The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thank you all, very useful theory and detailed practical information.
At present it may sound like "the fish are in the sea and the frying pan is on the fire", but if you know about pollination of Annona crassifolia, information would be much appreciated.

they need to be treated with a solution of gibberellic acid in water at 1000 ppm for one or two days.

As i m not familiar with gibberellic acid solutions, if the solution contains too little GA, i suppose it will not work. If the solution is too dense in GA, will that be bad for the seeds?
This sachet here https://www.ebay.com/itm/333653972174 contains one gram of GA; i dilute it in alcohol, then to how much water to make the seeds germinate?

Hi! I have bought some Annona crassifolia seeds from rarepalmseeds.com and have tried to germinate them. Previously, i ordered 3 seeds of Annona crassifolia from tradewindsfruit but they were seized at the Greek post office so i lost them and wasted the price. That is not fair, because seeds from tradewindsfruit are sanitized and they pose no danger whatsoever, but they fell to the wrong hands and i cannot help with it. In the past i had received from tradewindsfruit, and even now others receive here; it depends on who will be the clerk at the customs house, and we have no way to find that out.
Now i have the seeds from rarepalmseeds, but rarepalmseeds has a bad habit of keeping their seeds until sold out, so you often buy old seeds. Now, Annona crassifolia seeds have a reputation of being hard to germinate, and in fact none of them has germinated so far. I asked the seller at rarepalmseeds and even they don't know about sprouting Annona crassifolia - they only buy and resell, they advised me to ask at a forum - that is HERE. Has anyone here sprouted Annona crassifolia? Your advice please! The fact that the seeds are difficult to germinate may also mean that the seeds are durable over long time, so it would not be too bad if they sell old seeds in this case - however some other Annonas like Annona montana have short-lived seeds. Anyway, nobody knows better than experience. Waiting for information, thank you!
Also, information on pollination of Annona crassifolia would be much appreciated.

Hi, you can see the pictures in fb page here https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1644130822629124&id=100010966652076
the papaya leaves have stopped growing, they are yellowish, thick and rigid. My friend suspects ringspot virus. The tree has been sprayed with insecticide.
Your suggestions please if it can be healed. Or, would it be better to completely destroy the diseased tree so the disease does not spread?
Thank you!

Hi! i found some information on the internet, rather ambiguous and contradicting, about Kadsura coccinea. Anyone share personal opinion about it? I know it suits my climate, but how big (long) the vine grows, how big the fruit, what about its pollination, and its value as food.
From experience please, not pasting from sites.

Hi, i read about https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/annona-senegalensis-wild-custard-apple-seeds this tree which is said to be great not only for its fruit but also for its flowers and leaves and every part of it. I m still puzzled, because Annonas in general are thought to be dangerous because of annonacin in their leaves, seeds, or peel; also, such a small fruit 5 cm at most, may have very little to eat if it is full of inedible seeds. So, is it worthwhile? Any experience about it?
Thank you!

Hi, i have grown Cyphomandra Corymbiflora from seed, it grows big but the fruit is not really interesting, it is the size of olive with the taste of cooked eggplant.
Then i bought two little trees from Belgium https://www.andrewsgarden.be/en/special-plants/tamarillo-hybride-cyphomandra-betacea/a-680-35 it is orange color fruited, the leaves are big and glorious and the flowers have a lovable scent, the fruits ripen further if kept after fallen unripe.
I have tried to grow https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/cyphomandra-sibundoyensis-forest-tamarillo-seeds the seeds sprout easily, but no seedlings survived.
Also i bought Casana (cyphomandra cajanumensis) from New Zeland, https://www.edible.co.nz/ all the seeds sprouted, but no seedling survived the winter. Most of them died because they needed a sunny position, protected from animals and insects, also protect from snow during their first year.
So far, only betacea has been satisfactory, but try your luck also with sibundoyensis, it makes quite a bigger fruit that commercial tamarillo (betacea).
All these kinds are easy to grow if you apply basic common sense and wonderful when you see them growing adult, and they all survive a few degrees below freezing after their first year; so  persevere and i m sure you will succeed. Note, the snow may leave them bare branches with tips "burnt off" but they regrow glorious!

Hi! today i longed for this: https://www.tradewindsfruit.com/plinia-cauliflora-acu-paulista-seeds but i cannot afford it because i do not have any free space for it, maybe in the future... So, since i cannot have it, i let you know, so my friends, all fruit lovers here, have a chance to enjoy it! cheers!

Hi! Yucca capensis is nowhere in the forum yet, still i hope somebody knows about it.

Do you think it is self fertile or not? I can grow at least two of them together, will they set fruit then? What about a single plant?

I hope it is NOT like yucca baccata, that would be bad news as yucca baccata needs a special species of insect to cross pollinate and that special insect is obviously not available away from the plant's native range.

I have only seen the fruit of Yucca capensis in photos, is there anybody here who knows more about that fruit? Or about yuccas in general, aren't there self-fruiting species of yucca?

Thank you.

hi, i asked a similar question about persimmons and nobody answered. After much consideration i m thinking towards position of the trees. Is there enough water and good drainage? Is there plenty of sun? Maybe even overprotection from wind can be harmful. In the case of mango, could those be unpollinated fruits? I have never grown mango up to the fruiting stage, but others may confirm or reject, whether mango needs to be pollinated to set fruit. Other types of fruit set without pollination and hence without seed, but some fruit need to be pollinated. A neighbor has a passiflora caerulaea, its flowers rarely turn to fruit and those fruits are usually empty, skin only, rarely with one or two seeds surrounded by arils, but that does not make an eatable fruit. If that is the case, put a male tree in the middle of six females.

the only guy I know of passed away. There is a supplier in France but he never sent me a reply

Who is that supplier in France? Some address for them? Probably they do not send to America, but maybe to Europe...

some questions so i may prepare my next order:
Annona squamosa x cherimola: how hardy, how long time from seed to fruit, sun and water requirements, self fertile?
Graviola de montaña, Posadas, dry: how big fruit, how long from seed to fruit, how easy to germinate (this is the dry version), self fertile? Does it prefer sun or shade? Water requirements?
And, what about Inga? Can we expect some Inga variety with good pulp ratio, hardy to zone 9b, self fertile? How long from seed to fruit for Inga?
thank you!

By the way let me inform you, the Pereskia aculeata that was damaged by the snow when it was just a few months old, now shows signs of life, when it roots firmly it will withstand winters.

They should be fine. I was given root suckers from a tree planted outside without protection in Illinois. D

Hi! i have never seen this tree unless in video, but based on this page https://jurassicplants.co.uk/collections/all-plants/products/toona-sinensis-onion-tree under "specification" it says it is hardy to -10 Celsius and fast growing. For zone 10 as yours, it should be best to take it outdoors to its permanent position just now, by the end of April. With some fencing to protect from animals, of course. Let us know if any cat bite it because of the meaty smell.