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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: harvest in the Czech Republic
« on: June 15, 2016, 05:28:20 PM »
Congratulation.
I hope you enjoyed eating them.
I hope you enjoyed eating them.
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Thanks. Has your tree fruited and if so, how do thy taste?
They are one of the most difficult species to send the seeds of as they are so prone to spoiling. I wonder how many people had seeds of them survive from me. I did send black, green, yellow and red types around of the best types. The eye popping giant Fiji longan which I posted pix of before doesn't have as crispy a shell. It is one of the white whales in my area I am yet to bag as the failed wet season meant the tree didn't fruit early this year like it should have.
I bought from Beni last year through EMS took only 6 days to arrive, and seeds arrive root with white mold, he resend again for free just me paying the EMS again, same results death seedsDid you ask Maryoto? I bought some from him a while back. They were with good germination too.
I have only asked beni. Still waiting for his pm.
Thanks
With white mold, when I inform him the same thing happened his answer was "sorry I always fail with Matoa" hopefully you have better luck, I'm also in the market from Matoa....
Could be Red Guava
You might have nailed it Moh'd
Here's a photo from an ebay seller:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Guava-Fruit-Plant-Tree-5-feet-tall-in-a-3-gallons-pot-25-Ea-/282034075523?hash=item41aa8a7783:g:65IAAOSwepJXU3kw
Did you ask Maryoto? I bought some from him a while back. They were with good germination too.
Thank you all . I will graft a scion on a small 50 cm Sabara ( split graft OK) , Get some of the products suggested and drench the plant . Wait a week and if no reaction dig out the plant and replant in a big pot .
I know - Sonoran desert vs Arabian desert totally different ecosystem - but you might find this an interesting readhttps://books.google.com.ph/books?id=fv2GAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=grow+cacao+in+desert&source=bl&ots=YsbnEVb9F9&sig=vNbFTdyRE_WO-5-x77JrW7ohIII&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3vpac2o_NAhXFjJQKHa1nD7Y4ChDoAQgjMAA#v=onepage&q=grow%20cacao%20in%20desert&f=false:
I found germination of these to be quite good. I had a pod I got locally but procrastinated too long to extract the seed (pod turning brown). When I finally got them out, it was pretty nasty to try to clean the seeds off, with a slimy, snotty pulp that smelled like bad clams that did not want to come off the seeds. Despite this, I got very high germination.
I had corresponded with a guy in Central America about these & they supposedly do very well in wet areas, so he plants his mocambo in parts of his farm not well suited to cacao. I am easing my first plants into full sun (here in HI) now, in a wetter part of my property.
John
Seed germination was very easy for me. I planted all the seeds from one pod, and all but one seed germinated. I don't think they like straight sunlight or any competition from weeds.
Yes, it's easy to grow, but probably has lots of limitations. In Mexico, for instance, I don't think it is grown in very dry areas. It is grown along with cacao where there is high humidity. Perhaps if it grows well for Luc then it could be grown in Dubai.
Peter
Hello Friend,
The growth is easy, but germination is tense!
I brought several fruits in 2014 in Manaus, germination was very poor, but I think it was the fault of the winter here in my region of Brazil.
Germination is a little better than the germination of cupuaçu.
The taste is very tasty, and the tree grows well fast!Very easy to grown, and is very vigorous in right conditions. I don't know though that they will stand heat over 40 C? They have large leaves, so can dry out very fast. Don't plant in area susceptible to wind. Much more upright and bigger than cacao.
Very easy to grown, and is very vigorous in right conditions. I don't know though that they will stand heat over 40 C? They have large leaves, so can dry out very fast. Don't plant in area susceptible to wind. Much more upright and bigger than cacao.
Pretty easy to grow, They stand heat well, keep mostly shaded or in filtered light, I have mine under some big trees so it gets dappled light all day with a little over an hour of full evening sun. Mine are about 2 years old. Just keep watered on Hot days but you can let it dry out for a couple days for the most part, the leaves will show you when their stressed and need water.
I think I tried sweet tamarind from Thailand a couple of times & got zero germination. I think some others have reported success with tamarind so I think that their irradiation dosage might be erratic, even for the same species?
John
Are you sure they are from Asia? I don't mean to imply you are wrong, but even at Asian supermarkets in my area, many of the asian fruits are coming from Colombia, Nicaragua, and others where they don't irradiate. Just a thought.
All depends on dosage at which they are irradiated. Smaller fruits might get stronger dose just because of their size. I don't think durians are irradiated. Also some of the fruits you mention might have different protocol other than irradiation...there are other treatments.