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.?

Oh, it was listed as a Myrciaria, syn. Plinia.

they can be eaten, my friend grows them in new zealand.

Hey everyone, l was looking for some pineapple alternative, so I found the Screw Pine fruit, looks similar, is edible, and supposedly tastes good. All help is appreciated, Thank-you

Thanks Oscar, I will start with the mexican garcinia as son as you get it in stock. Then Kokum, then slowly down to lemon drop mangosteen, etc.

Hey everyone, I did some research and found that the Seashore Mangosteen(Garcinia hombroniana) would be MUCH easier to grow and fruit here than normal mangosteen. So does anybody have or no of a source where to get plants? Thank-you

Sucks for him. In while I agree, we should invest in cameras, unless you are hidden in a hill like me, up a long screwed road not well known.

Yes ASaffron, scientist's are going to find out how to make some sorta serum that you put on the cambium layer that somehow can cross the DNA... we can only be patient until then.

I have already figured out the problem, as soon as I plant a fresh batch of seeds fungus gnat flies buzz around there and lay their eggs. So how can I keep them away? I have found that keeping a humidifier nearby helps a lot because it sucks them into the filter because of there poor flying skills + they don't like the high humidity. For already infested areas spoonful of hydrogen peroxide and .5 cup of water kills em' on the spot. What would be the most efficient way to get rid of the flies so I wouldn't have the larvae in the first place though?

Quote from: PedalaiMaster on April 14, 2013, 09:33:59 PM

Yes there annoying, I read something about a solution of 1 part Hydrogen PEroxide and 4 parts water watered in the soil would kill them and then turn into water and oxygen molecules. Anyone had experience with that?

Pm, don't use Hydrogen peroxide...it will make the soil blond:-) An easy way...pop all the soil in a transparent bag and put the bag in the sun for several days or few weeks to sterilize the soil...this method is called soil solarization.

Actually that worked! I watered with that solution, no blonde soil, and had a 96% germination rate and the ones that died were NOT because of fungus gnat. I ordered a new pair of seeds from oscar and some jacana too. Also EVERYONE PLEASE READ I am not talking about fungus gnat eggs already being in the soil, im talking about after they were in the pots little black flies were showing up everywhere. Not already in the soil because I used a just bought bag of Edna Stone sterile medium potting soil.

I lost two marangs because of them fungus gnats

I tell some of my friends what I have been growing, I talk about common stuff like Jaboticaba and they say " Whoa whoa whoa, slow down, jaboti.... whaaa? Man bunch O this rare stuff isn't going to be rare anymore if they would give us a bit of support, Mex. Mangosteen could be a common tree, nothing special, people would look at Benda; Artocarp. elasticus and say, "I'm getting tired of eating this fruit, want to try something new". Durio Macrantha would be widely known as the most common durian around the world because of its cold hardiness, flavor, lack of smell. Then stuff that's common to us now might be forgotten, cherimoyas could become super rare, mangosteen extinct, let's not think that way though, just have a little bit of everything, "a little of the pouteria's here, yea i'd like some durios over here, oh and right here put a few of those annonas.

Yes there annoying, I read something about a solution of 1 part Hydrogen PEroxide and 4 parts water watered in the soil would kill them and then turn into water and oxygen molecules. Anyone had experience with that?