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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Scions for sale
« on: April 28, 2016, 11:33:13 AM »
Selling scions of the following:

Loquats:
Christmas
Big Jim
Bradenton
Yehudah

Mangoes:
Maha chanok
Edward
Glenn
Cac/Coc
Coconut Cream
Excalibur (limited)
Sweet Tart (limited)
Galaxy
Peach Cobbler (limited)
Bombay (limited)
Edgar (limited)
Providence (limited)
Sunrise (limited)
Honey Kiss (limited)
Keitt (limited)

Avocadoes:
Miguel
Oro Negro
Brogdon
Wurtz

Carambola/Starfruit:
Kari (limited)
Fwang Tung
Lara
Sri Kembangen

Mulberry:
Australian Green
Himalayan
Dwarf Everbearing

Jaboticaba:
Grimal (limited)
Sabara
Hybrid Red Jaboticaba

Guava:
Red cattley ("strawberry" guava)
Thai Green

Sapodilla:
Makok
Silas Woods

Longan:
Sri Chompoo
Illiau
Nam Phet (limited)

Citrus: (can't be shipped outside Florida)
Thornless Key Lime
Red Lime
Persian Lime
Sambokan Lemon
Page
Honey Murcott
Australian Finger Lime (Green)
Australian Finger Lime (Red)
King mandarin
Temple (limited)
Shiranui/Dekopon (limited)

Miscellaneous:
Achachairu
Barbados Cherry
Fairchild #2 canistel
"Miami" Soursop
"Giant" Soursop from Dreamfrutas
Seedling Soursop (from mature tree)
Yellow Cacao (PIN)
Black Sapote (mature)
Grumichama (limited)
Purple Caimito/Star Apple
Moringa
Strawberry Tree/Jamaican Cherry (Muntingia)
Dream Atemoya

All scions are $4 each.  No minimum per variety--only a minimum total ($24).  They will be wrapped in buddy tape.  PM me if interested.

Thanks







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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking for Annona Grafted or Seed grown plants
« on: April 28, 2016, 10:57:10 AM »
I have a few small sugar apple seedlings.  PM me if interested.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango topworking - what to do with all the new chutes?
« on: April 27, 2016, 02:21:34 PM »
When should the stump be cut in order to be at the right stage for topworking in mid-summer?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best cherry for south Florida
« on: April 27, 2016, 08:43:11 AM »
Quote from: bsbullie on April 27, 2016, 07:17:31 AM
COTRG also has dieback issues, at least here in Florida.

I an not a huge fsn of Pitomba but many I have let taste it do enjoy its apricot glavor.  If we are including Pitomba in the "cherry" group, then Pitangatuba must stay as a choice.

I was one of those who loved it when I tried it.  What is it that you don't like about pitomba specifically?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best cherry for south Florida
« on: April 27, 2016, 08:42:18 AM »
Quote from: Vernmented on April 26, 2016, 05:04:53 PM
I just ate about 20 Zill Dark surinam cherries. They were amazing. Just a tinge of resin flavor that was very enjoyable. My grumichamas are holding fruit right now. I am excited to try those for the first time. My Barbados Cherry beautiful, has a medicinal dose of vitamin C, and is a heavy producer but the Zill Dark blew it away taste wise. I haven't tried any of the improved barbados cultivars like "Florida Sweet". Both Florida Sweet and Thai are listed on the Excalibur website. Maybe Rob can let us know which one is better. I will definitely be picking up a COTRG soon. Has anyone seen capulin in Florida?
agreed

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: A new type of Eugenia.......maybe ssp of uniflora .
« on: April 26, 2016, 09:13:40 PM »
Quote from: starch on April 26, 2016, 07:29:55 PM
Cool! Do either of you have seeds for these?
+1

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What's the Culprit
« on: April 26, 2016, 07:06:56 PM »
Citrus Leaf Miner.  Check the citrus forum...there's a recent thread about it. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pineapple Pleasure Mango Tree
« on: April 26, 2016, 02:27:57 PM »
What is the growth habit/vigor level of Pineapple Pleasure?

Just read Sheehan's post about multi-grafting them, and it seems Patrick did the same...So is PP similar to ST in growth habit and vigor?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where's the rain?
« on: April 26, 2016, 11:14:46 AM »
Quote from: Jani on April 26, 2016, 11:07:27 AM
Quote from: gunnar429 on April 26, 2016, 08:57:12 AM
It rained a few times at my location during the past 5-6 days.  It poured yesterday at my job in North Miami.

That's great, I've gotten nothing for a month a few miles west of you.
payback for last year when the opposite occurred  :P ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Giant Loquats
« on: April 26, 2016, 09:03:38 AM »
Quote from: marklee on April 26, 2016, 12:56:25 AM
Quote from: fyliu on April 25, 2016, 02:36:06 PM
Quote from: marklee on April 23, 2016, 11:25:16 PM
I was just at Jim's place today and tried most of his loquats, about 20 varieties, he has one called Giant sweet white, Benjamin, Jazzy, and other amazing sweet white ones. I along with my friend will be propagating these to keep the cultivars going.
Yes, please propagate them so they'll remain available.
I failed to propagate them so many times that I'm embarrassed to keep asking him for scions. I did get the Jazzy to take last year. They were all very good last year partly because of the drought and he limited the watering.
The USDA has a handful of his varieties but they don't let people access them or maybe the trees are dead.
Feng,
There are probably 50 fruiting loquat trees there, seedlings all over with fruit. I went there again today and ate my way through quite a few trees and bagged and described the fruit. Jim is unable to get down to the trees to tell me the names, but he did give some direction. I just picked the sweetest white ones, got the jazzy and the huge sweet white one, the others I just number from 1 on, from the best tasting on down. I will have most of the good ones multi-grafted on the few large trees I have. So later we can distribute the scions.
Hope to see you soon.

please keep me in mind when the scions are available...I love loquats!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where's the rain?
« on: April 26, 2016, 08:57:12 AM »
It rained a few times at my location during the past 5-6 days.  It poured yesterday at my job in North Miami.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where's the rain?
« on: April 26, 2016, 08:55:58 AM »
I am just glad that it isn't June/July that is hot and dry (like last year when the "rainy season" wasn't rainy at all.  Could you set up a a sprinkler with timer?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My first Maprang ripe off the tree!
« on: April 26, 2016, 08:53:55 AM »
Quote from: bsbullie on April 26, 2016, 08:05:10 AM
Quote from: savemejebus on April 25, 2016, 09:24:15 PM
Does anyone sell maprang trees in Florida? Not that I need another tree in the yard, but I recall looking at Frankie's in Hawaii a couple years ago and the cost was either prohibitive or he wasn't shipping at the time.

I may be in the minority or the ones I tasted were not of top quality but other than the neat look of "miniature mangoes" hanging from a tree, there was nothing worth running out to get one...well, unless you like edible "plastic" skin, soso tasting flesh on a fruit with a basically poor flesh to seed ratio. 

I wonder how many here who are in search for them have ever tasted them or any idea what they are getting.

Just sayin...
Do they have a different season than mango (here in FL)?  I remember reading they are an Easter fruit in the Phillipines (?)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My first Maprang ripe off the tree!
« on: April 25, 2016, 07:37:46 PM »
Quote from: cmichael258 on April 25, 2016, 07:21:32 PM
Very nice Raul. I just purchased some maprang and mayang chid seeds and they arrived today.

Where did you order from?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Giant Loquats
« on: April 25, 2016, 11:27:53 AM »
Quote from: skhan on April 25, 2016, 11:23:42 AM
Quote from: johnb51 on April 25, 2016, 08:59:44 AM
Are loquat trees easy to graft?

I tried grafting a Yehuda a few weeks back, hasn't died yet so thats a good sign. Left the leaves on and bagged it.
I got impatient and bought a 3 gal Oliver though. So if the Yehuda heal up its for sale

Why not graft the yehuda onto the Oliver?

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Che (mandarin melon berry) Maclura tricuspidata
« on: April 25, 2016, 10:55:48 AM »
do the trees at fruit & spice park fruit regularly? ever?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Trees and mates
« on: April 25, 2016, 10:49:51 AM »
I have a hard time getting the Misses to try new fruits, but thanks to LZ and PPK, she is very into eating certain mango varieties.  I have had to prioritize my time in the garden vs time helping out around the house and being present with the wife and kids.  I am blessed that she isn't too fussy, though, because I belong on the horticultural version of Hoarders.  A few things that have worked:

Keeping the yard free of debris, which she despises (think soil bags, fertilizer containers, etc)
Letting her be the boss of the interior (and biting my tongue when I want to have a say in inside things
Planning mutually beneficial times to work in the yard (and when to avoid the forum)
Maybe most important:  Asking her what she wants us to grow (a few strawberry plants makes her attitude much more positive--again, as Kona said--feeling connected is a great thing)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Giant Loquats
« on: April 25, 2016, 10:27:19 AM »
Quote from: johnb51 on April 25, 2016, 08:59:44 AM
Are loquat trees easy to graft?

I know some things come true from seed, but to me, even those should not carry the name of the parent...if it is named, it should be propagated assexually (grafted, air-layered, grown from cuttings). 

John, I have never grafted loquat before, but I believe I recall Adam telling me it was very easy

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Annona hypoglauca: what's the scoop on this species?
« on: April 24, 2016, 09:51:37 AM »
can't really tell from Oscar's website how big the fruit is...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Tasting of Cut Nut (Barringtonia edulis)
« on: April 24, 2016, 09:50:25 AM »
any damage from squirrels and other vermin trying to get at the nuts?  Also, will you be selling seeds of this species?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tovomita longifolia (Estrellas)
« on: April 24, 2016, 01:14:00 AM »
bump

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Annona hypoglauca: what's the scoop on this species?
« on: April 24, 2016, 01:07:18 AM »
A google search didn't yield much and the searches that came up on the forum were mostly for people looking for Annona hypoglauca.  What is the fruit like?

Thanks

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Persimmon tree problem
« on: April 23, 2016, 11:59:03 PM »
reminds me of that country song where the wife gives him an ultimatum: fishing or her.

"Well I'm gonna miss her..."  ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best cherry for south Florida
« on: April 23, 2016, 11:56:30 PM »
Quote from: wonderfruit on April 23, 2016, 10:21:40 PM
I tryed gobernor cherry in fruit and spacy park. So much fruit to eat.  Now I am growing them ib the shadest area of my house. And they look great. Not fruit. Yet. Does anybody knows other name for them?

Do you mean Governor's plum (Flacourtia indica)?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking for Ilama tree
« on: April 23, 2016, 06:45:28 PM »
Quote from: John Travis on April 23, 2016, 05:57:05 PM
Second what Dom said. I got a genova red from FFF. He's the only person who I know who has them.
May have to be patient. He told me he has more than 100 emails to attempt to reply to...and counting

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