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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Post pics of Pitombas!
« on: May 02, 2012, 08:31:45 PM »
I bought my pitomba as a 3gal from Pine Island 4 years ago.  Its just under 6' now.  I get a little dieback each year, but so far I get more growth.  It flowered for the first time 2 years ago but this is the first year it has set fruit. 



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I went 2 years ago and was impressed.  much bigger than I expected.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Feijoa Sellowiana (Pineapple Guava)
« on: April 15, 2012, 10:11:31 PM »
I have 7 planted 8' apart that I want to grow into an informal hedge and I get lots of fruit from each (well, about 30-50 from each tree, but they are still in the 4-5' range).  My daughter loves the flower petals so each year we go from tree to tree pulling off the petals.  I am betting this helps in pollinating.  Maybe you can try something similar?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pruning mulberry
« on: April 11, 2012, 01:29:40 PM »
What cultivar of mulberry do you have?  I have to prune my Pakistan Mulberry 3 times a year to keep it in the 25-30 foot range.  I cut off about 10' around the whole tree each time I prune it, they are very vigorous.  In the early days it was lanky but filled in with time.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: my mulberry cuttings
« on: April 11, 2012, 04:11:31 AM »
I am in zone 9a zip 33541 and it does beautifully here.  Here is a pic of mine from 2010




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Wink for Wampee
« on: April 11, 2012, 04:05:58 AM »

Montoso Gardens sells pink wampee seeds.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: my mulberry cuttings
« on: April 06, 2012, 03:33:24 AM »
Tomas,

Are these the Pakistan and Shatoot mulberries?  I can tell you from experience with the Pakistan that cuttings can not only push buds but even try to fruit without any roots.  I have never been sucessful with rooting Pakistan, though I have tried many times.

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Just to be sure, his email is xotcfruit at yahoo dot com.  I corresponded with him about a month ago with this email address.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Emerald Blue Berry?
« on: April 01, 2012, 11:45:56 PM »
I think it will be hard to tell without fruit.  I'll have to look closely at my emerald/jewels tomorrow to see if there is a noticably difference in the leaf.

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For me its cas guava, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.  Two years from seed and its still only 5" but looks very healthy.  After that would be a langsat thats alive but not doing much.

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Adam, have you ever tried the Surinam from Palma Sola?  I don't remember what its called now, something with 'Jim' in it I think.  Anyway, I think that tree produces black fruit that tastes like a sweet bell pepper.  My wife likes that one alot.  I planted some seeds a couple years ago from that tree and have one fruiting, but it looks like it will be red so we'll see about taste.

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I use to grow violette de bordeaux but the fruit was extremely susceptible to spliting due to heavy rains.  I am now growing alma, lsu purple, conadria and orurke.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Suggestions For New Fruit Trees?
« on: March 20, 2012, 06:12:15 PM »
Wow Jsvand5, thats strange.  I have never had worms in my mulberries and have a huge Pakistan, plus I don't think I live too far from you..  I also recently added a Silk Hope and Shangrila. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: picsof my temperate fruits
« on: March 20, 2012, 05:59:02 PM »
Wow everything looks awesome.  My big suggestion would be to add a plout somewhere!  I think they are soo tasty. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango trees in zone 9 - 8 ?
« on: March 13, 2012, 12:46:29 AM »
I have no doubt that mango could be breed for cold tolerance.  I work in Tampa and there are hundreds of mango trees in this borderline climate.  Most are in areas near the water, like South Tampa and Palmetto Beach.  However, the two bad winters we had a couple years ago really proved the point to me.  In Palmetto Beach there is a mango tree in nearly every yard.  It got very cold and there were mango tree's 50+' tall that died out while some of the same height had no damage.  Same effect for smaller trees. 

Now most of the tree's are grown from seed.  The avocado has been a great sucess story for finding good tasting varieties that can resist cold damage.  Mango can be the same, but it needs to be realistic how cold they would be able to endure.

As far as named cultivars that can presently handle the cold, no clue.  They are almost all bred for taste, dwarfing and disease resistance.

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I'm with Jsvand5, I would plant in ground. 

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Probably too late Pug, but you can try Crowleys off Fruitville Rd.

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Everything I have read about P. friedrichsthalianum indicates that it is too sour, but I couldn't disagree more.  I do not have an affinity for sour fruit but this one has a very pleasant 'sour' taste with no pucker effect, IMO.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: pineapple guava in broward?
« on: March 09, 2012, 12:22:43 PM »
I'll respond though I am a few hours north of you.  I have 6 feijoas that produce quite well here (all seedling, no named cultivars).  I believe it is generally accepted that cross pollination is necessary.

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I find the meyer lemon much less vigorous than other citrus, pushing most of its energy into fruiting.  And a meyer budded onto flying dragon rootstock would certainly reduce its vigor even more.

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Adam

Have you tried Psidium friedrichsthalianum?  By far my favorite guava for fresh eating but it grows so very slowly.  I have not tasted P. nana though.

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I use the same recipe as nullzero.  I believe the larger batch version is 3cu ft pine fines, 5 gal peat, 5 gal perlite, 1 cup lime.  I haven't tried the infamous 'gritty mix' yet though.

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I've had a meyer lemon for years and I love them.  The tree is more compact than say a grapefruit and produces quite heavily.  The fruit are sweeter than other varieties since it is really a hybrid, but still not sweet enough for fresh eating.  Though I think your south enough it wouldnt effect your tree's, they are quite cold hardy.  Mine experienced 18f for several hours with very minimal damage.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Alkaline Sandy Soil.
« on: March 08, 2012, 08:27:00 AM »
I use this for my blueberries:

http://www.tigersul.com/products/agriculture/bentonite-sulphur/tiger-90-cr-sulphur.html

Locally I can get a 50# bag for $12.

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In Tampa I can get Florida lychees in a 50lb box for $50.  Otherwise I have to pay like $8 for a small clamshell.

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