The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: brian on June 23, 2023, 03:32:55 PM

I am not sure how well eugenias tolerate dry indoor air, but for sure they can be fruited in containers.  All my eugenias are in containers and are outside april through september and go in the greenhouse in winter

Notes from the 3% humidity mines: Most of the common varieties seem not to mind dry air indoors or out, although stipitata can get a little touchy. Pitomba and pitangatuba don't care. Most jaboticaba don't seem to care as long as the soil stays moist. I can't imagine any of them mind humid conditions either.

EDIT: I've actually had all of these growing inside just fine during winter when they were small, and some of them have moved back outside for the summer, so I know it's possible. Some of them prefer a lot of light though, and do better in the sun than grow lights ime. But they'll need light over winter.

good luck with the sale.  i've been there before.

Would you be willing to ship dragon fruit cuttings?

I bought a poly kit that had steel posts, then added on with a wooden framed poly addition. Then my hubby built a porch and pergola for the front of it. My STRONG recommendation is to figure out big you need it, then DOUBLE it!

I use regular shop lights on adjustable ropes, so I can raise and lower them according to who needs how much light, which seems to be fine for supplemental light in the winter.  Grow lights, to me, aren't really worth the money.

Because my greenhouse(es) have a door between the old and new portions, airflow is slightly restricted, so I have two cheap wall mounted gas furnaces - one at either end. This picture is looking from the "orangerie", which I built out of 2x4's, into the "tropical house" which was the original kit.

The heaters do put out a lot of water vapor, but I still have two foggers, one in each area.  They are made out of 5-head floating ultrasonic mist makers in 15 gallon toy tubs, with a little fan.  They work really well.  In the summer, I also have patio misters strung throughout, that come on a couple times a day.  We have very low humidity here, and the exhaust fans just suck the moisture right out during the summer.
Great fun!