Two samples from the same source before and after I treated with sulfuric acid. I am still trying to learn basic water chemistry so any comments are helpful.

Anyone hear of Boca Chempadek from Excalibur? I was told they are seedlings. I was wondering if this was legit or too good to be true and some nasty cheena variety.

What cultivar is this?







Thanks.

SOLD OUT. Thanks guys.
Just cut fresh Dream scions this afternoon. This is an excellent Annona for Florida.

$8 for 3 scions shipped in vermiculite and a padded mailer. USA only. Shipping included.

Thanks. -Josh

This is one of the better varieties I have tasted. There was only two fruit on a small 15gal tree. Pleasant sweet flavor with medium firm texture. The fruit size was large and I am curious how this will perform on a mature tree. The fruit was slightly riper than it appears in the photos. 

6 fresh black sapote seeds. I just consumed this fruit so seeds are as fresh as it gets. Maher cultivar.

$6 with shipping included. Seeds sent in moist sphagnum moss and bubble mailer. USA only.





I should have more seeds available as these other fruits ripen. PM me if interested.

Does anyone know anything about the 'Echo' variety? I think Hopkins is grafting them. I saw some trees at the Mustang Flea Market and was curious.

What are the toughest/most vigorous papaya varieties in Florida? Fruit quality is not important.

Fresh Kwai Muk seeds. $12 for 5 seeds. $17 for 10 seeds. This includes shipping in USA in a padded envelope with seeds packed in sphagnum moss. The fruit in my hand is slightly underripe. USA only. PM me with how much you want and I will send you a paypal invoice. Thanks. - Josh

I was searching through the forum and other places and I couldn't find any conclusive answers. This is what I could find from some quick research.

'Rainbow' and 'SunUp' are GMO papaya cultivars developed by the University of Hawaii and were released to Hawaiian growers.

The pollen drift from these cultivars infected a large percentage of other papayas grown on some of the islands. A lot of these were these Solo types.

You can test test papaya for GMO crossing with different gene testing. This goes into it briefly. http://www.hawaiiseed.org/local-issues/papaya/

Right now I am growing Improved Solo Sunrise, Linda, Hawaiian Solo Sunset and Waimanalo X-77 (Kamia) from alohaseed.com. The seeds were shipped from California but I have no idea where they were sourced from. I have purchased seed from them a couple times and I highly recommend them.

What are the chances that these papaya are non-GMO?

Does anyone know of a lab that does gene testing? Would it be way out of a decent price range? It might be worth it to develop my own verified non gmo papaya seedlings. There aren't any other papaya plants around my area.

I have heard that the Solo types are harder to grow in Florida but it can be done. What are the main issues with these in Florida? Maybe grafting to a different rootstock would help. So far everything is growing great here but they are still small and haven't flowered yet. They are also planted in highly modified soil in a root pruning raised bed with a compost pit in the middle so soil fertility and drainage won't be an issue.

I just bought my first live live trap and I need a way to humanely dispose of the little buddies. My neighbor is starting to complain about possums even though I don't have much fruit at the moment. I live in a deed restricted neighborhood and I am trying to keep my neighbors happy. I can't use my guns due to the close proximity to the neighbors. Right now I am thinking about making a co2 gas chamber. I would like to put them down as humanely as possible. Does anyone have experience with these? Any tips? Something like these.

Please ID if you can. I had it labeled Malay Apple and it definitely isn't that. Thanks for looking.

I micro grafted Eugenia luschnathiana and Eugenia brasiliensis onto Eugenia uniflora rootstock. I am hoping to find compatible species for multigrafting and uniflora is a well adapted and abundant rootstock for Florida. Please share any experience with compatible species.