The Tropical Fruit Forum

Picked up some plants from Nate, everything looks great.
Great seller, highly recommend.

yee haw! Glad to see! Enjoy the plants!

Should have a real nice spread of Florida mangoes to sample.

Whoaaa sick! Always wanted to try those florida flavors.  Stoked that its just this weekend. I'll be bringing some fresh garlic and garlic scape pesto, some Babaco Papaya and Tropical Apricot.

Hey everyone, just clipped all the scion and I'm wrapping them up. I've got a lot of terminal growth scions that are all bendy from being on droopy low hanging branches. Therefore if you were to graft them the graft would be facing sideways or in some instances upside down.  I think they are likely viable in order to gain the genetics and regraft when it grows new wood. Long term, probably a pretty weak structure.  I'm selling them for $4.00 a piece.  I also have a lot of non-terminal wood for sale at 5.00.  I'll be shipping out tomorrow and orders will close tomorrow morning. 

https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-lucuma-pecan-pie-scions

Thanks for your interest all. 

looks like great selection.

Thanks Lance! Stoked to be focusing a bit more.

Honestly not sure. The specimens we saw in the jungle were solitary as far as we saw but wouldn't be surprised if there were others around we didn't see. I think there's only one tree at fruit and spice in FL? Can anyone weigh in on that?

Howdy all.

Been a long winter of rain around here which has given me some time to travel, collect seeds, and grow out a ton of stuff for a big spring release. 
See below for the new inventory and if you are interested in reading a bit about my recent trip to Colombia, I posted up a sweet write up about the time there with a bunch of awesome high quality pictures. Check it out! Can't wait to do more posts like this.
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/colombia-january-2023


Pouteria lucuma, 'Pecan Pie' Scion
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-lucuma-pecan-pie-scions
This is a preorder intded to allow for the freshest scion to be harvested and shipped within 12 hours of clipping.  I am breaking up the pricing this time to allow for terminal wood at 15$ and non-terminal wood for 5$.  If you bought scion in the past and didn't have luck, please reach out for a discount code. 

Pouteria lucuma, Lucuma seedlings
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-lucuma-lucuma
Lots of fresh Pouteria lucuma seedlings that are ready to be potted up amidst all the spring action.  They have been transplanted a couple of weeks ago and could probably be moved into 5g's if you are in a warm climate. Seeds from Portugal.

Pouteria viridis , Green Sapote seedlings
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-viridis-green-sapote
Got a whole bunch of awesome Cholul seedlings from Guatemala. They are vigorous and have recently been potted up. They could use a little bit of time in a 1g or likely be popped into a 3g or 5g. 

Campomanesia lineatifolia, Paililo
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/campomanesia-lineatifolia-paililo
Seedlings from a a few trees (I was the only one to collect from multiple specimens). This tree is somewhat cold hardy and totally delicious. Think of a sweet lemonade fruit! Although, don't suck on the seeds too long because they have a serious spice!

Inga sp. 'Santa Cruz'
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/inga-sp-santa-cruz
A cold hardy and productive Inga. sp. that has been in santa cruz for quite some time.  The originally tree was planted by Axel and these are seedlings from the progeny of that tree. It's cold hardy as was seen this previous winter and delicious, was stoked to clean all the fruits (eat them) haha.

Eugenia involucrata (sp?) Orange
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/eugenia-sp-orange
Seedlings of my Eugenia sp. Orange from Marcos. This is from the 3rd round of fruiting that this plant has had and they are delicious! No cold damage just defoliation on the plant, a totally amazing specimen for zone pushers.

Plinia inflata, Mulchi
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/plinia-inflata-mulchi
Seedlings from this amazing tree pictured here.  Absolutely awesome tree with some pretty good fruits!

Myrica rubra, Yangmei
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/myrica-rubra-yangmei
A batch of seedlings from Calmei fruits. Growing fast and ready for a pot up!

Annona salzmannii, Beach Sugar Apple
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/annona-salzmannii-beach-sugar-apple
Seedlings from Florida grown fruit.  Really awesome for the opportunity to grow a plant that is being stablizied through domestication. Domesticated plants have been reported to grow better in controlled environments rather than wild collected species.

Rubus neomexicanus, New Mexico Raspberry
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/rubus-neomexicanus-new-mexico-raspberry
A delicious Raspberry collected by Brian Laufer.  Looking forward to trying this one and don't know a bunch about it!

Monstera deliciosa var. Borsigiana
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/monstera-deliciosa-var-borsigiana
Want a screaming deal on this awesome variegated Monstera that is in perpetual high demand? Now's your opportunity to score one for a great price!

Thanks for the continued support all, looking forward to putting together a review of how the winter treated the orchard. Should have something maybe end of spring when things calm down a bit, busy time of year round here! Hope spring is treating everyone well.

Nate

Double wall inflated poly is one of the best and most efficient outer coverings. Totally reccomend it.

I have found psidiums like high humidity to Germinate well. I use moist but not soaking coco coir in a sealed tupperware container with the seeds just covered in medium. Get great germination with most species

Who is gonna start the campomanesia growers association? Kevin? Haha

I had people reach out to me after posting saying they had received similar unviable product and were faced with aggression when bringing it up. I didnt need to bad mouth you, I just shared screenshots of the conversation to my friends to try and understand if I was in the wrong in some way. If that's something you want to post, then by all means. I haven't said or done anything that would reflect poorly on me.

You would expect someone would package seeds properly in order to survive transit for at least a week, which I was well within when going to sow my seeds.  I have not had this problem with other vendors.

Your interpretation of the situation seems to have changed from the time we were on the trip to after the trip. I'm not here to try and analyze what reality you have concocted and are living in, but I know what we talked about and what I was told (which somehow is completely different to your memory). I also know how you responded to me after being ignored two times and then after a third time being more firm with my message but not unreasonable (I literally didn't ask for anything and in my original ignored messages said it wasn't a problem but I wanted to let you know). AFAIK I'm the only one who paid to have the seeds cleaned as Diego asked me to pay and I gladly did.  Was I not there when we collected seeds from the wild, when our guides harvested fruit for us, when I picked up fruit off the ground and put into a communal bag?

After your first aggression filled message you said, "Thanks for making my day". Which was something that I heard you say multiple times when dealing with your seed drama on the trip. It kind of clicked that you seem to like to create conflict and stir things up.  After hearing from other customers that you have given them the same treatment, it only makes me feel glad that I spoke up. I feel as if people too often are afraid of speaking out against poor service and treatment due to fear of retribution or community ousting, yet they are likely joined by a number of others who have similar experiences. 

You were very generous during the trip, yet when you got back and sent the seeds 3 weeks after you said you would. There seemed to be a shift and I was caught off guard saying that I didn't pay for a number of things you freely and generously offered.  I can't read minds and if it was a problem, like I said, it is something we probably could have talked about and gotten to the bottom of amicably.

Don't know what to tell you Joe, but when you treat people poorly you should probably expect they are going to talk about it. Hope you are well and can find clarity.

Agreed Rob, but usually when I bring up viability issues it's usually a polite conversation...which is exactly the opposite of my experience with Joe. Even after establishing what I thought was a friendship.

Seriously nice. Hard to find those durable long lasting tags. Wish I could afford to label my collection with em, I'd be up there in the 1k+ range too, haha.

Stoked to see you doing this.

Whoa there, be careful telling Joe about moldy seeds you receive. Didn't go well for me, really bizarre experience.

Uppotted a bunch from a group tupperware and they are all thriving in FoxFarm OceanForest.  No losses a couple weeks in!