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I am digging the black surinam cherries also.  Do they taste any different from the reds?  Reds grow wild all over Bermuda and are also popular hedges, so no one gets too excited by them.  Do save me some seeds from the blacks if you can.

I'm interested.  Sent a PM.

Quote from: Future on March 07, 2012, 04:10:34 PM

Passion fruit, yes.  I suppose people can't be bothered by how muh space they take up.  Figs grow here too but are not as popular.  Grafted trees are very very hard to come by.   A friend is meant to be air layering a Osborne prolific...

No fences in Bermuda? You can grow passionfruit right on a chain linked fence, takes no space, and turns ugly fence into something nice to look at. Figs you don't need to graft. Super easy to start from cuttings.
Oscar

I agree.  I have 4 vines climbing a wall, no trellis just the other vines for support and once they grow past the wall a neighbours hedge 6ft up on higher ground).  I should do a chain link as a quick way to replace the inedible hedge (if it was up to me only.....)

Passion fruit, yes.  I suppose people can't be bothered by how muh space they take up.  Figs grow here too but are not as popular.  Grafted trees are very very hard to come by.   A friend is meant to be air layering a Osborne prolific...

Strawberry guava is also on that list.  They are working overtime to eradicate it.  They said it can grow inches apart and thus for thick stands.  I want one.

Had my second gifted black sapote in as many weeks.  I enjoy the subtle-ness of it.

Fiji is on my list of places to visit.  Was in Australia last year and this close to getting over there but it was not to be...this time.

I will be there this year.  Last year was my first trip.  Yes it was hot and humid, yes there are lots and lots of people, yes the tasting was a let down, yes the actual fruit trees pale in comparison to Harry's....but I still had a good time and bought lots of mangoes I never had.  The lectures are good too, if you can hear the lecturer.  There were some great presentations outdoors except with crowds and people setup to discuss plant diseases right behind the same small tent, the speaker was often drowned out.  Not good.  Indoor lectures were much easier to hear.  Is it perfect?  No.  Pricey? Yes.  Worth, for me with the potential to visit Harry's in the same trip (this is a overseas trip for me) yes. 

So Harry if you will be out of town I need to know!  . (kidding)

Loquat is one of several trees that grow wild all over Bermuda.  They are fruiting prolifically right now and usually fruit twice per year.  A friend has a variety said to be from Israel that produces fruit twice as large as what we consider the norm.  All the low branches on my tree are picked....now for the tall ones.  Also, Looking to grow the big israel version from seed.

Must get seeds.  Must get seeds. Must get...

This is very useful to me, with limited options for grafted plant imports.

I have a tree that is a few years old from seed.  A university extension officer in FL tells me it is a huge gamble.  Could take a few decades to fruit and even then it won't neccesarily be a quality fruit.  I say girdle it.