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Maypops do not get large enough to cover 6' high and 300' long chain-link fence, do they...? Unless you plant 100s of them..
300 feet of passionfruit could put you into the juice business.
With that much fence to cover, you might try planting some of the tropically adapted annual climbing vegetables which should actually do very well during summer and into fall.
angled luffa (Luffa acutangula)
bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis)
winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
seminole pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata)
west indian gherkin (Cucumis anguria)
true yams (dioscorea alata)
yard-long beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
hyacinth beans (Lablab purpureus)
malabar spinach (Basella alba)
jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus)
korilla (Cyclanthera pedata)

For a (semi?)perennial try chayote (Sechium edule)

This site offers seed and very good instructional videos on cultivation of many of these, she is in Florida.
https://www.asiangarden2table.com/grow-asian-vegetables/beans-peas/

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Vegetable Forum
« on: November 05, 2016, 05:20:15 PM »
looks like they are here already, some kinds of keyword thing with links.
I would suggest not clicking on the links of this forum page:
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=21743.0

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bio-char?????????
« on: November 05, 2016, 05:16:39 PM »
As I understand it, biochar also sequesters nutrients, and doesn't provide any as it doesn't break down the way organic matter, but rather acts only as a reservoir.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Opening Coconuts
« on: October 31, 2016, 07:32:03 PM »
a peeling feature in case you want to make coconut milk and thus can't leave the skin on it.
You can leave the brown peel on when making coconut milk.

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Haven't been there for forty years, but in those days boats came over from Columbia/Venezuela with fruit and veg to the docks in Orangestad.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which mango cutter works best?
« on: October 31, 2016, 07:09:42 PM »
Thanks for the thoughts. I have 50 trees and was wondering if anyone had experience with these devices.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Opening Coconuts
« on: October 31, 2016, 09:06:33 AM »
Quote from: LivingParadise
If you haven't tried yet, try making your own coconut milk. It is quite a process, but will give you a real appreciation for how they manage to get that stuff in a can! Fresh is a lot better. But man, is it a lot of work... If you are the sort to have something like a masticating juicer, I suppose you could cheat, but I don't have anything like that so had to do it by hand. I'm glad I did it at least once, and may try it again this Winter as the mature coconuts are piling up around the yard from palms that I couldn't reach...

I like the use of a plastic bag here for separating the cream.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNfK0_swivE

After the cream is separated you can use it like that for anything other than frying, or do the last frying step to get clear oil.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Opening Coconuts
« on: October 31, 2016, 08:45:14 AM »
When I lived in the Caribbean I had one of these. You had to throw it in the sea for retrieval, then 'Spot' would tear them open! She enjoyed a small part as reward. Not trained, but exactly like this one I found.
You could probably train for it, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhH0XXiN7lo

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Which mango cutter works best?
« on: October 30, 2016, 11:31:43 AM »
I'm curious if anyone has used these tools, and which worked best in your  opinion?
Are there any others you may know of?

video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9aaJa7QJZA

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Passion fruit empty.
« on: October 26, 2016, 08:00:49 PM »
This discusses passionfruit pollination:
http://nhmj-ioj.org.jm/ioj_wp/wp-content/uploads/Observations-on-the-Pollination-of-Passiflora-penduliflora.pdf

Shows how to hand pollinate:
https://youtu.be/HFx92jfdkzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eicamZk1qis

Sounds like for best fruit you need bumblebees, hummingbirds, and plenty of different plants for compatibility, and pollination was best late afternoon/early morning.

487
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Electrostatic Foliar Backpack Sprayer
« on: October 22, 2016, 10:51:13 PM »
Generally, the stop button on all small engines shorts out the spark plug to ground. If the electrostatic part sold provides a circuit between the spark plug and ground, the engine will stop. Doesn't matter if it is Stihl, kawasaki, solo or Briggs/stratton. I don't know what they were thinking 

488
There is a US ministry group which has been working to send thousands of breadfruit to Haiti in the past. I saw a youtube video. Try searching Haiti breadfruit. They could probably arrange shipment and distribution.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Electrostatic Foliar Backpack Sprayer
« on: October 11, 2016, 10:37:15 AM »
I've always used a spreader-sticker in my mist blower, These products are surfactants which break up the surface tension found on glossy surfaces. When I found that the active ingredient was  sodium or ammonium laureth sulfate, I recalled it was the active ingredient in shampoo and used that ever since, This was on cabbage family plants(very waxy leaves) with BT natural insecticide, but I expect it would work as well on most trees.

Here is a more technical discussion:
http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1319

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Guava should be easy enough to grow by cuttings, and would be an exact clone.

 http://motherhood.modernmom.com/propagate-guava-8826.html

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Annonacin amounts in Annona fruits.
« on: October 06, 2016, 09:05:58 PM »

Spent some years around some 'healers'.
West Indian (Caribbean) folk medicine says that soursop (leaves only, please ;D) under pillow helps you sleep.

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A single stake might be fine for a 1-2 ft tree without much top growth.
But a 5 ft tall tree with a single stake into the root ball wouldn't do much to keep the entire tree from tipping over especially if the ground gets saturated, the whole thing might just be tipped over. Some version of multiple stakes and strap ties might work better.
If 100 mph+ is expected maybe time to do sacrificial pruning?

I know that bananas are quick re-growers, and I've heard recommendations to go ahead and chop them down before a severe hurricane which would certainly topple them anyways.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruiting Salak in Florida with pictures
« on: October 01, 2016, 01:31:28 PM »
Hope it goes well. I love my trips to Pine Island and enjoy riding around to see what I can spot.  Good luck!

I hope to move over by this time next year and will enjoy visiting with anyone here.
Property is surrounded by 100 acres of vegetables in winter, they are protected from frost by giant wind machines and I should also benefit.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruiting Salak in Florida with pictures
« on: October 01, 2016, 10:10:07 AM »
I plan to push the envelope in Bokeelia's microclimate. My plan is to put the ultra-sensitive breadfruit, mangosteen, etc. in a created microclimate at the center of the 3 acre property around a pond and sheltered by dense but less sensitive species. Likely during the first years this will take some cold-protection. Wish me luck!

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I've used mechanical advantage like this video to pull otherwise impossible stumps with a tractor.
Rather than a built-up rig, just used a log section about 4 ft long and ran the chain over the top of the log.
You could use a large tractor tire rim as a roller to run the chain over.
It's an old farmer's method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pccuAUNwfw8


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lots of plants respond to stress by flowering. I've heard of (anecdotally) people driving nails into coconut to induce flowering before. What may be happening is the wire is girdling the branch.
There is some basis for this:
https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=55d96f0d5f7f71eb398b4596&assetKey=AS%3A273837277548547%401442299302550

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/07/04/jxb.erw272.abstract

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Some are using compressed air to preserve fine roots when excavating a large tree. This might be pretty easy in sandy soil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMIbv6cdAsk

some ideas about building the tool, compressors rent easily.

http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/shop-made-rcx-tool.18868/

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Quararibea cordata in Florida?
« on: September 25, 2016, 09:27:50 AM »
How does one get one of these in FL? Sounds like it might do well in the Keys climate, and I like the look of the huge dark green heart leaves.


http://ez2plant.com/item/yard-garden-outdoor-living-fru/-chupa-chupa-quararibea-cordat/lid=33906188

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