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Mountain soursop is more cold hardy, but do you realize most mountain soursops taste terrible?Yes I know that, but I'm planning to get my soursop to flower and get a mountian soursop to flower, cross pollinate and it might be good enough to grow here with the good taste and size! Are there any selected cultivars that taste better than the "bad tasting" ones you are reffering too?
Oscar, when you have seeds available, im' gon' come in like a hawk and take a chomp of the population. HahaYep, that sounds bout right Adam, I just wasn't sure if there were other similar Rheedias. Also side note and I don't want to start a taxonomy debate with this, but is that the accepted genus? isn't Rheedia now part of Garcinia?Yes that is correct. Officially now the correct name is Garcinia aristata. In actual real world you will find almost everyone will continue to call them Rheedia aristata.
I would be skeptical in using these bags. I don't think they will breathe well enough. I also don't think being white will help keep fruit that much cooler when temps are in the upper 80s and 90s.I will try Organza bags then, whenever my cherimoya fruits I keep finding fruit flies.
Organza bags will work better. They will give you much better breathability and reduce chances of "cooking" the fruit in the heat. You can find good deals on ebay. Also, use the search feature on the forum, there is a thread where this was discussed.
thanks yous two!I remember at the farmers market this past tuesday there were moon and star watermelon for sale, Very cool looking, didn't buy any, used my money on Australian Finger limes instead. Im' addicted to them Finger limes
I will make sure to remember you when I'm spitting out a mouthful of seeds!
(BTW...that reticulata I fruited had about 80!)
Yes, think of me every time you spit.
Reminds me of the headline of an article written about me in LA Times. I was saving heirloom veggie species at that time. The reporter asked me during the interview how i processed the seeds of Moon and Stars watermelon. I told him i just ate them and spit them out. He then wrote a very nice article, but the headline was Seed Saver Spits to Save Endangered Species.
very cool story!
I would NOT be concerned that you done have any Garcinias yetThe Whole Foods where I live sells imported FRESH mangosteen in the spring. Going to pick some up the following week. As to have I tried any that will grow in the area, I am yet to do so. Thanks everyone.
I would be more concerned if yo had a wide number of species growing. I would like to ask if you have tried ANY fresh Garcinias at all (not including canned mangosteen) especially those readily growable in either you are my area but I am afraid of the answer I would receive.
Thanks PM...unfortunately the reason I bought seedlings was because NO one in my area sold Feijoa's at all...the only nursery that it and was told it was a NO name (seedling) variety...plus I totally suck at "grafting",lol...tried several times and NO luck!Oh, well some kinds of grafting work better than others, just make sure to get the cambium(green) layers to match up very well. If not matching then ehhh... dead graft. A good beginner graft is the cleft graft, I used this on apple trees and the grafted tree set flowers first, no leaves nothing but the branch and flowers. Most of them set fruit but I only left one which become a tasty Dorset apple. As for the lack of feijoa's in your area, try asking for nice scionwood of fruiting fejoa's once you get good at grafting.
Ooh, how hardy are those two?Oh? From your knowledge that is superior to mine, what do you think is the closest related species to mangosteen taht is NOT a Garcinia mangostana supsp.?
Probably G. malaccensis and G. celebica
http://www.actahort.org/books/975/975_16.htm
