The Tropical Fruit Forum

The Photos are both from a Physical Graffiti and the other one that did the same thing is a David Bowie.

I have controlled fungus using hydrogen peroxcide on other things.

The other name I see used with this is the Indian Gooseberry. I had someone talk to me about it the other day so I started looking at it. It is suppose to be very sour which at one time would have made me stay away from it. But Adam has me hooked on Miracle Berries sour fruits.
Is anyone growing this and is it worth growing?

I have an area in my yard where a large oak on someone elses property shades the area. The tree is south of my property and geve heavy shade moring through late afternoon. What can I grow that can handle this amount of shade and still provide fruit?

Thanks guys, I am looking forward to having some set and trying them. Will want more types if they are as good as people say.

My Finger Lime, Citrus australasica, is starting to bloom again. I had a nice bloom early in the year but no fruit set. Are they one of the citrus that bloom multiple times in a year?

I was given a gallon pot with a Ambarella tree in it. I am having trouble finding much information about it. Is anyone growing it and what can you tell me about the quality of the fruit and how to grow it. What I can find so far is that it does not like full sun so I will put it in a partially shaded area. I am putting it in a larger pot for now.

Ferns are highly invasive here in Florida. Much better to go with some nitrogen fixing plant as ground cover. Some grove owners have gone to the decrotive peanut but they are finding it might be considered invasive. There are many nitrogen fixing plants that can be used as ground cover what will alow you to cut back on fertilizer use.

I will be able to tell you later this year if useing mint to hold off squirels and rats works well. I did it last year and it did not have any taken but I had a very small crop. This year the older plant is covered with fruit and blooms are still setting fruit so I should get a very good test.
I have large pots of mint that I put under the vines so the fruit will drop into them hipefully. I keep the mint potted because it can be very invasive.
My Schnauzers keep the fruit rats under control but the squirels are have learned not to venture very far from a tree.

I have been growing vegetables with my trees for years here in Florida in the spring and fall but have started working with ones from various tropical areas so I will have fresh ones in the summer. It is possible. Some like the pigeon pea are great in that they have very good to eat but also are a nitrogen fixing plant with a tap root. The three foot long bean does very well in our heat and will produce as long as you keep the beans picked. Another is the 'Wing Bean' at does well in heat. I do find that it grows great in the summer but produces best in the fall. Not only are the beans great but it has a tuber that is very tasty. Both it and the yard long require something to grow on.
Always looking for new heat loving plants for summer produce.

I agree with murahilin. I get along very well without fungicides.

I would rather not give product names on a forum like this but if you want detail write me at my email address shown on my profile I will be happy to share the information.
As far as pollination is concerned I agee that it takes pollinators such as bees to or hand pollination to complete that part of the production of fruit. Even after a blossom is pllinated it does not mean it is going to set a fruit. Hormones have to be just right and this means a correct ballance of nutrients.

I am getting a very heavy flowering on my potted Pickering but no bloom set. I went to my war chest and was going to give half of them a spray of gibberelic acid to see if it would help but it seems like a am out. Has anyone tried this for fruit set on mangeos?
I did order some and will try  it on one of the lychees.