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I have a 12 x 10 double walled greenhouse I have similar issues with. The best I have been able to figure out is to keep the door open 24/7 from April to November with 80% shade cover on all the time unless it's foggy for a couple days. In winter the shade cloth comes off and the door gets closed overnight. With our wild temperature swings it can be challenging to not fry plants otherwise. Overall it has been great for starting seeds and keeping seedlings alive in the winter, but I have had similar issues with bugs. The seed tray covers do work well up to a certain size. I rarely use the heater. I wish I had a huge farmtek greenhouse to fill, I think regulating temperature and everything would be easier in a larger space. Not to mention I need the space.

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That's great news. Carlos (CTMIAMI ) posted some avocado grafting videos that were very help full to go for it in chopping down old productive trees and make them have good yields. Visual learning always helps a lot and the knowledge can go far and wide to help promote the species. Givin is livin so sharing will just promote your thing more.
  You can't hate on not sharing sources and secret spots. No one shares their best mushroom or ginseng hunting spots, and as soon as a locals only bicycling trail or swimming hole is shared on the web it can just be over for everyone. When your awesome hybrids that fruit bigger, faster , stronger  come to light just please  sell them and spread them far and wide for the benefit of jabotiholics everywhere. FFF to the world .

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B2B;

It may interest you to know that the latest batch do not carry the Farmony lable.  I noticed they are much easier to cut into.  As I noted earlier they tasted much better than the Farmony set from a month ago.

Much thanks. Mental note to self for my next visit there .

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I had some of these Farmony Thai mangosteen and for $8.50 a pd. definately a phony mangosteen impersonation. Get out the jackhammer or saw to get inside and your rewarded with browning unsweetened fruit. Why oh why. On another note the Mexican Jakfruits I have been getting from this same 99 Ranch chain store have been yellow,crunchy,sweet and a winner with everyone who try's them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit Punch mango - OMG!
« on: July 19, 2014, 01:42:29 PM »
Thanks to Sheehan for bringing some of these to the festival last weekend , and to Omar for letting me abscond home with it. The fruit punch was tried by 6 people who all rated it hands down a wonderful mango, sweet and great texture. Having also tried the lemon zest and Gary left me drop jawed, sticky, and thankfull. never knew Mango's could be so good.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / White Sapote seeds available
« on: July 15, 2014, 07:36:53 PM »
I have about 100 fresh White Sapote seeds. Send a PM if you need seeds.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: tropical fruit conference
« on: July 09, 2014, 11:06:00 PM »
Directions say meet at fruit & spice at 8:15 or if you prefer meet at Kampong at 9:30

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedless Cherimoya article- 2011
« on: June 12, 2014, 12:46:48 PM »
Square watermelons, fruit that never spoils and tree ripens year round....er naah not for me.
Apparently Chuck the molecular biologist that works at UC davis separated the INO gene. The same mutant he worked on with the Spanish. The Spanish took this information and are a generation ahead of creating the seedless cherimoya , which is well in its way. So the Spanish will get there first and they have the commercial orchards and infrastructure to go big when it happens.

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What is your standard Citrus growing medium?
Citrus wood chips?  My citrus love any and all wood chip. I lamented over the small size of the four winds Pixie, finger lime, and variegated Meyer that arrived via mail order last year but they caught up in size to my other citrus trees. Container growing in 25 and 45 gals. Is working well here with good fruit set and quality. Thanks for posting your citrus observations.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Can Anyone identify.
« on: June 06, 2014, 11:53:15 PM »
Looks like strawberry guava leaves  and trunk , so some type of guava. They stretch out in the shade so I'd imagine that's what a 100 year old psidium catteianum looks like.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: June 06, 2014, 12:50:05 PM »
limoncillo

Correct Gunnar , the trees are in an small area where other plants ( now legal in certain US states )  are also grown , so bring a bullet proof jacket if you are planning to visit .

Wow Luc, your hero member status just took on a whole new meaning! Really going the extra mile to spread the good rare fruit far and wide . Would love hear about your limoncello expeditions, perhaps a different time and place. Much respect and safe travels.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: June 04, 2014, 07:33:30 PM »
Either way there is an answer out there.

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Mulch is really expensive for the regular Wood chips. I refuse to use the Free stuff given out by the county because it contains so many Toxins and Chemicals...

How do you know that?  Have you had a lab test it?

I get beautiful semi composted coarse or fine grade mulch from our landfill.  It's from material residents put out on the side of the street for City collection, only tree branches, twigs, and leaves are allowed.  Just got 2 cu. yds., $10, a real bargain.

I invert a 5 gal. pot over my young maters and such and dump until I have about a 6" layer.  I hit my trees, etc. 

I would not use anything dyed UNTIL I confirmed what the dye material used is and what effect if any it has on the environment and plant health.  Doubt if it's harmful to plants or tons of it wouldn't be sold nationwide.  Also, too damn expensive for me.

What is allowed is not always what goes in!
You don't need a lab to see all the crap residents throw in the green bin. when the trash and recycling bins fill up a lot of people just toss their crap in the green waste bin. This doesn't all get filtered out before it's pulverized. Not to mention the PT wood scrap, nails, plastic, Bermuda grass and thistle reseeding in your orchard.

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You can take advantage of tree companies that have large amounts of wood chips to unload for free. They often have to pay to unload it at the dump , why not have them drop it off at the foot of your orchard to spread ? I have only encountered lush fruit tree growth from the 50 + yards of random chips I acquire yearly. I can't imagine the fears of toxic wood chips from tree companies. I prefer the mix of oak,redwood,pine , eucalyptus it works the same for me. I do separate the pine chips and mulch for the acid loving berries and citrus. Tree companies will work with you and can drop just oak or just pine mulch when they get a job where those varieties fill up the chipper.

There is a website called organic materials exchange where horse owners, tree companies, coffee shops can offer their materials in a craigslist like format. It is local to where I'm at but a great resource for free organic materials year round, and could be easily replicated elsewhere.
   The mulch not being uniform and a wider range of beneficial organisms plays right into natural soil development.
I have had issues with the "dump" mulch the city collects from its green compost garbage bins. This has whatever anyone tossed in the bin mulched up, often plastics or Bermuda grass or thistle. I steer clear of the dump mulch now with their being other better free alternatives.


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any loquat scions for sale yet adam?

yes I can sell a limited amount of loquat scions now...Have Peluche, and possibly some Avri.

Hopefully later I can get some Tori and Aiden....(the mother trees are very tall, and difficult to take scions from, or I would have got some already....I didn't feel like climbing the trees!)

send me an email or PM, and I can give you more info.

thanks for being patient!

My rootstocks lost their patience and stopped flushing. I Had been waiting on the Tori and Aiden the last few months based off your description and presumed availability. Do you have these grafted for future availability or is it a go climb mother tree for scion thing?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Some Fruits I Just Picked
« on: May 23, 2014, 11:51:26 AM »
Wow Oscar!  That tree is freaking loaded!  Too bad Ohio wasn't right next door!!

I'd mail you some fruits if i could.
Mmmmmm mangosteen
I'd fly in tomorrow and work trade for fruit , if I could. I imagine your place as ...fruitopia.
Cherries & peaches are going off right now in California at least. Tried my first Santa Rosa Pluot and Aprium at the market this week.

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Satsumas are one mandarin variety that has a tendency to alternate bearing.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: adrianos citrus
« on: May 08, 2014, 02:03:08 PM »
Me too, and I'm jealous that all your structures are made out of stone.  We get cheap wood construction in the US.

Good looking citrus! There are lots of similar stone wall setups in the US. Depends on where you live and available material of course but I think of Hawaii the land of Lava rock walls.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Opinions on Grafting Kits.
« on: May 08, 2014, 01:59:06 PM »
Check these Japanese made grafting knives, some handmade & lots of different ones. I ordered one recently from peaceful valley farm supply .

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=ikeuti.co.jp%0A

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Gold Nugget Mandrin
« on: May 08, 2014, 01:13:13 PM »
We tend to overlook the effect of the packing house.
It has been proven that citrus taste far superior before they enter the packing house, than when they exit.
All that bumping around, whilst washing, waxing and heating effect the flavour. Not to mention the time spent off the tree before it reaches you at the store.
Perhaps GN is one of those varieties that doesn't hold up to the rigors of modern handling as well as other varieties.

Very true. I'm thankfully for the plethora of local farmers markets which bring the goods from field to market quickly. The first weeks fruits are ripening there is very little storage and it's as farm fresh as it gets. It's hard to wait until April for Gold Nuggets here. I foolishly picked mine in late February because they were completely orange but they weren't full flavored yet.

Perfect Gold nugget pictured with Moro blood orange

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mulberry Picking
« on: May 04, 2014, 01:00:06 PM »
I got a kick out of those photo's! Thanks for sharing. Good lookin dog pack there.

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What plants are you looking for, that you are open for trades?

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I found this

- BLACK SAPOTE: The tree is handsome, broad-topped, slow-growing, to 80 ft (25 m) in height, with furrowed trunk to 30 in (75 cm) in diameter, and black bark. It thrives on moist sandy loam, on well-drained sand
So, my plant is in a pot from two years, I need now to put in the ground because it had created but lost buds before flowering and now have dried branches, for me it'll be suffering in the pot Put it in a bigger pot or preferably the ground.
Hence I put manure and sand and small stone in the hole ? well composted Manure on top of the hole
In my place what height could reach ? But slow growing like myrciaria ? not that slow growing.
My place is near the sea, it isn't important the position ? create windbreaks and don't plant in wind tunnels.

- MANGO KEITT: Tree small to medium, erect, open, rather scraggly but very productive.  The mango performs very well in sand, gravel
Anyone know if it's really that suffer the sea?  It's really semi dwarf ? In this case I could put it between two plant probably won't fit between 2 plants, keep the roots relatively dry in winter.

- LITCHI KWAI MI PINK : is it the same of mauritius? The lychee tree is handsome, dense, round-topped, slow-growing, 30 to 100 ft (9-30 m) high and equally broad. It thrives best in regions "not subject to heavy frost but cool and dry enough in the winter months to provide a period of rest
 I want to put it near my home in the grass .... but depend which height can reach in my place and mostly this variety .... but the grass in winter with rain will be wet, any problem ?

- GUAVA LEMON: A small tree to 33 ft (10 in) high, with spreading branches,
Hence is smaller than mango keitt ? much smaller than mango.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking for Loquat scions
« on: April 26, 2014, 11:42:07 AM »
My rootstock's are still in need of some large  sweet , delicious loquat varieties to graft on top. I have lots to trade, don't think I want to buy loquat scion.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: choosing the right biomass trees
« on: April 23, 2014, 12:29:40 PM »
Your place looks great Samuel. I like the way you are going about things.
And Simon is killing it with the pick axe in that picture, reminds me of myself out in the bushes with sandals and tools, making it happen.  Keep up the good works.

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