The Tropical Fruit Forum

I may have grafted some surinam cherry scions on, upside down...they don't seem to care...

anyone else don't this by accident or on purpose?

I guess its commonly used to dwarf trees? or no?
thanks waft grizzards

anyone growing?

Just got a pair from a friend, I hear they taste good, they are large, and endangered...

I doubt anyone's growing, but doesn't hurt to ask

http://www.e-jardim.com/produto_completo.asp?IDProduto=139

I'm giving 3 seeds away to the first request,
and 2 seeds to the second request.

Shipping must be paid by u, either paypal or send check.

This Rollinia deliciosa fruit is the first believed to be harvested in the Orlando/Winter Park area.

SO for now (being that these seeds had no pollinator present) we are assuming the seeds will come true.

The fruit was delicious, and the tree is cold hearty to about 32 F, and it will still hold fruits and flowers if protected from wind!

So the name of this particular tree is "winter park", and I think it befits the tree, being it came from winter park, and its a cold area for this tree, so this one fruit was a long shot!

Good luck growing this one!  it fruits  in a pot at around 4 to 5yrs...and it has flowered non stop for around 2.5 yrs!!! believe it or not!

So who wants some special annoa seeds?  here is pics of the fruit eaten today on mother's day!
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Wondering what mango u like to eat the least of?

Store bought or imported doesn't count.

I want to hear what cultivars are lame, and why.

For me its that darn miracle mango....It just didn't taste all that great, and never seems to live up to its name.

next would be Tommy Atkins, for looking so nice and tasting so...opposite of how it appears.

Just put the two together (canistel and cream cheese) at an equal ratio...or whatever ratio u desire

spread on two toasted pieces of bread, and eat a sandwich with this combination above as the meat.

You can choose to blend the canistel with the cream cheese, or leave the canistel chunks large, or in slices, with cheese spread on bread.

U could substitute canistel for the following fruits:

Persimmon
Avocado (sweet type preferred)
sapollia (make sure to slice thin, if not blended if too watery..don't let it make your bread get mushy!)
Mamey
Sugar apple
Atemoya (although it would be a disgrace to do this to a good one!)

and whatever else you can tolerate eating with cream cheese on bread!

Don't forget, if you are a sugar junkie...go ahead and grab the agave nectar or honey!

Have done a few experimental grafts...they seem to push out leaves slightly, but grow slow as heck...so I removed bag and tape around union...only to find that they've healed...and are just growing slow...

Wanted any feedback from others who've experienced this.

Has anyone here ever attempted to suffocate a pest on a potted plant...with only using C02, carbon dioxide...either from a tank, or dry ice?

I've always wanted to suffocate some ants in the root ball of my plant...I wonder if I could bag the rootball and suffocate them?

I wonder If I'll kill beneficial organisms as well?

and I suppose the plant can't make oxygen fast enough to keep the ants alive??

I wonder if this would work for mealys, scale...and such..??

I thought this video was perfect for this thread, and how I feel about growing bananas.

They are require too much maintenance, are disease prone, and are easily tissue propagated...so from a nursery man's point of view (or at least mine), it's one of the worst families of fruiting plants to try and make a living with.  Pineapples fall into this category for me as well (tissue culture+thorns=something I don't want to grow).

Don't get me wrong!  Nothing like a good home grown banana! and I'm always eager to eat someones fruit, but not to put a plant in the ground (or even a pot) to care for and fruit.

Let's get heated up, until we make bananas foster on this thread...I want to hear reasons from both sides, but don't expect me to stop feeling like our buddy, Berman (in the video), when it comes to bananas.







Berman the banana tree!

Mash one pitangatuba (remove seed) into one cup of icecream (preferably nice vanilla icecream).

when mashing, make sure to use a knife if possible, it helps to cut up any fibrous bits of fruit....also stir thoroughly.

Now enjoy an endangered tasting treat.

Same recipe can be used for pitanga (and similar structured relatives), just use more fruits...about a ratio of 8-1, rather than 1-1...fruit to icecream.

Has anyone tried stacking scions? and basically try to attach 3 or more scions (most likely in a cleft graft) stacked on top of the other?

It seems like sap flow could make it to the top scion in time, but the further up the chain of scions, the less likely the graft would be to take....I assume...

But I've seen leaves pushing on scions only 4 days after grafting, so theoretically it could be possible for the sap to make it all the way up (maybe 4 or more scions stacked) to the top scion.

Any comments from the peanut butter fruit gallery would be appreciatated.

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