http://www.saintlucianplants.com/floweringplants/myrtaceae/eugepseu/eugeopseu.html
Myrtaceae family

Eugenia pseudopsidium Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 23.  1760.[/font][size=0px]Indigenous quite rare shrub/small tree of semi-evergreen seasonal forest and ravines and occasionally lower montane rainforest.
Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Greater Antilles (Hispaniola, Puerto Rico), Virgin Islands, South America.

So this means Jacquin is somewhat cold-hardy right? Will survive being planted in the ground in Brissy?
Or just plant this in the tropics and just water heavily?
Anyone tried the fruit yet? [/size][/font]

Band aid solution is to drop a petro nut on the entrance to the hill itself - sorta like plug the hole - the ants will swarm around it and then light the damn Pittosporum resiniferum and burn the blasted critters. No petro nut? a wad of tightly packed paper works as well.

Okay will try multiple seedlings in one hole - do you all think it's better to leave em alone and let them fuse naturally kn their own or better to take 3 seedlings and turn them into some kind of multi-rootstock - but let each seedling develop a central leader and not cut those off? I have failed a bit on that one several times - one always emerges as a dominant tree and the other two get stunted. Not sure if letting them fuse naturally on their own would give better results.

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-111911
So does this mean we still don't have an effective way (universal type of test - like those kits we buy to test soil pH) to test dioecious plants to figure out if seedlings are male/female?
We all still have to wait until they start flowering (for endangered or rare species grown from seed) or common practice, use the seedlings as rootstock only?
I have a limited area to use as a "hobby conservation farm" as I need to find a way to make sure the land pays for itself in terms of property taxes, and other things so I ended up going ahead and planting mangoes and coconuts so the problem of sorting out which seedlings are male vs female so I can plant and keep just 4 of every dioecy plant (2 males and 2 females) is not something I can't seem to find a quick fix for.

Simple pick me up tea when feeling slightly off-kilter - usually drink this when start sneezing all of a sudden and am afraid I'm starting on the flu path.


Pick mature lemongrass stalks and dehydrate (machine) or hang to dry outside in the shade.
Just dry them enough to avoid them getting mouldy - not too much that they turn yellow and dry up.
Cut up the whole thing - leaves and white stalk (scissors work better than knives once its already dehydrated) - 1 full cup of chopped up lemongrass is good for 1 liter of water.
Boil about 1 liter of water once you get a rolling boil, pour water into ceramic/stoneware teapot or a large covered mason jar works as well
Add one cup chopped lemongrass and a half cup of fresh Moringa leaves only (please do your best to remove the bitter stems, it will seem like too much trouble but your taste buds will thank me later!)
Close lid tightly and let this steep for about an hour.
After an hour add sliced lemon/lime/calamondin/clementine wedges (about a full cup) - whichever citrus you have available or whichever you prefer taste-wise. Keep covered and refrigerate overnight.
Lemon and calamondin will turn the tea a nice yellow colour, clementine will turn it orange, lime, well, it's going to stay a boring zombiesque green.
Drink whenever you feel like it - just add some sugar/stevia/honey.


IF you hate Moringa as the tea will still have a bit of a bitter aftertaste (barely there) even if you were patient enough to remove all the stems and steep the leaves only, you can skip it although I'm not sure just the citrus and lemongrass by itself will be an effective enough immune system booster.
My mum hates Moringa and prefers to substitute grated ginger/white turmeric/black turmeric rhizomes (also half cup) all of which seems effective enough.
IF you already have the flu - go with the lemongrass/citrus/black turmeric/honey combo. And try to drink one to two cups of tea a day.

Willughbeia sarawacensis - ran out (already promised some of this for Coconut and Tropicaliste - the rest will go to other US TFF people (sorry -Tropicaliste's permit is for USDA so easier for me to send as everything as one express mail box or FedEx box so US people get first dibs? Will go back and ask the arboretum for more for Joshua, Roy and Raul)
Chempedeu, Benthami, Blancoi and Catmon - also ran out now.
Rest of my wild-collected seeds are endangered timber and resin/oil types already sorry TFF!

Please PM me if you would like a couple of seeds of:
Willughbeia sarawacensis - have managed to obtain some seeds from Arboretum but very limited.
Artocarpus chempedeu - also limited - not sure of viability as this has been obtained thru a trade from an expat who just came back from touring Palawan.
Garcinia benthami - have 9 seeds only.
Will be going out today to collect Cebu and Mindanao Cinnamon seeds (finally).
Have fresh (just Ate for lunch) C cainito so will include a dozen of those seeds and let me know who else wants to try it.
Also have Phil Gold but can only spare 5 seeds.

Also I am have a lot of other seeds I'm waiting confirmation from Dept of Agri and DENR if they will be okay to ship - not protected species. All seeds free but will be sent thru Tropicaliste (I "borrowed" his permit) - please remind me by sending me a PM whoever it is that was asking for Sambong seeds and that flammable nut so I can label everything so the guy with the permit doesn't have trouble sorting out who gets what

Will update the list when I see what else I can spare as some seeds were obtained thru trade and only had local names written on the Ziploc baggies - will look up what the English and scientific names are. Some of my trades are endangered (protected) species mostly timber and medicinal use trees so not sure what else are just plain fruit trees.

Have also:
Podocarpus costalis - Arius berry
Dillenia philippinensis - Catmon
D blancoi - Mabolo, red skinned and yellow skinned type

I wouldn't risk RoundUp on anything. Yikes.

Cata­nopsis philippinensis - native Philippine chestnut. It's critically endangered because the wood is prized for lumber and the older specimen frees in forest reserves seem to be dying of some unknown disease. Have seen a few old dead trees in Bulusan Forest Park - the plaque identifying each tree was still there but the tree was already leafless and filled with weird mushroom growth.
Native Philippine turmeric or what they call mountain/upland turmeric - grows in cooler climates in the mountains..stubby barely finger sized rhizomes. Colour and flavour stronger than commercial grown turmeric. Rarely see them in the market now or even in nurseries selling culinary plants.
Prickly alligator pear/chayote - the ones I see in the market are smooth skinned "Mexican" types. When I was a young brat my great grandmother used go grow a very fuss free, plant and neglect, alligator pear which had (if you were an adult) fist-sized spiny fruit. Skin was dark green hue and tough.
Lots of other stuff I remember my great grandparents grew but can't find anymore nowadays. Wish someone had the foresight back then to buy the homestead from the side of the family that inherited it. We didn't know that they were eventually going to raze everything and turn the farm into a fancy schmancy exclusive resort community.

*wave* Hi Edward, welcome to TFF! You can learn a lot and pick everyone's brains just don't eat them    - I know, bad joke...

Hello all, my name is Edward and I live in Central Florida (zone 9). This past year I tried my hand with figs and decided I wanted to turn my yard into an edible yard. I have a star fruit tree I grew from seed (think I killed it this weekend when I moved it), and a couple pineapple and banana plants (which have yet to produce). I am hoping to learn a lot here and to pick everyone's brains from time to time. I don't get out much. I suffer from social anxiety and agoraphobia, so I might be starting with buying seeds of various tropical fruiting plants. It will give me something to do.

Ehm - for camping/hiking/anything outdoorsy I always wear a paracord survival anklet or bracelet both have flint fire starter? There's also a belt buckle thingy with flint as well. Might be easier to tote around than a lemon and nails and pins 

Just "resurrecting" this and other jak grafting threads (trying to read up on it before I go ahead and do some test Jak grafts).

Still.in Bicol Phil and have been trying to reach his assistant's mobile to confirm this as I cannot get my head around this news. Have just exchanged an email 2 weeks ago as I needed.some advice and help with some fussy DENR regulation problem.