47-18 on A. glabra

You need to talk to Carlos from Kissimmiee, FL.  He will hook you up with some rare ones!


Thank you for the lead, FruitFreak🙏

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I treated the seeds with GA at 350 ppm soaked for 24 hours and 19 of the 20 seeds germinated. Ilama seems to be the strongest growing annona under the conditions here so far. I have one tree from another batch that reached six feet in 11 months (Guillermo seedling). I have had to cut it back often. No flowers yet though.

It is very slow growing for me also. I'm not content with the squamosa root stock and will be grafting onto something else as soon as I get a better growth spurt or any growth spurt. I changed out the soil recently and hope that it will respond well.

Jack, my Orange snobs are doing well and I only cut a foot off and clipped some leaves in half after they were bare rooted and took a nice journey through the mail. The top foot of one tree was spindly and it had to go since the tree was quite stressed on arrival(it was four foot tall). It responded by growing another foot and sending out six branches. I must have done something right since all three trees have survived, some cannot make the same claim with the Orange snob. Another concern is that the hurricanes will easily wipe out a tall, top heavy tree, especially if it is carrying fruit as large as the jack fruit. I don't want it to look like a Georgia pine more like a Georgia peach. I also had the chance to see how a short earthquake can bring top heavy trees down easily. This one is going to be low and branched. The soil and extended dry periods are another concern. I have much more control in a pot until it is ready for its new home in ground. Many trees that are planted out by others here quickly succumb to the elements and perish, it also seems that there is an issue with root development for some trees in this soil which is much like concrete. I don't feel like risking it with this one! Time will tell, of course, and I plan on having fruit to show.

Quote from: Bob407 on October 13, 2015, 05:50:45 PM

I had an in ground tamarindo in Orlando, Fl 9b. The seeds were from a tree in Big Pine Key. It flowered its third year in ground and took the cold like a champ. Thankfully, I was ignorant enough to try it.

Are you saying a seedling tree flowered after 3 years in the ground? I always thought tamarind took a decade to flower - how old was your tree including before it was planted out? I'm asking because I have 3 seedling trees and I'd love to see a flower on one of them before 10 years from now!

It must have been in a pot close to a year and was root bound when I put it in the ground. It flowered well and grew aggresively, the small fruits didn't hang on though.

Any luck with the cherimoya?

my buddy in West Virginia just sent me 4 wild ones from his property, just have to say wow! apparently he has a lot of fruit this year.

How would you describe the flavors? I know they can vary widely. While in Tennessee I noticed no two trees I found tasted even remotely the same, even though they were all excellent except for one particular tree. I like them so much I had to bring a "Sunflower" to the island. I have no expectations of fruit but it is an attractive plant in it's own right.

WTB Pachira insignis seeds. PM me, thanks.

In Vieques people gladly let you have their fruit. On my first trip here I offered to buy some mangoes from someone and was met with an expression of confusion. Twenty minutes later I walked away with a 35lb bag of mangoes, numerous cashew apples and a few squamosas. I was also told that I could come by any time and get some more. Everyone I have asked for fruit has been very generous and informative. This was never my experience with random strangers in the states.

I don't care for the term "third world" it is antiquated.

Stuart, an inga edulis that I had in Orlando Florida held up well on multiple nights in the high 20's F. It seemed unaffected and grew well as soon as the temperature rose.

I miss CC! So good!