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If you don't know, my area is in a huge drought...
In the last 70+ days, we've only gotten 0.42 inches of rain...
That's only 0.16 more inches than what Death Valley Got during the same time period.
The plants are so sad lol.
How is everyone else doing?
When researching land in FL, I heard that some places don't get much rain during the winter at all either.

Hope you get some good rain soon. That seems very out of the norm for y’all on that side of the Appalachian mountains. Here in Lexington, NC we would be down in rainfall amounts for the year if we didn’t get so much rain in the Summer. Now my rain barrel is empty and the ground is dry. I planted some Feijoa in September and they are looking rough even with some watering. Will have to see how they look in the Spring. We typically get a lot of our rain in September to October from tropical storm remnants and that didn’t happen this year. They are saying this Winter supposed to be wetter than normal so we will see.

Sold Thanks TFF

Received all the plants from the special today. They were packaged great and look very healthy. Thanks for the deal!

Glad you are enjoying those plants. Thanks Chris.

Sold. Thanks Tropical Fruit Forum

After some thought I am deciding to sell my Eugenia ternatifolia Uvaia maracujá. Only reason is I need to focus on dwarf species that can fruit well in a pot easily and not get too tall. This is a very rare species in Brazil and very ornamental with new leaves coming out reddish brown with a bright green midrib vein. Fruits are reported to taste much better than common Uvai Eugenia pyriformis with a sweeter passionfruit flavor. Apparently the leaves must taste good too as the inch worms were liking it the best. I will send it well protected inside a 18x6x6 box with guessed weight around 4.5lbs using USPS Priority shipping or UPS ground if within 4 day delivery time and weather permits. I use Pirate Ship for discounts. To get you an idea Tampa FL is $7 and CA is $15 UPS Ground or $19 UPS 3 day. There is a little room in this box to send a couple small plants so check out my other post to see those. One of those species is a very nice variety of Eugenia punicifolia with sweet fruits and smaller round tip leaves from the Caatinga. I can send them semi bare-root $8 each of 2 for $12 with no extra shipping cost. Send payment through PayPal. Any ? please PM me. Thanks and have a great day, David











This is shipping to 90210 CA

Ok here is the First Frost Last Call Too Special. The first that responds to this will receive 8 Psidium guineense in 2 vars which is 4 Strawberry Amazonia and 4 Cerrado, 1 Campomanesia guazumifolia,2 Geonoma pauciflora and 1 PB fruit Bunchosia glandulifera for $42 free cont USA USPS Priority shipping.I also have a couple available Eugenia punicifolia var Caatinga that can be sent semi bare-root in exchange of any plants other the the Psidium guineense. These would be $8 each. This variety has sweet fruits and smaller rounded tip leaves. I had to adjust price due to after shipping the special #1 the 2 treepots took up too much room so I had to ship in a large rate box that cost me $5 more than the medium. I just went up $6 but also added another palm seedling.

I made a “ First Frost Special” because they are calling for a low of 28F here in NC Thursday. First person that messages that they want it will get it. $36 with free USA shipping of 10 Psidium guineense in 3 vars, 4 Morango, 4 Cerrado and 2 Caatinga and 2 Campomanesia guazumifolia. I’ve seen reports of C. guazumifolia in ground handling 15F with no damage. I don’t know the duration of that temperature but it is one of the most cold hardy Myrtaceae with good fruits.

Annona sp Caatinga Laranja

I have limited quantities left of the Psdium guineense 8 Cerrado, 8 Morango and 4 Caatinga

Psidium sp Varzea Amazon Floodplain. Bellamy has these cheap in the clearance section.

Thanks for the Australe seedlings David, they look great! Even hooked it up with a bonus one.

Awesome to hear they are all well and you are enjoying them. Here is an Australe I have grown from seed obtained July of last year with already 1 fruit on it. Good chance your seedlings might start fruiting next year.

Quote from: Giant Gecko on October 24, 2023, 12:23:05 PM

I want to show y'all this, here is 1 Psidium schenckianum that was planted in a 3” wide 8” deep treepot, they clearly grow much better in a deeper pot. Sometimes I learn the hard way on growing. I think now that in their native biome if their taproot gets dry they will go into shutdown mode like they are going into the dry period of the year. Good drainage but with consistent moisture at the tap root and good light is key. Also I highly doubt these Caatinga species will handle much more than maybe a light frost, luckily they are small enough to move around or protect.

I was quite surprised to see how well rooted these small plants were. Most of them had roots all the way down to the bottom of the cells. I am already seeing them take off some after getting into bigger pots with fresh soil. I can tell I'll be up potting fairly frequently till around 15g.

Some of these species especially ones from the Caatinga can have maybe 2 inches of top growth and 8 inches of roots. Glad to hear they are already starting to grow well for you.