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Tropical Fruit Discussion / ID this fruit from Mexico please.

« on: July 12, 2016, 02:42:32 PM »

From Guadalajara back yard, Mexicans call it a guava. Anything more specific? Tasty, a bit sweet/sour. Seeds look like Mexican Guava.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fresh picked avocados

« on: November 27, 2014, 05:42:37 PM »

Leven's Hass, Alvin, Jan Boyce, Reed....part of today's Thanksgiving

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Montoso Gardens

« on: May 03, 2014, 11:03:23 PM »

Just received another shipment from Bryan at Montoso Gardens. Nice quality plants, and exceptional packing. Cannot believe these plants sent from Puerto Rico to California can arrive in such perfect shape. Took quite a while to unpack due to their thoroughness.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Avocado seedlings can, and do produce good fruit

« on: October 21, 2013, 05:42:27 PM »

2nd year of harvesting avocado grown from a seedling: large size, rich creamy flesh. It's a keeper! Seeds planted years ago for rootstock, this one is not going to be grafted over.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / mammea americana

« on: April 22, 2013, 05:31:15 PM »

Anybody growing mamee apple ( mammea americana), a relative of the mangosteen? I've got six seedlings that seem to be unaffected by our cooler weather.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / My Jaboticaba collection

« on: July 23, 2012, 10:06:39 AM »

Well, not really a collection, just the one that I've had over 25 years. The pole is 8 ft, the dog is a mini Australian shepherd. Tree is hardy to freezes, produces well, large sized fruit. (I use to post over on GW as SLOJACK and posted some photos there one time.) Don't know where I got it so many years ago, but hung around with the likes of Paul Thompson and other early pioneers of CRFG and shared many plants and seeds.

My question to the Jabo experts is in regard to pruning...There are many dead twigs throughout the tree, tree could use pruning. So how is the tree pruned for favorable fruiting, continued growth? Dead twigs, no problem, it is already well shaped. There are multiple trunks coming from the ground. I did girdle to induce fruiting (tried pulling branches to horizontal-didn't work). Did get fruits on girdled branches first, then all over the tree. Girdled branches have recovered.