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Citrus General Discussion / Citrus seedlings with three cotyledons?
« on: September 06, 2013, 11:00:02 PM »
I've germinated over a hundred different citrus seeds (pomelo, lemon, mandarin and orange varieties) and I potted up 18 pomelo and 6 suspected mandarin seedlings this morning and noticed that two of the mandarin seedlings have three cotyledons instead of two. 

I'm not sure that they are mandarin seedlings since I put some orange seeds in the same bag and they got mixed around, but I'm fairly sure they are since they were short rounder seeds, compared to the longer seeds of oranges. Half the mandarin seeds were unknown variety and half were Honey Murcott.

There are over two hundred other seedlings I still need to pot up, but I've only got punnets enough for 100 or so for now.

Anyway, has anyone here encountered citrus with three cotyledons?  It looked like only some of the seedlings from the same polyembryonic seed were tricots. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Identify black sapote fruit variety?
« on: August 29, 2013, 02:33:54 AM »
The guy I bought them from said he had six different black sapote trees in his yard, but he no longer remember what varieties they were.  Each of the black sapote I bought were from different trees.

The one on the right in the first pic is sort of egg shaped and the one on the left is sort of round, small, but a bit flattened.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Identify black sapote fruit variety?
« on: August 28, 2013, 11:07:41 PM »
I bought these two black sapote today at the markets and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what varieties they might be?  I'm in Australia so they'd be a variety that is in Aus.

I want to try growing the seeds, if there are any, so I'd like to know what variety the seeds are coming from.

Thanks!






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia or A. Squamosa (sugar apple)?
« on: August 13, 2013, 12:18:53 AM »
Thanks for the advice everyone!

To be honest, I'm not sure what custard apple I tasted.  I think it was probably just seedling grown, and I also think it was overripe when we ate it.  It was super hard when I got it, no give to the flesh, and then within hours it was super squishy.  So I guess we should have eaten it when it was still rock hard, as opposed to it almost being a liquid.

I bought ten sugar apple seeds late last night and they've already been posted.  I'm going to check out the markets again this Saturday to see if they have any tropical fruit I've yet to try (and then grow the seeds), or find any of my favourites that I've yet to find for cheap.  I'll see if they have any named varieties of custard apple when I'm there.

Thanks again for the advice!  :D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Rollinia or A. Squamosa (sugar apple)?
« on: August 12, 2013, 08:15:58 AM »
I ate a custard apple a few months ago and collected the seeds, but only one sprouted and that was months ago.  The seedling is still alive, but barely, so I wanted to try a different Annona variety.

The two I'm interested in are Rollinia and Sugar Apple.  Does anyone have any opinions on taste for these two?  I didn't particularly like the custard apple, but my mum did.  To me, it tasted a bit like sour milk, so I'm hoping these other two taste better than the average custard apple from the markets.

Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: "Sapote" seeds in Aus?
« on: August 07, 2013, 03:01:38 AM »
I've just started back at university and am fairly busy with study at the moment, so I wouldn't be able to come pick anything up for a while.

I might be able to pick them up at the end of the month, or sometime next month, if that's okay.  Otherwise, I would be happy to pay for postage if you wanted to do it that way.

On my other topic, you mentioned possibly having some passiflora seeds now/in the near future, I would love some of those if you have them, too.  I really appreciate you helping me expand my fruit tree collection!

Cheers,
Jaz

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: "Sapote" seeds in Aus?
« on: August 06, 2013, 03:51:54 AM »
Hi BMc,

I would love a mamey and green sapote seedling if you have them.  Would you have any black sapote seeds available too?  I'd be happy to pay for them both, if you let me know the cost.

Which garden club do you mean that has the white sapote and canistel? 

If I have time this Friday, I'll check out the botanical gardens and see if there are any Ross sapote seeds there.

Thanks so much for your help! :)

Cheers,
Jaz

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / "Sapote" seeds in Aus?
« on: August 06, 2013, 01:44:47 AM »
I currently have a teeny little 10-12" sapodilla, an abiu, a 'Bernicker' black sapote, and a 'Dade' white sapote.  They're all quite young, none have fruited, and only the white sapote has flowered.

I was wondering if anyone in Australia had any seeds from any of the "sapote" varieties?  I'm particularly interested in the mamey sapote, ross sapote and green sapote, but I'd prefer to grow my own.  I don't currently have the room for anymore trees, so I was hoping to grow the seedlings and then plant them once I've moved or have more room. 

I'd love to grow any of the "sapote" varieties, even ones I already have.  I love fruit that tastes like dessert, and you can never have too many delicious varieties!

Please let me know if you may have any seeds available now, or possibly in the future.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Jaz

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Passiflora Edulis type seeds in AUS
« on: August 05, 2013, 04:25:49 AM »
I'd love anything you could give me!  I'm happy to wait if you don't have any seeds yet.

I really love growing passiflora... The flowers, the fruit, the tendrils... And that they grow SO fast!  All my other seedlings/trees are fairly slow growing, so I love it when I actually have something I can see an almost daily difference in!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Passiflora Edulis type seeds in AUS
« on: August 05, 2013, 01:40:17 AM »
Mike T,

I've had a look through a lot of the old discussions... There are a lot!  I also checked the DAFF webpage on passiflora varieties. 

I think I'll try and get some panama red, panama gold, panama yellow, african yellow and misty gem seeds, if I can find them.  I think there are other flavicarpa or edulis varieties that I wanted to check out, but I've been reading through so much that I've forgotten them all. 

I saw a lot of the pictures of your passiflora fruit, they looked amazing!

Cheers,
Jaz

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Passiflora Edulis type seeds in AUS
« on: August 05, 2013, 01:02:17 AM »
Thao,

Yes, I saw your message, thank you for contacting him for me!  I really appreciate it.

I'll wait to hear from him.

Cheers,
Jaz

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Wanted: Passiflora Edulis type seeds in AUS
« on: August 05, 2013, 12:51:35 AM »
Hi,

I generally buy my seeds from eBay but it's hard to find many good tasting passiflora varieties on there, and a lot of them are old seeds.  There are some listed on eBay but I was hoping someone here might have some seeds available from the better tasting passiflora varieties in Australia.

I'd be willing to pay for the seeds.  The only seeds I currently have are regular p. edulis that are still in the fruit, so I wouldn't be able to do a trade.  Give me a few years then I'll have seeds from dozens of types of fruit trees.

Cheers,
Jaz

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