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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guava from taiwan
« on: February 18, 2018, 05:41:58 PM »
did you take a picture of it?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: California Dept. Of Ag, Forces Nursery To Destroy All Its Citrus Trees
« on: January 26, 2018, 01:36:18 PM »
so is there eventually going to be a ban on selling citrus trees in CA? like you won't be able to find them anymore at home depot etc?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ca atemoya taste
« on: January 19, 2018, 01:26:28 PM »
decided to pick the largest one and let it sit on the counter for a few days. my wife is more the expert and she approves. alot of work and time but worth it!





though..i found a smaller one that turned purple on the tree still.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ca atemoya taste
« on: January 18, 2018, 04:24:44 PM »
what is considered atemoya season here in socal? i have ones of varying sizes this year (first time - alot of hand pollinating) but not sure when they're ready to go.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Turpentine Rootstock Update
« on: January 14, 2018, 11:34:52 PM »
Quote from: pineislander on January 14, 2018, 09:57:57 PM
Hey I was wondering about that recently. In Florida we get a summer crop of turpentine but the larger growers must need root stock year round. It makes sense they might go abroad to get them.

so if we order any type of mango from florida, it's most likely turpentine then?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: HLB Getting Worse in California
« on: January 13, 2018, 12:54:27 PM »
sorry..i am not sure. i've just recently gotten into keeping fruit trees and am still learning alot and catching up with reading old posts on this forum. i've begun to really appreciate older trees and at my parents house they have lots of fruits trees that were there before i was born so i've taken a stronger interest in keeping them healthy. i'll post if i get more info if i come across it on fb.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: HLB Getting Worse in California
« on: January 12, 2018, 11:37:39 PM »
this was shown on my fb feed tonight....



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jambu wax apple in trouble?
« on: January 05, 2018, 02:32:49 AM »
should be okay i think. the leaves are still there. just make sure to not overwater it. mine lost like 80% of it's leaves from the last santa ana winds a few weeks ago.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: California Keitt at Aldi
« on: November 18, 2017, 11:03:22 PM »
went to check it out...walking to the entrance saw a lady push a cart out with at least 30 mangos. so i hurried in. and in front of the mango section was another lady who was picked up another 25....by the time i got to it, it was slim pickings but i picked up 4 to try and at least get some rootstock to try.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rooting Guava Cuttings - need Help
« on: November 12, 2017, 12:22:30 PM »
i tried at first some cuttings that were maybe a bit thinner than a pencil. (in hindsight, they were a bit too skinny). left a leaf or two and cut the leaves in half. put them in a small pot with some soiless mix and covered them up with a water bottle to create a humid environment. then put them in a shady area with no direct sunlight.

none of them took. (however, figs, loquats all took - all of different sizes from pencil diameter to 1.5" diameter thick branches).

i'm going to try a larger diameter on the guava next to see.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How to get mango scion for grafting in Southern California
« on: November 11, 2017, 06:09:10 PM »
go get some mangos planted in your yard now. (home depot still has some manila mangos around).  let them get settled in and maybe around summer time you can look into getting some scions for grafting. best bet for scions around that time are the members here or you can check online (ebay etc).

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Strawberry plants? where to go?
« on: November 07, 2017, 12:56:06 AM »
waiting for their season to start again so i can stock up.

http://www.usberryplants.com/

also...there's nothing like growing strawberries using towers (vertical gardening).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How to open a mango seed. . . .
« on: October 26, 2017, 01:08:11 AM »
dang. newbie here. i thought the husk was a seed and just tossed it into a pot. didn't know the seed was inside! just ate a mango so i just snip off a tiny bit of the husk and just snipped the edges till i could pry it open. maybe this will make it grow faster now without the husk!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mosquito fruits??
« on: October 18, 2017, 09:31:43 PM »
good excuse to tell the wife we need a pond now.  ;)

had someone come out from https://www.sgvmosquito.org/ last year and she was telling me they tried to see what would kill the eggs and they even hatched in bleach.  :o

dead leaves that curl up near sprinklers? they'll hatch from there too. i've seen some DIY traps that uses brown sugar and yeast...might try that.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Upgraded cold frames for growing trees.
« on: October 16, 2017, 11:10:18 PM »
Quote from: SoCal2warm on October 16, 2017, 04:15:45 PM



That's a Satsuma mandarin in there, and although kind of flimsy this should be more than suitable for zone 8. Also notice there are some water containers inside to help hold heat.

nice! where did you find that frame at?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mosquito fruits??
« on: October 16, 2017, 10:44:58 PM »
probably. anything that can hold some water and they'll breed. been in invasion of mosquitoes in the SGV area for the past 2 years. gone are the days of just going out in shorts and tshirt and not get bit.

the most vicious are the tiger mosquitoes. those SOB follow you into the house whenever they can and bite all day long.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jujube FRUIT u-pick
« on: October 09, 2017, 01:14:18 AM »
Quote from: pschill444@aol.com on October 26, 2016, 09:47:09 AM
I get over 60 gallons of fruit a year pickers use ladders and i made a picker/shaker pole  also new deck is 17 feet from the ground so i can use my pole to shake the top of the tree tarps or sheets of plastic on the ground catch most of the fruit .       Patrick

i need to see a picture of this! that sounds like some serious business. haha.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guava ID?
« on: October 08, 2017, 05:14:35 PM »
greenman62 - thanks for the help. definitely happy that it fruited this year for like a 15ft tree (need ladders to reach the top) finally after like who knows how many years. was just curious to get an idea of what it could be just to know. but help from members here and using that info for more research is pretty educational too.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: WHAT kind I do with this mature Ume plum tree?
« on: October 08, 2017, 02:20:44 AM »
Quote from: fyliu on October 08, 2017, 01:51:13 AM
Yes, top work it and graft on the varieties you like to eat.

Are the mume fruits good? Maybe consider bringing cuttings to your local scion exchange where you can pick up other varieties of stone fruits. These happen in mid-Jan/Feb around LA.

You actually missed a pretty good graywater presentation this morning at the arboretum in Arcadia.

was the presentation part of the crfg? i'll have to pay more attention to the events then.

the ume plums i don't think you can just eat them. they're mostly used to make umeboshi....lots of pickling involved. i rather have something edible and i can't imagine removing the tree.

local scion exchange...is that also part of crfg?

another question....going with the grafting idea...i assume i could cut the branches down almost to the trunk and then graft whatever variety i'm looking at from that point on?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / WHAT kind I do with this mature Ume plum tree?
« on: October 07, 2017, 05:51:17 PM »
We have this mature ume plum tree. Fruits like crazy but we just don’t have a use for ume plums.  My mom used to make umeboshi with them.

I don’t even want it to be removed due to the age and size of it. Could I top work it down and graft it then? i thought maybe with all the expert grafters here on the forum that someone could give me an idea of what i can do with a tree this size.









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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guava season in Socal
« on: October 07, 2017, 05:46:15 PM »
adding my socal guava pics to this thread that i had posted about trying to get an ID but so far the best bet is mexican guava.
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=25567.msg298977







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guava season in Socal
« on: October 06, 2017, 12:56:46 AM »
how does the inside look like?

and it's definitely guava season! everytime i open the fridge or walk into the kitchen, it's guava!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2017 SoCal mango tasting
« on: October 04, 2017, 01:43:06 AM »
when is prime grafting time for mango in socal?

gonna get some rootstock in the ground now and have them ready!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brazilian Papaya
« on: October 04, 2017, 12:42:25 AM »
NOt to bring this back from the dead but came across the Brazilian papaya at Home Depot today
Strange I can’t google any info?



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado thread
« on: October 04, 2017, 12:22:09 AM »
@johnb51 - Fuerte yes. haha.

pinkerton hmm. i'll research more about it and compare some more pictures to see.

@gregA - yea...these are REALLY OLD trees....way older than i am now and the trunks i have to stretch to wrap my arms around some of them. had issues with some sprinklers and etc so it's taken a few years for it to start to recover again.

i'll go take some more pics of the 3rd one in more detail when i get back.

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