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Soil looks too dry. They will lose their leaves in winters if not happy. Will regrow in right conditions. Don't worry too much.

Hey all,
Here's what I want to buy or trade this coming year.
Of course it's the worst time to send stuff, but this is for the future year:
Mango
-sweet tart
-lemon zest
-ppk
-sugarloaf
Any variety of lychee I don't have (Mauritius, sweet tart, hak ip)
lemon drop rootstock
jaboticaba rootstock
butterscotch sapodilla

That's all I can think of, but I'll update this throughout the year.
I'm open to trading or buying. Also, I may just snatch them up in FL when I'm there hopefully next summer cause shipping is annoying sometimes.

In talking about soil mixes I didn’t see that anyone mentioned clay.  Most garcinias occur naturally in soils that are primarily clay.  Peat, perlite, etc.  where’s the clay?
Peter

Clay soil in pots isn’t the best in the long term for zone pushers, but the g.brasiliensis I have in ground loves the clay here.

New pictures of my madruno. Both have pushed growth twice and the disfigured one continues to do so, I think it might be calcium deficiency.

The soil you are using looks kinda decent but not good. That could be a reason of nutrient deficiency.
Use a good quality soil mix.

Are they near ripe? Then I would go ahead and get them.
Better to have some than none.
22 is gonna be hard to protect fruits unless you use something to boost temps.

well they offer etsy protection so from a monetary standpoint you have no risk, worst case scenario you open a ticket and get a full refund

but yeah I agree their website looks dumb for their target audience, they're trying to market it toward instagram and coming off as very cringey. They're playing into average people reading it and being like 'woah we can only get this fruit here' when really you can only get that variety for sure

I agree. There are better ways to get this plant.

Looking good!

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on December 15, 2022, 09:01:35 PM

Shoutout to Nate for sending me a super cool davidsons plum!
Rispa, enjoy those z-4 jaboticaba! Kinda hard to find still and they are superior in every way to the red from what I’ve heard from my source!

Also thanks tru for setting this up! It was a lot of fun!

Woo-hoo! Got them right before the cold hit thankfully. Thank you so much!

Glad they made it looking nice!

What would cause this cut to not heal?
I fertilize 8-3-9
But realize too much N
What is a good comp for fertilizer?

Anyone got some? Farwell fruit farm had some for sale that died for me.
It's such a beauftiful plant species
I say some calyptranthes millspaughii in Mexico and was amazed. Unfortunately I didn't find seeds or have a permit at that time

This is the trick to speed up germination rates too.
Cinnamon apple took a year for me but 2 weeks for someone else after they removed the seed coat.

Lara Farms has it right now. Wish I could get some to CA.
https://larafarmsmiami.com/

Thanks. I just don’t want to commit $50 in the end to try these lol.
If anyone has a few that’d be more ideal.
Worst case I’ll order some from them.

Hi! I am no expert but I am eating lunch right now with someone who is:) the “best” time is from late nov to late January. There is fruit year round but most of the ones you are looking for fruit at the start of the rainy season. Opposite seasons of the northern hemisphere. I have a cool calendar and book  I can take a picture of with all fruits that happen during any given month. June July august is cold dry winter and the worse of the months for fruit. 
Start in Brasilia and work your way to Alto Paraiso.

Jabo45 unfortunately you don’t really want to try klotzchiana. I have a bunch of seeds that I never put on website because it was so bitter. I thought about selling as ornamental but then my Brasilian friends tried to make juice from in and had some ummm
 “Issues” from both ends. 

Thanks for the information! Looks like winter is the only time that is worth the travel.
I read Farwell Fruit Farm's taste description on klotschiana and James said he liked it a lot and gave it a solid 8/10.
Maybe there's some missing factors?