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I have a large volkamer rootstock tree so I might graft a few on that tree since it has lots of fruits every year. I'm growing out the volkamer seeds so I can use the seedlings as rootstock for some other varieties.
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Don't know, it was small for the longest time, but now it started getting taller (3-4ft) so maybe it will eventually flower. I did graft it to my other larger in ground tree and those grafts are growing better so maybe it will flower first.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: My Marumi kumquat tastes so good.
« Last post by sc4001992 on Today at 01:26:44 AM »
I have a old (30yrs) Cocktail grapefruit that has very large and tasty fruits, this tree always has large (3-4" long) thorns every time I trim it back from 20 ft down to 10f. The trunk on this tree is about 10" diameter. Good thing about thorns is it will keep the rats and squirels from climbing the tree to get to the fruits.


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Without regular pruning, a lot of tropical fruit trees will get too large. This can make harvesting the fruit very difficult, if not impossible. An exception would be fruits like durian that fall to the ground when ripe. Also, the canopies of fruit trees would merge which presumably would reduce yields.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Wanted: Avocado Budwood / Scion
« Last post by nilote on Today at 12:40:07 AM »
I am interested in Hass Avocado scion. If anyone has some, please contact me.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Chempedak disease - advice
« Last post by fruit nerd on Today at 12:39:12 AM »
Thanks for the advice Peter. I guess the good thing is the lower part of the tree looks quite healthy. The rain should hopefully start backing off soon so looking forward to getting stuck into some pruning/maintenance work.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Chempedak disease - advice
« Last post by Finca La Isla on Today at 12:22:04 AM »
It’s kind of hard to see from the photo for me but I think I would cut away the damaged part as well as you can. We usually apply EM style microorganisms to the affected area.
Peter
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Castanopsis Species
« Last post by nullzero on Today at 12:19:28 AM »
I have some Castanea pumila var. ashei trees I bought from nearly native 2 years ago. Still waiting for them to size up. Hoping it has decent blight resistance and good nut set on low chill hours.

https://www.nearlynativenursery.com/PlantsDetail.cfm?offset=201&ID=929

I have to look into castanopsis species. I was looking at crossing Castanea pumila x Castanea mollissima in the future. I am hoping I get enough chill hours to reliably get nut set in Socal or South FL.
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I’m not sure what you’re calling parasitic plants. Are you referring to epiphytes like bromeliads?  We don’t get a lot of epiphytes on inga here but certainly, inga shade is dense in any case. It’s part of the maintenance to deal with this shade and make sure that the primary plants/trees have the light they need while the inga shades out the peripheral area.
Peter
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I have a chocolate business so I grow cacao. But I also grow pataxte, cupuasu, and other theobromas and herranias. I like them all. But chocolate is a good business and I eat some chocolate as well. The rest of them are nice to have but it’s not a business. If you have plenty of money and don’t need to make a profit with your farm. …
Peter
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