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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Do you guys propagate during the winter? If so, how?
« on: November 28, 2023, 09:35:13 AM »
Usually starting some kind of seeds year round, but our climate is not typical of forum members. It's still a good idea to get a jump on Spring.

Just got a bunch of passiflora and pepper seeds, time to do some soaking and sowing.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rosigold v. Dwarf Hawaiian?
« on: November 27, 2023, 07:08:53 PM »
They both are good mangoes, and I will happily eat RGs and DHs while waiting for the primo choices. DH is better to me, and RGs start to get boring after a while.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Shade tolerant Mango Variety
« on: November 27, 2023, 02:45:05 PM »
The best Sweet Tarts and Coco Creams I've had were shade grown. Just weren't that many.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Check out this guys YouTube Channel!
« on: November 26, 2023, 02:00:14 PM »
Glad to see you posting about your growing and fruit adventures, and love of chickens. Always great to see what other people are doing, and you have something special going on up there. Following

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Shade tolerant Mango Variety
« on: November 26, 2023, 01:55:15 PM »
I have a few mangoes growing in partial to moderate shade. They are very healthy, but fruit production has been low. Maybe, as they get older and taller, things will improve. Curious to hear what cultivars produce well in shade.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help! What’s going on with my MUSA Florida
« on: November 26, 2023, 01:50:11 PM »
I have a hard time not overwatering bananas in pots. Might be a good idea to pop it in the ground, with fresh and well draining media.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Kishus Are Doing Well This Year!
« on: November 26, 2023, 11:26:56 AM »
Candy tree! Well done, she's a beauty.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Happy Thanksgiving !!!
« on: November 23, 2023, 10:29:23 AM »
Happy Thanksgiving Kaz and TFF!!! Very grateful for all the sharing of knowledge and plant material, ya'll brighten my days and yard.

=)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2023 Mango Season
« on: November 23, 2023, 10:27:48 AM »
Quote from: Timbogrow on November 23, 2023, 10:03:35 AM
Those fruit from the choc anon were like a mix between a lemon meringue/ coconut cream. Really caught me off guard how great they were. Easily better than coconut cream. They had some ataulfo mangos at Sam's last week that were actually palatable and ripened up correctly so I went back and got another box which is almost gone now 😆

You are making me crave mangoes bad, even with all the Thanksgiving delights on the way. Mix bw LM and CC!?!? So jealous!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Do I bring this newly grafted tree in?
« on: November 23, 2023, 12:20:44 AM »
40's shoudln't kill a healthy mulberry, but will slow growth. I would bring it in when it's cold, till it gets established.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are there dwarf loquats
« on: November 22, 2023, 08:04:58 AM »
I would ask Kaz.

With select pruning once, maybe twice per year, should have no problem keeping loquat at manageable size.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Nutrients Lacking in Russell's Sweet Garcinia
« on: November 21, 2023, 07:33:44 PM »
Plant medium looks strange to me. Garcinias can be finicky about soil and root conditions. May want to repot. Russells can get a pretty deep tap root, tall skinny pots work well with my small plants.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thai giant jujube
« on: November 21, 2023, 07:30:05 PM »
Accidentally girdled ours, to lift it back up after a storm. Tree grew over the rope, and flowered like crazy that year. Ours grows pretty aggressively, and has recovered well from a few girdlings now, even on the main trunk. It flowers and fruits well now without girdling.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical Fruit in video games
« on: November 21, 2023, 10:19:17 AM »
Pikmin games have lots of fruit, as does Zelda BOTW.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thai giant jujube
« on: November 21, 2023, 10:18:06 AM »
Quote from: canito 17 on November 21, 2023, 10:04:24 AM
I always use girdling to increase production

+1

Girdling has helped ours as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Improved Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)??
« on: November 20, 2023, 01:36:46 PM »
Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on November 20, 2023, 01:25:40 PM
There's a native wild one that grows all the way up here.
It's good tasting just like any other passionfruit.
Super cool to see them up north like that

Send some cuttings! =)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Improved Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)??
« on: November 20, 2023, 01:20:34 PM »
Ask and ye shall receive:

https://onegreenworld.com/product-category/vines/passiflora/

Haven't tried any of these yet, but was impressed to see different cultivars of maypop.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thai giant jujube
« on: November 20, 2023, 01:17:27 PM »
Only need one tree. Fruit is okay tastewise. It is wonderful as a refreshing winter fruit. I've learned not all fruits need to be flavor bombs. Also, is medicinal. Anecdotally, my kid was suffering from growing pains, and when ate at least one jujube, no growing pains that night.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pruning Young Multi-trunk Jabos - Help
« on: November 20, 2023, 01:11:42 PM »
Leave them all. Jabos grow slow and fruit from the trunk. More chances for fruit!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: November 19, 2023, 01:31:54 PM »
Quote from: K-Rimes on November 19, 2023, 01:21:32 PM
Quote from: roblack on November 19, 2023, 01:14:09 PM
Your "yard" is amazing! Can see you have put a lot of time and energy into your creation. Must be fun wandering around, finding new growth, flowers, and fruit. If you ever get lost on your property, should be able to survive for a while.

Have to ask, does the owl help?

=)

It is definitely fun wandering around, I spend hours doing it a day I'd guess!

Regarding the owl, considering I see birds land on its head, no, I wouldn't say it helps!

It's a beautiful owl, nonetheless! lmao

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: November 19, 2023, 01:14:09 PM »
Your "yard" is amazing! Can see you have put a lot of time and energy into your creation. Must be fun wandering around, finding new growth, flowers, and fruit. If you ever get lost on your property, should be able to survive for a while.

Have to ask, does the owl help?

=)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia Pisiformis
« on: November 19, 2023, 12:11:39 PM »
Yowza! Those are nice GG! Great job.

Here is my pair:







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia Pisiformis
« on: November 18, 2023, 07:43:40 PM »
Hasn't been circulated for long, so who knows how many people have fruiting plants. Hopefully a forum member has tried and can chime in. Have to wonder how much variability there is in fruit from seedlings.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Starting a farm in Southern California
« on: November 18, 2023, 07:36:34 PM »
Beautiful transformation! The pond looks serene. Congratulations, and thanks for sharing. Following =)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Can Garcinias Bounce Back After Dropping All Leaves?
« on: November 18, 2023, 10:45:51 AM »
This is awesome! Fruitguy is alive, AND g. prainiana appears to have a shot
=)

Thank you for all the input and info everyone

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