The Tropical Fruit Forum

Is red crystal same as taiwanese ruby seedless?

Kaz is correct that mentioned Asian guavas are not very sweet. They are mildly sweet and crunchy. I have had crystal and pearl guavas. Crystal was a tad bit sweeter than Taiwan century but slow to grow and died on me.  I still have pearl guava but like Taiwan century better. I have grafted Pakistani yellow guava and Ahmedabadi guava to Taiwan Century

Is pakistan guava same as arabian guava?

Hi Kaz,

Do you have more than one yellow passion fruit variety? I bought cuttings from you before and one rooted (glad you gave extras). The fruit sample is also good. Can eat right out as it is not sour. Just curious if this is same one or a different type.

Why white? Are pink or purple not that sweet?

Hi, is my first message!
I've a 2 years old Icepeach tree, I'll harvest some fruits this year.

Thats nice. Seems like this fruit has not made its way to the U.S yet. You able to send seeds and cuttings?

Yeah, they serve a good purpose. When they first opened there was alot of different varieties and nice selection of pawpaws.

Bought the guava at asian market, soft type it seems. Seeds are hard like a pomegranate with hard seeds, but still chewable. Slightly sweet.

Is the tree grafted or are you saying it's producing fruit from a seed planted in the ground or with no graft ?

Tree grown from seed and fruited. I named it PL2.

I have another loquat tree grown from seed that I call PL1. The fruits are smaller but very good complex flavors.

I like sharing with neighbors, family and friends because no shipping is needed.

 Creating a label, packing, going to post office, takes so much time. For this reason when I sell anything theres usually a minimum to make it worth the time. But what i sell usually doesnt match my hourly wage, so it isnt worth the time. I still sell fruits and cuttings for people to have opportunity to try or get new plants, but buyer has to be considerate of the above.

Any pictures of fruit? White or orange flesh? How it taste?

Quote from: MarktLee on March 17, 2024, 07:18:09 PM

They say to graft when the rootstock has leaves the size of squirrels ears. I get 100 % takes this way.

I don't have squirrels in my area. How big are their ears?

  I had a good laugh with this one. Lucky you to not have destructive squirrels. I catch and released 3 so far within a month.

I dont even recognize their ears....next one i catch i will let you know.

I have a couple of suggestions for you.

Remove all weeds and organic matters around the trunk.
Make a ring of rock 3-4” around trunk.
Add 2” of pebbles and sand inside the ring.
Those make it hot and dry for the pests.

Wrap the wound with foil to block sun and wind.
It speed up callusing.

Try them.

I will do exactly that. Thanks for the suggestion, greatly appreciate.

I was thinking same. Going to scrap off rotted bark, clean with soap, then im use fire to burn the moisture and mildew.