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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Who is successfully growing Cherimoya in South Florida? (not atemoya)
« on: March 20, 2014, 03:22:59 PM »
Folks, is anyone currently successfully growing Cherimoya which gives fruit in South Florida? (not dream atemoya)

Which variety have you gotten to fruit and how many fruit per year?

If you have any pictures, it would be nice to see a picture of your tree and fruits.

Thanks.  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: cherimoya id anyone?
« on: March 20, 2014, 01:50:24 PM »
Bush, is that "El Bumpo"?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Well-Water Quality Test
« on: March 20, 2014, 11:34:12 AM »
Here is the University of Florida IFAS Water Test Form:  (They test water samples from Florida only)

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/SS/SS18400.pdf

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Costa Rica Fruit Tree Suppliers
« on: March 20, 2014, 08:47:14 AM »
Thomas, hope all is well.  I have a couple of questions for you:

-Are you going to grow for hobby use, for nursery (propagation, sale) or for commercial use (fruit grove, sell the fruit)
-Are you going to export the fruit or local sales?
-Make sure you find out what is appropriate for your micro-climate (Rambutan, mangosteens, Durian)
-Get grafted trees that have a named variety and not some seedlings.   (Mangosteen are ok for seedlings, Durian is better grafted)
-Search google for "costa rica fruits for export" if you will be exporting them
-Search google for "viveros de frutales costa rica"
 This one came up for me: http://agronegocioscr.com/empresas/ornamentales/viverolascanas
-Take your time, selection is very important (even though you said you need this ASAP but patience is key at this time for you)
-Plan your rows (length from one tree to the next and from one row to the next), plan row orientation for sun
-Plan irrigation
-Organize the rows into type of trees, for 15 acres maybe you want to do 2-3 types of trees at most?  (5 Acres for each type for commercial use)

Hope this helps.   I am sure others can give more advice also.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Review of Kampong Avocado
« on: March 17, 2014, 01:15:41 PM »
Nice review Carlos, thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Spring harvest in Madeira Island! :)
« on: March 14, 2014, 04:29:56 PM »
Congrats, nice looking tropical fruit collection.   :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pond Apple as root stock
« on: March 13, 2014, 04:19:36 PM »
There are particular cases where Pond Apple are beneficial as rootstock.  A friend of mine has flooding issues in his yard.  His fruit trees such as Sugar Apple where not doing too good with the flooding conditions.  We did testing of Pond Apple rootstock.   A custard apple (Annona Reticulata) was grafted onto the Pond Apple.  It is doing excellent and fruited in less than a year after being grafted.  The only fruit it gave did fall off but I was not expecting such a young graft to hold it.  The reticulata is growing vigorously.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2014 Annona grafts...What's popping?
« on: March 13, 2014, 04:05:15 PM »
Nice work Adam.   :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone try grafting Cherimoya on Atemoya Florida?
« on: March 13, 2014, 03:56:39 PM »
Har, thank you for the info.  Have you done any experiments grafting Cherimoya onto Annona Montana rootstock?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone try grafting Cherimoya on Atemoya Florida?
« on: March 13, 2014, 08:34:15 AM »
nullzero, I agree we have to find the right combination rootstock/cherimoya variety that will fruit in Florida.  (maybe even finding one that is resistant to Green Leafhoppers)  I will keep you posted on what works out here in the future.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Super Lisa is at it again!
« on: March 12, 2014, 04:27:28 PM »
JF, congrats on the mighty Super Lisa.  That is one strong Annona and it grafts onto anything..  ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Oro Negro growth rate?
« on: March 10, 2014, 08:47:48 AM »
My oro negro has been in the ground for about 5 years and is about 5 feet tall.   :o  And like you mentioned, mines is growing horizontally very nice.  No flowering yet though.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Winterset Persimmon tree
« on: February 27, 2014, 08:17:18 AM »
+1 for the treehouse nursery.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Grafting knife for beginner and where can i get one at a decent cost...
« on: February 13, 2014, 11:12:58 AM »
Grafting knives are different.  They allow you to do a straight cut.  The reason being they are flat on one side and bevel on the other.



Here is a good recommendation:

Victorinox Grafting Knife:

http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Florist-Grafting-Knife/dp/B0007LL4SY

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What fruit trees grow in columnar habit (for FL)?
« on: February 10, 2014, 03:35:57 PM »
Guanabana go straight up if not pruned.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My mallika is fruiting!
« on: February 10, 2014, 03:31:36 PM »
Nice Mallika.  No need to remove or cut the flower panicles.  It will drop by itself anything that it cannot take care of.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Annonas in El Salvador
« on: February 03, 2014, 02:43:20 PM »
Thanks for posting.  The second video looks like he is deep in the rainforest.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Genuine Buddy Tape for Grafting - Group Order Open
« on: February 03, 2014, 08:20:08 AM »
Behl, quick question if you dont mind.  The roll you are selling, is it the 18mm, 25mm or 30mm wide tape?  Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: The First Annual Tropical Fruit Festival
« on: January 31, 2014, 08:36:30 AM »
Quote from: omarudy on January 30, 2014, 12:03:53 PM
Is Saturday, June 28th a good date for everyone?

Omar, June 28 sounds good.   :)    What will be the start and end times?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Two types of Parafilm ?
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:00:37 PM »
I will have to try it out then one day.  :)   Maybe when they do the group order again...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Two types of Parafilm ?
« on: January 30, 2014, 11:23:04 AM »
Patrick, I would like to try Buddy Tape one day, but the price is so steep.   :o   So far, years using Parafilm Grafting Tape and zero issues with it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Two types of Parafilm ?
« on: January 30, 2014, 08:44:19 AM »
They were developed for different uses.

Parafilm M is a laboratory tape (not originally designed for horticulture) and is used for sealing labware.  This is the one with the backing.

Parafilm Nursery Grafting tape was developed to serve the horticulture industry.  This is the one without the backing.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical Fruit Festival
« on: January 29, 2014, 08:16:21 AM »
Great idea, we should do this annually in a specific location.   Other forums have a similar concept.  I agree the week before or after an event would be great for the ones traveling down here.

Also, I recommend you give it a name such as:

"The First Annual Tropical Fruit Forum Fest" will be held in Homestead this year.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Village Dwarf coconut?
« on: January 27, 2014, 03:14:27 PM »
It looks like it's short because it fell during a storm and then started growing up again?   :o

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting Annonas (atemoya, cherimoya, sugar apple) after spring
« on: January 15, 2014, 10:27:00 AM »
Quote from: mikesid on August 16, 2013, 04:16:07 PM
My friend called me up and told me he had some weird green fruit on a tree in his backyard..so I went over and found about a 20 foot tree loaded with guanabana...some small, some big, and a bunch on the ground that were ripe and some rotted...I quickly started cutting them open and sampling some...not much cottony fiber..very good flavor...I took some home and made a shake...I can get plenty of budwood, but has anyone tried grafting this onto Atemoya or Sugar Apple...I really have no space left but would like to multi-graft this onto an existing tree...



Good find on that soursop.  Folks from CA might want to try that budwood. 

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