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Citrus General Discussion / Grafting cutie oranges
« on: September 11, 2014, 10:23:01 AM »
I ended up with some viable seeds from an oddball cutie orange(not sure the common name) and have a few sprouts popping up in a pot I planted them in. I have never grafted anything before and if I remember right(I have kinda gotten away from citrus), the base tree isn't good on its own and needs to be grafted to a hardier rootstock. Whats a good rootstock for me to graft to when they get a little bigger that is good for central florida? Preferebly something disease resistant. Where does one get grafting rootstock from?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Long term Air pot use?
« on: September 01, 2014, 09:30:55 PM »
I have been looking at keeping some cold sensitive trees in pots, pretty much permanently. I have space and in particularly cold weather will bring them into the garage. Now looking at 7 to 10 gallon super root pots, would that work permanently for smallish fruit trees in general or would they eventually have more roots than soil?
I understand they are expensive but do they work over time? Anyone in central FL use large pots for long term care?

Furthermore would black cow compost( I have seen it all over the southeast so assume it or something like it is available everywhere) work as the soil or should I use something else?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Whats this tree?
« on: August 25, 2014, 08:52:34 PM »
What is this guy? The previous owner of the house said it was some kind of African savannah tree and said the berries were edible. That's all I know. I don't feed or water it.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / What are these bugs and are they bad?
« on: August 25, 2014, 08:47:29 PM »





Any idea what these guys are? They are on most of my Beauty Berry trees. Not that I care a bunch, they are beauty berries, are they a danger to my more serious fruit trees?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Crab apples in Central Florida
« on: July 23, 2014, 12:18:14 PM »
I am looking to expand my apple orchard in 9B. I have a loquat that refuses to fruit(guessing the previous owner planted a non-self-fertile cultivar) and am thinking about something different there that will work well with my other nearby apples. And yes before someone says it, we can grow apples in central Florida just fine. If it wasnt for the damn deer I would have had close to a bushel of apples from my various small trees this year. (Anna, Dorsett, Em Shimer, Tropic Sweet, Fuji). I know there are low chill varieties out there but information on these guys is kinda hard to find. Augustifolia is listed as a Florida native.

Are there any nurseries in Central Florida or along the Space Coast that might carry them? I know my go to at Green Jungle doesn't have them. Provided I can find more than just generic "Crab Apple" any good varieties?

My alternative is finding a chocolate persimmon tree as I have other persimmons in the area as well, but after some early research and questions, most nurseries just give me a blank look.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Wet feet successful trees?
« on: July 22, 2014, 07:57:38 AM »
Well since we have had more rain than I have seen since I have been here and currently I have two figs, a jujube, and a yuzu citrus sitting under about 4 -6 inches of water I think its time I reevaluate my lower front yard area. Note before last week I have never had standing water in this area, but then we have never had downpours of this magnitude everyday since I have been here. If these guys die off I will have to build mounds to plant whatever I replace them with. So that said what are some oddball subtropical -9B  fruit trees I can replace them with that like lots of water? I have all-spice and lychee trees in the back yard that regularly get submerged(and the all-spice are on foot tall mounds) and don't seem to care so something along that level of hardiness would be awesome.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Hot weather replacement for Neem?
« on: May 23, 2014, 10:29:12 AM »
Well since I think I fried two of my Lychees by putting Neem on them and having the weather spike the next day(oddly it only affected two of them and not the rest or anything else), what is a good organic replacement for Neem? Preferably something that takes out leaf miners and caterpillars too.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dredged ocean sand, (stay with me here, sounds weird, i know)
« on: May 01, 2014, 12:43:33 PM »
OK, I was talking to a bee keeper who takes care of and owns the Melbourne FL lychee grove bee hives. He was telling me the owner there does not mulch at but instead uses some kind of mineralized sand from ocean dredging and him having seen the before and after personally he says it makes a huge difference in the trees. He didn't have much more info than that.

Does anyone have a clue as to what he is talking about?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Wanted: Chinese Bayberry, Myrica rubra plant
« on: April 23, 2014, 12:35:13 PM »
Anyone have one of these available or know where they can be found? I already have the other two "Strawberry trees" and am trying to finish out my collection.

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