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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Subtropicals for California Zone 9
« on: August 06, 2016, 02:37:31 PM »
Has anyone actually gotten Sapodilla or Canistel fruit? I can keep mine alive and I have got flowers on both now, but no fruit.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Longans...when are they ready?
« on: August 04, 2016, 04:02:42 PM »
Kohala is getting big fast (dime size now). Others are a bit smaller.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: The first fruit plant (Jabo) I ever bought is fruiting!
« on: August 04, 2016, 03:48:46 AM »
Only 4 years? 
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Junglesop?
« on: August 04, 2016, 03:48:09 AM »
Does anyone have any experience growing Junglesop? I got some seeds just for kicks and they actually sprouted. Not much info online or in print.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Longans...when are they ready?
« on: August 03, 2016, 10:08:14 PM »
What's the season in SoCal. I have some ripening in NorCal so I assume they will take a bit longer. Hopefully by Nov. they will be ripe?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is it safe to re-use potting soil?
« on: July 31, 2016, 03:51:56 PM »
I reuse sometimes if cause of death is probably not disease and I reuse for a different type of plant (different family for example).
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Cacao Possible in SoCal
« on: July 29, 2016, 04:33:12 AM »I once played with mangos. Concord is definitely too cold. I think Manila is a bad choice for even trying in warm Bay Area spots. There's a guy in Vallejo who has one doing well I think, but don't think it's fruited?
I can't do mango even in a pot. Bad winter knocks it back. Trying to fruit one mango killed it and it was a pretty sadly bad tasting one. Manila may not be the best choice honestly for trying mango in super marginal areas like Bay Area.
Like Fremont? Is that an illusion? How about my Baileys? Its imaginary? Look if you don't feel up to it fine. But speak for yourself when you see Myrna with 15 types of Mango. I uh,don't see TF saying a word to her does he?
Manila is one of the best to try. That's so basic in local Mango growing Brian that you should join the local Rare Fruit growers. That's the fastest way to shorten the learning curve. Concord is near central valley..but me? I would try. Whats a few weeks covered,then all the rest of the year to grow in that hot summer Concord heat?
I had heard that Manila was one of the more tender mangos? I plan to try again with something I've heard was a bit more hardy. Maybe I'm wrong. I do not know mangos (just the ones I failed with), but some local CRFG people told me they thought manila was not the best one to try in NorCal.
I'm not saying you or anyone else hasn't had success with mango in Bay Area, just that my area is too cold potentially without hauling it into the garage or something during Jan. Or keeping it in a pot under a eve. Starfruit, Longans, and Lychee make it through winter that way.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Cacao Possible in SoCal
« on: July 28, 2016, 06:19:52 PM »
I once played with mangos. Concord is definitely too cold. I think Manila is a bad choice for even trying in warm Bay Area spots. There's a guy in Vallejo who has one doing well I think, but don't think it's fruited?
I can't do mango even in a pot. Bad winter knocks it back. Trying to fruit one mango killed it and it was a pretty sadly bad tasting one. Manila may not be the best choice honestly for trying mango in super marginal areas like Bay Area.
I can't do mango even in a pot. Bad winter knocks it back. Trying to fruit one mango killed it and it was a pretty sadly bad tasting one. Manila may not be the best choice honestly for trying mango in super marginal areas like Bay Area.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Cacao Possible in SoCal
« on: July 28, 2016, 06:14:51 PM »
One thing I did when I went looking for stuff to grow is see how things were growing in different places in CA. For instance Mango was growth flushing in Costa Mesa in OC while it was burned and recovering in Northridge. If you have the right climate you can get away with some cool stuff in the Bay Area, BUT my advice don't kid yourself, it's not SD, Orange County, or even North LA.
Something else to keep in mind is soil temp. Despite our moderate climate around SF Bay Area our soil temps are lower then SoCal people and so even though it looks like we might be in the right zone can that plant really take a few months of 50 F temps instead of 60 F temps? We also have very clay like soil which holds water up here. SoCal has more sandy soil in general just to do with the geology of CA.
I experiment, but at this point I like to be smart about it. I have a soursop from seed as a house plant for giggles, but would I spend $75 for on in LA and bring it back probably not. If I lived in OC or the right SD climate I might buy it.
Something else to keep in mind is soil temp. Despite our moderate climate around SF Bay Area our soil temps are lower then SoCal people and so even though it looks like we might be in the right zone can that plant really take a few months of 50 F temps instead of 60 F temps? We also have very clay like soil which holds water up here. SoCal has more sandy soil in general just to do with the geology of CA.
I experiment, but at this point I like to be smart about it. I have a soursop from seed as a house plant for giggles, but would I spend $75 for on in LA and bring it back probably not. If I lived in OC or the right SD climate I might buy it.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Cacao Possible in SoCal
« on: July 28, 2016, 04:51:06 PM »
Basically in CA you have a Coast Climate that yields to a hot interior climate in most places as you move inland. The curse is the coast get's little heat, but little to no frost, while moving inland you start to get heat, but frost and cold becomes more reliable. Thus, there is a little magical area in most places from SF Bay Area, LA, SD, etc. where you get protection from the frost, but far enough inland that you get some nice growing heat. In this little zone you get to grow stuff that is basically out of zone. (My little area has experience 9a as well as 10bish winters in the past 5 years where I had Cherimoya take damage as well as a Canistel survive and grow in different years.)
In the Bay Area Fremont/Hayward is probably the best example getting some heat, but protection from the bay without as much cold. (i.e. the Fremont Mango on youtube). The Berkeley/El Cerrito hills also have areas without heat, but basically frost free. I've seen what I think is a similiar areas in Orange County and San Diego County inland enough, but also protected. (Obviously those ones allow much more subtropical and even slightly tropical stuff to grow).
That said when we get a century type freeze it'll knock everyone back into the correct latitude if you want my personal opinion. That includes NorCal and SoCal.
In the Bay Area Fremont/Hayward is probably the best example getting some heat, but protection from the bay without as much cold. (i.e. the Fremont Mango on youtube). The Berkeley/El Cerrito hills also have areas without heat, but basically frost free. I've seen what I think is a similiar areas in Orange County and San Diego County inland enough, but also protected. (Obviously those ones allow much more subtropical and even slightly tropical stuff to grow).
That said when we get a century type freeze it'll knock everyone back into the correct latitude if you want my personal opinion. That includes NorCal and SoCal.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Cacao Possible in SoCal
« on: July 28, 2016, 01:33:12 AM »
I saw those plants. They arrived around April I think I was told as I stopped into that nursery on a trip.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Available: Black Ugni (Ugni myricoides) fruit/seeds
« on: July 21, 2016, 03:26:11 PM »
I'd be interested in one or two. I think my black one bit the dust a while ago.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Stan's Santol...trial.
« on: July 21, 2016, 01:24:41 AM »
I saw the Santol last time I was in SoCal. Figured it was too tropical to bother with. How does it react? Does it just sit there when it's cold or does it slowly die like some of the true tropicals?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Starfruit summer drought tolerance?
« on: July 14, 2016, 12:48:20 AM »
My guess is you might have a chance in that greenway if water could wick up through the soil. If I remember that area the soil was kind of moist in certain places even in Summer. The fact it's not hot and bay humidity might help you.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID this fruit from Mexico please.
« on: July 14, 2016, 12:04:09 AM »
I got some small plants and they survived a mild NorCal winter. They fruit in LA.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My bay area Papaya. 3rd summer.
« on: July 11, 2016, 02:15:15 PM »
I wonder if the drought conditions other then this winter helped?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Camu Camu tips?
« on: July 10, 2016, 08:34:05 PM »
Any tips for keeping a Camu Camu seedling alive? From old topics I gather I should add peat moss and keep PH low.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Propagation of Eugenia brasiliensis (Grumixama) via Leafy Cuttings
« on: June 27, 2016, 01:29:52 AM »
Can you take some pics? I am interested in trying this.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fushia question
« on: June 26, 2016, 12:17:24 AM »
This is suppose to be one selected for the berries, but it's not available outside of England I think. Other species are edible (all?) and some are good or decent. A lot just are not that good though.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fushia question
« on: June 24, 2016, 08:08:59 PM »
Just curious, but does anyone grow these? As in actual variety?
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-plants/fuchsia-plants/fuchsia-berry/t67523TM
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-plants/fuchsia-plants/fuchsia-berry/t67523TM
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: San Diegans -- Exotica heads-up
« on: June 21, 2016, 02:27:35 AM »
Yeah I noticed the mangos appearing when I was down in April. Might need to make the trek down in July.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bailey's Marvel,Champagne from seed.
« on: June 07, 2016, 05:16:58 PM »
Hayward and Fremont are probably the best areas in the Bay Area for trying Mango. Very interested in how they do for you.
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Wild strawberry
« on: June 06, 2016, 04:23:45 PM »
Volunteer randomly showed up in yard. Not sure of species, but the taste is superior to cultivated ones. Just small.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: psidium myrtoides
« on: June 02, 2016, 11:17:57 PM »
I took a picture, but mine looks just like the one above my post. It also has a weeping habit. I got it from Ben Poirier in SD.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: psidium myrtoides
« on: June 02, 2016, 12:32:40 AM »
Yes, I will try tomorrow. If I forget remind me by PM or something.