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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: rare myrtaceae to ID
« on: February 15, 2017, 11:37:13 AM »
Definitely not involucrata, doesn't look like anything I have.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: New seeds: Plinia Phitrantha, jaboticaba costada, Jaboticaba branca vinho
« on: February 02, 2017, 02:54:09 AM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Favorite Eugenia spp.
« on: February 01, 2017, 01:56:24 AM »
All the eugenias I have fruited so far suffer from fruit fly. I don't think there is any you may get lucky with.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Favorite Eugenia spp.
« on: January 26, 2017, 04:00:15 PM »
Candolleana is a must.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB Davidsons plum seeds
« on: December 10, 2016, 07:32:33 AM »
They not that great, I have a big tree and trying to get rid of it as fruits are just not edible out of hand.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is it Ok to drench chelated iron in november?
« on: November 23, 2016, 05:53:11 AM »
I do my plants start spring and again start autumn.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: black eugenia uniflora fruiting now
« on: November 21, 2016, 07:44:23 AM »
Had first flowers in a year from one, I don't know how because it was neglected. Just lucky I guess though my others fruited around the two to three year mark.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: black eugenia uniflora fruiting now
« on: November 20, 2016, 03:58:44 PM »
I have had flowers on a Uniflora in 12 months but if you look after them properly you will get them fruiting around 2-3yrs
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jaboticaba ID?
« on: November 20, 2016, 03:48:02 PM »
Looks interesting Rob. Looks a little like mine but mine hasn't got leaves that big yet so hard to tell. Same coloured new growth.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Wintertime Watering in Pots???
« on: November 13, 2016, 09:14:23 PM »
With my eugenias I usually water maybe once every two weeks or when the plants look a bit sad. Overwintering in my area in winter with my eugenias is normally a bad outcome. Plants just rot in mix.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Comparison of 3 top Pomegranate varieties
« on: November 13, 2016, 09:12:01 PM »
Very nice.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia selloi (Pitangatuba) cultural requirements
« on: October 24, 2016, 11:58:39 PM »
Mine are in pots, and when you see how fast they start growing and the amount of foliage they produce at 2' tall it all comes from that fertile soil you started off with and it can get quite depleted. I also use lucerne mulch twice a year to add a bit of organic material back to the depleted soil.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia selloi (Pitangatuba) cultural requirements
« on: October 24, 2016, 09:09:49 PM »
I put mine in a good potting mix in a foot diameter pot. Seaweed solution and trace element drench every 3 months and granulated citrus feet every 6. They are hardy, can go without water for a while and still keep pumping out the flowers. Mine were slow to get going but then they hit the two year mark and start goin silly growing and once they start flowering you cant stop them.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrtaceae ID
« on: October 23, 2016, 07:01:57 AM »
Yeah I would be putting my money on pyriformis. Looks samd as mine. If he hasn't got it labelled he may just have his wires crossed with something else.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lavender Mulberry
« on: October 19, 2016, 11:32:54 PM »
Yeah true Adam. I take it it is a hybrid but could be chance mutation but I dont love mulberries enough to plant out a heap of seeds to find out if they come true. Hehe.cutting would be best I suppose.
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Mulberry Thread.
« on: October 19, 2016, 04:08:50 AM »
Found a cool lavender mulberry at my uncles house, put it up in tropical fruit discussion . Thought it may interest some of you.
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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Some Temperate Myrtaceae - a minuscule fruit tasting
« on: October 18, 2016, 11:39:49 AM »
No I don't have any yet. I grow eugenias but if you have some spare seed I would definitely give them a go.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lavender Mulberry
« on: October 18, 2016, 09:01:57 AM »
Will try and get some more this weekend.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lavender Mulberry
« on: October 16, 2016, 05:53:33 PM »
Will try and get some seeds if you want Adam?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Comparison of 3 top Pomegranate varieties
« on: October 16, 2016, 08:08:11 AM »
Nice one, bonus having all 3 on the same plant. Any chance you would sell any angel red seeds? I have only heard great things about this variety.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lavender Mulberry
« on: October 16, 2016, 08:04:02 AM »
For sure fulla! Gonna get some branches and do some cuttings. tasted sweet like the white but the faintest amount of acidity like the black. cant say i am a mulberry fan as white is overly sweet for my liking and black just a bit tart but this was pretty nice balance.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Psidium striatulum... anyone growing this rare Psidium?
« on: October 16, 2016, 08:01:23 AM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pitomba leaves, need help.
« on: October 16, 2016, 07:58:45 AM »
Both my Pitombas in full flower, they are chockers.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: uvaia that stays as a bush, vs uvaia as a tree
« on: October 16, 2016, 07:56:36 AM »
Hope the photo is clear enough to see the difference of tree type and my bush type. both turned up as seeds from Ricardo at same time. great little trees.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Psidium striatulum... anyone growing this rare Psidium?
« on: October 16, 2016, 07:51:48 AM »
My striatulums from Miguel about 12 months old with first flowers.
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