The Tropical Fruit Forum

Have a bunch of trifoliate orange seedlings that I might be able to graft in the spring. Startinf to think of types of citrus to possibly graft on them. Im in the Florida panhandle in a solid zone 8 environment.  Temps can get as low as 15F every once and awhile but usually don't break the high to mid 20s.  Just wanting to hear recommendations on the best cold hardy citrus out there. Don't care what varieties.  Just want fruit. Kumquats, calamondin, oranges, grapefruit,  what the hell ever. Not picky in the least just want trees I wont need to protect and will set reasonable quantities of fruit. What y'all thinking?

Have bunches of chickasaw plum seeds from local bushes. Not a bad fruit quality as is but makes a great rootstock for other prunus species. 5 seeds for $3 plus shipping usps first class package.

Earlier this year I grafted aprium, pluot, and improved plums to my established trees in my yard with success. Hear nectarines and peaches graft well to them too.

Hit me up! DG

Kratom tree cuttings of the Bumblebee strain. Unrooted for $5 each plus shipping.

Hit me up! DG

Iitoi onions are perennial bunching onions that really multiply like crazy. Planted one bulb last spring on each spot and seriously most clumps have 40+ individual onions. Asking $6 for 5 starter onions. They aren't the largest variety of onions out there but they are really cool.

 PM me if you are interested! Thanks! Derek

Tons of these growing near a friend's house. Pretty sure they are wild cherries. In Jackson county, FL. If so is this type edible? I know these are not the inedible cherry Laurel. Thanks for your help!

I found these growing basically in a wooded area where nobody would have been taking care of the tree. It is more of a sprawling large bush than an actual tree. Not a large trunk going mostly upward but many long side branches arching off the main trunk lower to the ground. They are a very vivid burnt orange color as opposed to a standard orange. Don't know that the pics really show the color accurately. You can see the lemon like nipple on the fruits. They are basically lemon flavored and not limey really. However they are not wickedly sour like most lemons are. It's definitely sour and not sweet but a very tolerable level of sour. If your into sour I could see someone actually eating these out of hand enjoyably. What do y'all think of them? Are they just an odd lemon? Furthermore picked many of them and could definitely trade/sell or giveaway seeds to anyone interested.

Have both these types of seeds to attempt sprouting. Didn't find too much on the subject of either fruit online. Does anyone have a tek for these species or can provide prudent info I should know? Thanks!

Last year sometime I had collaborated with a member here and got some of these seeds from the UK. I did get a few sprouts but I had damping off and caterpillar issues and lost all the seedlings. I'd really like to get ahold of these again. Wondering how the other member did with their seeds? Can't remember who they were though. If you see this let me know. I'd totally buy a plant off you!

Thanks!

This may not really be the best section to post such a thread into but I figure it's the most active spot on the forum to get eyes on it.

I'm feeling the need to gather up what I can before anything happens that might inhibit the ability to obtain things. On a side note is anyone else feeling the urgency that something to the effect of a shtf scenario is not far around the corner?

Anyways looking to buy or trade for the following
zone 8-9 hardy species or varieties unless it's an annual species or whatever:

Peaches, nectarines, plums(wild types, grafted trees, mostly true to type varieties seedlings, etc)
Medlar
Heartnut
Duckweed both large and small types
Cold hardy Myrtle family plants with edible fruit
Mitchella repens
Mesquite
Salad burnet
Watercress
Common milkweed
Pansy flower
Horehound
White sage
Rhubarb
Artichoke
Cardoon
Egyptian spinach
Jicama
Boneset
Tomatillo(purple kind if possible)
Melothria pendula
Culantro
Lovage
Water caltrop
Good King Henry
Valerian
Rhodiola
Astraligus
Mullein
Various plantain herb species
Rattlesnake plantain
Grape Mahonia aka Oregon grape
Chinese toon leaf
Pistachio
Pomegranate varieties
Basswood aka liden tree
Oca and other Andean tuber crops
Tuberous nasturtium
Salsify
Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot
Yarrow
Rose of Sharon
Marshmallow
All-in-one almond
Pecans
Hazelnut
Chinquapin
Improved oaks for quality edible acorns
Quality opuntia fruiting varieties
Native pawpaw and/or good varieties
Cold hardy edible fruiting palms
The most cold hardy avocado types
Quality loquats
Fennel
Anise
Licorice
Hyssop
Anise hyssop
Skullcap
Lemon thyme
Lemon catnip
Lemon verbena
Sweet Cicely
American Chestnut
Cold hardy citrus
Che fruit
Japanese raisin tree
Apples/pears/Asian pears for this area(8b-ish)
White mulberry and other large fruiting sweet varities
Any quality nut trees not mentioned above(butternut, hickory, etc)
Perennial brassicas
Physalis peruviana seeds
Perennial and or wild edible alliums
Perennial, uncommon, culinary, annual, medicinal herbs
Heirloom, perennial, annual, landrace, open pollinated, non GMO veggies
Hybrid stone fruits such as aprium or plumcot
Hardy fruiting passifloras
Quality persimmon varieties
Roses for edible Rose hips production
Hawthorn
Cherries for this zone(want good quality types but also wild types)
Berries of all types including brambles, blueberries and relatives, gooseberry, solanum species, Juneberry, honeyberry, currants, highbush cranberry, aronia, elder, etc - basically any kind you think might grow well here)
Quince
Dioscorea edible species
Hardy tuber crops
Sweet potato varieties
Taro/malanga varieties
Sizable Pine nut types that might grow here
Vigorous squash or melon varieties(like Seminole pumpkin or vine peach)
Tupelo
Neem
Tea tree
Pollinator attractors(such as chaste tree, bottlebrush, etc)
Biomass and nutrition accumulaters
Exotic unusual hardy edible species of any classifications
True damiana
Black goji
Prolific native fruits of any sort with decent to good fruit quality
Plants that make strong dark natural dyes especially if the coloring is also food safe
Amaranth varieties
Jobs tears
Non GMO grain corn varieties
Prolific peppers hot or not hot
Heat tolerant slow bolt lettuce varieties
Veggies that can be grown in the zone 8ish area that are hardy enough to not be effected by direct frosts
Water celery
Fish mint
Other aquatic edibles veggie or herb
Edible fiddlehead ferns that may grow here
Mayhaw
True Wasabi
Horseradish
Chicory
Burdock
Feverfew
Zinnias
Calendula
Edible varieties of often used for ornamental purposes such as day lily, begonias, pepperomia, dalhia, tiger lily, hostas, etc
Cold hardy guava family members
Cold hardy edible fruiting banana varieties
Hardy kiwi types
Muscadine or other disease resistant grape varieties
Southern sugar maple (Acer barbatum var. floridanum)
Colonized edible/medicinal mushroom plugs
Might possibly buy dried edible/medicinal homegrown or wildcrafted herbs, fruits, tobacco(pesticides free), mushrooms etc make offers
Bitter variety calea zacatechichi
Other useful permaculture based plant species
Composting worms(really need to get this going)

This is by no means a complete list. This was all I could think of off the top of my head in a few mins. Make offers and also ask what I may have for trade. Will buy too as trades aren't totally necessary. What do you have that's cool, rare, edible, medicinal, useful, etc? Definitely make suggestions if you thought of something not listed here.

Thanks for your help! DG

Available species right now:

Longevity spinach live plants or cuttings
Okinawa Spinach cuttings
Brazilian spinach plants or cuttings
Katuk plants or cuttings
Cuban oregano plants
African potato mint plants or cuttings
Bacopa plants
Seedling Jack fruit trees
African blue basil plants
True arrowroot tubers
Canna edulis rhizomes

Price of plants plus shipping. Inquire via PM.

Thanks! DG

Does anybody have seeds or seedlings of this plant? Willing to pay or trade. Posted same request in the tropical section too but figure it might be better in this sub forum.

Thanks! DG

Few live rooted "Ciclo" Banisteriopsis caapi vines available.

Live rooted plants in 4" pots $15 each plus shipping.

Thanks!

Anyone have this tree growing? Would love some seeds or seedlings. Figure getting enough sap in the FL panhandle is not likely but it'd be totally awesome to grow some of these out and see what happens.

Thanks!