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I have a lot of respect for the knowledge of Pacific Islanders when it comes to breadfruit, cocos, taro, etc. the thing is that I’ve seen breadfruit get sick and die after the root suckers were dug up. Now, the trees were able to produce other suckers that survived so it wasn’t a total loss. Caribbean people have only been cultivating breadfruit for a little more than 200 years. Perhaps they have a point when it comes to growing here. I am aware that root cuttings are traditional and that’s the way I started here but it did affect a tree of mine and then I heard of this risk.It's possible you have some soil disease that is not present here that enters the roots?
Despite all this the most common way to reproduce breadfruit in the caribbean is to dig up root suckers. Most local farmers do not understand layering or grafting onto bread nut
Hi, I need male Carica Quercifolia (oak leaved papaya)
How curious, all my plants are female and giant monsters but without male no chance.
Cuttings or young plants. Only in EU.
muchas gracias
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I do not believe that is it really a Cocos or Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera). I can imagine that there are planted some individuals of Cocumbe Palm, Synonyme Quito Palm or Mountain Cocos Palm(Parajubaea cocoides) - this species is much more robust than Cocos nucifera and both species are looking very similar!
Can anyone tell me if these are stingless bees? They're about 1cm long.
Solitary bees probably. Maybe Andrena or Megachilidae but scopa aren't clear in the photo
Stingless but will not make colonies and are unable to make honey, They are really good pollinizators for Fabaceae and other plants in any case.
Grapebush: Yes, I got your post on Facebook, that is terrible what happened. They have small greenhouses here that you can fix to the wall on your balcony, I will send you a link soon, that might be a good idea to protect your plants. I have been able to overwinter these ones inside last winter, next winter they go into an I heated greenhouse, so I don’t know if they’ll still look as good this time next year.
Cassio: thank you for the extra information. It seems the trees from your seeds remain a little bit smaller than some of the others. They didn’t set any fruit this year, but if they bloom again next year, I hope they will. If the fruit turns out to be to sour for my taste - I have never tasted any Uvaia yet - I will still keep these ones and try to cross them with a sweeter type. I think the fast fruiting is a very attractive trait in these rare fruits!
If you want to wait a few weeks, I can prepare airlayers of Inga feuillei and Inga edulis.
I would also be interested in this.
