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Just wandering what kind of soil do you use?  How are you normally consumed it?  Thanks!

Kent

Good draining soil, with partial shade in hot summer. Keep the soil moist in hot weather and dry in cold.
Just eat fresh one head a day sometimes when you "need".  ;D

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I can see the stamens, it's a hermaphroditic for sure. I might help some brush pollination.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kaffir Lime tree assistance
« on: March 25, 2018, 01:37:33 PM »
They have different smell and taste. I have both key and persian limes, they are not even closer to the scent of kaffir leaves, especially the young ones. If you touch the leaves the aroma sticks to your fingers.
Unfortunately in Thailand where they are the most used, they use a lot of pesticide and the imported leaves are not usually tested. In Europe is not allowed to import fresh kaffir leaves, only dried or frozen because of the virus. Most of the trees have tristeza virus carried on by aphids.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Kaffir Lime tree assistance
« on: March 24, 2018, 03:16:18 PM »
Kaffir limes are very cold resistant, down to -2C.
Now it depends on the plant origin. A grafted plant will not survive less then 5C. A rooted clone under 10C has problems with root rot. Most of the trees from nurseries are clones.
I tested many types so far perhaps 50 trees so far, including I brought a kaffir lime from Thailand, which eventually died. The problem with them it's a virus, once it's infected it won't survive longer than 10 years vs 100 years from a seed.
An indication is spots on the leaves, and the color of them a lighter green. But don't confuse it with chlorosis.
The best to start a kaffir lime is from seeds, they will be so strong and virus free. They withstand 40C and -2 C. Very drought resistant. However due to gene diversity perhaps 40% of the seeds germinated are wrong trees.  Also germinating the seeds is a challenge.

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Big jujube of Thai origin. Fruit is 4-6 cm. Very fast growth. Not sure how hardy it is.

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Cut all the leaves, keep it out of sun and warp it all.
It will do just fine in 2 months it's ready. Humidity is the key, don't let it dry.
Also I recommend a bath into copper oxychlorine to kill all the fungus on the trunk.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Thai Jujube for sale (only Europe)
« on: March 16, 2018, 01:02:07 PM »
I have one grafted Thai Jujube, 30 cm height for sale. Only Europe.
Price is 20 Euro + EMS shipping 23 euro

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This is a dwarf specimen. In my option by the look at the fruits it seems to be an Indian GMO hybrid called 'Pusa Nanha' or a variation of that, that is the only one who sets flowers so low to the ground.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Banana tree in pot
« on: March 10, 2018, 04:22:14 PM »

What is the advantage of using potassium nitrate? Isn't it much easier to get potassium sulfate, which is not prone to exploding?
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Potassium nitrate is one of the best fertilizers, very easily absorbed by the plant, it can be even sprayed. The downside is that is expensive and a precursor to explosives. Potassium goes straight to the cells, plus it has nitrogen in a nitrate form. Potassium sulfate will make the soil more acidic.

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I overwintered my pineapple in basement at 50F for 3 months, they did just fine, not lose, but rarely watered them 2 times the whole winter. They are very hardy beasts.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Banana tree in pot
« on: March 10, 2018, 03:54:34 PM »
Here is one of my Thai bananas I have like 7 species



During the winter and autumn, bananas need high potassium intake to make their cells stronger, I use potassium nitrate, a regulated substance not easily available to normal gardeners due to its explosive use.


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Black Thai Ginger , Thai ginseng or krachai dum (Kaempferia parviflora) for sale in Europe, fast delivery no customs check, fresh harvested from my garden in Thailand.
Used for improvement of stamina and endurance.
Price is 45 euro/kg, shipping from 10 to 20 euro depending on location and service.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ilama seedlings dying.
« on: November 29, 2017, 05:23:58 PM »
GA3 makes the cells elongated and sensitive to light use less 50mg/l

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fertilize during Winter Months?
« on: November 29, 2017, 04:48:08 PM »
You can fertilize using  high potassium such as potassium nitrite KNO3 which is 13-0-46. The N will not induce so much new growth and the potassium will make the cells thicker and easier to get a cold snap. Use at a rate of 200 ppm K2O a week.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Carica papaya in Florida
« on: November 02, 2017, 04:51:02 AM »


I wish I can find this variety in U.S nursery. I usually see Mexican , solo . The rare one are tainung-1 and tr.hovey. I bought these two last year and they both died on me. I just bought tainung 1 again in August, but it doesn't look healthy at all.
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I have seeds left if you are interested to grow it, it's actually very easy to sprout them. From my knowledge TR Hovey is a seedless hybrid, at least the original one and Tainung is was somehow genetically modified. In Japan they found many of the Tainung no.5 to be GM.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Carica papaya in Florida
« on: November 01, 2017, 07:36:08 PM »


Is your  papaya in the picture called tainung 1?  Is it sweet ?
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Tainung was a hybrid developed in Taiwan. It is not Tainung, this is a heirloom papaya in northern Thailand passed down by generations, flesh is orange and very sweet. Some threes are even 20 years old. I need 3 days to eat one they are so big.
I believe is Khaek Dum somehow crossed with others, normally Khaek Dum is long and thiner.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Carica papaya in Florida
« on: October 30, 2017, 03:27:15 PM »
For vigor it's easy, they are heavy feeders so use a lot of quality fertilizer (there is a method to grow them fast and vigorous in half time like 2m (6ft) in 4 months from seeds sown, but I won't share it, it's my own research). Now for Vasconcellea pubescens seeds need treatment, I included full tested germination instructions to you in the letter. Most of the seeds are viable, you can break them and see the embryo inside, however the biggest problem is dormancy.
Hybrids are very hard to germinate, seeds are mostly not viable or they lose viability very fast, I don't know about the seeds you have, but Vasconcellea pubescens X quercifolia is hybrid. Hybrids can be grown successfully with embryo rescue techniques.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Carica papaya in Florida
« on: October 30, 2017, 02:32:54 PM »
For 9b zone from my trials (I am in zone 7b-8a), Thai papaya is the strongest (the strongest is Babaco, but it's not real papaya). I say this because I collected some seeds from northern Thailand where temperatures in the winter drop to 6-10C (40-50F). It will not die when is cold. BUT it needs to be dry. No wet feet. (actually there in 3 months it rains twice). They grow very fast, and make flowers around 1m (3 ft) tall. Hawaii papayas are very sensitive to cold, they root rot fast.
I have another method, I grow them outside in land during the summer then I cut the top off, root it and pot it. New flowers start close to the ground like 30cm (1ft), the root system is very shallow, and no more tap root, it's a method they use in Thailand.
Sure you can use mountain papaya as a rootstock for normal papaya ( I am going to make this soon and on other Vasconcellea speacies, I already successfully grafted papaya on babaco).
This is the papaya in Thailand, they weight 2-3kg, no virus present (should you want some seeds let me know, I carefully collected them and removed the sarcotesta individually, germination is 90%) :


and here is in my greenhouse, this is only 5 months old from seed:





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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Galangal
« on: October 26, 2017, 07:36:01 AM »
Keep water away during winter. They root rot easily.

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I have more seeds left from Carica pubescens syn. Vasconcellea pubescens for sale. Germination instructions included.
Price is 3 Euro for 25 seeds. Postage 2 Euro, simple bubble letter. Payment by PayPal. Delivery time: Europe 2-5 days. USA/CAN: 7-15 days. Worldwide : 7-30 days.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Water droplets inside grafting tape
« on: October 21, 2017, 06:54:44 AM »
Don't open the graft tape. This is similar to surgery. Pests will go in there. It's transpiration and probably condensation. You have 16 C then 25C it's condensing.
Don't worry about it's healing.
I just made a mango grafting a couple of days ago, you can take a look.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1641682875854199&id=1043190099036816

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mangosteen seeds germination help
« on: October 20, 2017, 05:52:40 AM »
Thai seeds germinated after 10 days, 100% germination. Bought the fruit in Thailand from a street seller. So it must be the irradiation.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thai black ginger
« on: October 17, 2017, 07:51:48 AM »
I will look and buy some rhizomes in Thailand, probably from a temple. It is said you be taken by Thai boxing athletes. Just curious how it grows, as I grow fingerrrot without problems.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Thai black ginger
« on: October 16, 2017, 05:52:48 PM »
Has anyone tried to grow krachai dum or Thai black ginger Kaempferia parviflora
Or anyone used it? It's said to significantly increase hand grip strength and enhance sexual stimuli.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: rarest papaya on earth. palanda papaya
« on: October 15, 2017, 12:58:04 PM »
Thanks for the offer, I'll hopefully wait. I hope your plants will fruit. But it takes 2 years, and you need both males and females. Use large containers, rather than directly planted into soil. They have the same requirements of Barack, which I grow. Remember not to water too much during cold nights.
Just use misting several times a day, they get eater from their leaves. Papillon is from pre-montane humid forests with a very draining soil. They get the water from air.
I would add that this is a rare occasions to gets this plans as not many people venture into the jungle.
J Simcox climbed 3 hours into humid jungle to collect them. There is only one location at 1850m altitude. I don't think there will be another guy going there again. Pretty soon the logging companies will reach that site. So I expect in the next 10 years to become extinct.
The plant was discovered by Belgian reaserachers in 1995. The original trees were cut down two years later. In 1997 they found another spot not far away.

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