S***t!! Well, the important thing is that the people is healthy, nobody was harmed. Plants can grow again, and in tropical climate they grow very fast 

Don't worry, in 450km northeast of Bangkok you still should have a good tropical/subtropical climate. Maybe you wont grow mangosteen, but other things will do excellent...   

...I will have to talk to Visa11

 

This is the Pantin mamey grafted on lucuma. I was even flowering. I don't know if canistel and mamey are compatible, but at least it didn't work for the guys in Tenerife... but I can tell you, those guys know their business 

My guess is that in bigger markets you could find al kinds of fruit from all over the country..

I would look for agricultural research stations, universitys, botanical gardens.

India is in my agenda for the next years. I will go hunting for mango budwood 

BTW FELIPE and OTHERS INTERESTED!

I have some very viable seeds of the P. torta (not the gallifructa subp.)...The fruits are fuzzy, and I love the leaves!!! and growth habit....The fruit isn't the sweetest I've read, but I'm sure us fruit lovers would love to have them just to snack on, maybe when other abius aren't in season? and who knows what benefit you may gain from the Pourteria torta vs. P. caimito? they have different genetic profiles and potentially contain contrasting botanic medicinal qualities.

Let me know if you are interested in the regular P. torta...it handles much more drought and cold I believe....considering it's deciduous and from the cerrado of Brazil.

Of course I would love to get some seeds! Where do you have the seeds from? What about the fruit qualiy?

I think Cerrado plants should do excellent in my place. We sure don't have humidity problems over here. No rain since frebruary 2011... 

Oscar told me they taste similar to abiu...

My seeds are slowly germinating, no leaves so far. Pretty slow for a Pouteria IMO 

Dogs would be a good idea, and not even a vicious dog.  Their barking will cause a lot of noise & alert you.  Plus, their companionship makes it a win-win.

I agree. Just the barking is enough to keep thieves away...

Oscar, in Spain (whole European Union) you need an phyto certificate. But a few weeks ago, we got scions from FL and decided not to ask for a phyto. The reason is, with a phyto, the parcel would take much longer to pass customs and that could be fatal to the plant material. At the end the authorities do not care whether some 'sticks' have a phyto or not, specially customs in souther Europe... 

I guess egyptian customs should behave similar to spanish ones...

BTW, now the grafted plants are in quarantine  

the  owner drinks the stuff to show its not harmful??! The name of the owner is Bear Grylls?? I've seen him on TV 

Thanks for the input. Next time I'm on the island I will follow your wise words and give those mamoncillos hell!

Adam, don't tell me you did not take pictures at PIN!

Rule #1 of this forum: Pictures, or it didn't happen!!

So, they were doing airlayers on small limbs (vertical/horizontal) in December? Rooting hormone? Did the remove cambium?

Yeah Harry, could you please post some pictures of that tragedy? I wish it does not happen again...

Mangoperro, my strategy is pruning my trees to induce branching and horizontal growth (big bush idea). Fortunately we don't have hurricanes over here, but occasionally strong wind. Bush-sized trees are less vulnerable to wind but also (very important in my case!) to the dry heat in summer.

BTW, Keitt is THE mango in my collection that suffers from limb-break the most...

I did most airlayers as I would do with lychee and longan. But I also did it on 2-3 very large limbs (as Morton says in her book) with no success... but guys, I'll try again ;-)

Mura, please keep us updated on this :-)

Has anyone ever airlayered MAMONCILLO?! Once I tried. I did 12 airlayers, no success. In fact some twigs rotted and died off