The Tropical Fruit Forum

Yes PL they look like buds! And very nice website for your school! Keep up the good work!

That's good to hear! I can't wait. And thanks about the website! It's pretty unfinished right now but after finals I'll get to work putting everything in.

First thing first. Are these flower buds on my Pickering?



And now for some more pics.

Pickering, Lemon, and Plumeria in Root Pouches:




Folded root pouches:



Up close pic of some lemon fruit:



Just the lemon:



Plumeria:



Seedlings:



Thanks for reading! And I'm really curious about the mango.

Alright, so I have some pics of my outdoor plants. All of these will be going into root pouches with some new soil in a couple of days, once school ends (tommorow!) the the bulk of my finals are over.

First a sad looking Kona Sugarloaf pineapple I bought online last year. I will definitely get to work un-uglifying it. Any tips?:



Much happier is my Meyer lemon from Hicks, which has lots of new growth, blooms, and fruit!



My Pickering mango from PIN is doing amazing! unlike my makok sapodilla which is dead. But the mango has survived and is doing wonderfully:



I have three bananas, a Dwarf Red, Double Mahoi (cavendish), and an unknown which is much taller than me right now.

Dwarf Red:



Double:



And Unknown (with other banana for size. Also, I finally got to say "with banana for size," I can check that off my bucket list now  )



You can see the dead sapodilla and hibiscus in the pic with the unknown banana.

A couple tropical non-fruiters:

Curry Leaf! Absolute must for Indian cuisine:



And Plumeria I got when I was in Hawaii a couple years ago that still hasn't bloomed:



Enjoy! I'll try to get pics of seedlings soon.

Also, on a quick side note, I will be more or less taking charge of my high school's garden next year, cementing my place as "that crazy garden guy." W/e. Well, I made a website for our school garden (mostly because iI was bored and needed something to do because there's only so much studying one can do at a time). It's URL is:

www.herrickshighschoolgarden.webs.com

And is currently a work in progress (like everything is "coming soon" or "unfinished.") I would appreciate it if you guys would take a look and let me know what you think.

Thanks!

I cant believe this. Long Island gardeners ( home for me)  had no idea what these where. Are people setting up greenhouses for these? Or are they trying to grow them indoors.

Who knows? All i know is that i like it

wow i wish i had known about Hicks in my youth ((3 years ago) when I was crazy and had the time to kill tropical fruit over 2-3 years.

You can still find plenty of subtropicals.

Thanks for the tip!  I will have to take a look

Take a look? since when does zone 13b == Long Island, NY?

no Eugenias, annonas or myrciarias?

Nope. Maybe soon. This is the first year I am seeing this. THey always have some citrus but this is new. And the plants were pretty great looking too, i should have taken pictures.

It is not that bad , I am known as ' this crazy fruit gringo ' no threat to them ....different when they don't know you....
What I hate is that I always come back full of ticks and other pests that burry themselves under your skin , hard to get rid of and itches like hell ..

Is this the only place in which you grow it or have you planted some elsewhere in a safer place as to avoid well, that.

Not from me and not from Mexico but I have a pretty good idea who supplied them ....

Would the supplier be reliable would you know?

Thanks.

Quote from: plantlover13 on June 04, 2014, 06:57:16 PM

I think I posted this in another threa, but i feel that this question is better asked here. Trade winds fruit has begun carrying a "garcinia sp. mexican garcinia"  (http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/garcinia-sp.-mexican-garcinia-seeds), andi 'm wondering if this is the same as Luc's garcinia? thanks.

You think you posted in another thread??  You started the othe thred.    

Si senor   

IT looks like TWF is now carrying a "garcinia sp., mexican garcinia"

http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/garcinia-sp.-mexican-garcinia-seeds

Is this the same as "luc's garcinia?"

Yep the big potted Wabash is still holding fruit! And its the only variety I have. No other varieties for cross pollination as some out of date references claim is necessary for fruit.

Ed

Could there be other trees nearby?

In the name of container gardeners everywhere, I wish you good luck!

Quote from: plantlover13 on April 19, 2014, 09:13:47 PM

Few questions about these root pouches.

First, do they root prune?

Second, do they degrade over time? it looks like they are meant to decompose?

Third, do you have any pics?

thanks.

They will start to wear out after 3 years (if on concrete). The fabric containers will degrade faster on wet dirt rather then concrete. The fabric containers produce more smaller airy roots and less thick roots. Most times if left on dirt the trees will root into the ground. I would not use them on dirt unless you were planting outside in zone +9b and did not mind the tree rooted into the ground. Easy transplant, you can just plant the whole bag into the ground when you are ready to transplant (after a year it will break down and allow roots to spread out, if in ground).

Thanks. And you are referring to the root pouches right? 

I think i'm gonna go for the root pouches, mostly because of the price. The smart pots look 10 times more expensive?