Wanted: Babaco

[frukt]

Hi. Im looking for this fantasic mix of Vasconcellea:s

And i live in europe.

Is it possible to find here, I read they grow in italy. Could it be possible to grow the Vasconcellea:s and get the hybrid by myself?

[shaneatwell]

I just got a plant from Logee's. In the ground and pushing new leaves According to their website they ship worldwide. There are probably better sources for you though.

[frukt]

They dont sell worldwide

[shaneatwell]

Two more to try:
http://www.fruit.co.il/fruit/Forms/en/Item.aspx?id=A6BKYKMIkpA%3d

http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/fruitplants.html

[frukt]

 
"We are not set up to send plants or seeds over seas, sorry we are unable to help you.
 
Kind Regards
Emma Montford
Greenpatch Organic Seeds
P.O. Box 1285, Taree, NSW, 2430
Ph/Fax 02 6551 4240"

And the others havent answered yet.

[shaneatwell]

I got the same answer from Wallach: "Sorry...No..."

There's some discussions of this in other threads. Seems like governments are clamping down and no one wants to ship across borders. You need to find someone in portugal (or at least western europe) with a tree you can propagate from. There's several members from portugal (and many others from europe). Have you tried PMing them?

[shaneatwell]

Some bad news and some good news:

Hi Shane,

Sorry, no babaco, but we do ship to Portugal.  I need to know what you want in order to give you a quote, including the shipping cost.

Thanks,

Bryan
Montoso Gardens

Maybe you can get them to start growing babaco? Or at least order a bunch of their most interesting plants before they stop shipping to europe!

edit: link to their site
http://www.montosogardens.com/fruit_nut_spice_collection.htm

[Daniel R]

Babaco can be found for sale in some German and Dutch online stores. You have to search term "Babaco" in advanced search option in Google and set language option to German and set region of search to Germany. Same goes for searching in Dutch and Netherlands region.

[Radoslav]

Some collectors in Slovakia grow Babaco as far as I know. It is propagated by cuttings.