The Tropical Fruit Forum

Some of the most skilled gardeners iv ever seen have grown weed and they weren't drug dealers! Incredible multifaceted plant cannabis sativa in my humble opinion:p

I can understand what you mean though plantlover trying to talk about my favorite hybrid tea roses to other guys my age hasnt usually been a conversation starter but as I get older I find more and more realise how profoundly useful and beautiful plants are! We just have a jump start on them!

Nice seedling Osito:D the hardest part is waiting for the seedcoat to come off, it seems to take forever!
Is Cherimoya generally the most vigorous annona? My seedlings(2month Old) grow significantly slower than same age rollinia but they seem quite susceptible to overwatering so maybe that accounts for slow growth? I'm very  new to annona so don't really know what is considered fast or slow

Over caring for my plants and smothering them to death with too much love lol. Especially trying fertilise too much too early just because of impatiently wanting them to speed up growth:( over potting has also been a frequent mistake and only buying a moisture metre has tamed my rampant over watering tendencies.

Oleifera is super easy to sprout and grows fast just can't stand cold wet feet. There is so much info online if you Google it I remember even finding fertiliser regimines, optimum  spacing, nutrition profiles of it grown in different areas etc Google scholar also has a fair bit.
. I did my varsity business research assignment on the socio economic potential of moringa in S.A and everything you could want to know is very easily accessible online even YouTube has countless cultivation videos. They grow very easily from large woody cuttings too no hormone used even.
Here's a site with irrigation and spacing info think there may be links to studies and papers too:)
http://miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html

Trying to find a resource to help identify what I think may be monkey orange. I collected some unripe fruits while in coastal kzn in South africa but the seeds are developed enough to grow. I did not see the tree as they were blown off in a storm so all I have is the seeds and fruit to use for identification for now. I'm abit dubious after reading it's related to nux vomica and don't want to misidentify

I just ordered kepel seeds from a forum user called Maryoto I'm pretty sure he still has

Wow ishani that quite the collection you must have alot of space and live somewhere tropical I'm jealous! Would love to see some pics:)

Buddy I'm going to have to get more schisandra I tried to stratify it in the fridge with ginseng but no luck germinating.
Alibizia is beautiful have you found it to calm the shen/spirit as I have read? I wish brahmi could grow well from seeds the Ayurvedic cognition enhancers are extremely interesting with promising scientific backing, iv found Celestrus seeds work well at exam time iv had a brahmi extract I found gave me focus.

I currently grow ashwagandha, holy basil/tulsi goji, malabar nut, turmeric, ginger and gotu-kola also have seedlings for fo ti, Amla, Longan, astragalus but had no luck with gynostema seeds. I cycle using extracts of various tonic herbs especially in stressful or contemplative times.
I also grow many S.A indigenous herbals used by the bushman/San and various tribes such as sutherlandia, sceletium  tortuosum, wild dagga, African potatoe, Marula tree and baobab tree and cannot wait to try unprocessed baobab

Are the seeds recalcitrant?

Are they?
Has great bearing on whether i buy.
I do buy recalcitrant but am very selective as its a 50/50 chance of survival for me.

Thank you very much Oscar:D
I hope to spread them as far as I can here and intend to also plant at my families more tropical coastal home.
Litchi and mangos are as exotic as it gets here so hopefully I can start a fruit revolution! Since I got such good germination rates I have offered some of my spares to any friends I trust to care for them I'm just glad I'm still young enough to take the journey from seed to fruit with these magnificent plants:D but there's alot more on the fruitlovers list that I "need" ha ha

Hi Jordan
That's a very nice collection you have going there:)
I would love to try some of the exotic passionfruits it's great that their flowers are so pretty too! I'm also very jealous of your kepel I wonder if there's any truth about its fruits making your sweat smell good? Probably not but interesting lore nonetheless:)
May I ask what TCM and Ayurvedic plants you grow/take? It's rare to find a westerner who takes and grows such things although jujube goji and Longan are widely grown for fruit not medicine but and are some of the 50 fundamental/superior herbs of TCM. I have tried many times to germinate schisandra berry but have never been good with  stratification.

This forum is a great place I only just joined but.have been getting info here for ages!  Oscar is not just a sage of fruit wisdom but also provides an awesome range of fruit seeds of very high quality. My slow mail took well over a month but nearly all my seeds survived I got 100% germination on rollinia and Starfruit even! A saviour for us third world.country folks ha ha. I must thank you Oscar as I would only have dreamed of growing such things otherwise:)

I tried to post some pics of my 1 and 2yo seedlings and fruit from street vendor but it seems the image size is too large

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Heat Tolerance and Sun Exposure
Jaboticaba trees need afternoon shade. Other than that they take the heat well.

http://www.phoenixtropicals.com/jaboticaba.html

I had the same problem before with my jaboticaba and it was from over watering. It seems jaboticaba is very prone to root rot in the sandy soil so, try to lower the water intake.

That makes sense I have been pedantic about not letting them dry out and wasn't worrying about overwatering!! Thank you for the advice Evilfruit:)