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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Premium types ilama seeds (Annona Diversifolia) only once!
« on: September 20, 2017, 09:12:14 AM »
I hope that you stay safe and have a productive trip. With that said, I am interested in some seeds when you get back!

-John-

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: tropical fruit growers on instagram
« on: September 06, 2017, 11:34:21 PM »
greeniesgarden
specialtyproduce seller,  not a grower but has interesting content.
livedreamsmith
hakwatunafresh

and of course the others mentioned.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Red Sugar Apple Seeds
« on: September 06, 2017, 01:59:13 PM »
Quote from: kaka on September 06, 2017, 11:24:03 AM
John,
Is you plant grown in ground or pot?  I'm also zone 9b and wanting to know if this can be grown in ground with winter protection.  Can you describe the flavor and texture of the fruit?

Thanks

My tree is in a 10-15 gal pot. I don't bring it inside in the winter, it can take brief frost, but may have some dieback. People regularly grow these in the ground in my area, a guy a few streets over from me has sugar apple in the ground and it's doing great.

Flavor wise it's a very sweet fruity custard taste, some grit near the peel. They are not the easy peel firmer flesh variety. I really enjoy them and they do well in this climate.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Red Sugar Apple Seeds
« on: September 05, 2017, 10:06:45 PM »
I enjoyed some delicious red sugar apples off of my tree this year. $1 per seed, 10 seed min. $3 shipping. US only.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Birth of a new Chewy Purple Sugar Apple- A. squamosa 'Isan Indigo'
« on: September 04, 2017, 10:29:15 PM »
Quote from: Vernmented on September 03, 2017, 08:37:59 PM
Quote from: Seanny on September 03, 2017, 05:18:30 PM
Has anyone received seeds yet?

Yeah boi! I live right next to him though.
Yeah, same story, I live in Central FL, so I got mine in a few days and already planted them. Looking forward to seeing this one grow out!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Looking for planting help on jaboticaba
« on: August 31, 2017, 11:00:16 PM »
I have sabara trees growing in different conditions, and have seen them grown in different light situations. I would choose a spot based on your conditions and preferences. If you plant in full sun you will likely need to water a lot more often and skipping watering might become problematic in full sun vs. in more shade. You might also want to consider the size you want the tree to be, and how fast you want it to grow. I bought another sabara today from a friend I trust who told me it was about fifteen years old. It was busting out of a seven gallon pot and there was nothing but roots in the pot. It's a smallish tree about six feet tall and a trunk diameter of about 2 inches. It was grown in mostly shade and fed sparingly.

I have another sabara that is about 8 or 9 years old that is massive, was grown in almost full sun, fed regularly and potted up to allow for more growth.It's about 10 feet tall in a 25 gal.

long story short, keep it in a pot until you figure own how and where you want to grow it. when you decide on a place, put the pot there for a while, and plant in the spring. If the space turns out to be a bad fit, maybe rethink the placement.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: missing a basic grafting concept, apparently...a little help?
« on: August 30, 2017, 11:32:43 PM »
Quote from: Zarafet on August 30, 2017, 10:46:45 PM
On my veneers I match one side of the cambiums and they take

It does seem like even with cleft grafts that matching only one side of the cambium is enough to get grafts to take. 

In fairness I watched the video and thought that the cuts on the rootstock were a little wide, but when the rootstock is that bug I imagine it gets harder to make smaller cuts.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Birth of a new Chewy Purple Sugar Apple- A. squamosa 'Isan Indigo'
« on: August 29, 2017, 11:13:07 PM »
Thanks for making these available and spreading the goodness around! I'm looking forward to growing these!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Jaboticaba for Southern California?
« on: August 25, 2017, 04:39:06 PM »
Quote from: wayne23 on August 22, 2017, 02:13:03 AM


I am growing a Mycriaria Grimal in 15gal container.  It has a tag from Pine Island Nursery.  The fruit I tasted from another more mature tree was delicious.  Hopefully my will produce fruits soon.

I"m no expert, but I don't think this is a grimal. The leaf shape and color seem a little off. I have several grimal trees and I have never seen and pink/red in the new growth. It looks a lot more like a sabara to me. In any case I hope you get fruit soon!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Double cut vs bypass pruners.
« on: August 25, 2017, 04:31:06 PM »
I have a pair of Vesco double cut pruners and I really prefer them for making clean cuts while harvesting budwood and decapitating plants (especially harder woods like jaboticaba) I like them for pruning smaller diameter wood, and I feel like I can cut much closer to the trunk without scraping the trunk of the tree. Also with small branches these don't allow the branch to fold between the blades. They do sell replacement parts and are well made.

I think it's all preference at the end of the day, and I am actually planning to buy a pair of felco 2 pruners for my every day maintenance pruning.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Jaboticaba for Southern California?
« on: August 21, 2017, 10:57:56 PM »
Based on your conditions you might want a grimal. They seem more drought tolerant than other varieties, have large fruit with small seeds and you get two crops per year. You might still need to amend the soil a bit, but it's a great fruit!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Names of sour sop varieties. The sweet ones especially. Soursop
« on: August 03, 2017, 09:45:03 AM »
Quote from: gnappi on August 03, 2017, 01:58:14 AM
All this begs the question, what nursery in So. Fla. supplies HD, Lowes and larger nurseries? The labels generally do not contain the grower or cultivar.

Why wouldn't the bigger suppliers / growers want the end user to know what they are getting? Further why (if they do) grow anything substandard according to the average palette?

I think the big box stores/garden centers don't have the knowledge base to select or care for exotic/tropical plants and probably just make bulk orders and don't care about variety. I don't think they have the time to educate all the employees so unless the employees are interested in plants they likely don't have special info.

I think it's worth while to step away from the big chains and find a local nursery that knows the area, and what grows well. Hopefully they have some plant characteristics, but I find that TFF members including myself are looking for something special and have likely done their research ahead of a trip to the nursery. I've heard  S FL has some great specialty places and would be able to share a lot on interesting info and would have specific cultivars.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Need more details about Phoenix mango
« on: August 01, 2017, 09:08:39 PM »
Quote from: beefyboy on August 01, 2017, 08:09:16 PM
I am growing phoenix now myself and it is very vigorous! it pushed new growth 4 weeks ago max and nodes are over a foot long. Now it is pushing new growth again and flushing. Disease resistance from what I can tell, looks much better than Dot which sits 22 ft from it. Flavor has been described by only a few on here but so many opinions, I would only trust your own taste buds. With a parent like Dot, you just can't lose however! My Phoenix will be 6 ft. plus this year. After one more summer, it will be fruiting for sure.

I am also growing a phoenix and can report similar growth habit. Very vigorous flushing spaced well apart. I have a cotton candy as well which is slower with flushes and nodes closer together. I'm hoping for fruit in a couple of years, so time will tell! I'm optimistic from what I've read about taste.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Id
« on: July 10, 2017, 09:38:08 AM »


I'm guessing it's Valencia Pride but I don't know for sure! Internet image search is leading me in that direction.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID This Fig? Please?
« on: July 10, 2017, 09:32:02 AM »
Quote from: FruitFreak on July 06, 2017, 10:40:07 PM
Quote from: achetadomestica on July 05, 2017, 11:17:44 PM
I have LSU champagne fig and the leaves are different. Mine has 5 lobes? The fig has an unusual
leaf shape. The fruit looks a little like my celeste but different leaves also. Allot of figs have two
crops a year and the first crop usually is not as good tasting. With all the rain we get and the
humidity, fig's taste suffer in Florida. Last year I had a late crop of LSU gold figs. They ripened
on the tree and ripened in November. They were dripping honey out of the bottom and they were
UNBELIEVABLE!. Nothing like the ripened figs in July through September in the wet season. I ate a White Triana
yesterday, it was ok at best.

Would you want to trade an airlayer for LSU gold?
I have. LSU purp, smith, O'Rourke, Hollier

I would be happy to trade. When is the best time to air layer or take cuttings form the fig?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID This Fig? Please?
« on: July 06, 2017, 10:27:02 PM »
Thanks for all the help!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID This Fig? Please?
« on: July 05, 2017, 10:26:26 PM »
Quote from: FruitFreak on July 05, 2017, 09:47:45 PM
It's hard to tell being that there are hundreds of different types.  I do notice some strikingly similar characteristics (plant and fruit) to the Champagne Fig from LSU.

Thanks, I've never grown figs and these were given to me by a friend moving to the northwest. They are mild tasting, but I think all the rain we've been getting may have washed out the more intense taste.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID This Fig? Please?
« on: July 05, 2017, 08:37:08 PM »
http://postimg.cc/image/gn3n3d9e7/

More pics of the figs when ripe and halved. Any ideas on the variety?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Id
« on: July 05, 2017, 08:34:15 PM »
Well, here goes again!

A friend just bought a new house in central FL and told me he had a mango tree that was dropping fruit and asked me to pick the tree. I haven't tried it yet but it looks like the picture. Any ideas what it could be? All the fruits are very round, almost circular from the side profile.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Id
« on: June 27, 2017, 07:34:07 PM »





I picked these off of a friends tree in central FL yesterday. They didn't know the variety. I looked and thought maybe florigon, but i'm not sure. All the seeds I have opened up have been really tiny taking up a maximum of 1/4 of the seed husk. I appreciate any help!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jabo sprouting question - need some help
« on: June 25, 2017, 09:37:03 PM »
It looks like you have a jaboticaba sprouting. It should put out some tiny leaves, but that is what mine have looked like historically. I have sprouted in straight peat, or peat based mixes. It's mostly just a waiting game 1-2 months.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Tradewindsfruit
« on: June 21, 2017, 08:29:09 AM »
I would recommend them for vegetables, and other seeds that can dry out like annonas. I've never bought fresh seeds from them so I can't speak to that point. I have had success with pepper plants from them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID This Fig? Please?
« on: June 05, 2017, 10:16:22 PM »
Quote from: Gsmeyer on June 05, 2017, 08:09:43 PM
Hi John
It is easier to identify the fig variety with a picture of the ripe fruit.  Do you have any images to share

No ripe fruit yet. I'll post when the fruit ripens. Thanks for the help!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / ID This Fig? Please?
« on: June 05, 2017, 05:10:01 PM »
A friend gave me this fig last year before he moved up north. He had a story about this fig having origins in the holy land and somehow being connected to religious figures. In any case I've never kept figs before and have no idea what I have on my hands. I'd love to hear anything about this fig! Thanks!






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Adam Shafran?
« on: May 17, 2017, 08:03:26 AM »
I'm pretty sure he will be at the http://www.mrfc.org/p/fruit-tree-sale.html fruit sale this weekend, so if you can make it out there you will likely get a glimpse of the man himself and also be able to buy some fruit trees.

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