The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: nakulv1 on January 02, 2016, 04:39:44 PM

I sprayed a mixture of water and dish washing liquid over those today. Will wash off with spraying water tomorrow and see if it works.

Liquefy, some garlic and some chili peppers, take a piece of coconut soap, and dissolve it in about to litres of water, then add the liquefied garlic and chili peppers, stir well, and then filter it!
Apply using a spray bottle, and use everything within a week, after that it looses it's effect.

Good luck, getting free of it.

Nélio.

Will try this next week if the dish washing formula fails. Thanks.

That stuff on the papaya is called sap.The high papain content in the sap especially fruit sap means that white stuff is a good meat tenderizer.Papaya fruit spread on meat gas the same effect.The white stuff on the other plant carried by ants are cotton cushion bugs tgat are darned by ants. It is best to get rid of these pests.

Thanks Mike. The white stuff on the papaya is the same as on the other plant and not sap. Was wondering how to get rid of those from both plants before they spread anymore.

Last month I had an atemoya for the first time in my life and it was amazing. Fewer seeds and great taste as compared to the custard apple that we get here in India. I have planted the seeds of that atemoya and a couple have germinated. As I know its a mix crop and the seed wont produce an exact fruit, will the resultant crop be somewhat similar to the atemoya or something completely different?

So I bought seeds from aliexpress just to see if all the negative reviews were true and also that they were really cheap. Climbing rose put in coco peat last month hasn't germinated yet. I put a few cherry tomato seeds in potting mix last week and 1 of them germinated. I hope that it is a cherry tomato plant though.   




I know they are selling seeds for plants that don't even exist which is an outright scam.

Well, if you change your mind send me a PM.

Yes, surely will do.

Hello everyone,

I am Nakul from Mumbai, India. We had four colossal trees outside our house(Banyan, Peepal, Almond and Ashoka) because of which very little to  no direct sunlight was available to the smaller plants and trees. Last year during the monsoons one of the branches of the banyan tree snapped due to its own weight and the added mass of water on its leaves. This did some damage to the cars parked beneath. Our house was also under the tree and there was this danger of the tree falling over it. We've been writing to the authorities for trimming those over hanging branches for several years but to no avail and we couldnt trim it ourselves because its illegal. The branch snapping incident however made the authorities to act but instead they cut down the whole tree.

A few weeks later, the hibiscus which hasn't flowered for several years suddenly bloomed and bloomed very well. Also a papaya tree grew from leftover seeds and showed excellent growth. It started developing fruits after five months.

We've been trying to grow a lot of flowers but insufficient sunlight made all the attempts unsuccessful. The plants would thrive but won't flower. Cutting down of the older trees did make us uncomfortable due to the scorching summer without shade over our house but it also brought that precious sunlight for plants like the non flowering hibiscus and the Papaya tree that wouldn't have been.

Although not a large space but certainly I can plant a few trees and reap the fruits. I now have a grafted alphonso mango tree, a grafted allahabad guava tree, a neem tree, a fig tree and ofcourse the mighty papaya tree. I have a pair of soursop saplings in pots that I'm planning to transplant once they are big enough and will also get a grafted bael(Aegle marmelos) tree  soon to plant in the ground. Apart from these i want to grow fruits that can be grown in containers because well, there is a shortage of land at hand in the city.

Its been a few days since I've joined the forum and it has helped and informed me a great deal. I look forward learn a lot from everyone around. Adios amigos .

I brought three cuttings of mini guava tree from my fathers home town in the north when I visited there last month. All three were planted in different conditions. The one planted outside wilted first. One planted with the original soil from the north wilted next and the last one planted in a mixture of local soil and coco peat survived and is now showing new growth.




I removed all the leaves except the few on the top.



The new growth from the nodes.



And this is how the fruit looks.





I reckon the plant must've started rooting since new growth is visible and also will fruit earlier than a seedling. Any advice for well maintaining the tree is appreciated.

Regards
Nakul.

I checked. A 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" x 2" box, maximum weight 4 pounds would cost $26.50. Delivery time estimated from 6 to 10 business days. I can afford that. That's using a USPS standard-sized box, which it seems their pricing scheme revolves around. It seems like prices go way up if you don't use one of their boxes but it could be a limitation of their online calculator.

I would think cuttings would survive time sitting in customs better than rooted plants, though if sent in January when dormant it might be about the same.

I also checked, there are no restrictions on sending out of the US.

gary

Thanks Gary but $26.50 is still a lot of money here. Besides I just heard back from the plant dealer and he quote a very good price for plants. Only thing is ill have to buy a minimum 15 plants in a go. So now I'll just try to find people who are trying to buy similar plants in my vicinity or maybe list the surplus on ebay .

Regards

Nakul.

I could send you some boysenberry cuttings if you can legally receive them.

gary

Thanks Gary. I read on the governments website about getting seeds and planting material shipped to the country and it doesnt seem fit to get cuttings through customs as it might take some time to get it cleared. There are certain plants which are prohibited but I dont think these berries are on the list. Also the international shipping costs might be too much(Please inform otherwise).

Yeah its viable to grow from seeds, the biggest problem is finding an adaptable selection to the low to no chill hours encountered in India. Mysore raspberry, boysenberry, and low chill blueberry selections would be the best option.

Thanks. Will see if I could find seeds of any of those varieties.

Maybe this variety is only cultivated in India and hasn't been that well documented. Most nurseries here sell this variety and simply call it anjeer(fig).

Here are the pictures of the fig. This is the smaller one after ripening. Its diameter was about 35mm. The larger one was damaged as it burst open after ripening on the plant itself.