I noticed these (actually it was Trilobatracker) just today, are they flower buds? They are the only ones on the plant, so should they be pinched? Since this is the first time it's flowered, would it even hold the fruit?

Until I put them in the pots they're in now, my papayas were dropping about one leaf every 2 days. Now that they're in these bigger pots, they've stopped dropping leaves for the most part..... except for one.


It's the one on the left. Any advice on keeping papayas from losing their leaves?

Is this a lil undeveloped violet de bordeaux fig?

Ok, after recently returning from a trip to Homestead, I decided to plant the seeds from a couple of miracle fruits that I got. Now that I've decided that, what do I do to sprout them? I saw one website saying to use perlite, peat, blood meal, and bone meal. Adam (Saffran that is) in a previous post mentioned removing the hull of the seed and planting the embryo. What are the best techniques?

I just remembered that they grow in the Andes. In that case, wouldn't they be able to be planted in the ground here?

What are your favorite things to eat with miracle fruit? For me I'd have to say either grapefruit or lime. I haven't tried very many things though.

I would really like to try some sugar apple, but due to the fact that my SFla trip won't be 'til June, it doesn't sound like I'll be getting any. So it seems like a good idea to just order them. www.farmtropical.com sells them, but my question is: are the sweetsops carried by  Farm Tropical the chewy variety? (For that matter, are any Floridian sweetsops chewy?)

Looking to find a rollinia tree, seedling or grafted, (can you even graft a rollinia?) either will do. preferably a variety that is suitable for pot culture and would fruit within the next 2 or so years.

Thanks

In The Fruit Hunters, Gollner mentions a fruit called a "magic bean." I've tried googling that, but the only things coming up were about Jack and the Beanstalk    anybody know what he's talking about?

Are there any? And before you say anything Sheehan, I already googled it.    

Anybody know where to buy the fruit online? And also, is the fresh fruit (imported or otherwise) to be found in south FL?

What are some uses of the coffee fruit other than using the seed to make coffee? ( gets kind of confusing when talking about the fruit and the drink in the same sentence, eh? )

I've never grafted before, nor do I know how to, but my question is: can I graft one species with another of the same species to make it fruit quickly?