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Same here. Someone needs to fix this.

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It will take some time for Google to reindex the content of our site is what the hosting company is telling me.  We moved from a much older, slower, and smaller database version.  We had no choice, as the company and web in general are moving to the newer version. This site is over 10 years old and delicate.  Sorry for any loss of data, there was no way to preserve everything without spending money.  We should be good for now, and Google will reindex us in time.

We are only 9 years old!

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A few forum members have messaged me regarding their posts and messages from the 9th being missing.

I was told that was caused by GoDaddy moving our hosting. The move took about a day, so everything that was posted after the move started was not transferred when the move was completed.

I don't think there was a way around that issue.

I just wanted to let everyone know about the issue so no one would think that we intentionally deleted their posts and messages from that day.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cherimoya Fruit
« on: January 11, 2021, 10:42:02 AM »
I'm interested as well. Any left?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit scam
« on: January 10, 2021, 08:17:19 PM »
If you do not want to post the details of the transaction here, please send me a PM.

I prefer to know who these members are so I can delete them.
So what? By now 'that' person may have already duped many or may be innocent. In this forum it is easy for any person to easily enroll a new membership under a new pen name!

 

I think I may be misunderstanding your point because you are coming across somewhat rude.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit scam
« on: January 10, 2021, 02:56:54 PM »
If you do not want to post the details of the transaction here, please send me a PM.

I prefer to know who these members are so I can delete them.

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It looks fine.

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I see a lot of complaints about the unexpected failure of these systems. Do you guys secure somehow these systems? Do you buy all this stuff insured? I ask because being on a budget, I am afraid to risk buying something which will stop working after a short period. My brother is a plumber and he always used to secure his work at generalliabilityinsure. Diving more into this subject, do you use insurance in your work? I am new to this niche, so knowledge from colleagues with more experience would be helpful)

This post looks like a spam bot

I’m not sure if it’s a bot or if it’s an actual person. This post reads like it was written by a bot but the first post by the member looks like it was written by an actual person.

What I’m starting to think is that these members have a real person open the account and then a makes an actual post and then they have bots take over from there. The first few posts don’t have any links but then all the posts they make start having links. I’ll try to remember to keep an eye on this members posts.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Soursop and cold
« on: December 26, 2020, 06:30:17 PM »
What was surprising is that 15 small soursops, 3g, in the same area were opened to wind, no protection, defoliated because of previous cold nights, and a one single tree survived even last 32f. It has to be different...

Keep an eye on that one and see how it performs the rest of winter. If it has good quality fruit, it may be worth propagating.

My trees are all kept in an enclosed patio with walls on both sides so no wind and I noticed huge differences between trees right next to each other as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Soursop and cold
« on: December 26, 2020, 05:07:57 PM »
Yes, there is variability in the cold hardiness of different soursop trees.

I have a bunch of different soursop seedlings growing right now from 4 different continents and some are more cold-hardy than others.

Some have lost all leaves, while others have had no damage with the recent cold here in S Florida.

I've brought them all inside for anything under 40 though to avoid too much damage while they are young.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Butterscotch Sapodilla
« on: December 26, 2020, 11:09:21 AM »
I think people should be able to list a tree for whatever price they wish. That’s why I haven’t deleted this post. I also think that if a price is unreasonably high, forum members should also be free to call the seller out on it to protect individuals who may not know any better and think $100 for a 3g sapodilla is a reasonable price. If someone is aware of all of the facts and is willing to pay $100 or $200 then they are free to.

What I do not like is anyone lying or hyping up a description of a fruit and it’s availability in order to get sales.

I’ve seen posts where people say something is super rare when it’s not. When I see something like that, I’ll just edit or delete the post.


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Butterscotch Sapodilla
« on: December 25, 2020, 11:44:49 PM »
D’s Fruit Trees, did you ever sell trees at the Palm Beach County Rare Fruit Council sale?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Butterscotch Sapodilla
« on: December 25, 2020, 02:27:43 PM »
BSBullie may have offended some with the way he responded but I agree with him that $200 is definitely a rip off for a 3 gallon sapodilla. Even $100 is a rip off for a 3 gallon sapodilla.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: A little whipped cream on your roundup ?
« on: December 24, 2020, 09:48:23 AM »
It makes me glad to know that for the past 10 years I have always made my own ! Sounds like a massive lawsuit incoming, I don’t understand why people buy products like these from the conglomerates. It would save you 80% of the cost to make your own and would be far nicer!

This is another good example of a spammer/bot.

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dji.com

They have drones for just about any application.

+10 BONUS Points for the almost 4 year BUMP :o

The last poster was a bot, I think. I deleted their account.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Member Question
« on: December 21, 2020, 11:00:47 PM »
Rich,

Glad to see you posted here!

At least your Tommy Atkins trees will provide a good base for top working to better varieties. You could probably try to topwork one branch now even though it's winter just to see if it will take.

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Shane,

I'm a real estate agent. I might be able to help you find a property.


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Thanks for all the great responses,
Now:
Which cultivar should I plant? Partial Shade? Full sun? Irrigation? THANK YOU


I would recommend planting a seedling and then grafting it with any good tasting fruit. I wouldn't bother looking for a specific cultivar in Florida since the only nursery with named cultivars that I know of is Excalibur and last I checked the smallest size grafted Malay apple they had was in a 25 gallon or so.

HMHausman on the forum had a seedling Malay apple tree growing in Davie that took 15 years or so to fruit and was probably 25 ft tall. My tree took about 8 years to fruit.

Hawaii has more variety so maybe you can find a grafted tree from there. Or alternatively, maybe someone from Hawaii can mail you some budwood from a good quality variety.

This is a tree that is definitely in need of a dwarf cultivar.


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One word of warning about Malay apple, it seems like the common nursery stock in Florida (at least from PIN) is not that great.
I had 3 planted so far, one fruit after 8 years (only year to fruit) it been there for like 15 years at this point
I also have one planted at my current house since 2014 and no flowers yet.

Seems like everyone I know who bring seeds from "back home" has much better success with the quality fruit and precocity

Excalibur has two different grafted varieties. A white fruiting type and one that one that gets very dark that is named "Black". I've had the fruit from the Black one a few times and it was pretty good. If I remember correctly, the Black was from a fruit Richard Wilson found in a market in Central America.


In response to being called out, I will admit my daughter loves them. She was eating 3 per sitting of larger ones at the age of 2. But what do those darn kids know anyway  ::)

She has great taste in fruit. I was unsuccessful in trying to convince my kids to try Malay apple fruit this year.

Do you have a tree or did someone give you the fruit?

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Yes, grows well and fast. Fruit is mediocre, but plentiful and pretty. Flowers are gorgeous

I might have to ban you from the forum for speaking ill of one of the greatest fruit in existence.

I would rather a malay apple any day over the majority of fruit.

The tree grows very well in South Florida but there is a beetle that destroys most of the fruit before harvest. My tree is currently flowering for the third time or so this year but I don't expect to get any fruit.

If you're looking to buy the tree in Florida, look for Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense).

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There is a Florida blueberry that I think stands out above most. That's Sweetcrisp. It's very crisp and I've grown them with brix as high as 28. It's the texture that stands out. Yield is 50% of things like Emerald. But I'd rather have a pound of Sweetcrisp than 10 of Emerald.

That’s good to know. I will give that variety a try.

Do you do anything to keep the ph of your water low?

A few years ago I had about 9 different southern highbush varieties but they never did well because my water ph was too high. I eventually gave up.

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Interesting article. Thanks for posting.

I wish they would release some varieties that have unique characteristics such as flavor or shape even though they aren’t commercially viable.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pickering is way too under-rated!
« on: December 07, 2020, 08:25:23 AM »
No moderators around?

Mark in Texas has been banned for 30 days for his comments.

We don't allow posts on the forum that call for violence against anyone or posts that classify entire groups of people as "shit stains".

Let's try and keep the posts all fruit related.

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