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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: mangosteen seedlings just arrived
« on: June 05, 2017, 07:05:30 PM »
They did not to me.  Mangosteen seeds are not smooth like that...nor do they rise up with the seed coat.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Some pics from recent vacation
« on: May 27, 2017, 09:15:15 PM »
Looks beautiful.  I bet the food has been awesome.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help transplanting eugenias
« on: May 27, 2017, 04:19:55 PM »
This is all just my opinion here so...I believe that there are certain plants that benefit from leaving in water like you mentioned.  I wouldn't do bottom watering on anything other than jaboticabas and such.  If you are covering them in plastic, your initial watering would probably last a while...watering only when the soil is drying out.  If you were careful with the roots, you shouldn't have to prune anything.  Too much water is just as bad, or worse, than no water at all.  Rule of thumb should be that all of your containers/soil mixes should drain well.  Good luck.  You'll just have to find a process that works for you.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help transplanting eugenias
« on: May 27, 2017, 07:42:50 AM »
I found eugenias to normally be pretty hardy and can handle some rough handling.  How were you removing the seedlings from the pot?  If you are trying to remove individual seedlings from a community container, I think that is asking for trouble. 

I normally allow the soil to dry out just a bit and then upend the container and carefully get the dirt/plants/roots out in one contained mass.  I will then gently jiggle the soil and carefully disentangle the roots from each other.  This allows for you to get as much of the roots, including any taproot, out of the container without too much or any damage.  This is an all or none kind of process.  After separating, I cover the roots with some soil while I'm getting the new containers ready.  I always jiggle the container with the roots and soil to try and get as much coverage as possible.  Then water the hell out of them.  This usually works very well for me.

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Has either pushed growth yet?  Never thought of doing this technique.  How long were the scions you grafted?  Thanks for posting.

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Wow!  $12/lb. and that doesn't include shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: USDA Imports fresh Fruit Portal
« on: May 11, 2017, 03:53:56 PM »
cherimoya is $9.99/lb here.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I hope this works **sigh**
« on: May 05, 2017, 03:47:37 PM »
Beautiful tree.  I'm going to soon have the same issue in my yard with squirrels...though I wish it were with lychee trees!  Pop a couple of the little bastards and leave their corpses hanging in the tree.  May discourage others and the extra flies will help with pollination!!!  LOL!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Miracle fruit tree - still alive?
« on: April 30, 2017, 07:29:58 PM »
I still have my original plant and it too nearly bit the dust.  Got to a really nice size and produced hundreds of berries.  One year, it started dying back bit by bit to the point where there was nothing left but 8 inches of trunk.  No branches.  No leaves.  My wife kept saying "It's dead".  But it was still green beneath the bark.  Stayed that way for nearly 2 years.  Then one day it started coming out of its funk.  Not quite as large a canopy as before but still very nice.  So unless it is dead dead for sure, don't give up!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Miracle fruit tree - still alive?
« on: April 30, 2017, 02:53:03 PM »
Looks like scale to me.  Squash a couple and see if any moisture underneath.  If so, scale.  Scratch the bark with a fingernail.  If green appears, then the plant has a chance...I would put it under plastic to boost the humidity levels and hope that it recovers.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Teen Mangos
« on: April 28, 2017, 07:40:46 PM »
Only 3 places down there I know of that has fruited mangosteen.  Whitman & Fairchild Gardens.  The third...tell her very nice job!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ruby mangosteen..
« on: March 25, 2017, 06:38:34 PM »
Just trying to market something "new"?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ruby mangosteen..
« on: March 25, 2017, 09:01:43 AM »
looks more like a marinade or tannin staining.

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The trees look wonderful and very healthy.  Incredible.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Under The Jackfruit Tree
« on: March 04, 2017, 08:12:31 AM »
The place looks very nice and orderly and the trees are beautiful. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Tree Update SW FL.
« on: March 02, 2017, 07:31:13 PM »
Very nice!  Yard looks good.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango festival question
« on: February 08, 2017, 01:17:59 PM »
Ya cut me deep Shrek.  Ya cut me deep.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango festival question
« on: February 08, 2017, 11:47:05 AM »
A few years ago, there were some additions to the mango festival such as USDA tour, Fruit & Spice Park tour/dinner, and others that spanned 4-5 days.  Is anything like that happening again this year?

Also...what about the timing?  July 8 & 9.  Is there any conjecture on good availability?  Thanks

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Yes...I have his red and black both. 

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My Luc's Red has just bloomed at 21 months.  Pretty sure it won't hold fruit but thought it pretty cool that it already bloomed.





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Mono means "one"...and what springs from that seed is not a clone of the parent.  Poly-embryonic has "many" embryos that can produce more than one shoot from the seed and these ARE clones from the parent.  The type of seed is the result of the fruit from the grafted tree...nothing to do with the rootstock.  If you are sure that the fruit came from a grafted variety that produces mono type seeds, then yes, the future tree/fruit is a shot in the dark.  With all of the wonderful Florida mango varieties available, unless just curious about the long term result, why bother?  Why not just pick up a grafted plant of a known good variety?  Might use it as a rootstock for grafting practice.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pictures
« on: January 17, 2017, 05:07:08 PM »
Using Chrome like always did.  Weird.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pictures
« on: January 17, 2017, 03:28:44 PM »
WTF?  Lately I cannot see anyone's pictures in their posts.  Any ideas why this could be?  Thanks!

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Bryan Brunner has shown mangosteen can be grafted onto a few different types of garcinia.  The problem is that while the graft is successful, the plants did not do well at all.  No harm in trying though...if you have great access to mature scions.  But if your access is limited, then try grafting onto a mangosteen seedling.  Anywhere in the world grafted mangosteens can be found, they are grafted onto mangosteen rootstock.  So there are obviously reasons they do so.  The grafted plants won't necessarily fruit any faster than a seedling plant, but these will be more of a compact plant.  Just my 2 cents.

Here's a video I posted back in 2014 if interested.  http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=11453.msg146861#msg146861

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is this normal for a garcinia?
« on: December 26, 2016, 09:30:55 AM »
Could be thrips.  They can damage new leaves before they even emerge. 

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