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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2020, 11:21:49 PM »
Plenty... all Nelitas!.

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #51 on: November 17, 2020, 10:08:13 AM »
Updated images of the Nelita plants as of this morning:









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« Reply #52 on: November 21, 2020, 11:34:53 AM »
Shipped today... Thank you!

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #53 on: December 08, 2020, 11:57:40 AM »
Starting to get some cooler temps... but still plenty of Nelitas left... really nice plants too!

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« Reply #54 on: January 17, 2021, 07:58:41 AM »
I still have some nice ones ready to ship...

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #55 on: January 20, 2021, 02:06:31 AM »
Shipping out in the morning... thank you

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #56 on: January 20, 2021, 10:51:04 PM »
More shipping tomorrow... Thanks Mike!

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« Reply #57 on: January 23, 2021, 09:23:16 AM »
Plenty of nice ones left... ready to ship!

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #58 on: January 25, 2021, 01:25:46 PM »
Just received my order today and these are very nice plants! Thanks

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #59 on: January 25, 2021, 02:35:14 PM »
Thanks for the kind words... glad they got there so quickly.

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #60 on: January 29, 2021, 12:12:04 PM »
Just got the nelita seedling and thai mulberry. Very good plants & well packaged for transit. Thank you.

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #61 on: January 29, 2021, 04:23:23 PM »
Always glad to hear of a safe arrival and happy customer.
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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #62 on: January 30, 2021, 12:35:05 AM »
how cold hardy are those?

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #63 on: January 30, 2021, 10:09:55 AM »
I treat them them as tropicals... for now all of mine are in containers in a cool greenhouse... tender, warm and happy!
I'm still experimenting with hardiness of these Nelita variants.
You could grow them up a bit, harden them off to cooler temps and set them out in a protected area like the south side of a building or windbreak.
My Run-of-the-Mill Cherry of the Rio Grandes (not Nelita) seem to have quite a bit of hardiness in a protected area with temps even down to the lower 20s in containers... should fare better in the ground in a similar area.

Here's a topic on COTRG hardiness you may find interesting:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=42322.0

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #64 on: January 31, 2021, 09:49:54 AM »
Nelitas headed out to Hawaii this week... Thank you!

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #65 on: February 05, 2021, 08:25:36 AM »
Wish I was going with them...

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #66 on: February 08, 2021, 09:06:06 PM »
Hi Kevin
My COTRG kept dying back in Bradenton FL. What do I need to do to be able to grow them here?
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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #67 on: February 09, 2021, 08:46:17 AM »
TLC is what any plant needs... water, warmth, sunlight and feeding.

So... Why are yours plants dying?

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #68 on: February 09, 2021, 06:27:43 PM »
TLC is what any plant needs... water, warmth, sunlight and feeding.

So... Why are yours plants dying?

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I really don't know! Some nurseries said they didn't do well in Florida. They actually liked cooler climates better, probably with less humidity...

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #69 on: February 09, 2021, 06:39:39 PM »
I live in Alabama... plenty of balmy sultry muggy high humidity days ... they grow fine here.

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #70 on: February 09, 2021, 06:41:01 PM »
I forgot steamy...

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #71 on: February 10, 2021, 12:03:23 PM »
Here's some more Nelita seedling photos:









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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #72 on: February 14, 2021, 11:04:44 AM »
Little cold this week... might hold off on deliveries for a couple of days... just to be safe!

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #73 on: February 15, 2021, 05:02:37 PM »
Kevin, still available?

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Re: CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE - NELITA SEEDLINGS FOR SALE
« Reply #74 on: February 15, 2021, 07:40:14 PM »
Plenty available!

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