickly pears, pitayas and longans among numerous other exotics
I am interested in the local wild species of the Medit. area such as wild almonds, carob, pistachios, oaks, rare figs and rare punica granatum such as the Black types that I breed
I have visited folks and collections around the globe countries some 30 years ago - where it was possible for an Israeli to visit, but did not cover South America.
Allan Carle and many Ausies gave me that ime an introductory entrace to the Amazon Fruit literature and findings of those days
All are free to contact and share
Ariel
(http://s30.postimg.cc/l5mmuzb7x/papaya_cuttings_2.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/l5mmuzb7x/)
Welcome to the forum community.Hi fellowsWelcome to the forum "neighbor". This a great place to learn, to teach and to exchange ideas, experiences, seeds, plants etc!
I am 60 years old, specializing in subtropical and tropical fruits.
Living on my hobey farm in Central Israel growing exotics and rare fruits
I raise animals as horse, goats, farm dogs, chickens, ducks, quails
I have many types pf prickly pears, pitayas and longans among numerous other exotics
I am interested in the local wild species of the Medit. area such as wild almonds, carob, pistachios, oaks, rare figs and rare punica granatum such as the Black types that I breed
I have visited folks and collections around the globe countries some 30 years ago - where it was possible for an Israeli to visit, but did not cover South America.
Allan Carle and many Ausies gave me that ime an introductory entrace to the Amazon Fruit literature and findings of those days
All are free to contact and share
Ariel
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Wellcome Camillo. Your list of the trees is amazing! Do you have a big orchand?I have but it's mainly nutmeg and cocoa 10 acres and I'm trying to turn it into a fruit garden but it is a lot of work. I have a lot of plants in pots as I intend to plant them in a planned and organized way. I'm hoping I can get some advice and guidance from anyone who has done an organized orchard.
Wellcome Camillo. Your list of the trees is amazing! Do you have a big orchand?
Wellcome Camillo. Your list of the trees is amazing! Do you have a big orchand?I have but it's mainly nutmeg and cocoa 10 acres and I'm trying to turn it into a fruit garden but it is a lot of work. I have a lot of plants in pots as I intend to plant them in a planned and organized way. I'm hoping I can get some advice and guidance from anyone who has done an organized orchard.
Grenada generally has a lot of fruits that you get when you purchase lands but they are sparadic all over the place, Spanish lime, citrus, lots of varieties of mangoes, hog plums, Sugar Apples, Soursop, star fruits, Malay Apples, star apples and it's smaller relative.
Here we don't employ a lot of pruning and most of our trees are propagated by seeds resulting in trees that are over grown and lacking proper light.
Grenada has rich volcanic soil almost all of our fruits are laden with flavor, but because we don't allow importation of plants not very many people would plant exotics as they would have to smuggle seeds.
Still there are persons who have Rambutans, Jackfruits, Mangosteens (all of which fruited in 6 years from seeds), Velvet Apples, Atemoya, Dragon fruits and one person has Durian.
I want to remove everything except the nutmeg and cocoa as they are our main export crops, plant lawn grass keep the fruit trees reasonable heights those that can be, and plant palms create a pond etc. I'm the largest collector that I know of on the island.
Hi Everyone,
I have a background in International Sales and Business Development and a keen interest in sourcing great fresh produce and ingredients (perhaps for specialty shops / brands / restaurants). I would love to be able to combine the worlds as a profession. From some of the stuff I have recently read, the job I want to have is something along the lines of: International / Exotic Fruit / Ingredient Procurer / Buyer?
Can anyone advise on how someone like me might be able to make this profession a reality? Honestly, any insight anyone is able to offer me on this front would be awesome.
Best,
Vin (NYC)
Hello. My name is Brando and I reside in Loxahatchee, FL in Palm Beach County. I have around * different fruit trees and am looking for someone that can assist in grafting my trees. I have the following trees in my yard.
1) Carrie Mango
2) Lychee
3) Sugar Apple Anona
4) Star Fruit
5) Sweet Tamerind
6) Mamey
7) Nispero
8) Pomegranite
9) Quenepa / Mamoncillo / Spanish Lime
Wow and wow. I was just in Sabah last month. I wish I could have seen your place. What's that chrome durian next to red one? Are any of those red ones "tenom beauty" variety, D. Zib. and D. Grav. mix?
Doug Furtek, Proud American from Chicopee, Massachusetts, retired from the Malaysian Cocoa Board, now Director of Innovation R&D at Teck Guan Group (oil palm plantations, palm oil mills, oleochemicals) in Eastern Sabah
Check out my "Sabah, Malaysia: Durian Wonderland" photos at:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112261781100492755854/albums/5967583987572082737
I noted the latitudes and longitudes of my favorite durian locales.
The few photos not taken in Sabah are noted.
Hi!Hi João, it's good to see you here! You will love this fórum! ;D
My name is João Franco. I live in Portugal and have several exotic species, specially passiflora. I am eager to trade and exchange seeds of new species!
Best wishes,
João Franco
Welcome Mystee.
Dragon fruit will only flower from horizontal or pendulous stems. A vertical (upward growing) stem will not do so. That's one of the reasons they are trellised or grown in pots with stakes. Let your plant form drooping branches from the main stem and you will be in business. I tried growing one in a basket and it got so heavy that the basket broke.
Hi Everyone - I grow d. fruit, because a friend said it was interesting. She sent me a large cutting with no i.d.
I waited for roots to come and then planted. It quickly grew large , to 3 ft. no flowers or fruit. So, this year , I hope to
get flowers and fruit. I would also, be interested in trading cuttings and selling. I am in zone 8, Texas. Please, pm me if interested.
Thanks for your nice replies, Mystee :)
Hello everyone! Glad to have run into a forum like this on tropical fruit.Welcome to the forum. Do you by chance sell and ship your produces? I would love to order some when they are in season :)
David Perez, with Green-Land Tropical Nursery and Perez Groves. We have been growing tropical fruit commercially since 1979, specializing in Mamey Sapote, Sapodilla, Longan, Lychee and Caimito. Our nursery contains many tropical fruit trees including
Mango(30varieties)
Avocado(15 varieties)
Lychee
Longan
Mamey
Sapodilla
Jaboticaba
Cashew
Star Fruit
Sour Sop
Atemoya
Sugar Apple
Caimito
Tamarind
Peaches
Spanish Lime
Persimmon
Mulberry
Loquat
Guava
Fig
Barbado Cherry
Jakfruit
Citrus
I hope to learn from this forum and hope to be of some assistance to some of you.
Happy Growing!
I also enjoy growing tonic and medicinal herbs especially from ayurveda and TCM.
Hi Keith,
Nice to hear from a grower in a neighboring state. I am in Virginia myself. NC is really pretty. I have been there many times. Growing Eugenias and Garcinias sounds like a great idea. I am into Eugenia species myself. I assume you have a greenhouse for your most tender plants.
Tomas
Hi Keith,http://www.colecionandofrutas.org/eugeniaklo.htm (http://www.colecionandofrutas.org/eugeniaklo.htm)
E. klotzschiana is very hard to grow - at least for me. I only have a small plant. It's more a curiosity for me. The fruit is supposed to be very sour.
Tomas
Hello there fellow fruit growers, Im buddyguygreen real name Jordan.
Im 23 florida native and live in Kissimmee FL at 125 feet altitude on a quarter acre. I just recently started growing exotic fruit trees. Im into chinese and aryurvedic medicine and thought why not try to grow the herbs to save money. So when i got into amazon herbs it was more of fruit medicine with herbs so I bought some camu camu seeds for the vitamin C, which grew amazing with some trial and error but ending up helping me with my green thumb, next thing i know Im getting into exotic fruit trees and it took off from there. I always tried to grow papayas, mangos and avocados but never had any success and they just were never happy so I sort of gave up for some time (only my tangerine and grapefruit tree seemed to be at home), Then randomly 2 weeks after the japanese tsunami in 2011 I had a bunch of seeds i planted around my yard that never grew suddenly pop up and without doing any work they grew like it was their native region. So i tried various other fruit trees like figs and bananas and they grew amazing, better than ever before with the same work and soil. So I did more research and found this forum which is awesome with knowledge and good people. I then realized ive been living in a bubble with fruit trees thinking the ones in the store were the good ones (was i wrong, a trip to kauai'i fixed that ;)), So after realizing the possibilities of flavors I am now on a mission to have them all (with one problem not enough room but it doesn't hurt to try to fit as many as possible) ;D, I believe in canopy layering just like the amazon (tall trees that like sun, then medium trees that like partial sun, the small trees or bushes that like shade, and then ground cover). So with your help lets create a utopia of fruit trees :)
me in the beginning stages of my garden
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Thank you oscar and may i say you have an amazing abundance of knowledge when it come to the exotics, Ive already learned so much reading through some of your posts, so Thank you. The lilikoi passion fruit was actually the first exotic I bought along with giant guava and their thriving, I recently purchased a few other different types of passionflower seeds like banana passionfruit, sweet calabash and giant granadilla, also some guava seeds like red strawberry, pineapple or feijoa, chilean guava, wild, Brazilian, and purple forest guava that just all sprouted so i cant wait to see what they taste like also. But I have to say the best fruit I tried in kauai was the cherimoya ;D, So Im definitely gonna collect the annona family. I have a few cherimoya seedlings growing now along with an ilama about 2 years old and a kepel thats about 2 years also, so Im catching up for lost time but still have few years before I get to taste the fruit.
Hi Jordan
That's a very nice collection you have going there:)
I would love to try some of the exotic passionfruits it's great that their flowers are so pretty too! I'm also very jealous of your kepel I wonder if there's any truth about its fruits making your sweat smell good? Probably not but interesting lore nonetheless:)
May I ask what TCM and Ayurvedic plants you grow/take? It's rare to find a westerner who takes and grows such things although jujube goji and Longan are widely grown for fruit not medicine but and are some of the 50 fundamental/superior herbs of TCM. I have tried many times to germinate schisandra berry but have never been good with stratification.
This forum is a great place I only just joined but.have been getting info here for ages! Oscar is not just a sage of fruit wisdom but also provides an awesome range of fruit seeds of very high quality. My slow mail took well over a month but nearly all my seeds survived I got 100% germination on rollinia and Starfruit even! A saviour for us third world.country folks ha ha. I must thank you Oscar as I would only have dreamed of growing such things otherwise:)
Thanks GreenThumb, it was great hearing from you! I could always take some pictures of my trees haha. What kind of trees do you have? Or would like to grow? Looking forward to hearing back from you.
-ishani
Hi,Hi Luis! I'm Luis too... Good to have more portuguese people here! What do you produce? ;)
My name is Luis.
I´m from the south of Portugal and i´m a passion fruit producer (in the beginning).
I have some experience in other agriculture products.
I´m interested in all of themes about tropical fruits.
Congratulations for this fórum.
Regards,
Luis
Hello,everyone.
Myname is Jie.I live in Zhanghua of Taiwan.I plant many Fruit trees in my garden.Such as mango mangosteen achacha jaboticaba cambuca Mamey apple and so on.
I like reading, listening music, gardening and Chinese boxing.
I am not good in English.If you do not care,everyone is wecomed to discuess about fruits.
Here is my garden.
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Good evening (time-zone dependent), everyone. I figured it's about time to finally say hello to the group. My wife and I are fairly new to fruit as a hobby but we've been slowly building up our plant collection. We lived in San Diego for about six months but recently drove across the country to North Carolina with four pets and a trunk full of plants. We have some white sapotes and kei apples from Exotica in Vista, CA, two types of Garcinias and some cacaos from Montoso, some quenepas and miracle fruits from seeds we brought from a trip to Puerto Rico, and a few other miscellaneous plants.
We want to add more Garcinias and some Annonas to our collection and are also interested in Eugenias and Joboticabas. Some of the rare things that pop up on these forums seem quite interesting so I'm sure I'll be in touch with a few of you soon. We definitely need to plan a trip to Florida to visit Bender's, Flying Fox, and Pine Island. We hope to make it down there sometime this Spring.
Since we live in a temperate area, we'll have to get a few Pawpaw cultivars, some persimmons, and more. We're buying a house with two acres so we should have plenty of room for plants both inside and out of the greenhouse. I look forward to getting to know the lot of you soon. Have a good one!
Keith
Hi everyone!
I am very fortunate to have recently moved to the Florida Keys, to live out my dream of growing every tropical fruit I can manage. I was a decent gardener where I used to live in the NE, but I never got to try my hand at very much. So now that I can grow nearly any tropical fruit I want to, I'm going a bit crazy with it! My list is ever growing, but at this point I have about 100 tropical fruit plants total, roughly 50 different kinds. I have been regularly searching the internet for help with all these plants, and regularly find pages of this forum, as well as the GardenWeb forum. I didn't realize how many other fruit freaks like me were out there! So I've joined both, to feel a bit more sane, and to get advice for whatever issues may crop up over time with my many tropical plants. I grow only organic, and have to always be careful about preserving the fragile ecosystem here in the Keys (which is also right next to the Everglades), so I expect to have a few more difficulties thrown my way because of that. I want to be prepared so I don't lose all my plants before I know what's happening!
I also grow tropical vegetables, so I'm happy to see there is a forum for that also here.
I look forward to getting to know everybody, and learning from what you all have to share.
Good evening (time-zone dependent), everyone. I figured it's about time to finally say hello to the group. My wife and I are fairly new to fruit as a hobby but we've been slowly building up our plant collection. We lived in San Diego for about six months but recently drove across the country to North Carolina with four pets and a trunk full of plants. We have some white sapotes and kei apples from Exotica in Vista, CA, two types of Garcinias and some cacaos from Montoso, some quenepas and miracle fruits from seeds we brought from a trip to Puerto Rico, and a few other miscellaneous plants.
We want to add more Garcinias and some Annonas to our collection and are also interested in Eugenias and Joboticabas. Some of the rare things that pop up on these forums seem quite interesting so I'm sure I'll be in touch with a few of you soon. We definitely need to plan a trip to Florida to visit Bender's, Flying Fox, and Pine Island. We hope to make it down there sometime this Spring.
Since we live in a temperate area, we'll have to get a few Pawpaw cultivars, some persimmons, and more. We're buying a house with two acres so we should have plenty of room for plants both inside and out of the greenhouse. I look forward to getting to know the lot of you soon. Have a good one!
Keith
veinte cohol banana is supposed to be good for fast fruiting for those where the season is shorter and winter temps drop low. I have it, but can't say for sure , as mine are still small, and planted out a month or so ago. Also, if you want bananas in GH, there are many that will stay short even at maturity.
Thank you Zands! Many of the trees I bought are 7-gal or 15-gal. I bought nearly everything I could in the largest size available. Many others are in 3-gallon but I bought them already fruiting because they're dwarf variety. Hopefully I won't have to wait much more than a year for the majority of the fruit - except of course the Mangosteen, which if it even survives will probably take some 5 years or so from now to fruit. Patience is a virtue, I guess. I bought a lot of native plants that are cheap here and should fruit easily, to help satisfy my cravings until the bigger harvests. Many of them have edible berries, and even if they're not the best fruit ever they're still things that few people anywhere have eaten. And, I am growing strawberries, various melons, etc. to supplement these early leaner times. :)
Overheard Don from going-bananas the other day at fairchild, saying that nematodes can be a problem here in FL...He recommended 2 feet of mulch! FWIW, but i trust he knows his stuff regarding bananas
Hello,
After a few years of reading the forum I have taken the next step and joined. I live in Coral Springs, FL and have been an avid tropical fruit fan for about five years now. I have purchased tropical fruit trees from Pine Island, Excalibur and Tropical Plants, and have had very good experiences with each of them. Like most of the people in the forum, my most challenging decision is where to put the newest addition. I have used this forum thoroughly in years past and found it my main source of research. I enjoy growing tropical fruits and look forward to joining many discussions here on the forum.
Kind regards,
John
Overheard Don from going-bananas the other day at fairchild, saying that nematodes can be a problem here in FL...He recommended 2 feet of mulch! FWIW, but i trust he knows his stuff regarding bananas
What is the problem? That nematodes attack bananas or that bananas spread them? I have never had any problems .... I have bananas of diff kinds none are tissue cultured
Thanks for the welcome gunnar and mangokothiyan.
Mangokothiyan,
In ground, I have two red Grumichama, one Gefner Atemoya, three dwarf pomegranates, sugar-cane, two dwarf coconut palms, Pickering mango, Choc-anon mango, Sweetheart Lychee, Mauritius Lychee, Rhode Red orange, Mai-3 Jakfruit and several desert bananas.
In pots, I have several varieties of mangoes, lemons, figs, carambola, oranges, pineapple guava and my favorite...miracle fruit.
Mangokothiyan,
Thank you for the offer. Your other non-mango trees are very impressive as well. I am a huge mango fan myself, but not nearly as experienced as most of the people here in the forum. The current collection in pots is Cogshall, Fairchild, Neelam and a pickering (my first tree).
I would love to hear more about your mango collection. Which is you favorite?
New to the forum. This is Tony from SoCal. To be exact, I am in San Gabriel Valley.
Have anyone have any luck on growing Mangosteen & Rambutan in California?
The real reason I decided to come out of the shadows tonight is I'm concerned about my Van Dyke, which was transplanted from Zands yard to mine yesterday. It may be quite normal but may also be indicative of a problem so I'm hoping one of the mango docs can lend some advice. I noticed today that some of the new growth towards the top of the tree, so far only on one side, has some unhappy leaves curling up. Here's a pic:
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I welcome any thoughts, comments, suggestions.
Thanks to all for this awesome forum, look forward to chatting with everyone and learning more!
The real reason I decided to come out of the shadows tonight is I'm concerned about my Van Dyke, which was transplanted from Zands yard to mine yesterday. It may be quite normal but may also be indicative of a problem so I'm hoping one of the mango docs can lend some advice. I noticed today that some of the new growth towards the top of the tree, so far only on one side, has some unhappy leaves curling up. Here's a pic:
(http://s27.postimg.cc/6ff4359fj/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/6ff4359fj/)
I welcome any thoughts, comments, suggestions.
Thanks to all for this awesome forum, look forward to chatting with everyone and learning more!
Looks like normal tranplantation shock. Keep it very well watered and you should be fine.
The real reason I decided to come out of the shadows tonight is I'm concerned about my Van Dyke, which was transplanted from Zands yard to mine yesterday. It may be quite normal but may also be indicative of a problem so I'm hoping one of the mango docs can lend some advice. I noticed today that some of the new growth towards the top of the tree, so far only on one side, has some unhappy leaves curling up. Here's a pic:
(http://s27.postimg.cc/6ff4359fj/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/6ff4359fj/)
I welcome any thoughts, comments, suggestions.
Thanks to all for this awesome forum, look forward to chatting with everyone and learning more!
Looks like normal tranplantation shock. Keep it very well watered and you should be fine.
The real reason I decided to come out of the shadows tonight is I'm concerned about my Van Dyke, which was transplanted from Zands yard to mine yesterday. It may be quite normal but may also be indicative of a problem so I'm hoping one of the mango docs can lend some advice. I noticed today that some of the new growth towards the top of the tree, so far only on one side, has some unhappy leaves curling up. Here's a pic:
(http://s27.postimg.cc/6ff4359fj/image.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/6ff4359fj/)
I welcome any thoughts, comments, suggestions.
Thanks to all for this awesome forum, look forward to chatting with everyone and learning more!
Looks like normal tranplantation shock. Keep it very well watered and you should be fine.
I agree with Harry. Along with watering it well i also suggest to mist it several times a day. It's having trouble absorbing enough moisture. Also would be good to throw a sheet cover over it for a couple of days, or anything to shade it from full sun, while it recooperates.
Hi,
Tropical fruit grower in California. I currently have passion fruit, avocado(not fruited yet), mango seedlings, cherimoya, sugar cane, bananas, and coffee seedlings. In actuality I have been more focused on growing and breeding my own vegetables. For example, growing out potatoes from true seeds. Hope to have some fun on this forum asking questions, answering some, and trading.
Hearty Welcome to the Forum! Excellent Dragon Fruit plants!
Hello Rooster01 and everyone. Ever bearing mullberries sounds like a dream. Is that possible in other places or just in florida?
Hi, just joined this forum. I'm in zone 8a and limited to growing tropical fruits in containers. I do not have a greenhouse, therefore, the guava that I grow stay in an unheated garage 5 months out of the year.
I have grown a large crunchy white guava in this manner for about 6 yrs. I get a single crop a year that ripen from September through October.
This weekend I added Ruby Supreme and Indonesian seedless guava to my collection. I also bought a Gefner atemoya and a seedling sugar apple. I am hoping they will survive the garage treatment over the winter.
Besides these I grow about 15 varieties of figs, a multi-grafted Jujube and two multi-grafted pear grown in ground.
If anyone has any pointers regarding growing atemoya and sugar apple in containers please chime in.
Welcome to the family, what kind of guava are you growing on such a large scale farm?
Hi All,
My name is Ahmed Dirir and I live in Somaliland in Horn of Africa , http://somalilandgov.com (http://somalilandgov.com). I am establishing a new Guava Plantation on a 10 hectare piece of land with good quality soil and excellent quality and quantity of water through borehole I dug few years back. This is my first large scale project in fruit tree farming and my knowledge of propagation and management is basic.
I moved here from UK around 8 years ago and my main business is drilling water wells. I am now really committed to establishing high and ultra high fruit tree orchards in Somaliland as 90% of fruit and vege is imported.
I've really joined the forum to gain support from members knowledge as Somaliland is a new country and there are agricultural extension offices or consultants here.
I'm 40 , married, no kids and love farming.
thats me.
Also i like to put 2 fotos from 2 mangos(the fruit) i grafted past year, but nobody knows what varietie it is.
Where can i send the fotos to?
Mike
Hello everyone, I dont no exactly how to post here, so i try this way.
My name is Maickel, i am dutch but live in Spain for many years.
Yes, Osteen is the main cultivar in the spanish peninsula.
I suggest you get in touch with the owner of this nursery: http://frutalestropicales.com/index.php (http://frutalestropicales.com/index.php) He is a great tropical fruit enthusiast ;)
My name is Brandon, and I am taking up the challenge of collecting exotic fruit in the state of Vermont, US. Do to the excruciating winter months that come our way, I am limited to species that may only be container grown, so they may be transported indoors during windy or cold days. We were blessed with a very good summer, and my dwarf Hart Carambola has been doing great this season. I very much look forward to adding and building my collection of whatever I can, and plan to do some research and talk amongst other forum members to see what I can find to expand my collection.
A little about myself: I am a class A driver for Hood. Very early hours but a rewarding career nonetheless. I enjoy poetry, but have no other hobbies aside from the newfound fruit collecting adventure. I have been a starfruit nut since I have had my first taste years ago. They are very hard to come by in New England, and the fruits we find here can be hit or miss on quality. Quite possibly my favorite fruit as of right now, but I look forward to the days when my palette has been broadened. I am interested in anything and everything exotic fruit, and with this curiosity comes the intelligence of other cultures. It has been a great learning curve so far, and I hope to learn more for years to come. Nice to meet you all!
My name is Brandon, and I am taking up the challenge of collecting exotic fruit in the state of Vermont, US. Do to the excruciating winter months that come our way, I am limited to species that may only be container grown, so they may be transported indoors during windy or cold days. We were blessed with a very good summer, and my dwarf Hart Carambola has been doing great this season. I very much look forward to adding and building my collection of whatever I can, and plan to do some research and talk amongst other forum members to see what I can find to expand my collection.
A little about myself: I am a class A driver for Hood. Very early hours but a rewarding career nonetheless. I enjoy poetry, but have no other hobbies aside from the newfound fruit collecting adventure. I have been a starfruit nut since I have had my first taste years ago. They are very hard to come by in New England, and the fruits we find here can be hit or miss on quality. Quite possibly my favorite fruit as of right now, but I look forward to the days when my palette has been broadened. I am interested in anything and everything exotic fruit, and with this curiosity comes the intelligence of other cultures. It has been a great learning curve so far, and I hope to learn more for years to come. Nice to meet you all!
Welcome! That's quite a zone-pushing challenge you've got on your hands! ;D
What kind of winter home do/will the plants have? Always curious how folks are doing it.
And...I will give you a pass on the fact that Carambola is your favorite fruit LOL.....you have a lot to learn!
Waterbug,Thanks!
Welcome to the forum. Nice start to the collection, the longer you post here... the more plants you will want to add to the collection. Any plans for Pouteria sp, Annona sp., and of course avocados. Maybe the passiflora vine should have a companion plant that is not a clone, also try getting some flowering plants nearby that attract pollinators.
Durio zibethinus (durian), from fresh durians I bought in Chinatown. The little trees are beautiful, but very susceptible to scale. None survived being billeted with friends when I was out of the country.
Hello I am from Taiwan in home grown longans and citrus
I also just put a couple of store-bought coconuts in a bucket of water to soak, despite I know it's a fool's errand (http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/42386-newport-beach-coconut-pics/). :o
Hi there
I am a botanist and born in Europe, where I used to check out speciality stores (e.g. Asian stores) for fancy and unusual fruit. At the moment i am living in the Dominican Republic - and enjoy the variety of tropical fruits.
I love that there is no need to bring my passionflowers indoors in "winter". I miss Kumquat however, so i will try to grow my own. Anybody knows whether they will grow/fruit in a 13B climate?
cheers Martin
Yes kumquat can grow in the tropics. I have some growing here in Hawaii.
Hi Everyone
I am in Palm Springs CA We moved here 2 yrs ago and bought a house with 1 orange 2 grapefruit and a lemon tree all are mature producing trees. I have since planted a fig, a peach and 2 varieties of apple (said to do well in the desert) and a mango (phillipine, not mature or producing yet).
I travel for work and pleasure. Recently, in Vietnam and Cambodia, we experienced having passion fruit for breakfast every morning and loved it. SO.... I planted 3 passion fruit vines.
I am interested in grafting my citrus trees (from CCPP UC riverside grafts) and my mango tree not sure where to get budwood for mango yet.
If anyone in the area has advice and/or Mango budwood I would appreciate it.
I really enjoy all of the info on here and look forward to information and opinions posted.
Hello.Hi Daniel, welcome to the forum. If you go to the search feature you will see your elusive fruit mentioned in several posts. I think it's usually spelled charichuela, so you might want to search it spelled that way. The charicuela is a fruit introduced to Florida by Bill Whitman and there is some information and photos in his book Five Decades with Tropical Fruit.
My name is Daniel and I live in Palm beach county florida. I have been growing tropical fruits in Florida since I was a child. I have been pointed to the forum as I was in search of the elusive charichuelo. I look forward to reading what others write and hope to add to the forum. My fav genus is passiflora and I am trying to learn more of Rheedia and garcinia. Nice to meet you all.
Daniel.
Hello.
My name is Daniel and I live in Palm beach county florida. I have been growing tropical fruits in Florida since I was a child. I have been pointed to the forum as I was in search of the elusive charichuelo. I look forward to reading what others write and hope to add to the forum. My fav genus is passiflora and I am trying to learn more of Rheedia and garcinia. Nice to meet you all.
Daniel.
Hi everybody. My name is Cody and I have been on the forum for a while just reading and trying to learn as much as I can. Thought I'd finally introduce myself. I live in Palm Beach Gardens and look forward to continue learning more from all of the extremely knowledgeable members here.
definitely make the trip to Adam's place if you haven't already. He's got the hookup, especially on container-growingoh, yeah, I will. :)
Bret bought a raw parcel of land on the island of Hawaii in 1991 and has been returning there twice a year for a few weeks ever since. Someday, hopefully within 5 years, I will be able to spend much more time there. My place includes two cabins, one mostly finished and the other unfinished. A meager solar system provides power and abundant rainfall is collected in catchment tanks. I've planted a lot of palms and bamboo, but the primary focus is on fruit. My orchard includes citrus, avocado, abiu, longan, rambutan, pulasan, mamey sapote, Ross sapote, langsat, caimito, soursop, jackfruit, jaboticaba, sapodilla, chocolate sapote, one mangosteen that just started fruiting last year and, best of all, several fruiting durians. I will be travelling there over the holidays, and have been informed that there are over 150 big durians hanging above, just starting to drop, along with longan, citrus, avocado, pulasan and rambutan. Can't wait! Not many good photos right now, will try to get some this trip. Here's a crappy one. You can see a pulasan straight ahead, and a star apple to the left.
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Hi everyone,
I'm a graphic designer living in Japan.
I started growing tropical fruits about 20 years ago, by planting the seeds of every exotic fruits I could get my hands on, just wanted to see how the tree looks like and it soon became one of my main hobbies, the other are cinema and travel.
English is not my native language, but I'll try my best.
Wow Jacob, welcome! Super cool! I don't even need to tell you that we have a lot in common! Looking at your list, I think you have instantly become most accomplished durian grower on the forum! Looks like you even traveled to Philippines to get certain varieties. How did you get all those durian and chempedak varieties to Kerala?? Are they from seeds or scions?
ps. Did you live in the West? You don' write in Indian accent :)
Hello Durian Lover! Happy to know that we share the same interests, particularly durian. I'm crazy about the King of fruits, and have made up my mind to bring all the top varieties home within the next few years. Yeah, i've already brought home a few varieties from the Philippines, and they are all from seed. It doesn't look like getting the planting material through the official channel is ever possible.
Haha, Nope, i haven't lived anywhere outside India:) . Are you Sri Lankan American? My dad had visited Malwana & Colombo a couple of months ago to learn about the famous Malwana special rambutan.
I have read the forum a lot, but I am just now registering. I live in Lee County Florida. I grow anything I can, about 30 trees in the ground and at least that many in pots. I have been here for three winters, most of my fruit is just now coming into production. Thank you for all the good information that I obtained from here in the past.
Hallow. nice to meet all. My name is beni. I am A new member in this forum.
Hey there, I'm Dominic. I got bit by the permaculture and homesteading bug a few years back and given my location in SWFL I pretty much had to start growing all sorts of cool tropical fruit. I've been really nuts about the annonas lately since having my first sugar apple and atemoya a few months ago, and keep trying to find more spots on our 1/3 acre lot to cram more of them in. Besides that I'm trying to grow a little of everything, mangos, lychee, avocado, figs, Eugenias, you name it. Thanks for the awesome info here, I look forward to learning more.
Hello my name is Steve Tsataros I'm new on this forum, I live in Central Florida on the Gulf Coast. I had purchased two Avacado trees, One is a Doni Avacado the other is Catalina Avacado. Purchased from Home Depo back in September, each tree is about 3 1/2 ' tall. Both are flowering at this time, I've read where one of the trees needs to be an "A" tree and the other a "B" tree. Just as my luck would have it both are "A" trees. Will they be able to produce any fruit in the future?
Hi,
My name is Eric, I am working at the Grimal Grove property in Big Pine Key. I am also a chocolatier and am experimenting with growing cacao in the Florida Keys at the Grimal Grove. The property is pretty amazing and the restoration is coming along.
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Hi everyone ,
I greet fans growing tropical fruits . Excuse my English, I do not speak much English . I'm interested in the cultivation of tropical fruits and traveling to tropical countries . If anyone had any extra seeds or seedlings of tropical plants for sale or exchange I will be very glad for each offer.
Thank Tomas
Hello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!
Hello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!Welcome Chandramohan :)
Thanks, Oscar. I got the package already. Please help me to get as many new seeds as possible. ChandramohanHello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!
Nice collection already! BTW i sent you a package on March 24.
Thanks Mike, Dont be, I am only an old struggling farmer!! Chandramohan.Hello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!Welcome Chandramohan :)
You have a nice collection of trees. I am jealous ;)
Thank you for the info. I have seen it spelled both ways and Google tends to favor the o where Whitman favored the a. I stumbled across his book in the morikami Japanese garden library however you can't check it out so I finally went and purchased the book on Amazon. Fantastic book. I have only tasted one from Whitman's tree when I was in elementary school. My father took a class at broward community college with Bruce Livingston and they visited Whitman's yard for a field trip. However I was not invited but my dad kept one charichuela and two extra large jaboticabas for me to try. So now it's about 17 years later and I'm very happy to find so much information on the fruit. I was beginning to lose hope that I would ever taste another charichuela but now it seems that there are a few other garcinia that are even more sought after. I may have some pictures of the tree that my father took for the class. Seems like there is some debate about whether the tree was g. Madruno or g. Acuminata by today's binomial nomenclature. 17 years ago it was rheedia spp.
Daniel
Thank you for the info. I have seen it spelled both ways and Google tends to favor the o where Whitman favored the a. I stumbled across his book in the morikami Japanese garden library however you can't check it out so I finally went and purchased the book on Amazon. Fantastic book. I have only tasted one from Whitman's tree when I was in elementary school. My father took a class at broward community college with Bruce Livingston and they visited Whitman's yard for a field trip. However I was not invited but my dad kept one charichuela and two extra large jaboticabas for me to try. So now it's about 17 years later and I'm very happy to find so much information on the fruit. I was beginning to lose hope that I would ever taste another charichuela but now it seems that there are a few other garcinia that are even more sought after. I may have some pictures of the tree that my father took for the class. Seems like there is some debate about whether the tree was g. Madruno or g. Acuminata by today's binomial nomenclature. 17 years ago it was rheedia spp.
Daniel
Hi Daniel. What is your father's first name? I took those classes with Bruce Livingston also. Is he active on the forum?
Hi everyone,
My name is Jordan. I am 27 years old and live and just moved to Clermont, FL from Ft Lauderdale, FL. I really enjoy up here, but there are some difference, as far as, growing your own food. I am currently growing: 4 types of avocados, Barbados cherries (a favorite from south florida and I finally found a place up here that carries them for a good price), figs, mulberry, peach, plum, nectarines, apples, banana, rasberry, kiwi, moringa, jaboticaba and loquat. I moved to one of the highest points of the state, so things are definitely new in terms of growing concerns/conditions.
I am starting an organic micro farm/market garden this coming fall (2015). I am really excited to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs for the local community. I am planning to grow into a CSA and hopeful reach out to local restaurants and farmers markets down the road.
Look forward to learning from you guys.
Hi everyone,
My name is Jordan. I am 27 years old and live and just moved to Clermont, FL from Ft Lauderdale, FL. I really enjoy up here, but there are some difference, as far as, growing your own food. I am currently growing: 4 types of avocados, Barbados cherries (a favorite from south florida and I finally found a place up here that carries them for a good price), figs, mulberry, peach, plum, nectarines, apples, banana, rasberry, kiwi, moringa, jaboticaba and loquat. I moved to one of the highest points of the state, so things are definitely new in terms of growing concerns/conditions.
I am starting an organic micro farm/market garden this coming fall (2015). I am really excited to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs for the local community. I am planning to grow into a CSA and hopeful reach out to local restaurants and farmers markets down the road.
Look forward to learning from you guys.
Will you be shipping any of that fruit, or veggies to members of the "extended community" or just for your locall area?
welcome, Reafs!
Do you have anything that has produced fruit yet?
Nice! Welcome to our world of fruit nuts!welcome, Reafs!
Do you have anything that has produced fruit yet?
Sure Jeff, I'm now having by Syzygium samarangense fruiting, as well as my mango Julie.
Hi Everyone,
Since this is a new forum I think we should have an introductory post for old and new members alike.
Hello everyone. I just recently got the bite to grow fruit trees after having them in my parents yard for years! Now i just bought a home and have a small piece of land to plant stuff. I currently have a Mulberry tree, Guava, Katuk, Native passion vine, and about 25 Papaya trees all under 5 ft tall.
I love plants and animals and have kept my fair share of....venomous snakes, fish, tarantulas, scorpions, monitor lizards....even roaches! as pets.
This is a really great forum and I have learned so much already!
Aloha All,
I am living on the east side of the Big Island, Hawaii and I have been growing for about a year. I have so much to learn! We have a 3 acre lot that I have about 1/2 hand cleared and I am in the process of planing it out. I have the kind of gone crazy with planting stuff.
Abiu
Avocado
Cocoa
Bananas
Brazilian Cherry
Bread Fruit
Curry Leaf
Guava
Ice Cream Bean
Jabiticobia
Lemon
Kaifer Lime
Lime
Thai Finger Lime
Longan
Lychee
Malabar Chestnut
Mountain Apple
Blood Orange
Passion Fruit
Rollinia
Tangerine
Soursup
Star Apple
Surinam Cherry
Dave
My name is Rae, I am the business manager of a vacation rental retreat center in Kailua Kona, HI called Banyan Tree Sanctuary. I am a vegan, and eat mostly raw fruits and veggies. We have 3.3 acres of land at 1100' elevation on the west side of the island, and get about 30" of rain a year. We currently have 38 different types of fruit, and I'm always interested in adding more. www.banyantreesanctuary.com (http://www.banyantreesanctuary.com)Congratulations! Great place you have! ;D
Mahalo!
Haha all in good fun Gunnar429....I actually work for the HD right there off of 441 and Pembroke rd. I talk to Bal our garden guru about plants all day.
And From the sea...I have gone on trips down to the keys just to find rare roaches native and found only in the FL Keys! you guys have Giant cave roaches blattodea gianticus right there off of blimp rd! That and some really strangely marked coral snakes.
I can't help but notice, your plant kingdom is incomplete without king and queen of fruits! Also get a bunch of others I would consider premier quality fruits. Marang, pulasan, cambuca, top quality quality garcinias like achacha and mexican...Try www.frankiesnursery.com (http://www.frankiesnursery.com) for grafted stuff.
Hello everyone. I just recently got the bite to grow fruit trees after having them in my parents yard for years! Now i just bought a home and have a small piece of land to plant stuff. I currently have a Mulberry tree, Guava, Katuk, Native passion vine, and about 25 Papaya trees all under 5 ft tall.
I love plants and animals and have kept my fair share of....venomous snakes, fish, tarantulas, scorpions, monitor lizards....even roaches! as pets.
This is a really great forum and I have learned so much already!
Hi all, I'm Caesar from Puerto Rico, and I'm a Bio student on my way to becoming a farmer. I've been an armchair biologist all my life, got started on tropical fruits (and other edibles) about four years ago, and it's been downhill ever since. I'm a complete newb with precious little practical experience on hand, but I hope to change that over the coming years. I hope to be able to work with rare species to bring them out of obscurity and into the commercial sector (at least in the States and PR, as I'm sure many "rare" species are well commercialized in their homelands).
My backyard is very small, but that hasn't stopped me from amassing an ever-increasing collection of exotic edibles (which will surely be cramped for space when they reach maturity). Apart from the locally common stuff, I've tasted very few exotics, but I'm eager to taste more, and it seems the only way to do that is to grow 'em myself. My collection currently consists of Durian, Achachairu, Sweet Madroño, Luc's Garcinia, Garcinia intermedia, Abiu, Rambutan, Cashew, Anonna reticulata, Açaí Berry, several Eugenias (uniflora, involucrata, brasiliensis, selloi, candolleana), several Myrciarias (vexator, glazioviana, coronata, aureana, Red Hybrid), Kwai Muk, Marang, Pedalai, Mocambo, Cupuaçú, Langsat, Bunya Nuts, and a few other species. Most are seedlings, and the bigger ones still aren't of bearing age.
I'm also interested in experimenting with exotics, especially breeding and grafting, and I've already got a few projects in mind. So... that's pretty much it. Long time lurker, first time poster. Not sure how often you guys will see me around here, but I'm looking forward to being a part of the community. Cheers!
Aloha All,
I am living on the east side of the Big Island, Hawaii and I have been growing for about a year. I have so much to learn! We have a 3 acre lot that I have about 1/2 hand cleared and I am in the process of planing it out. I have the kind of gone crazy with planting stuff.
Abiu
Avocado
Cocoa
Bananas
Brazilian Cherry
Bread Fruit
Curry Leaf
Guava
Ice Cream Bean
Jabiticobia
Lemon
Kaifer Lime
Lime
Thai Finger Lime
Longan
Lychee
Malabar Chestnut
Mountain Apple
Blood Orange
Passion Fruit
Rollinia
Tangerine
Soursup
Star Apple
Surinam Cherry
Dave
I can't help but notice, your plant kingdom is incomplete without king and queen of fruits! Also get a bunch of others I would consider premier quality fruits. Marang, pulasan, cambuca, top quality quality garcinias like achacha and mexican...Try www.frankiesnursery.com (http://www.frankiesnursery.com) for grafted stuff.
This feels oddly the equivalent to an AA group for tropical fruit enthusiasts. So here it goes... my name is Charlie and I'm addicted to lychees... and mangoes, pineapples, bananas, annonas, jackfruit, mamey, pitaya, carambolas, passion fruit, figs, jaboticabas, papayas, jujube, avocado etc. I've been following the posts on this forum for the past three years and I feel as though I know all of you quite well even though I don't actually know anyone. With that said, I've built up quite an extensive collection of the aforementioned fruit based on my research from this site. And while the fruits I grow may seem pretty rudimentary to some of the more advanced growers here on this forum, to my new neighbors from Philadelphia I am apparently some sort of tropical fruit demi-god. All in good fun ;)
And Rob - should you run across this post, this is the same Charlie who you assisted Saturday morning at Excalibur. Thank you again for your wisdom on jackfruit.
Charlie
Hello to all!
I have lived in Florida about 30 years now. Bought a house in 2006 and began planting fruit trees. Planted some citrus and a Haden mango in the back. Did not really take care of the Haden except covered it in the freeze of 2010. The next year, it gave about 40 of the most delicious fruit I had ever eaten!! It was then I became a mango maniac. Known as mango man at work ;D Have about 20 varieties of mango in my yard along with some citrus, avacado and guava. Most are under 5 years so I am just beginning to taste some! Have enjoyed reading the many posts on this site. Very helpful information from those in the know!
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Jeff - Haha! Thank you for the welcome! I have a lemon zest I bought on a whim a few years back. ;D Love the clean citrusssy/ orange sherbert like flavor although this year they haven't tasted as good... yet. Also have a coco cream from my kids for father's day and a sweet tart I bought after reading the positive posts here. Neither of these is producing yet. Patience Daniel-son!
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Hi, i'm Sarah, I work for an awesome fruit delivery company in Vancouver and am hoping to learn more about fruit
Thank you, we have been in business for 2 years now and we supply a lot of fruit to a lot of office workers. We would really like to expand and keep it fresh. We give fruit back to society through our over stock donation scheme and our fruit-to schools scheme is helping to educate the next lot about fruit. Fruit is awesome. Its great to be amongst you and read your thoughts.Hi, i'm Sarah, I work for an awesome fruit delivery company in Vancouver and am hoping to learn more about fruit
What a cool company! Welcome. How long has this company been in business?
Hi,Great to see more people from Portugal here! You will love this forum! Best regards, Luis. ;D
My name is Solko, I am an artist from the Netherlands, but I live in France, and I have a small garden in Portugal ::)
I am glad to have found this forum, and am going feverishly through all the experience, knowledge and stories that are shared here. My particular interests are plant breeding and Myrtaceae. But I love anything that has to do with plants, growing and experimenting, although for me the experimenting and tasting something new for the first time is often more interesting than growing huge amounts of fruits... I intend to find and breed a Myrtaceae that can handle a climate 8 and taste good...
Here I am in my small sheperds hut in the North of Portugal:
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Looking forward to share experiences.
Solko
Hi.
Rene from Puerto Rico
I live in an Urban Area and have over 35 fruit trees planted in containers.
Here is a list of trees/plants that I have either planted already, or will plant as soon as I can carve out some more time:
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Star Apple
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I read some post of seedling growing addictions,and some pics,i really was lol,especially when i showed my wife,i am also out of room and had to give many away,my wife said if i grew any more should would leave me God ill miss her<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< il love watching my trees grow,nothing compares :) Good Luck All
Hi Everybody!
I am HMelendez, living in South Florida, currently growing passion fruit, papaya, avocados, mangos, pomegranate, soursop, cherimoya, bananas, plantains and hot peppers. Looking forward to learn from the forum, from you all!....It is always a good learning experience!....
Hi, I'm Joy, and I'm a fruit fiend. ;-)
And I'm thrilled to have come across this forum, quite by chance, while searching for info on the latest unknown-to-me fruit I came across in my travels (in Sierra Leone, at the moment). That fruit would be spondias dulcis, as it happens - aka ambarella, golden apple, mangotin, kedongdong, fruit cythère, chook chook plum, and lots of other names too. My friends & colleagues think I'm insane, I always buy new-to-me fruits, I encourage everyone else to eat them. They make modest grimaces, have a small nibble, and return to their apples and oranges. Geez, how BORING can you get?
So I'm absolutely delighted to discover other nuts like me! I don't grow fruits, I just eat them, any fruits at all, wherever I am. Well, I am trying to grow rhubarb, which is one of the few things that grows where I live (Newfoundland, eastern Canada, not the best place for growing anything). But mostly I'm not into farming, just eating.
I'm looking forward to learning more about your fruits. And to finally having a community to whom I can show a photo, tell you where I am, and say "so what's THIS one?"
Hi Everybody!
I am HMelendez, living in South Florida, currently growing passion fruit, papaya, avocados, mangos, pomegranate, soursop, cherimoya, bananas, plantains and hot peppers. Looking forward to learn from the forum, from you all!....It is always a good learning experience!....
Cherimoya as in Anona cherimola?
Hello guys,Wellcome to the forum!
My name is Zulfikar Arsa, i am the tropical fruit farmer from Indonesia.
I cultivating some tropical fruit, such as Dragon fruit, Crystal Guava, Mutiara Guava, Deli Madu Guava, and the best indonesian fruits.
i hope you all can help me for get the new knowledge.
Thanks...
Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum and to tropical fruit growing as well. I just purchased a small farm in southern Brazil that I would like to develop. There are many different fruit trees already on the property, but I want to add more. Many of the trees were neglected by the previous owners, but I would like to bring them back to health. About a dozen citrus trees there seem to have returned to the Rangpur rootstock, so I would like to top work these trees. There are two large mangos, but the former owner says they have never produced. (I think anthracnose may be the cause in this wet area.) I would like to top work these mangos as well. Being relatively cool for mangos at a zone 9B/10A, any suggestion for a variety not susceptible to Splitting and to Anthracnose, would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Marc Doyle
Hello everyone, I've been reading the forum for a while, finally decided to register, for the opportunity to connect with so many knowledgable people.
I live in Marion County, FL, Zone 9a, roughly a hundred miles north of the outer fringes of where you can start to grow tropicals outdoors in Florida. Outside the greenhouse, I've got misc. citrus, figs, Tex-Mex avos, mulberry, Asian & American persimmons, and nitrogen-fixing trees (Enterolobium). Inside the greenhouse, canistel (my true love!), miracle fruit, jackfruit, jaboticaba, Cattley guava, banana, Eugenia reinwardtiana, playing around a bit with black sapote but not sure if I can fruit it in a greenhouse.
I look forward to learning much from all you folks!
-Craig
Hello everyone, I've been reading the forum for a while, finally decided to register, for the opportunity to connect with so many knowledgable people.
I live in Marion County, FL, Zone 9a, roughly a hundred miles north of the outer fringes of where you can start to grow tropicals outdoors in Florida. Outside the greenhouse, I've got misc. citrus, figs, Tex-Mex avos, mulberry, Asian & American persimmons, and nitrogen-fixing trees (Enterolobium). Inside the greenhouse, canistel (my true love!), miracle fruit, jackfruit, jaboticaba, Cattley guava, banana, Eugenia reinwardtiana, playing around a bit with black sapote but not sure if I can fruit it in a greenhouse.
I look forward to learning much from all you folks!
-Craig
Craig welcome to the forum
I have faith, you can fruit a black sapote in a greenhouse (or in pot).
you might be interested in some of the garcinias and eugenias (myrciarias/plinias) from Brazil.
Hello everyone, I've been reading the forum for a while, finally decided to register, for the opportunity to connect with so many knowledgable people.
I live in Marion County, FL, Zone 9a, roughly a hundred miles north of the outer fringes of where you can start to grow tropicals outdoors in Florida. Outside the greenhouse, I've got misc. citrus, figs, Tex-Mex avos, mulberry, Asian & American persimmons, and nitrogen-fixing trees (Enterolobium). Inside the greenhouse, canistel (my true love!), miracle fruit, jackfruit, jaboticaba, Cattley guava, banana, Eugenia reinwardtiana, playing around a bit with black sapote but not sure if I can fruit it in a greenhouse.
I look forward to learning much from all you folks!
-Craig
Craig welcome to the forum
I have faith, you can fruit a black sapote in a greenhouse (or in pot).
you might be interested in some of the garcinias and eugenias (myrciarias/plinias) from Brazil.
I too enjoy canistel. What variety is your favorite?
Are you sure you're gru and not a minion? Haha...Hi Everyone,
Since this is a new forum I think we should have an introductory post for old and new members alike.
Hi peoples. my name is gru. i like banana and graped
Think it's my turn now to introduce myself. Almost every time I've searched for information on fruits and plants I stumbled over this forum. After a friend told me how great and addictive it is, I just couldn't resist to finally register.
I love fruit plants - especially the ones that are so rare, they don't even have a German name. (Yupp, I live in Germany)
My collection of plants is growing constantly and my favourites are Eugenias, Annonas and many more.
If I'll be lucky enough to own a garden in the future, I'll also go for frost hardy plants like Paw Paw but I concentrate on tropical and subtropical plants for now.
Cheers,
Julie :)
My name is Dominik. I am a lover of edible tropical plants . My favoured species: theobroma, annona, musa and many others. I would like to meet new friends here . See you on the forum. Regards.
welcome, Julie. Do you have a greenhouse, or you just grow them in your house?
welcome, Julie. Do you have a greenhouse, or you just grow them in your house?
Thanks :) I don't have a greenhouse yet but I hope this will change soon. I keep them outside during summer and over winter them in the living-room which saves curtains :D
Guess it's a lot easier where you are. What kinds of fruit do you grow?
Think it's my turn now to introduce myself. Almost every time I've searched for information on fruits and plants I stumbled over this forum. After a friend told me how great and addictive it is, I just couldn't resist to finally register.
I love fruit plants - especially the ones that are so rare, they don't even have a German name. (Yupp, I live in Germany)
My collection of plants is growing constantly and my favourites are Eugenias, Annonas and many more.
If I'll be lucky enough to own a garden in the future, I'll also go for frost hardy plants like Paw Paw but I concentrate on tropical and subtropical plants for now.
Cheers,
Julie :)
Hello everyone,welcome! f you didn't already know, nullzero is a member you should get in contact with.
I am interested in fruiting cacti. That is my main focus and passion. I have visited this website for several years as a guest but recently decided to just make a profile and possibly make some connections with fellow enthusiasts throughout the world. I have many ideas and dreams of combining plants in strange ways just to see what the result would be. One of my favorite things to do is go out on trips looking for new varieties of fruiting cactus, mainly Opuntia, and taste the fruits to see if they are worth growing or not. My interest in Opuntia stems from their extreme utility with both the leaves and fruit being edible, so nothing goes to waste. Also, they are very water-efficient, tolerate poor soil, and are very easy to propagate. What more could you ask for? Anyway, I have about 20 different kinds of Opuntia varieties right now and am growing them in several rows, waiting for them to get big enough for me to cross-pollinate and experiment with. If you have any questions about Opuntia or an interest in getting started with them, let me know and we can chat.
Cheers 8)
Hello everyone,welcome! f you didn't already know, nullzero is a member you should get in contact with.
I am interested in fruiting cacti. That is my main focus and passion. I have visited this website for several years as a guest but recently decided to just make a profile and possibly make some connections with fellow enthusiasts throughout the world. I have many ideas and dreams of combining plants in strange ways just to see what the result would be. One of my favorite things to do is go out on trips looking for new varieties of fruiting cactus, mainly Opuntia, and taste the fruits to see if they are worth growing or not. My interest in Opuntia stems from their extreme utility with both the leaves and fruit being edible, so nothing goes to waste. Also, they are very water-efficient, tolerate poor soil, and are very easy to propagate. What more could you ask for? Anyway, I have about 20 different kinds of Opuntia varieties right now and am growing them in several rows, waiting for them to get big enough for me to cross-pollinate and experiment with. If you have any questions about Opuntia or an interest in getting started with them, let me know and we can chat.
Cheers 8)
Hi everyone :)
Im from Poland.This season was hot and dry where I live - in southern Poland, 13 miles away from Cracow, zone usda 6b. The climate here is much better than in Northern Poland where I used to live - in southern Poland summers are hotter and rather windless and the air is dry. I have special sun exposure places designed for specific plants and Cudranias would grow together with Asiminas. Soil is the sandy clay.
Unfortunately, rare fruit plants and trees are hard to come by in Poland, it forces me to buy them in Czech Republic or Ukraine, but for the time being Ukraine is out of the question because of the war. I know one person who smuggled to plants form Odessa for him, but that's all.
I got couple asiminas and persimmons,hardy pistachios,almonds...and soon also fig trees and cudrania find place in my backyard.
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I agree, this seams an old 80's promo... ;D(https://i.imgflip.com/z9o39.jpg)
Really?? Weren't you able to get a better banner promoting the forum? It looks like a picture out of the 80's.
*wave* Chad and Mark - I think I am the resident fruitloop here (cuckoo permie gardener)... Musa from seed that requires heaps of patience.Fruitloop! I love that! Thank you!
My name is Mark, I live in Rochester Washington zone 8. I love to grow plants that have no reason to be in my zone. I love the challenge it brings. I am growing some bananas, a pineapple, and avacado. Just recently sprouted some papaya seeds from a store bought fruit. And currently have some Musa Velutina seeds waiting to sprout(planted 2/27/16) Also have some seeds of San Pablo Red Custard Apple that should sprout any day. Those seeds came from my good friend Hector who also turned me on to this site. Thank you Hector! I love the site already!
My name is Mark, I live in Rochester Washington zone 8. I love to grow plants that have no reason to be in my zone. I love the challenge it brings. I am growing some bananas, a pineapple, and avacado. Just recently sprouted some papaya seeds from a store bought fruit. And currently have some Musa Velutina seeds waiting to sprout(planted 2/27/16) Also have some seeds of San Pablo Red Custard Apple that should sprout any day. Those seeds came from my good friend Hector who also turned me on to this site. Thank you Hector! I love the site already!
Welcome Mark!.....
Finally!.....LOL....
There is a lot of knowledgeable members here, with a lYot of experience.......I love the forum!......There are some forum members that you will recognize them!.....
What type (name) of avocado you have?.....Those San Pablo Red Custard Apple Seeds will sprout any time now!.....
My name is Mark, I live in Rochester Washington zone 8. I love to grow plants that have no reason to be in my zone. I love the challenge it brings. I am growing some bananas, a pineapple, and avacado. Just recently sprouted some papaya seeds from a store bought fruit. And currently have some Musa Velutina seeds waiting to sprout(planted 2/27/16) Also have some seeds of San Pablo Red Custard Apple that should sprout any day. Those seeds came from my good friend Hector who also turned me on to this site. Thank you Hector! I love the site already!
Welcome Mark!.....
Finally!.....LOL....
There is a lot of knowledgeable members here, with a lYot of experience.......I love the forum!......There are some forum members that you will recognize them!.....
What type (name) of avocado you have?.....Those San Pablo Red Custard Apple Seeds will sprout any time now!.....
Thank you Hector!
The avocado I grew from the seed of a store bought fruit. I have no idea which one I have. My pineapple is the same way. Grew the top from a store bought fruit. Sometimes I just have to try to grow the seeds that would normally be tossed out. One seed that gives me the most trouble is the seed from a mango. I have tried over and over with that one. I get them to sprout but never leaf out.
I am hoping that the San Pablo Red Custard Apple seeds do sprout soon. I will check them again tomorrow.
Hi everyone, I'm Joe from the SF Bay Area. I got into tropicals 3 years ago when I found a YouTube video proving you could grow (and fruit) bananas in my area. Bought a few pups from the guy who made the video, and before I knew it I was obsessed with all things tropical. I had already been growing lots of citrus and deciduous fruit trees, but now I've got cherimoya, macadamia, white sapote, and avocados doing really well (and of course the bananas, which have multiplied).
With over 100 fruit trees I don't have much room left, but this year I'm adding some Jaboticabas to the yard, thanks to the wizard at Flying Fox Fruits. I love finding stuff that can survive outdoors here in 9b, but it's obvious that I'm going to need to build a greenhouse in the very near future.
This forum is awesome and I'm excited to finally be more than just a lurker!
My name is Mark, I live in Rochester Washington zone 8. I love to grow plants that have no reason to be in my zone. I love the challenge it brings. I am growing some bananas, a pineapple, and avacado. Just recently sprouted some papaya seeds from a store bought fruit. And currently have some Musa Velutina seeds waiting to sprout(planted 2/27/16) Also have some seeds of San Pablo Red Custard Apple that should sprout any day. Those seeds came from my good friend Hector who also turned me on to this site. Thank you Hector! I love the site already!
Welcome Mark!.....
Finally!.....LOL....
There is a lot of knowledgeable members here, with a lYot of experience.......I love the forum!......There are some forum members that you will recognize them!.....
What type (name) of avocado you have?.....Those San Pablo Red Custard Apple Seeds will sprout any time now!.....
Thank you Hector!
The avocado I grew from the seed of a store bought fruit. I have no idea which one I have. My pineapple is the same way. Grew the top from a store bought fruit. Sometimes I just have to try to grow the seeds that would normally be tossed out. One seed that gives me the most trouble is the seed from a mango. I have tried over and over with that one. I get them to sprout but never leaf out.
I am hoping that the San Pablo Red Custard Apple seeds do sprout soon. I will check them again tomorrow.
Hi Mark!
I sent you a PM!.....
Hi everyone, I'm Joe from the SF Bay Area. I got into tropicals 3 years ago when I found a YouTube video proving you could grow (and fruit) bananas in my area. Bought a few pups from the guy who made the video, and before I knew it I was obsessed with all things tropical. I had already been growing lots of citrus and deciduous fruit trees, but now I've got cherimoya, macadamia, white sapote, and avocados doing really well (and of course the bananas, which have multiplied).
With over 100 fruit trees I don't have much room left, but this year I'm adding some Jaboticabas to the yard, thanks to the wizard at Flying Fox Fruits. I love finding stuff that can survive outdoors here in 9b, but it's obvious that I'm going to need to build a greenhouse in the very near future.
This forum is awesome and I'm excited to finally be more than just a lurker!
Hi everyone, I'm Joe from the SF Bay Area. I got into tropicals 3 years ago when I found a YouTube video proving you could grow (and fruit) bananas in my area. Bought a few pups from the guy who made the video, and before I knew it I was obsessed with all things tropical. I had already been growing lots of citrus and deciduous fruit trees, but now I've got cherimoya, macadamia, white sapote, and avocados doing really well (and of course the bananas, which have multiplied).
With over 100 fruit trees I don't have much room left, but this year I'm adding some Jaboticabas to the yard, thanks to the wizard at Flying Fox Fruits. I love finding stuff that can survive outdoors here in 9b, but it's obvious that I'm going to need to build a greenhouse in the very near future.
This forum is awesome and I'm excited to finally be more than just a lurker!
Hello all, my name is Edward and I live in Central Florida (zone 9). This past year I tried my hand with figs and decided I wanted to turn my yard into an edible yard. I have a star fruit tree I grew from seed (think I killed it this weekend when I moved it), and a couple pineapple and banana plants (which have yet to produce). I am hoping to learn a lot here and to pick everyone's brains from time to time. I don't get out much. I suffer from social anxiety and agoraphobia, so I might be starting with buying seeds of various tropical fruiting plants. It will give me something to do.
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*wave* Hi Edward, welcome to TFF! You can learn a lot and pick everyone's brains just don't eat them :D - I know, bad joke...
You know brains don't taste very good without hot sauce!!! I prefer my homemade hot sauce made from Datil peppers.
Hi, I'm Nick from the UK, living in Brighton. I've just started my own online nursery selling tropical fruit plants and seeds for UK and Europe area. I grown using 2 polytunnels and also have a whole room in my house set up as a grow room with 6 dual spectrum HPS grow lights. I grow at the moment, grafted mangoes (nam doc man and keitt), air layered lychee (unknown variety), lemon drop mangosteen, theobroma cacoa, herrania balaensis, grafted attemoya, cherimoya, jackfruit, surinam cherry, pitangatuba, grated stone ruby guava, dwarf cuban guava, strawberry guava, mangosteen, sugarcane, various bananas, pineapples, cas guava, grafted carambola B17. I've also started to teach myself tissue culturing techniques. Having to now move house......as i've run out of room to grow any more plants!! My dream is to build a tropical "house" where I can literally grow everything to fruiting size.......Regards Nick
www.thebloomingjungle.com (http://www.thebloomingjungle.com)
Hello all!
My name is Derek and I have a growing collection of fruit trees in South FL. I grew up down here and I enjoy growing and eating tropical and subtropical fruits and herbs/veggies. I've lurked on this forum for years and have finally decided to join the fun.
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Really?? Weren't you able to get a better banner promoting the forum? It looks like a picture out of the 80's.
Hello All fellow Fruit growers!
I am Farouk from Sydney, Australia (Fairfield East) aka Jabuticaba, an I.T Desktop Support engineer working for a non for profit organisation, I am a fruit grower my self, love to grow rare fruits (Rare to my location) here in Sydney such as Jabuticaba, Sapote (Black P & White), Inga & other common fruits such as Figs, Feijoa, Dragon Fruit, Citruses (Blood Orange), Persimmon, Surinam Cherry (Red & Black), Pears, Pomegranates, Bananas (Common & Ladys Finger), Quince, Miracle Berry, Loquat, Peaches, Apples, Mulberry, Mango & an attempted Purple Mangosteen.. (let's see how far it gets, growing for the thrill/fun of it - paid almost $80 to get it to me in soil seedling with about 6/7 leaves 20cm approx) I planted it this Autumn in ground in the chickens paddock, so hmm very bad timing it's alive that's all I can say for now as you can expect & holding up through the cold, the challenge is yet to come in June at its coldest.
Hi everyone!
:D My name is Moses, been lurking for a while. Ive learned so much from my lurking already. Everyone's so knowledgeable and friendly! I'm glad to be a part of this forum. Im interested in zone pushing and Hardy tropicals and container gardening. I have a small but growing tropical container garden in a small zone 8 backyard.i hope to learn much more from all of you! :)
... Unless you count the sulcata tortoise who owns the yard. I'll probably be lurking & learning mostly but thought I should at least introduce myself.
Hi everybody. I'm Nathan, been lurking for a bit and figured I'd make an account. I'm from the SF Bay Area, so somewhat limited options for outdoor planting. I've been growing outdoor cacti for years, but have gotten interested in epiphytic cacti (which I move inside for the winter). The only dragonfruit I've tasted was a white one--which didn't do much for me--but I have some reds and purples that should fruit this year or next. I hope to eventually do some intergeneric hybridization in that area, with hylocereus, selenicereus, aporocactus (disocactus), and possibly acanthocereus, though I might have to learn how to do embryo rescue for that.
Awesome to see someone who is in the same area as me and shares my love for epiphytic cacti. I'm thinking of buying Selenicereus megalanthus and purple/pink Hylocereus hybrids soon. I currently have an unknown Epiphyllum/Selenicereus, Selenicereus grandiflorus and Hylocereus undatus white.
Awesome to see someone who is in the same area as me and shares my love for epiphytic cacti. I'm thinking of buying Selenicereus megalanthus and purple/pink Hylocereus hybrids soon. I currently have an unknown Epiphyllum/Selenicereus, Selenicereus grandiflorus and Hylocereus undatus white.
Hi Dylan.
I have:
Selenicereus vagans
Selenicereus megalanthus
Selenicereus setaceus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenicereus anthonyanus
Hylocereus undatus 'Purple Haze'
Hylocereus undatus 'Natural Mystic'
Hylocereus undatus NOID White
Hylocereus undatus 'Bruni"
Disocactus flagelliformis
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum
Aporophyllum 'Temple Fire'
Some assorted hoyas, sansevierias, epiphyllum hybrids, and outdoor plants
I can give you a rooted cutting of purple haze if you're ever in the east bay. I've had bad luck with megalanthus and can't take cuttings this year. The only things I can't do cuttings of now are megalanthus, setaceus, natural mystic, and acanthocereus.
Welcome to the forum, cacti lovers! There's a number of us that have good collections of dragonfruits and other cacti, like RickShaw. I have some as well if you're interested in trading.
Hoyas have really neat flowers. My A. konjac only flowered once and then stayed keylime size after that. Not even making new corms this year at all. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Hi guys,
I am new here. Glad to see you all here.
Hi,
I am an old chef who recognizes nearly all foodstuffs, including exotic fruits. The picture was taken from a vehicle in Thailand or Vietnam (maybe Indonesia?).
I CANNOT find out what this is!!!
It's not durian, nor jackfruit, breadfruit or any other large fruit I am familiar with.
Maybe a mutant pineapple with the tops removed already? How do I post a pix of it?
Thanks for any ideas.
hi im renato from portugal im looking for seeds of tropical plants that can be hardy enought for my 9b /10a area. im just starting im a kind of newbie to this.Hi! That's good to see more Portuguese people here. Congratulations! ;)
Hi Everyone, I have been a member of this great forum for years now but just lurk around gathering information about the trees i grow. I just got myself a lil piece of property in Polk County Central FL last year and have planted over 100 trees ,shrubs and fruiting vines, mostly mangoes. I have just had a terror fighting powdery mildew and it seems i kinda lost this season.Somehow i know its because i have never asked for advice personally when i have needed it from you forum guys like i know i should . I believe i may become a fairly active member this year. I sincerely hope to .
AMEN TO THAT!!! I have several dragonfruit too but i have yet to get them in the ground and posted on wood. I am on the edge of winterhaven by lakeland and auberndale, hot high and dry here. the soil sucks lolHi Everyone, I have been a member of this great forum for years now but just lurk around gathering information about the trees i grow. I just got myself a lil piece of property in Polk County Central FL last year and have planted over 100 trees ,shrubs and fruiting vines, mostly mangoes. I have just had a terror fighting powdery mildew and it seems i kinda lost this season.Somehow i know its because i have never asked for advice personally when i have needed it from you forum guys like i know i should . I believe i may become a fairly active member this year. I sincerely hope to .
Great to have Polk county neighbors on the forum. Mangos are amazing, perfect for Florida and a favorite of myself and all my Hispanic relatives!
AMEN TO THAT!!! I have several dragonfruit too but i have yet to get them in the ground and posted on wood. I am on the edge of winterhaven by lakeland and auberndale, hot high and dry here. the soil sucks lolHi Everyone, I have been a member of this great forum for years now but just lurk around gathering information about the trees i grow. I just got myself a lil piece of property in Polk County Central FL last year and have planted over 100 trees ,shrubs and fruiting vines, mostly mangoes. I have just had a terror fighting powdery mildew and it seems i kinda lost this season.Somehow i know its because i have never asked for advice personally when i have needed it from you forum guys like i know i should . I believe i may become a fairly active member this year. I sincerely hope to .
Great to have Polk county neighbors on the forum. Mangos are amazing, perfect for Florida and a favorite of myself and all my Hispanic relatives!
Im on just over an acre, its like a desert here , high and dry and hard sugar sand. zero organic matter overan by bermuda grass and fireantsAMEN TO THAT!!! I have several dragonfruit too but i have yet to get them in the ground and posted on wood. I am on the edge of winterhaven by lakeland and auberndale, hot high and dry here. the soil sucks lolHi Everyone, I have been a member of this great forum for years now but just lurk around gathering information about the trees i grow. I just got myself a lil piece of property in Polk County Central FL last year and have planted over 100 trees ,shrubs and fruiting vines, mostly mangoes. I have just had a terror fighting powdery mildew and it seems i kinda lost this season.Somehow i know its because i have never asked for advice personally when i have needed it from you forum guys like i know i should . I believe i may become a fairly active member this year. I sincerely hope to .
Great to have Polk county neighbors on the forum. Mangos are amazing, perfect for Florida and a favorite of myself and all my Hispanic relatives!
Nice! Yeah central FL soil isn't that great however it is apparently almost ideal for dragonfruit as it is usually sandy and they like a well draining soil like that. Just have to add in compost/organic matter and maybe some perlite. Dry too is usually not an issue as long as you supplement with occasional watering, it's the crazy daily rains in summer we get that can be killer to blooms/fruit production . Have to once again make sure to let them drain really well. I'm thinking of putting a 4x4 PT post through a partially buried pot so I can control both soil and drainage, but I'm still wary of the rainy season.
How big is your property that you planted like 100 trees/plants?!
Im on just over an acre, its like a desert here , high and dry and hard sugar sand. zero organic matter overan by bermuda grass and fireantsAMEN TO THAT!!! I have several dragonfruit too but i have yet to get them in the ground and posted on wood. I am on the edge of winterhaven by lakeland and auberndale, hot high and dry here. the soil sucks lolHi Everyone, I have been a member of this great forum for years now but just lurk around gathering information about the trees i grow. I just got myself a lil piece of property in Polk County Central FL last year and have planted over 100 trees ,shrubs and fruiting vines, mostly mangoes. I have just had a terror fighting powdery mildew and it seems i kinda lost this season.Somehow i know its because i have never asked for advice personally when i have needed it from you forum guys like i know i should . I believe i may become a fairly active member this year. I sincerely hope to .
Great to have Polk county neighbors on the forum. Mangos are amazing, perfect for Florida and a favorite of myself and all my Hispanic relatives!
Nice! Yeah central FL soil isn't that great however it is apparently almost ideal for dragonfruit as it is usually sandy and they like a well draining soil like that. Just have to add in compost/organic matter and maybe some perlite. Dry too is usually not an issue as long as you supplement with occasional watering, it's the crazy daily rains in summer we get that can be killer to blooms/fruit production . Have to once again make sure to let them drain really well. I'm thinking of putting a 4x4 PT post through a partially buried pot so I can control both soil and drainage, but I'm still wary of the rainy season.
How big is your property that you planted like 100 trees/plants?!
Hi,
My name is Cory and I have always loved gardening and fruits. I earned a degree in Fruit Horticulture from Michigan State University, then learned about tropical fruit during an internship at ECHO in Florida. That led to a mission in the Santarem area of Brazil, for 21 months and I planted fruit trees at a remote jungle camp they had as a training school and working farm, with the goal of making it more self supporting. (I was dissapointed with how few jungle fruits there were in the Manaus and Belem markets after being to the Santarem market many times!)
I married a medical Dr. who had lived in Haiti for two years as a child and we started work in Haiti with the Wesleyan Mission in Anse-a-Galets, island of LaGonave. After 9 years we were invited to thier north Haiti campus. So after the years of killing many tropical fruits on the dry, salty island, (enjoyed the productive canistel, papaya, sapodilla, and moringa), it was exciting to move to an area with good soil and plenty of well distributed rainfall. Time to find and grow the Amazon fruits that Brazilians loved and most Haitians never heard of. I have about 6 or 8 acres of tree-gardens & yards on the mission campus and nearby planted to introduced fruit trees. Close to 3 acres are peach palm, some spineless. (Will post soon on the Edible Palms thread.) The campus is about 12 acres total and has a school, church and hospital plus 3 acres nearby that I purchased and planted 2 years ago.
After 10 years here, this summer we plan to start work at a new Wesleyan property, 30 acres of tree-less garden, brush, and pasture, at 4,400 feet elevation. Time to put the old Michigan studies and experience with apples, peaches and strawberries, etc. to work. The area grows good corn, beans and cattle but many of the children have protein malnutrition (probably landless families or because they sell the beans and cattle and just eat corn? Big need for nutrition education and/or higher value crops). I plan to keep my current 3 employees in charge of the nursery here so it should continue to produce fruit trees for this area. We will also see which species do well at higher altitude. I like planting and sharing fruit as much as eating fruit or trying new fruit so I am looking forward to the move even though many of the trees here are just coming into production.
We have productive carambola, canistel, malay apple, thornless jujube, thornless and regular peach palm, cupuasu, jackfruit, black sapote, sapodilla, biriba, breadfruit (local and Ma’afala) avocado, barbados cherry and miracle fruit. Not so productive or just starting include acai, loquat, dragon fruit, fig, okari nut, atemoya and macadamia. Many more types should fruit soon.
Mango - The climate here is wet enough that only the blanc mangos set fruit every year. There are several strains of fil blanc/manga blanca, all stringy, and they set fruit 2-5 times per year, at lest two or 3 branch-bending heavy crops each year. Some are in the markets almost all year. I have some crosses with local and Florida varieties that I look forward to fruiting, will save details for a mango discussion.
The new fruits are spreading in this area and to other parts of Haiti. I hope more tree and perennial gardening will be done in the highly erodible mountains. Erosion from annual and root crops takes a heavy toll on the environment, especiallly on the hills around this valley with over 100 inches of average rainfall per year.
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I am the GM of a diesel repair shop in WPB, Florida. My hobbies include, walking around my yard aimlessly looking a each leaf of every living plant in my yard, pest and disease control of my plants, fertilizing my plants, explaining to my neighbors why I talk to my plants, explaining to my family why I talk to my plants, and seeking out new places in my yard that require additional plants in the ground...
I also enjoy working on the computer (thus the forum and other web ventures), and Charter Boat fishing from time to time.
I truly love tropical fruit growing, and honestly enjoy the growing more than the eating. Sometimes the challenge of growing new things and being sucessful is the best part!
Those who know me say I am kind and very well organized, a good father and provider, and a little obsessive/compulsive.
I respect all Religious beliefs..
I am not political at all..
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I am the GM of a diesel repair shop in WPB, Florida. My hobbies include, walking around my yard aimlessly looking a each leaf of every living plant in my yard, pest and disease control of my plants, fertilizing my plants, explaining to my neighbors why I talk to my plants, explaining to my family why I talk to my plants, and seeking out new places in my yard that require additional plants in the ground...
I also enjoy working on the computer (thus the forum and other web ventures), and Charter Boat fishing from time to time.
I truly love tropical fruit growing, and honestly enjoy the growing more than the eating. Sometimes the challenge of growing new things and being sucessful is the best part!
Those who know me say I am kind and very well organized, a good father and provider, and a little obsessive/compulsive.
I respect all Religious beliefs..
I am not political at all..
Hi all,
I am glad this forum exists - so much easier to use and without annoying ads. Not sure whom to thank, but thanks! I have a rather small collection of fruit and nut plants. I cannot say that I know a lot about growing and it has mostly been a journey of trial an errors. I do like to grow and eat tropical fruits that most people like too, but I am particularly interested in growing some of the more rare species. It's like going on a treasure hunt that may last for years until you find certain seeds.
Bye for now.
Tomas
Hi
I have Myrciaria Glomerata, Seeds and Scions for sale.
few seeds only
I m From Argentina
Hello everyone,
I just moved to Southern Cali and am in the process of planting a bunch of tropical fruit trees. So far, I have guava, avocado, longan, miracle fruit, jab, atemoya. I still have a long list to go. I have 0.35 acre of land here. This forum is wonderful. Thanks everyone!
Hello all, I am a mango tree grower and fruit lover. I love the mango fruit so much I even created a Facebook Page called Mango Tree Growers Of America with lots of information about mango tree growing and the members are very active posting photos and information. It was originally called Florida Mango Tree Growers Club, but do to popular demand the members expanded from Florida to USA statewide and now I am receiving messages that it should be renamed Mango Tree Growers of the World ;D. I don't plan to expand it that much because mango trees were originally imported from other countries, so we are currently trying to help each other grow the perfect mango tree and fruit in all kinds of zones from Florida to California to Alaska :) . So that is a little bit about me and my goals are to expose all information regarding backyard mango trees and propigation, grafting, container growing, and fruit tasting.
My current list of trees are
1. Haden
2. Valencia Pride
3. Kathy (k-3)
4. Maha Chinuk (Maha Chanok)
5. Nam Doc Mai
6. Coconut Cream (Coconut Cream)
7 Piña Colada
8. Orange Sherbet
9. Angie
Thank you all!
Here is the Facebook link... https://m.facebook.com/groups/656091337926681
Mango Tree Growers Of America, come help us grow the perfect mango tree!
In recent events I was accused by another forum member by a couple of things.
He says I swap seeds and than people get different seeds then what they pay for.
In his case i had to swap two kinds of seeds out of 8 because of the nature of his order (it had to be posted on the same day with EMS, to ensure that the rest of his seeds arrive to inspection unsprouted)
Normally I always communicate if i don't have something available, and we find a solution together with the buyer. In his case and in the situation we were in this was unfortunately not an option.
He also accused me of cancelling his order based on the wording that he found on the tracking page of the package.
"24 Jul 2018, 04:27:00 PM Export cancellation Item disposed off according to sender's instruction."
Obviously the package was not cancelled destroyed due to my instructions. It would be suspicious and very counter-productive from me to call the customs and ask them to destroy my package (if such thing is even possible). They did it on their own unfortunately.
I am sorry for your losses Paul.
I keep on working hard to provide everyone with great seeds and great customer service.
So, basically, I was wrong.Welcome to the forum! Your English is excellent!
It seems that some tropical/subtropical plants can indeed be cultivated in my house, as long as they do have some wind resistance. My goal now is to find those grafted varieties that actually bear descent fruits!
So, basically, I was wrong.Welcome to the forum! Your English is excellent!
It seems that some tropical/subtropical plants can indeed be cultivated in my house, as long as they do have some wind resistance. My goal now is to find those grafted varieties that actually bear descent fruits!
It sounds like your first step should be to plant windbreaks. What do farmers on the island use for that purpose? Plant some! Yes, it will take a long time before you have a real wind break, it's an investment into the future, but once the plants get tall you will be so happy. (You can always plant some bamboo, I guess, I'm having decent luck with B. Oldhamii and I hear B. Textilis work well too.)
Glad to have found my old friends at the old citrus forum. Would be glad to meet new friends and fellow enthusiasts here.
I would like to plant a black Persian mulberry and more mangoes in the future. I’m going to try to grow some Manila mangoes from seed.Welcome here! In case you're not aware: you can get the persian mulberry in tree and bush form. Stay away from the weeping kind if you're looking for fruit production.
Welcome here! In case you're not aware: you can get the persian mulberry in tree and bush form. Stay away from the weeping kind if you're looking for fruit production.
Welcome here! In case you're not aware: you can get the persian mulberry in tree and bush form. Stay away from the weeping kind if you're looking for fruit production.
Thanks for the advice. I’m definitely looking for fruit.
Hi all!
My name is Deana and I live in Long Beach, California. I buy many fruits and foods at our local Thai market and love them all. I have recently started 20 trees of Jack fruit from seed. I’m super excited and also terrified because I do not have much of a backyard. I started the seeds by wrapping them in wet paper towels (5 per lot) and just waited a few weeks and they all sprouted. Some of the trees appear health than others. I’d say I have a good 10 healthy trees developing. I’m told they are not easily grown here and the Thai market is very interested in my progress with these jackfruit trees.
Hello everybody,Wellcome my friend and enjoy the forum! Your area have great fruits too! ;)
My name's Daniel, and I'm a South Korean who has a passion for exotic fruits and such. I'm not exactly a "grower" as the only things I have are approx. 6 lemon seedlings growing in pots. I hope this can be a learning experience for me.
Hi everyone! my name is George. I am studing marine engineering in Athens, Greece. I have had always a passion with growing fruits that i hadnt heard previously, tropical or not tropical and I was always searching for info here, so its time to become a member. I have a aslo a winery so lots of space for trying different kind of fruit trees.
I am looking forward in meeting new people and learning
Haha i hope it goes so well that i will have that much fruit to start experimenting with Fermantation!!! But if it goes so well i will post the results (in many many years )Hi everyone! my name is George. I am studing marine engineering in Athens, Greece. I have had always a passion with growing fruits that i hadnt heard previously, tropical or not tropical and I was always searching for info here, so its time to become a member. I have a aslo a winery so lots of space for trying different kind of fruit trees.
I am looking forward in meeting new people and learning
Casmiroa cultivation and alcohol via fermentation are a great match, once your trees mature, you will have plenty of sugary fruit to produce alcohol with.
Hello everyone,Congratulations and good luck to your project! ;D
I'm Steven and we just recently moved to Povoação in the south-east of São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores. I'm not entirely sure if we are Zone 11a or 11b here - perhaps someone has detailed knowledge of this regarding the islands? Most online resources tend to miss out the Azores altogether!
I am in my mid-40s but have only recently developed an interest in growing tropical fruit trees. Before São Miguel, we were in Central Portugal (Zone 9b) for 3 years where fruit trees in general tend to grow very well but unsurprisingly, the tropical varieties would struggle somewhat. In the end, it was forest fires that forced us to move elsewhere and the Azores seemed to be that happy medium between European winters and the true tropics.
We have some space on our plot for new trees but not so much that we can experiment - in other words, we are hopeful that we will find the most suitable varieties of tropical fruit trees for the unique climate that we have here in the Azores.
At the moment we have Azorean bananas and St Helen's Hybrid banana from seed (cold hardy variety that we tried to grow in Central Portugal). We have several grafted avocado trees (Hass/Reed/Bacon) and have also started a number of dwarf Papaya trees (Waimanolo) from seed that are doing well. Got some mangoes started from seed also. In addition, there are 3 annona trees that came with the property.
To be honest, as a newbie, I'm feeling really quite overwhelmed with the seemingly endless possibilities of what to grow here in this climate. I have also been surprised at seeing fruiting apple and pear trees around when it rarely goes below 10c (50f) here in the winter.
I am really looking forward to learning from everyone's experiences and, more specifically, fellow Azoreans of which I am hoping there are at least a few on this site :)
Thanks for reading!
Steven
Hello,
We have a small orchard in San Diego, Ca, and are planning to plant and grow fruit trees on Koro Island, Fiji. Any assistance re where to purchase, what to be careful of, issues with transporting via ferry from Natovi (outside Suva) to Koro, pests to be aware of & BMPs to maximize yield (for personal use & donating to locals) would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Steven & Michelle
Hi everyone!WOW! Congratulations, you have a great collection! ;D
I' m sixteen. I' m from Poland. I' m glad that I found this forum. I love growing rare, exotic plant. In my collection I have among others Matisia soegengii, Myrciaria sp Escarlate, Browneopsis ucayalina, Garcinia humilis, Castilla elastica, Synsepalum dulcificum, Syzygium samarangense, Eugenia uniflora, Herrania purpurea, nearly eight-years old lychee, two Avocados, Mango, two Tamarind, Carambola, Gac fruit, Graviola, Cherymoia, Citrus (lemon, mandarine, kumquat), Sugarcane, Orchids (Paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis), Tea plant, Guava, Tamarillo, Pineapple, Vanilla, Rambutan. I have grown exotic plant since 2011, when I was eight years old. I live in a block of flats, but I have two allotment gardens, so I don't have a lot of space for cultivation my plants. For this reason, I prefer slow growing / dwarf, exotic, rare plants. I will have to give some plants back soon. Moreover I search cacao plant and cinnamon plant, because it's really pretty and useful. Soon, my plants will require cutting (to fit on the windowsill), but I don't know how to do it. Maybe we will come up with something together. I am currently illuminating my plant. I'm environmentally friendly, so I don't use any pesticides and chemical fertilizers. I think it's poison. I use only manure and natural remedies. I would like to move home with a greenhouse. I hope we will get to know and fancy each other.
Best regards
John
Hi everyone!WOW! Congratulations, you have a great collection! ;D
I' m sixteen. I' m from Poland. I' m glad that I found this forum. I love growing rare, exotic plant. In my collection I have among others Matisia soegengii, Myrciaria sp Escarlate, Browneopsis ucayalina, Garcinia humilis, Castilla elastica, Synsepalum dulcificum, Syzygium samarangense, Eugenia uniflora, Herrania purpurea, nearly eight-years old lychee, two Avocados, Mango, two Tamarind, Carambola, Gac fruit, Graviola, Cherymoia, Citrus (lemon, mandarine, kumquat), Sugarcane, Orchids (Paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis), Tea plant, Guava, Tamarillo, Pineapple, Vanilla, Rambutan. I have grown exotic plant since 2011, when I was eight years old. I live in a block of flats, but I have two allotment gardens, so I don't have a lot of space for cultivation my plants. For this reason, I prefer slow growing / dwarf, exotic, rare plants. I will have to give some plants back soon. Moreover I search cacao plant and cinnamon plant, because it's really pretty and useful. Soon, my plants will require cutting (to fit on the windowsill), but I don't know how to do it. Maybe we will come up with something together. I am currently illuminating my plant. I'm environmentally friendly, so I don't use any pesticides and chemical fertilizers. I think it's poison. I use only manure and natural remedies. I would like to move home with a greenhouse. I hope we will get to know and fancy each other.
Best regards
John
Hey my name is Stephen, from Big Pine Key, Fl
I was a member before but lost my whole garden during Irma and couldn't remember my login stuff so I figured I would star a new
Hi everyone!Hello John in Poland. Is that garcinia the one that Australians call Snotty fruit? You have a great command of English. In the States you can now buy dwarf bananas only 18 inches to 2 ft high (1/2 to 2/3 meter) are you in a place that only gets 2 .monthe of 0*C temperatures or less in winter? You might be able to grow some. You have a wonderful command of English. Its fantastic what you are doing.
I' m sixteen. I' m from Poland. I' m glad that I found this forum. I love growing rare, exotic plant. In my collection I have among others Matisia soegengii, Myrciaria sp Escarlate, Browneopsis ucayalina, Garcinia humilis, Castilla elastica, Synsepalum dulcificum, Syzygium samarangense, Eugenia uniflora, Herrania purpurea, nearly eight-years old lychee, two Avocados, Mango, two Tamarind, Carambola, Gac fruit, Graviola, Cherymoia, Citrus (lemon, mandarine, kumquat), Sugarcane, Orchids (Paphiopedilum, phalaenopsis), Tea plant, Guava, Tamarillo, Pineapple, Vanilla, Rambutan. I have grown exotic plant since 2011, when I was eight years old. I live in a block of flats, but I have two allotment gardens, so I don't have a lot of space for cultivation my plants. For this reason, I prefer slow growing / dwarf, exotic, rare plants. I will have to give some plants back soon. Moreover I search cacao plant and cinnamon plant, because it's really pretty and useful. Soon, my plants will require cutting (to fit on the windowsill), but I don't know how to do it. Maybe we will come up with something together. I am currently illuminating my plant. I'm environmentally friendly, so I don't use any pesticides and chemical fertilizers. I think it's poison. I use only manure and natural remedies. I would like to move home with a greenhouse. I hope we will get to know and fancy each other.
Best regards
John
I am JimmyHi Jimmy. Is you're mysteriously diseased pineapple turning yellow and red down its leaves? I usually give iron for that. I use old steel wool pads for that. Purple? It wants potassium. They like really acidic conditions. After a couple days with no rain is the soil around it dry? Or damp and cool? Might have a fungal disease. Goodluck with little plant
Live in Boynton Beach, FL about 2 or 3 blocks west of I-95 and maybe 2 miles from ocean.
Have 7 thriving mangoes in my yard - Wally (bought from Lawrence Zill's place about 50 yrs ago), Fairchild, Pickering, Glenn, Coconut Cream, Nam Doc Mai #4, Lemon Zest.
Also have planted at my son's house a Pickering, Nam Doc, and a Cogshall.
Last summer did a lot of grafting. Mostly making my own scions and grafting to my other trees. Bad success rate tho' - about 6 out of 30.
Also have a 4 month old Pineapple Pleasure in a pot which is mysteriously diseased - just posted a plea for help on this one.
Hi everyone! Im new, never really did a introductory post before. My name is Tristan i take care of my grandma for a living as of recent im trained as a cook/chef love food. And love some exotic fruit.
Hello everyone , i'm new to the forum and think that it is a great place to learn great stuff. Been a long time lurker and think its time to jump in :) . I'm a student from the National academy of arts , 23 years old with a obsession for growing tropical fruit plants, and fruits in general. I have growing in pots passion fruits ( p.edulis, p.ligularis, p.edulis flav, p. alata ), cherimoya ,surinam cherry , carambola, dragon fruit ,2 types of guava , lychee, tamarillo, pomello , coffee, papaya, loguat and tamarind seedlings. I also have some temperate fruiting plants like peach ,almond, apricot, blueberries, gooseberries, red currants, pistachio, kiwi , pomegranate, several varieties of figs, apples and paw paw. I also do some summer veggies like tomatoes and peppers. Thanks for reading my intro and I am glad that this forum exists, I have learned a lot of things and hope to learn a lot more. ;DWelcome.If you are bulgarian,then you are genetically atracted to this hobby.
Hi Everyone,
Since this is a new forum I think we should have an introductory post for old and new members alike.
Central Coast of California zone 9bWhere do you get lucuma?
Soil: Sand
In ground/soon to be:
Guava/pseudo-guava x10, avocado x6, cheromoya x2, Surinam Cherry x2, lucuma, Manila mango, vernon white sapote, finger lime, fig x8, macadamia, persimmon, blueberry, kiwi, coffee Arabica, wine grapes, various banana, various citrus, and various stone fruit.
Greenhouse:
Kwai muk, jabo x4, achacha, g. Madrono, g. Braziliansis/intermedia? x2, luc's garcinia, black pearl wax jambu, miracle berry, blackberry jam fruit, uvaia do campo, Randia fitzalanii, sugar apple, Papaya, Surinam Cherry.
Hello my name is Bryan.
I used to be on a Gardenweb tropical fruit forum about 10 years ago with the same name and recognized some names on here.
I'm making a video showing my new dooryardand fruit trees today.
Hello,
hoping everyone is well.
I am Pascal,
from a tiny tropical island (Reunion Island) in the Indian Ocean.
Looking for 3 specific seeds from South America (guarana, camu camu and yahuacusca) and a from Australia (kakadu plum) in exchange of tropical seeds.
Thanks to those who set up the forum.
Hi, I am a small certified Organic farmer in Valley Center, CA. Main crops are Avocados, Blueberries and Dragon Fruit. We didn't intend to have the dragon fruit take over but I think they may have surpassed the avocados now, which is what was here when we came about ten years ago. We also grow a variety of other tropical fruit, the Guavas seem to be doing much better than the stone fruit and apples, which are not tropical but have been grown in this area for many generations, I cannot figure that one out, but climate change is not helping lol. The gophers are teaching us that maybe container farming is the option that will work best when they are active, too many fig trees taken out the last few years! They even took out a mango seedling this year!
Hope to continue to learn from others and improve our practice, as well as finding the very best quality and flavorful fruit to grow for the food supply. Would be fun to have more friends to trade and share with as well! ;)
:) Hi, I'm Loretta from N. Central Florida. I am brand new here. I started growning papaya trees from seed and they are doing beautifully. I have one tree that I purchased from Lowe's that is actually older than the seed trees and it has barely grown! It's been a year. It's just 3 foot tall. My largest tree had close to 20 frut on the main stalk. It broke overnight and I am trying to rescue the fruit. I know some are too young and they are oozing that white milky substance. I think I might lose my first bunch but will watch diligently to protect new fruit. I thought I was going to have lots of fruit to dry and some fresh to much on too. Sad that they might have worms.
Hey all.
Coastal southern California native here very close to Mexico border. I started out with dragonfruit and ice cream bean, now I have a ton more variety of plants including red atemoya, other Annonas, guava and guava relatives, a few different Eugenias, jaboticaba, thimbleberry etc. I think because I mostly work from home these days I just have more time to get into this hobby. So far everyone has mostly been friendly and welcoming and its great to hear from other people that are knowledgeable on the topic.
I hope one day all my trees and plants bear fruit so I can share with family and friends. Wishing you all good fortune in your gardens. Peace!
Hey all.
Coastal southern California native here very close to Mexico border. I started out with dragonfruit and ice cream bean, now I have a ton more variety of plants including red atemoya, other Annonas, guava and guava relatives, a few different Eugenias, jaboticaba, thimbleberry etc. I think because I mostly work from home these days I just have more time to get into this hobby. So far everyone has mostly been friendly and welcoming and its great to hear from other people that are knowledgeable on the topic.
I hope one day all my trees and plants bear fruit so I can share with family and friends. Wishing you all good fortune in your gardens. Peace!
Welcome! How is the ice cream bean? And do you know what type you have? I started one from seed that is finally flowering now, but I've never tried the fruit. Mine is inga edulis
Greetings, everyone! I used to have another account on here a few years ago, but I can't seem to get the password reset to work so I decided to create a new one instead.
My name is Winn, and I'm organizing a decentralized regional trial of allegedly cold-hardy avocado cultivars and their seedlings in the Pacific NW (anyone in zone 8b+ with an emphasis on western WA lowlands and coastal Olympic peninsula). I'll be distributing my first 30-40 trees in spring, and have been testing seedlings in my own yard for a couple years now. I'll post an announcement when the sign-up form goes live in the next couple weeks if anyone is interested in joining the project.
I also have an assortment of tropical and subtropical stuff in my greenhouse besides avocados, such as a Dwarf Cavendish banana, some mango seedlings, a few types of dragonfruit, and a few citrus trees.
Finally, I've got some temperate fruit trees and "hardy subtropicals" that I'm zone pushing outside alongside the avocados, such as some seeded bananas, various guava cousins, loquats, pawpaws, guabiju, ubajay.
Greetings, everyone! I used to have another account on here a few
Hey, welcome back!
Did you ever get fruit from your Dwarf Cavendish? I just got one this spring, and it grows and grows and grows but no flower yet. It is about 8ft tall now, it was <2ft tall when I got it. Wondering just how "dwarf" it really is....
When I bought it I was thinking of this picture I had seen in the Logees catalog... either they are lying or this 'super dwarf cavendish' is much, much smaller
"This exciting strain of the Cavendish banana will actually produce fruit at a manageable height of just 3’ or less. "
hah
Hello y'all! I am from North San Diego County, California, Zone 10a. I love trying exotic fruits, and I especially like trying to grow them. Although my username is JackfruitChan2, my favorite fruits are in the annonaceae family. I grow several fruits such as Wax apple "Thai Jumbo", Yuzu, Finger Lime, Calamansi, Oroblanco, Buddha's Hand, Kumquat "Nagami" and "Meiwa", Lemons, Jaboticaba, Surinam Cherry, Strawberry Guava, Lemon Guava, Pineapple Guava, Bananas "Apple" and some other unknown variety, Cherimoya, Sugar Apple "Na Dai", Soursop, Achacha, Figs "Little Miss Figgy" and "Kadota", Dragonfruit, Coffee, and Passionfruit. A lot of these plants are very young or are grown from seed, so none but the citrus are fruiting yet. I hope to learn more about fruit and I hope to grow more too! :)
Greetings,Spammer!
My name is Susanne. Living in Florida for 10 years. Electronics Engineer by trade, tropical tree plantation manager most of the time..LOL. I'm originally from Cuba so will I be considered international member too? ..he he. I love tropical fruits. I only have a small lot, occupied mostly by my house. But it doesn't stop me from growing tropical fruit trees. I have 5-mangoes (ha ha), lots of bananas, carambola, avocado, jackfruits, tamarind, papayas and lychees.
This is a great resource site.
See you around folks.
Hi everyone. I live in Boca Raton, FL and have the following in my backyard:
Alphonso Mango
Pickering Mango
Coconut Cream Mango
Honey Kiss Mango
Silas Wood Sapodilla
Makok Sapodilla
Pace Mamey Sapote
Soursop
Yellow Jamaican Cherry
Golden Nugget Jackfruit
Oliver Loquat
Namwa Banana
Grimal Jaboticaba (in a pot)
Three Fig trees in pots
lots of pineapple plants
I keep up with my gardening on my youtube channel. Here's my most recent mango tree video update: https://youtu.be/3fyzTiUTa68?si=0OuicHEC5lKgAxQ6
Hi everyone. I live in Boca Raton, FL and have the following in my backyard:
Alphonso Mango
Pickering Mango
Coconut Cream Mango
Honey Kiss Mango
Silas Wood Sapodilla
Makok Sapodilla
Pace Mamey Sapote
Soursop
Yellow Jamaican Cherry
Golden Nugget Jackfruit
Oliver Loquat
Namwa Banana
Grimal Jaboticaba (in a pot)
Three Fig trees in pots
lots of pineapple plants
I keep up with my gardening on my youtube channel. Here's my most recent mango tree video update: https://youtu.be/3fyzTiUTa68?si=0OuicHEC5lKgAxQ6
Hi, welcome to the forum!
I am interested to hear your opinion of the golden nugget jackfruit. I have this type also but mine has just started flowering and not fruited yet
Hello Forum! I amquite exited that i found this place where people love tropicla fruit and plants like me, I live in seattle so growing some of these fruits can be a challenge but i have a house that i can fill. some of my plants include:
-Jackfruit
-Carambola
-Syzgenium samerengense
-Dragon fruit
-Hass avocado
-Lychee
-Passiflora edulis
-Tamarind
-Green Caimito
-Purple Caimito
-Mamey sapote
-Canistel
I look forward to meeting all of you! ;D
Hello Forum! I amquite exited that i found this place where people love tropicla fruit and plants like me, I live in seattle so growing some of these fruits can be a challenge but i have a house that i can fill. some of my plants include:
-Jackfruit
-Carambola
-Syzgenium samerengense
-Dragon fruit
-Hass avocado
-Lychee
-Passiflora edulis
-Tamarind
-Green Caimito
-Purple Caimito
-Mamey sapote
-Canistel
I look forward to meeting all of you! ;D
Welcome!
I just visited Seattle for the first time this year, nice place. I ended up eating gallons of currants from the Pike Place market, and discovered Shishito peppers there which am now also finding locally. The huge bay leaf tree in the community garden is really cool.
When you say "fill up a house" do you mean a greenhouse? If so you should post pictures of your setup, there are a number of dedicated greenhouse growers like myself amidst the Florida and California outdoor guys.
How long have you been growing these types? I have been trying most of them on your list in my greenhouse for the past 3-5yrs...
- Jackfruit is easy but wants to get big. My just started flowering after 5yrs and I have to prune it constantly.
- carombola/starfruit fruits easily in a container. I'm not fan of its fruit but it has very pretty flowers
- I have malay apple which is similar to wax jambu/samerengense, it is very healthy but supposed to be a looong time to fruit. Not sure if I can let it get big enough
- Dragonfruit cactus is a tippy thorny monstrosity.. that I would totally grow out if I had more space. It looks so cool but I ditched mine before it flowered as I was sick of it falling on me.
- Never tried growing avocado because the grocery store ones are already so good
- Lychee has been incredibly difficult to grow for me, not sure why. I think they don't like my soil or water (that every other plant seems to like).
- Haven't tried growing passiflora, the gooey fruit pulp texture grosses me out, though the taste is really good
- Tamarind is easy and a very pretty tree, I grew mine from Indian store tamarind paste seeds. Long way from fruiting though.
- Never tried growing caimitos. I tried the fruit once and it was kinda bland so it never caught my attention
- My green sapotes keep dying, no sure why, I assume mamey is similar. I am going to keep trying though as I really like mamey.
- Canistel has been a massive success for me, the tree is gorgeous and I love the fruit. I have a Ross Sapote/canistel that just started flowering and I hear it is even better than normal canistels.