The Tropical Fruit Forum

Two of my blueberry variety bushes , one unknown and two bluecrops have a problem with their flower buds. Their buds started swelling very early in the winter ,like december but stayed closed, just had plumped up. Now the one unknown had several flower buds ,and when inspecting them I found out they are dead/ brown inside ....the bluecrops also have fully dead buds, but the majority of them just have their bracts dried out, but the will tiny flower dots between them seem alive .....is this cold burn ?? I really think this is due to the waking up and plumping before the coldest of the winter, the others which had not plumped in the fall are as regular starting to do it now and have fine looking all green flower buds .

How do I prevent them from waking so early ?? They are planted in the ground so I think if this becomes a regular basis happening I will have to grow them in containers and bring them in a basement for winter.....
I will provide pics later this day

Anyone have tried this, what was the outcome of the graft ??

I bought myself a grafted mini calamondin plant ,and just read that they are not cold hardy, I was thinking of overwintering it the next winter in my basement with temps that go to 1-2 and up C . Are they tenderer compared to lemons, mandarins, pumello ,which I overwinter there without a problem by now....
Also was wondering about your taste reviels on the fruit, is it worth it ?? Net sais its sour and that its used as a substitute for lemon and lime....

Hi, I want to make a trellis or base for a vanilla orchid and other orchids in general , for my green house . I found a dried tree trunk with pleasant curves and want to use this, and want to paint the bottom to make it last long. Does bitumen release any chemicals in the soil around ?? Anyone done this?? I have painted in the past such wood which then was hammered into the soil, and 5-6 years later ,the painted part was as new and never rotted. I am talking only about the part that sits into the soil ...thank  u very much and have a nice day !!😃

Hi all, when do you start fertilizing your blueberry plants ?? Mine have started to slew buds and I was wondering when should I start fertilizing them ....I generally use blueberry special fertilizer , what fert are u all using??

I have several rooted dragon fruit(undatus) cuttings which started growing about two weeks ago. I also have some df seedlings of yellow megalanthus which are at cotyledon leave stage now. I want to graft the megalanthus seedlings on the undatus's new growth , but should I wait till the seedlings get bigger ?? I generally want to graft them now since the babies are not doing much on their own and I think the rooted cuttings will give them the power to grow , but if I have to wait ,I will. I watched videos about, and people seem to use seedlings that have grown some , and not only cotyledons ??  Anyone tried

Is anyone growing this berry plant ?? I have a fe pots of it that are starting to sprout from the roots in my basement and was wondering if I can plant them in the ground in my zone. Last year they did nothing in the pots, are the roots hardy to freezing temps,guess not since its native to the tropics ....thanks !!!

I was wondering if a cherimoya could survive in a unheated basement with no light and temps around 5c? It does not freeze in the basement but the temp in the coldest periods can go below 5C also so...they will surely lose theyr leaves and I thought in this process could they be forsed into dormancy for around 4 months ,with no light and almost no water ?? I successfully am overwintering in there for a second winter pasiflora edulis on caerulea rootstock and several big tamarilos without any cold damage to roots or above ground parts.... tanks !!!

Does it like a hot greenhouse in the summer , or will it appreciate the more cooler temps outside ?? I read they like cooler temps compared to edulis. Last summer the plants were in a gh which was getting around 40C sometimes and they had some kind of a problem on their leaves and did not grew very well.
Will they be better outside ?

Hello, is there a problem with the forum?? The top bar with the sentences - show unread topics since your last visit and show comments on topics u have posted in , is missing along with the picture of the user and the sentence , in my case Hello Plantinyum ..... anyone has this problem ??
 Just found another problem.. the treads seem to be reversed like , the top comment is on the bottom of the pages ..they are messed up

Has someone fruited a malabar chestnut in a pot ? I will by myself one pot with the weaved up plants and i'm actually thinking of unweaving them and planting them in separate pots. Do they take transplanting well Thanks for sharing your experience !!

Got interested in this subject , by internet sources I learned that they are compatible and such grafts have been made . Thought it is still not clear to me which of the oak species is most compatible with chestnut. Has anyone experimented with this ??  Thanks so much ☺

Hello and Happy New Year !!! Was wondering If the raw macadamia nuts that come in the stores are any good for starting plants ?? Anyone tried them before, talking about the ones with no shells , I dont think I can find ones with shells on. Any other tropical peeled nuts u have tried to germinate and u had luck ??