The Tropical Fruit Forum

This forum sucks, my wife constantly complains of my activities and/or moderating at odd hours.
And it's addicting as you know what...

They must have been really bored with each other

Directions are posted on the original message, please read!!!!

Tim's wishlist:

1. a bag of mango seeds  (dead serious, my seedlings from this have shown poor disease resistance)

Nice looking trees but time to build a bigger greenhouse, Tuan.  Where did you get your chùm ruột tree?

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James - did you hit up all your plants with too much P?  If not, I'd be very curious to see how this seedling develops.
I remember a grower back on gardenweb (ch3rri in PA) boosting her trees with miracle grow bloom booster, she used the excess on all her small sugar apple seedlings and voila....they all flowered.

This more or less belongs in the Off-topic section but I'm aware MANY don't care for that board so I'm posting it here.

Does anyone want to participate in a forum Secret Santa? I'm not sure how international members can participate but I suppose a seeds wish list is feasible? I honestly don't know how this may work internationally.

I participated with the group on gardenweb in the past, but would like to bring the holiday magic to our forum, a tradition perhaps.

Interested parties would forward me their contact info and post here a wish list of seeds, scions, small seedlings or small grafted plants, etc. Just depends how generous your Santa is.

Who's in?  Any suggestions? Deadlines?

****** ONE LIST PER PERSON ******

1. This will be a wish list swap, please post your TOP 30 wishes ON THIS THREAD.  Those of you already posted with participation interest can modify your reply to a WISH LIST. 
 
***WISH LIST....can be seeds, scions, flowers, herbs, or edibles. This is a SEED SWAP (although Santa may find it in their heart to mail plants, bulbs)

2. Posting a wish list, signs you up to participate in this swap...deadline to post wish lists will be November 29th

3. Pack your seeds and cards as you go, plan on having them ready by December 8th

***PLEASE work on your seeds as the wish lists are posted, so you are ready to mail by Dec 8th (DON'T MAIL YET)

4. PLEASE send your mailing address to me ASAP in the sample format below, Please double check your address before emailing me. ( DO NOT POST YOUR ADDRESS ON HERE !!)

fakescreenname (your screen name)
Santa Claus (your full name)
325 S Santa Claus Lane
North Pole, Alaska 99705

5. PLEASE include a Christmas card. How you mail is at your discretion. We mostly mailed inside envies with bubble wrap last season...and bubble envies for multiple seed packs OR large size seeds. Remember to mail the best way you can! This is all about GIVING in the SPIRIT of the Holidays!

6. PLEASE, send me a list of WHOM you are mailing to...I just need a list of screen names, NOT what you’re mailing, to make sure that special someone will be happily surprised. I will need your list by DEC 5th….so start packing your seeds.

***HOW many you mail to will be kept confidential, it isn’t about HOW MANY, it is about the SPIRIT, and the fact that you shared some HOLIDAY CHEER with another !!

7. This is a "secret" swap...but PLEASE put your return address on the envelope(s)..and screen name, so everyone can be thanked.  The secret is to be, until they receive their card!

8. Homemade cards were the best last season...but send store bought, or homemade!! I loved the ones the kids made

9. YES....some people may receive multiples of the same seed, but the best part is...it may be a different color, or variety...ALSO, they can use them to trade later!

10. You MUST come to the forum and thank those that mailed cards to you.  Please be thankful and gracious to those that take the time to mail!

ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN....THIS SWAP IS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF "GIVING"...YOU MAY MAIL AS MANY, OR AS LITTLE AS YOU ARE ABLE . THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHARE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS AND BRING SOME CHEER TO OTHERS!!  YOU CAN CHOOSE TO MAIL ONE CARD, OR 100...IT IS YOUR CHOICE.   SO POST YOUR WISH LISTS, AND ALLOW SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT INTO YOUR LIFE THIS SEASON !!!!  (must be a member in GOOD standing)
 
*********  PLEASE read ALL notes BEFORE posting questions, thanks.  ****************

Simplified:
1. Post your Wish list on this thread
2. Send me your mailing info as PER DIRECTIONS
3. Check wish lists and decide how many people you are willing to send to.  Pack up seeds
4. Put together a Christmas Card with seeds inside.
5. Address envelopes after you receive the address list.
6. Mail cards on Dec 9-13th. 

I’d love to see everyone getting something in the mail but I’m very limited on time so YES, there may be unfulfilled wish lists…unless someone wants to step up and help me.

Is there such a thing as too much? This gentleman's tree suffered from heavy fruit set. I believe this tree was hand pollinated...

Cherimoya tree with 200 plus fruits blown into 2 parts by once in every 50 years wind in San Gabriel Valley Dec 1, 2011

You're missing the most important tree, Tommy Atkins!!!
Angie is a must, a Maha Chanok, how about a couple of the Vietnamese varieties?

Sorry to piggyback this thread but would you gents happen to know what these two in my hand are?  They're still fairly firm so won't be ready for days

one on the left is 2.5lbs, the other is just over 2lbs

lol great music choice...that's the most intense single trunk pruning video I've seen

I got bored and decided to cut open a healed graft just to see what it looks like