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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 04, 2012, 07:04:14 PM »
That's a really nice set up marinfla. Does the post go all the way through the pot and into the ground? I like how the trellis is supported with the wire underneath. 
I have all mine in 3 gal pots and really need to do something with them. Some of them have several branches but keep getting broken off because I have nothing supporting them lol.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 04, 2012, 03:25:07 PM »
I did a little research on the yellow dragonfruit. Its botanical name is Selenicereus Megalanthus. It is not in the same family as the Hylocereus. It
seems to like more shade and a sandier mix and not as much water as the Hylocereus varieties. I found a research paper that said the Selenicereus Megalanthus is a tetraploid whereas the Hylocereus is a diploid. So they are more different than I thought.  I saw another research paper that said the S. Megalanthus reacts more to C02 levels by producing greater growth than the Hylocereus.
Some of this probably explains why mine has hardly grown at all, I have had it in quite a bit of sun and a richer potting mix. I have not watered anything as much as I should have this past year just due to being busy lol so I guess that is a good thing with this plant.
 I have a Selenicereus grandiflorus (night blooming-ornamental climbing cactus) and I have it in dappled light under a huge live oak and potted in a very sandy mixture and don't water it all that often. It grows very long branches and does pretty well. I guess I will move the yellow dragonfruit next to it and repot it in similar media and see what happens.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 03, 2012, 11:41:58 AM »
Well it seems to vary. This winter we only had a few days under 32, one in the 20's. The winter of 2009, we had several days down into the teens lol. I think it usually gets into the upper to mid 20's F a few times in the winter and several nights of 32F. It warms up pretty good during the daytime.  I have only been here 3 1/2 years so far so kinda figuring it out as I go. We got up into the 100's F a few times last summer but the direct sun here is not as burning hot as when I lived on the west coast, probably due to the humidity.

Soooo I am thinking, if I built a long wooden raised bed with a tall 2x4 frame around it I could cover it if I needed to and possibly even stick a small heater in there if it gets too cold.

Lenette

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 03, 2012, 11:06:18 AM »
Quote from: bsbullie on February 02, 2012, 10:27:27 PM
If anybody does locate finger limes available in Florida, please drop me a email/message...thanks.
x2 !! I would like to find another one too. I swear I saw them for sale somewhere when I first moved to FL and was getting settled in still but then when I went to look at the website again they were gone. I bet it was the just fruits and exotics website! 

BMc I love your photos. Maybe you can share some tips on growing the Fingerlime. Were yours under story plants (grown under taller trees?)
Were they in full sun or part shade, what about fertilizer routine etc. ? Yours really had a lot more and larger fruit than mine ever got. Mine was the 2-3yr old tree when I first ordered it. What are your thoughts on humidity with this tree? I got the feeling that they preferred the drier weather as opposed to when there was a lot more humidty.....What is your climate like?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: i dont understand why passion fruit is not more popular
« on: February 03, 2012, 10:57:35 AM »
I grow lots of different passiflora not all of them are the edible types but I do have edulis flavicarpa, p. edulis, p. incarnata, p caerulea, p. Incense. The others I have are all ornamental types.  I had the p .phoenicea (Ruby Glow but it didn't set any fruit for some reason, even though I cross pollinated it with everything in the yard)

Here is a pic of the yellow (p. edulis flavocarpa)


p. phoenicea (Ruby Glow) - they sure are pretty



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 03, 2012, 10:34:25 AM »
I forgot to post my varieties lol: So far I have: Red Jaina, Costa Rican Sunset, Yellow Dragon, Physical Grafitti, H. undatus ( I think this is the plain white one it is the first one I bought and that is all the tag said), Voodoo Child, American Beauty. Some are much bigger than others. Some seem much slower growing than others.

 Are you guys growing your dragonfruit in full afternoon sun or dappled afternoon sun?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 03, 2012, 10:27:31 AM »
I have 7 different kinds of dragonfruit in 3 gallon pots. I don't really have a 'setup' for them yet. I need to build some beds with wooden frames for them to climb and then I could cover them when it gets too cold. I am in a zn 9a (NE Florida) so I have not put them in anything permanent because I move them into the greenhouse during the winter months. I also bought a lot of my dragon fruit from mattslandscape 3 years ago. The plain H. undatus I have had for 5 years.  I really need to do something with them. I'm such a mean dragonfruit mommy!! haha
I also grow orchid cactus (ornamental epiphyllums) but just keep them in clay pots with hangers.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Organic Gardening of Tropical Fruit
« on: February 02, 2012, 08:04:39 PM »
I have been slowly trying to go organic. The year before I sprayed only twice and this past year I didn't spray anything at all. We have lots of compost from our chicken coops (they are cooped at night and free range most of the day) and we built some vermicompost bins underneath our rabbit hutches last summer to start worm composting. It is working out pretty well so far. The worst thing I get here, are the fire ants getting into my pots. I read some good things to try on the thread about ants so I will be trying that out next time they start up.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: World Record Miracle Fruit? LOL
« on: February 02, 2012, 07:59:34 PM »
Wow that is just huge!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 02, 2012, 07:55:20 PM »
Here's one of mine when it was smaller. It had a tiny fruit forming on it. Yes they do have tiny leaves and weird little branches. I will have to look on my old computer for some better photos.


This is a pic of one of the immature fruits that fell off. It is too small but shows how the little tiny balls look inside the fruit. This pic was edited to make smaller and all I have on my photobucket page. I will try and look on my old puter for a larger photo.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Finger Lime
« on: February 02, 2012, 07:37:36 PM »
Logees won't ship citrus to FL, unfortunately.  I had a Australian Finger Lime that I had to leave with my mom when we moved to Florida. It was a very nice larger tree that I had purchased from Four Winds. It had the green finger limes on it. They were pretty tasty and had small seeds. The fruit flesh was like little balls of lime inside the fruit peel.  Remember, when you get yours that they do not like a lot of direct sun. They are under story plants in their native enviornment.  A friend and I got ours together and after acclimating them to our yards, we had originally had tried to grow them in full sun and they didn't like it once I moved them into morning sun with dappled afternoon sunlight they did great and started blooming.  I would love to find another one. I believe the one I has was grafted onto flying dragon rootstock.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Stolen Trees
« on: January 26, 2012, 04:47:29 PM »
So sorry to hear about your trees. I am wondering if it is someone who knows your nursery and customers since they stole from the customers right after they bought from you. Kinda spooky! I would definitely get some hidden security measures put in but don't tell anyone what they are. We have to up our security in our home due to recent violent crime in the immediate area. Things happen around here in broad daylight.
  One of our alarm systems is guineas lol!! They put up a fuss day or night louder than any dog over the slightest thing that is out of place or entering the property. They notice it right away and tell everybody. Plus, they eat up all the bugs in sight :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Raised pineapple beds a success!
« on: January 25, 2012, 12:33:04 PM »
I love your raised beds. I grew some in pots in Lake Havasu AZ once (think no moisture and 120+ F in the summers) I grew them in the shade on the patio and they hardly got any water. I was able to fruit them that way.  I am in FL now but we don't have the best soil. I should try some raised beds here.
 What are the dimensions of your raised beds? What different varieties did you plant?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atemoya harvest last year....here are some photos yous guys!
« on: January 24, 2012, 10:15:46 AM »
Nice fruits!   8)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Your potting mixes for mangoes, citrus and more
« on: January 24, 2012, 10:08:15 AM »
People have their own ways of doing mixes. For citrus,  I use some miracle grow for roses soil (a little acidic) mixed with the Jungle growth from lowes and add a lot of perlite. My potted citrus seem to like it. This year I harvested blood oranges, ruby red grapefruits, buddah's hand, meyer lemons, variegated eureka lemons  and thai limes (even though most people just use the leaves we use the rind of the limes as well).  I have more trees but many are still small since I had to restart my citrus collection when I moved to FL since you can't bring citrus into the state. I had quite an large collection before.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mamey sapote, 5 yrs old, from seed...huge leaves!!! I like just for that alone!
« on: January 24, 2012, 10:01:05 AM »
Nice looking tree. The leaves almost look like plumeria leaves. They are big!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Heat mat recommendation?
« on: January 23, 2012, 10:35:31 AM »
I have burnt out 2 hydrofarm heat mats so far. I got a zoo med reptile mat that has lasted several years but it does get a little hot. I think I will try the heat tape next time instead of purchasing another heat mat. I didn't understand how to use it before but the video helped! Thanks for posting that :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Photos from FTG Chocaolate Fest Jan22
« on: January 23, 2012, 10:20:06 AM »
Looks like you had fun. I wanted to go to that and get some cacao pods. What is that in the last photo?

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