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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Foliar Feeding
« on: February 07, 2012, 02:50:28 PM »
Ordered up the ingredients for the custom foliar spray, plan is to do mostly foliar spray once a week with a soil drench once every 2 weeks.

Here is what I got so far;

1LB, 50/50 mix of Kelp Powder concentrate & Humic Acid 1-.23-6 (makes about 20 gals of foliar spray)

1 GAL, Fish Emulsion 5-1-1 (1-2 oz per gal, around 100 gals of foliar spray usage) Planning on switching to fish hydrolysate, when this runs out.

I was thinking of trying; GA3, IAA, BAP, and Fulvic acid, mixing in small amounts (amounts vary depending on instructions) to the foliar spray. Maybe a one time use, but have not read enough yet to use.

Soil drench will be about 1-2 oz of rock phosphate for per gal of water. Mixed with beneficial microbes (using MycoGrow Soluble) and compost tea.

Will see how the plants like it, I am looking forward to some results.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrica rubra
« on: February 07, 2012, 01:09:33 PM »
Quote from: ohiojay on February 07, 2012, 12:56:21 PM
Null...can you provide a bit more info on what you guys did...such as permits and anything else?  Thanks

Do not know all the exact details, the order is arrange by a person down in San Diego. From what I heard permits, shipping, and all those details were being completed by the nursery guy (instructions were given by the lead of the group order). The plants were set to be shipped out soon, sometime after Chinese New Year ended. Half payment on delivery confirmation, other half on arrival.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrica rubra
« on: February 07, 2012, 11:22:02 AM »
We will see if the order goes through. I only ordered (2) trees, so I don't have much on the line if the order fails. There are a couple people who have ordered quite a few trees. Crossing my fingers the order comes in without problems.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Free Maha Chanok scion, local pick up only!
« on: February 06, 2012, 08:41:50 PM »
Ah, wish it was not local pick up :P. Congrats on whoever makes the scion take :).

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Lover's Nursery Seed and Scions
« on: February 06, 2012, 07:26:32 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on February 06, 2012, 03:32:00 PM
Quote from: nullzero on February 06, 2012, 12:32:34 PM
I have had a few email me with interest in airlayer lychees as well. Someone suggested that we could meet at Green Scene to exchange the scion and air layers. I think this would be a good option, however its April 15th (I know JF wanted the scion first week of May because of the grafter appointment). Perhaps the appointment could be moved up?

If not we can stick to the first week of May, and pick a location possibly in Los Angeles county to meet up and exchange. Also I would prefer paypal as the method to get the money for the order together (this would make the process easier, and more organized to keep track of who paid for what). You can always email me through the forums, you can also talk to me on the phone as well after contacting me through email.

On the shipping costs, I was thinking those that order airlayers pay more towards the shipping then those that order the scion (any ideas or advice on the shipping feel free to msg me). Not sure what the shipping costs would look like, but I am sure it would be at least $50.

I couldn't guarantee a specific date for shipment because air layers take their time to form good root balls, and would have to send when all are ready together. Shipment cost will depend on weight of package: how many air layers ordered? It might be better to do 2 shipments, one of scion and one of airlayers, since the scions could be sent at any time.
Oscar
Oscar

I am going to arrange this order strictly as a scion order. Going to stick with the first week of May as the date of order. Shipping costs for scion could simply be split by the amount of Scion ordered.

Ex. shipping $20
Andrew orders 5 scion, Bob orders 3 scion, and Chris orders 2 scion
Andrew pays $10, Bob pays $6, and Chris pays $4 towards shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Sweetheart Lychee flowering
« on: February 06, 2012, 06:47:05 PM »
Quote from: behlgarden on February 06, 2012, 06:29:39 PM
it has few leaves, not a whole lot, when it flowers, those leaves would be minority, LOL

Lets see what happens. its a 2-yr old air layer is what I was told and guaranteed to fruit. lets see how it goes.

If it was my tree, I would prune off the flowers to concentrate energy on the leaves.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Sweetheart Lychee flowering
« on: February 06, 2012, 06:27:18 PM »
Your Lychee has existing leaves right? If it does, I would not worry to much.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Lover's Nursery Seed and Scions
« on: February 06, 2012, 12:32:34 PM »
I have had a few email me with interest in airlayer lychees as well. Someone suggested that we could meet at Green Scene to exchange the scion and air layers. I think this would be a good option, however its April 15th (I know JF wanted the scion first week of May because of the grafter appointment). Perhaps the appointment could be moved up?

If not we can stick to the first week of May, and pick a location possibly in Los Angeles county to meet up and exchange. Also I would prefer paypal as the method to get the money for the order together (this would make the process easier, and more organized to keep track of who paid for what). You can always email me through the forums, you can also talk to me on the phone as well after contacting me through email.

On the shipping costs, I was thinking those that order airlayers pay more towards the shipping then those that order the scion (any ideas or advice on the shipping feel free to msg me). Not sure what the shipping costs would look like, but I am sure it would be at least $50.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Foliar Feeding
« on: February 06, 2012, 12:24:15 PM »
Quote from: Fruitguy on February 06, 2012, 12:13:40 PM
Does anyone have recommendations on a liquid soap sticker/spreader?  Any to avoid?


I would try a organic glycerin soap. Something like this should work well http://www.vitaminherbstore.com/glycerinhandsoappeppermint12oz.aspx

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Have you considered growing Myrciaria vexator??? I love this jaboticaba relative
« on: February 05, 2012, 10:03:32 PM »
Would love to grow this out sometime, will put it at the top of my list.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Lover's Nursery Seed and Scions
« on: February 04, 2012, 02:58:51 PM »
Quote from: Greg1029 on February 04, 2012, 03:14:36 AM
Nullzero

I sent you an e-mail.  Let my know if you got it...  I'm still getting used to this forum and I have nothing in my "sent" folder...

Greg

I got it, you suggested to wait for the order until May? I send a response saying it would late april would be a good time to order. We have enough for the order now, just need to get everyone ready to go in April.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Foliar Feeding
« on: February 04, 2012, 02:55:22 AM »
Was thinking of getting the concentrated kelp powder and making my own foliar spray, some fish emulsion. Was going to add some chelated iron and Epsom salt as well. Turf pro looks good but is costly, if I can make my own organic mix and save money all the better.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Lover's Nursery Seed and Scions
« on: February 03, 2012, 07:43:51 PM »
I would think some of the Australian selections would do well R2E2 and Kensington Pride, for SoCal desert areas?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Lover's Nursery Seed and Scions
« on: February 03, 2012, 04:17:57 PM »
I think we have enough now, was talking to Jacob (he may be interested as well). Lets get this started, we need to arrange a pick up point for the Scion now. I was interested in 2-3 scion. You can email me through the forum link or private msg me guys. Greg how many scion were you interested in?

So far;

Me
JF
Greg
Jacob (maybe)
Behlgarden

BTW, for those looking for grafting rootstock. Lowes in SoCal are selling Manila mangoes 2-3ft tall for $19.95. If anyone knows a better price let me know.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Chilling Hours in Southern California - Not Abnormal
« on: February 03, 2012, 04:10:27 PM »
Quote from: behlgarden on February 03, 2012, 03:46:49 PM
If I am reading the data right, you can pretty much look into Los Angeles or Riverside County and find out that we are actually having better chilling this year vs past years. yes, we did not get snow or extreme cold conditions, but it appears that we got more hours between 32 and 45 than past. its good for most tropical fruits that need chilling.

Check it out here http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/chillcalc/index.cfm#R

Thoughts?


Interesting, maybe the Pixwell Gooseberries will be more productive this year. This winter has been weird so far. Looks like the worst of the cold is behind us. I am looking forward to perhaps a nice warm summer (wishing for just a little more humidity, and perhaps some rain!).

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Seeds of Cordia africana
« on: February 03, 2012, 03:25:35 PM »
Thanks for the reply, if you do get Telfairia sp. seeds. I would be interested in trading/purchase.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: good idea for new sticky post ( i think)
« on: February 03, 2012, 01:01:09 PM »
Yeah Google Docs is the way to go with sharing an excel sheet. The admins could perhaps setup a tropicalfruitforum google doc account. Then everyone on the forum could have shared access with a google doc account. I think a large amount of people already have gmail accounts.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What's your least favorite fruit and why????
« on: February 03, 2012, 12:48:56 PM »
Quote from: FloridaGreenMan on February 02, 2012, 09:09:47 PM
Harry
That was a green Mexican Prickly Pear. They are a top candidate for the the worst fruit!  The red ones are much better but those green ones you mentioned were hideous!
NR

Does not matter on the color, of the fruit. The Brix can be high on some of the green varieties as well. However the Yellow/Red are known to be much sweeter. I recently obtained a collection of pads from the Grin system. Most of the fruits I collected have Brix recorded over 13.

If you hate seeds, Prickly Pear fruit will offend. Prickly pear shines as a processed fruit; juices, jams, wines, smoothies. Easy way to get rid of the gochids is to hold over a fire or gas stove with tongs rotate until most the gochids burn off. Then power wash the fruit in a sieve. Or you can power wash throughly in a sieve.

Prickly Pear is a superfruit, it has Omega 3s &6s in the seeds, the seeds are also packed with protein, essential fatty acids, vitamin e, and other really good stuff. The fruit flesh is also a good. The native americans made a nutritious flour out of the prickly pear seeds.

Best way to get the health benefits and ease of use, throw the fruit in a high quality blender like a Blendtech and make a smoothie.

Quote
I ate an opuntia fruit on the banks of the Tamoka river ...it was horrible tasting, and the glochids all got in my gums and throat!

Stupidest thing I ever tasted!

Sorry to hear about that, most wild forms of Prickly pear have extreme amount of glochids and don't taste sweet. Don't feel bad, because when I first tried a fresh Prickly Pear, it was off a trail in Southern California... I picked with bare hands and split it open. Me and my GF both got glochids on the hands and lips. Taste was ok though. That was about 6 years ago or so... Since then I became sort of a Opuntia collector lol.

I don't think there is any fruiting plant that is as usable and care free as Opuntia ficus-indica (Until proven otherwise). I would put it on the top of my list for a way to supplement the diet with a healthy vegetable and fruiting plant.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What tropical fruits impress normal people?
« on: February 03, 2012, 12:50:05 AM »
I have been using my GF as a sampler to see which fruits she enjoys. She loves lychees (but who doesnt), she always loves the guavas as well. Yacon has gotten the warmest reception everyone who has tried that has loved the taste of the tuber fresh, and especially juiced. Hoping to get some tasty fresh Mangoes sometime in the future , that would be a nice accomplishment from the container garden.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 03, 2012, 12:46:17 AM »
Australian Finger lime performs well in the winter time with 8 hours of direct sunlight. I place it near the Pomegranate trees, which leaf out nicely during the summer time ( providing partial canopy shade). Its pretty undemanding after those are met, I get occasional yellowing  of leaves due to high ph water (think its lack of iron).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 03, 2012, 12:43:47 AM »
Physical Graffiti is said to be a Hylocerus Polyrhizus X Hylocereus Undatus hybrid (that is what Mattslandscape.com list it as). Beautiful pictures, how are the fruits?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 02, 2012, 10:58:38 PM »
Thought I would start a Dragon Fruit thread. Would love to see dragon fruit setups and talk about what varieties are being grown and how they taste. Will start by saying im growing 3 varieties in containers; Purple Haze, Physical Graffiti, Yellow Dragon. I am also working on rooting a few cuttings of different varieties. Have not gotten fruit yet, but expecting to maybe have it this year.

Physical Graffiti (In 18 gal tote self watering container)



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 02, 2012, 09:33:46 PM »
Quote from: BMc on February 02, 2012, 09:14:54 PM





This is one I used to grow. Grafted tree in ground 2-3years. It was a 'green' and full of oil. I now have two far superior varieties plus a few hybrids. It is native to forests around this area and can grow into quite a decent little upright tree.


BMc,

Very cool pictures, wish I had a tree producing like that! :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 02, 2012, 07:44:48 PM »
Australian Finger Lime has small leaves, very different growth from the other citrus I grow. This is from last summer.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: i dont understand why passion fruit is not more popular
« on: February 02, 2012, 05:52:22 PM »
Oscar,

Totally agree all fruits have there advantages or reasons why they are cultivated. Passion fruit excels in preparations and juices. Dragon fruit would do well as a garnish, juices, sorbets, and of course eaten chilled and fresh.

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