The Tropical Fruit Forum

How do you think these would do in 9a North Fl? Still hot and humid in the summer but do get frost in the winter.

Loquats should do fine. They don't even lose leaves during freezes in Houston. The only problem that can happen is if the temperature warms up and then you get a sudden freeze it's possible for it to bloom and have the flowers freeze. The stress of Summer also can cause them to bloom if it's crazy hot like it was last year in Houston

Can they root from cutting?

Here's a few more photos for your records, you might want to copy the image so you have a copy of it in the future. You can use any of my photos I post of the Sylvia guava as long as you use the proper name that is assigned to it. The name is for the tree owner's wife.

How did it start as Betty out of curiosity?

I brought 2 Indian Jujubes from a private collector this year and they are fruiting right now. 

From what I were told, Indian Jujube fruit is remain green, sweet, crunchy and crispy.  The size is like an egg or bigger if fertilizer right. Required heavy pruning after harvest the fruits which around April because flowers come from new branches.  Flowers season around Oct.

It is very hard to Air-Layer, best graft on a rootstock.

Here is a pic of my fruits as today.  They are in a 7 gal now.

How are your jujube doing?

Pineapple acquired. Thank you Citrus Park Nursery. Looking for one more pair of Scion if possible for cross pollination

Also looking for something that will do well in Tampa that can be grafted over kaffir pear. Not sure the roots., but it's coming back with big old thorns

I am in Tampa for a week and would like to do a little grafting during my visit. Anyone have good Surinam scions like zills? Also interested in named loquat varieties.

Will you be leaving this thread up, so we have the info to reference?

Any idea what the issue is? Maybe it needs different root stock

It was next to a plumeria, so I'm guessing it's tropical. I'm also hoping it's edible. I saw this while seeing lights at Moody Gardens in Galveston

I'm visiting an ill aunt and want to bring her tasty mangoes. Please guide me where to get them oh wise ones.

Gary - my wife has planted two 15 foot rows of "grocery store" garlic cloves
for the past 4 years with good results.  She has not had good success
with the Elephant Garlic for some reason. (it may be a PH issue with the soil)
I finally replaced my 40 year old (and seldom used) PH meter for a higher quality
one and we will be paying more attention to soil quality now that we are in a new
location.  Our old place in Winter Garden had pretty rich sandy soil that
grew just about everything well.
so yes, your garlic should do very well if the PH is between 6.0 and 7.5 with good drainage.

Johnny in Kissimmee

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Soak your elephant garlic in water mixed with a capsule or two if vitamin c (ascorbic acid) for like 15 minutes. The difference it made was wild