Would the needs for yoco germination be like guarana needing to have low ph and dry soil or is it different.

Any experience

Taking pictures of everything past couple days figured Id share my collection. Im in the process of building most of my back yard and side yards so most of the plants are in pots but will soon be planted in the spring. So after 2 years of collecting this is what I have so far, had the citrus trees since I was a young Padawan just never thought to expand past. Until now

Start with my Myrciaria collection

Cabelluda from montoso gardens



Myrciaria vexator from ebay



Myrciaria coronata from adam at Flying Fox Fruits.


Grimal jaboticaba from adam



Camu Camu my first tropical plant I grew so they have been threw trial and error but finally figured out what they like, by the way the oldest one was in sand 8 ph for over a year which is why its a bit pale but now has sprouts all over that are dark green.





Myrciaria trunciflora from adam, it received too much sun one day when I trimmed some plants up so a little burn spots but recovering



some jaboticabas adam gave to me for recovery. Never took a before picture but they are flourishing now




some front yard plants, some in the ground the rest in pots for later planting mostly its for all the shade tolerant plants as it only receives about 5 hours of filtered light


kepel about 2 years old from ebay

lemon mangosteen almost a year old from trade winds


langsat from tradewinds

charichuelo from trade winds

White sapote from trade winds

kwai muk from montoso gardens

Achachairu from montoso gardens

Durian from montoso gardens

Mangosteen from montoso gardens

Theobroma bicolor from ebay



a bunch of spanish limes grown from seed from walmart, also my gefner atemoya from adam hanging in the pic

Criolla cacao from montoso gardens

Rambutan from seed from chinese market

Cupuasu from montoso gardens

White jade pineapple from adam

Golden berries from david wolfes dried fruit

Longans from seeds from chinese market

Ohelo berry from Fruitlovers

Cassabanana that isnt doing good, made the soil way too dank. I wanted really good cassabananas so I went all out and made the dirt a 5.5Ph with organic matter and it didnt like it. I'll try again somewhere else next year.

Joey avocados from seeds from greens nursery.

Seedlings of Lucs mangosteen, Marang, rainforest plum, uvaia, Inga spectabilis, and sapote de mico from Fruitlovers.

4 types of holy basil, miracle fruit and random herbs

Pindaiba from Fruitlovers

Black surinam cherries from adam

Blackberry jam fruit, white and red malay apple, biribas from Fruitlovers, red jaboticabas, pitangatubas from adam.

random seeds waiting for germination from Fruitlovers

Wampee from adam

Cherry of the rio grande from adam

Black goji berry from horizonherbs, I put it in straight fox farm ocean forest and it started to die from overwatering so I put it in 80% sand 20% ocean forest and its coming back good.

Guarana from ebay

some mangosteens adam gave me for recovery and they are starting to grow a new flush of leaves.



Inga laurina from ebay

Pickering mango from adam, it also has bacopa and self heal herbs in the pot.

Cherimoya from adam for recovery.

Another pic seedling from Fruitlovers in ocean forest potting soil.

The best Organic Hass avocado that Ive ever eaten, so I planted the seed and now its doing awesome.

Rainforest plum from adam


Gefner Atemoya from adam at Flying Fox Fruits.

Moringa tree about 2 years old, has its first pod on it. Seeds From Ilovemoringa.com


Ilama red from ebay, Growing a bit crooked but figured I will plant it crooked for it to be straight.

Pineapple tops from store bought pineapples growing good, I know their crowded but I still get a lot of small pineapples

random things growing in front yard, longans, oranges, lemons, kumquats, grapefruits, pomelo, loquats, limes, key limes, papayas, avocados, kapok, bananas, jaboticabas.


Now in the backyard where everything gets full sun all day any part of the yard so I have most of the plants grouped under my bigger trees.

Canistel from chinese market seed

Mamey sapote from china market seed

Gold nugget jackfruit from chinese market fruit

Giant guava from ebay

few different varieties of figs from seeds

Tropical almond from trade winds

guajiolte and annatto from tradewinds

celeste, brown turkey, and black mission figs and some lemon grass which is hiding one of the figs.

more golden berries

random seeds bin

Gold nugget jackfruits from chinese market fruit


Grafted Mai-1 Jackfruit from top tropicals.


Acerola cherry from puerto rico, received too much nitrogen a week ago thats why it has the spots.


Brunei cherry from Trade winds

purple forest guava from trade winds

Cashews from Fruitlovers, I planted them in straight ocean forest soil and they did good for the first 2 weeks then all the leaves started falling off so I put them in 80% sand 20% ocean forest and they are now recovering.

Malabar chestnuts from Fruitlovers, They also dont like ocean forest potting soil, stunted their roots but they are doing fine now and growing fast.

Green tea plant from horizon herbs, hog plums in the back recovering from transplant shock.

Ashitaba from horizon herbs

red muscadine grape from Plant city.

Guanabana from puerto rico from ebay, supposedly been growing on a family farm for a few generations and is very sweet I was told.


yellow passionfruit vine from ebay.

cherimoya from trade winds, not sure the variety.

paw paw from trade winds, also dont know variety.

pink grapefruit tree that was neglected for years under my older grapefruit tree that recently died. So now im in the process of bringing it back to health, it has a new flush of leaves.

another pic of tropical almond ( I love the way this plant looks), Astragalus in background in red pot

Jackelberry from tradewinds

Cola nut tree from trade winds


Texas persimmon from trade winds.

caribbean red papays.

Foti vine from horizon herbs.


Strawberry guava from tradewinds.

eucalyptus tree from horizon herbs.

Lemon tree,  Dont know variety but they are softball size and extremely sweet with no sour.

Amla tree from horizon herbs.

Watermelon.

Key lime tree, will be moved soon to make room for the grimal jaboticaba.

banana patch with 7 varieties, ice cream, dwarf red, manzano, dwarf cavendish, rajapuri, saba, and orinoco.

Dug out all the sand sloping down 5 feet going down to 9 feet in the middle filled with all mushroom compost garden soil, peat moss, compost, manure, chicken litter, bat guano, bone meal, and 20 oak logs with trimmings of all my trees and a few hundred worms. saves water and time fertilizing, also increases cation exchange capacity of the soil so its basically a self ecosystem now. Should also protect from cold better and straight up get the best bananas possible.

caribbean red papayas and an unknown variety of avocado that im just letting grow to see how it turns out.





The original Florida tangerine from an old old grove that they bulldozed down right by my house, my dad managed to save a couple. never had a tangerine like them anywhere, the peel falls off the fruit in one whole piece. Sweet Sweet Sweet.


terracing my yard so I can fit more trees.

I will update in the future where I plant what and how Im going to create the jungle here

I have both and Im wondering which one to put in my front yard as the main shade tree.

which one taste better, also does anyone know from experience the maximum height of both, I read 60 to 100 feet for the feuilleei and 30 feet for the laurina is that right.

So I bought white malay apple seeds and they all sprouted but one is different from the rest as its red instead of green, could this be a red malay apple seedling

Its in morning sun with afternoon sun mixed with shade from the bigger trees.

Just wondering what it could be from

seeds from fruitlovers.

first seed to sprout within a week and its a multi sprouter .


Thank you oscar

Got them from some rental property a few months ago, the guy told me to take as much as i wanted. they were sweet a sugar with no acid and completely juicy with no crispness. Best starfruits of my life. All the seeds just sprouted, want to ID them right.

Its like always being at the beach, was digging today found a sea shell.






going to fill the hole in with some good organic matter, made a center hole for all the roots to go deeper. This is for my bananas.

gotta be dank

YES, I had it in the ground for 6 months and kept it well watered so the roots had time to expand, but during winter it went a whole night in the 30's and lost most of its leaves. I managed to water it with room temperature water twice a day and never let the soil dry out and it still had 3 leaves on it (burned but still there), and a few days later I watered it with rainwater when it was 45 outside (which so was the water) and all the leaves fell off the next day from too cold of water. So I kept watering it twice a day with room temperature water ( about 75 F) all winter and it looked like a stick so I assumed it died but figured Id still keep watering it, 2 months with no leaves and all of a sudden it sprang to life. Figure I would share my experience because I know its a tricky plant to grow here but its a lot hardier than what you read about it online, just make sure to keep the soil wet and dont let the water be colder than 60 degrees F but I would suggest at least 70 F to be sure, AND THERE WILL STILL BE HOPE .

right after winter in march as a stick with a little green growth starting to appear, I didnt take a picture when it was completely bare due to sadness



Spring time
may 2
THRIVING LIFE

I have a 50 gallon pot I am thinking of using for a mangosteen tree, Possible??? And if so will it produce good if any fruit, Or and if anyone has successfully grown a mangosteen in florida, success? possible?

Its been in my neighborhood for about 20 years and ive never seen it flower, It looks like fruit is growing on it.

Just bought 2 imbe fruit (garcinia livingstonei) tree seedlings, just wondering how i can tell if their male or female, or will they choose either at a certain age. Any experience on this tree.