The Tropical Fruit Forum

I just wanted to show you all this tree. I don't see many posts on it. I'll probably add more info on it later, but I just wanted y'all to see how big the leaflets are! The generally grow 8-12 in. I've been neglecting to repot, and it's still thriving at a little over a year, at close to 3 ft.
The largest one is over 12 inches! The supposedly can fruit in 1-3 years.

I have a number of extra seeds of P. laurifolia for sale or trade. (If I'm interested in what you have.)
They are a popular Jamaican Passiflora, known to taste very fragrant, without the acidity of other types of passionfruit. They also have beautiful flowers. Please pm me if interested!

Bilimbi is supposedly hard to sprout. How can I get the best germination rates?

I bought fresh seeds from a Thai vendor mid-June, and they haven't sprouted yet. How long does it take? Or are they still good?

I moved my plants from the green house to outside and after a few days, this occurred.

I got seeds in the mail from Thailand and they still have pulp clinging. How should I clean them without damaging anything?

I have fresh seeds of giant yellow lilikoi and White Asian guava.
PM if interested! Thanks:D

White Asian Guava- Psdium guajava
Crunchy, apple-like guava from S.E. Asia with a sweet flavor and few seeds. Seeds are easy to remove.




Giant Yellow Lilikoi- P. edulis var. flavicarpa
Yellow passion fruit with a classic aromatic passion fruit flavor, but larger. Fruits range from 4-5 inches in size.

I have one yellow dragon fruit (S. megalanthus) cutting, prickly pear cuttings, and moringa seeds to trade. PM if interested!

I've been desperately trying to germinate some passiflora and other difficult to germinate seeds. Plastic Baggie method grows mold really quickly and they get lost in the soil. I like the ability to check on their progress, so I found this blog post that used gelatin in Petri dishes. I couldn't find a lot on it other than the post, but it sounded successful! Cinnamon was used as an antifungal. The nitrogen in the agar is helpful in seed starting so that's a plus. The agar is a great way to prevent seedling damage. You can plant the seedlings with some of the agar intact and it will "feed" the seedlings for some time. Now that I'm not broke lol, I will try this method sometime this summer!
Blog link: http://medusasgarden.blogspot.com/2011/02/tips-for-these-hard-to-germinate-seeds.html?m=1

I have bought from many sources with only a little success. I think the seeds were old. I want faster germination rates (fresh seeds). Many of these pages on eBay don't even use their own photos. Is it safe to buy international without any permits? What are some good sources? I know this should probably have been posted on the buy/sell/trade page, but I just want sources.

I have 3 seedlings that are growing very quickly compared to the other Annonas I grow. I'd like to graft one, but there's not much info out there about grafting on soncoya. There is a topic for this, but when I asked, I got no answer and it hadn't been posted on for over 100 days.

Would like to trade for or buy fresh seeds or cuttings of the varieties below:
I have blue lilly pilly seedlings as well as mounts papaya and dwarf Waimanalo papaya seeds.
P. alata
P. maliformis
P. actinia
P. laurifolia
Cuttings: superior varieties of purple of yellow lilikoi