The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thanks Ice cream Bean!

A bad review is just as useful as a good one-

cheers

Here is my seedling from San Diego Botanic Garden-

Growing with two stalks now because something damaged it early on-

Wanted to add my observations on this species as I am growing it now, and it seems to be gaining interest (again?)

First I sourced my seeds from JibrilEnterprises in Ghana- he is the man-

I sowed them in 100%vermiculite and watered pretty much daily- left them outside here in z9

My structure looks a bit different from the other pictures here- but It may just be because they are seedlings- it looks like the downy new growth

I had a few pop up after 2 years-







I had thought that I killed all of mine last year (as indicated by the Eugenia patirisii coplanted with it right now) but this is definitely as 2 year old that came back with some vigor-



I'm saving most of these at the moment to see if I can get some more cold tolerant ones but may let some go in the future-

Seems great for growing in pots, and could be a real gem if grafting to it proves to be successful

Thanks D!

You're the man as always-

I'll consider taking you up on that.

While we are on the subject- I assume the same would be true for Theobroma and Cola spp. Jonah?

Are you still distributing these nullzero?

I think I managed to get 5 from Bush2Beach and a few more from around here

never had the selected varieties but even the wild fruits are pretty tasty-

also a 0 maintenance plant-

they are seedy but I just suck all the pulp out and then spit the seeds- other people are fans of making juice

they are all in pots currently-

the species I have are here

G. acuminata
G. brasiliensis
G. celebica
G. humilis
G. indica
G. kola
G. sp. "Lindero"
G. livingstonei
G. macrophylla
G. mangostana
G. sp. "Mandrono"
G. vleerackeii
R. aristata
R. sp. - this is the unlabeled one from Fruit and Spice Park in Miami if anyone wants to go snip

They are in a pretty sheltered spot of my yard, and I can set up autowatering- but I will be moving across state lines so popping back to move the pots is a non-option

You can maybe have some roblack haha

Happy to take cecropia cuttings- I have 3 independent plants

Most likely offshoots-

I have many of these that sucker from the base

I did some tests this afternoon and I think there are a confluence of problems causing some low pressure points in my system

• I have a few runs of 1/4" poly that are more than 10 feet - tested by closing these off with goof plugs (saw some rise in pressure)
• Elevation - Tested by placing the sprinklers on the ground instead of the pots on pallets (bigger rise in pressure)
• Not a closed loop
• possibly too many emitters

At this point I have resolved to close the loop by running ~20ft of 3/4" or 1" pvc under the driveway. (I tested digging with a pickaxe and it actually wasn't so bad) I think I will just connect the poly to the pvc and have the water run through the pvc instead of sleeving it, but if it is a relatively easy DIY I could be convinced to sleeve it. If I have dead ends into drip lines (like on the bottom left of the picture) is this a problem? I could also close these loops

I think this will solve problems 2 and 3 (dear god please) but as far as point #1 goes I am not sure If I should close the loop on the 1/4" poly runs, swap the 1/4" poly runs for 1/2" (again closing the loop back to the 3/4" main) or just go with some sprinklers that will cover area

I don't think there is much of a way around #4- I have a ton of plants and especially if I am trying to put 2 emitters per plant in ground the number will be in the 100's

Any and all help appreciated- my time to fix this is dwindling

so basically you are saying lay pvc under the gravel and feed poly through?

2 questions-

1. Why not just have an adapter to pvc and run the water through the pvc for the portion under the driveway?

2. I am running 3/4" poly for the main line on most parts- so would a 1" pvc with a 3/4" poly compression adaptor work?

I am experiencing pressure loss at a few points in the system- going to try to close most of the loops to see if that corrects it-

I am running less than 500' of total line but I have a ton of emitters

So I was out looking for apartments this past weekend and of course stole some time to go to SFBG- a lot of cool stuff happening on the trees right now

Luma apiculata- flowering like crazy but no fruit set yet-



Ugni molinae- tons of fruitlets and blooms but nothing ripe yet- almost broke my tooth on one






Vaccinium ovatum- quite tasty huckleberries- seem to need no care







Eugenia spp?



Arbutus unedo- some people say this is bland but I think they are quite good- just like strawberries



Another Eugenia spp?



Can anyone ID these Passiflora?
Number 1

Number 2