Hello folks,
I grow mangaba do cerrado (hancornia speciosa pubescens), and I also grow mangaba da restinga (hancornia speciosa). The one from restinga comes from Sergipe, the state I grew up in Brasil.
I have some extra fresh seeds for trade or for sale.
The seeds are already germinating. Just send me an email off group if interested.
I have been experimenting with mangaba for a long time, and I believe that I figured out how to grow them successfully. I use some of the techniques used by Embrapa, and some techniques developed in conjunction with a fellow fruit collector. We believe that we will fruit mangaba in south Florida.
1) I grow them in pure sand. I use sand for pools from homedepot
2) I inoculate the sand with microbes from a related specie.
3) I feed them a concoction of liquid fertilizer and chelated iron every 15 days during the growing season.
Mangaba has a very sensitive root system that do not like to be disturbed. The ones grown in organic matter eventually may succumb to root viruses and bacteria.
Adam, I will share my mangaba secrets with you if you share your jabuticaba secrets with the entire universe....ahahahahahahahahahahahahaahha
