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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Avocado Scion Cuttings For Sale
« on: December 15, 2022, 02:44:08 PM »
Varieties Include...Sharwil/zutano, Green Gold, Ota, Malama, Yamagata, San Miguel

Will cut pieces by demand so they will be as fresh as possible. Can wrap in parafilm by demand, I also dip the cut ends in bees wax to keep fresh.

Located in Kauai. $5 per cutting plus shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Mango Scions
« on: December 15, 2022, 02:21:36 PM »
Quote from: vibuyer on December 04, 2022, 05:52:02 PM
Do you  know anyone who may have any mango scions now?

I have some available, located in Kauai, HI.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scion Wood
« on: December 04, 2022, 04:47:35 PM »
Quote from: schatzle78 on December 03, 2022, 12:05:53 PM
Is there a minimum order? I sent in an order via PM and haven't heard back.

I just responded, no minimum order.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scion Wood
« on: December 04, 2022, 04:45:18 PM »
Quote from: spaugh on December 02, 2022, 06:41:00 PM
You sure it's not sharwil grafted to zutano rootstock?  Post a picture of the fruit if you have one.

I'm in for some san miguel scions in January if they are still available.

Not sure, was not the one who planted the tree. It looks like sharwil. I can send some san Miquel in January for sure.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scion Wood
« on: December 02, 2022, 01:12:05 PM »
Quote from: FloridaManDan on December 01, 2022, 09:13:01 PM
How long do you normally take cuttings for this time of year? I have a few avocado seedlings that may be ready to graft soon.

Thanks,
Dan

I am cutting off ends of branches where new buds are forming, 4-6 inches long.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Avocado Scion Wood
« on: December 02, 2022, 01:10:55 PM »
Hybrid variety bought from plant it Hawaii

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Avocado Scion Wood
« on: December 01, 2022, 02:45:36 PM »
Varieties Include...Sharwil/zutano, Green Gold, Ota, Malama, Yamagata, San Miguel

Will cut pieces by demand so they will be as fresh as possible. Can wrap in parafilm by demand, I also dip the cut ends in bees wax to keep fresh.

Located in Kauai. $5 per cutting plus shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Avocado Scion Wood
« on: November 14, 2022, 05:29:50 PM »
Varieties Include...Sharwil/zutano, Green Gold, Ota, Malama, Yamagata, Fujikawa, San Miguel

Will cut pieces by demand so they will be as fresh as possible.

Located in Kauai. $5 per cutting plus shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Avocado Scion Cuttings For Sale
« on: October 17, 2022, 09:44:15 PM »
Varieties Include...Sharwil/zutano, Green Gold, Ota, Malama, Yamagata, Fujikawa, San Miguel

Will cut pieces by demand so they will be as fresh as possible.

Located in Kauai. $5 per cutting plus shipping.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Avocado Scion Wood
« on: October 17, 2022, 03:49:36 PM »
Hello All,

I have 8 types of Hawaiian avocados trees on my farm here on Kauai and we are looking into selling scion wood. I am aware that many of these avocado types will not grow very well in places like California but I was curious what the market is like in places like Florida where the climate is similar to here. We have had success with grafting scion from our own trees and I'd love to be able to share these with interested growers.

Have any of you had success in selling pieces of scion wood on places like Etsy? We are working on establishing our own website to list our products but I am just trying to get a sense of the market for this product. If anyone has any insight into this market or advice on where to sell I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: "Breeding" cold hardy avocadoes from supermarket seeds?
« on: September 18, 2022, 05:10:16 PM »
They should be shipping that scion wood world wide

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Double Grafting Avocados (two species one tree)
« on: September 15, 2022, 07:44:14 PM »
Hello All,
I am curious if any of you have ever grafted two different species of avocado onto one rootstock for the purpose of having one tree produce avocados year round. I want to experiment with this but I cannot find too much information regarding this type of thing online. Also which species of avocado grows well in the summer in Hawaii?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Who ships Tropical Fruit Scions/Budwood Internationally reliably?
« on: September 08, 2022, 12:25:58 PM »
Hello,
DM me. I have avocado scion wood that I could ship to you from Kauai.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado Scion Cuttings
« on: September 08, 2022, 12:03:00 PM »
Thank you everyone for the advice, all very helpful information.

Has anyone stored scion wood for over a month or two? Is there a recommended method for doing so? We experimented with grafting 6 month old scion wood that had been refrigerated and had a 20% success rate (higher than I thought considering some of it was molding). I was thinking of maybe sealing freshly cut scion with wax, vacuum sealing the pieces, and storing in the refrigerator. Obviously grafting fresh scion will probably yield better results but I just want to experiment with a few different methods.

Also does anyone have a favorite grafting knife setup? I have been using a regular box cutter which seems to work but from what I've seen there may be oils on those replaceable razors that could affect the growth.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Avocado Scion Cuttings
« on: September 06, 2022, 06:34:45 PM »
Hello All,
I just found this forum and I am very excited to gain important knowledge of tropical fruits. For context I am located in Kauai and we have close to 200 avocado trees which are about 3.5 years old. This is the first year that we will have a significant harvest starting now through early spring.

My question mainly revolves around scion wood for grafting. I have heard the only time to cut scion wood for grafting is when the tree is budding, I just wanted to verify if that is true or not.

Also we have 8 different species of mainly Hawaiian avocado on the land and we are looking into potentially selling scion wood from all of these depending on demand. Is there a general ratio of scion wood that you can cut as to not affect your harvest in the following season? Obviously any pruning will affect the production of fruit but since pruning is recommended anyway, is there a rule of thumb for taking scion wood off a healthy tree?

This may be very specific but any information regarding cutting scion wood for grafting purposes would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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