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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Holy Grail Varieties
« on: Today at 01:14:56 PM »
CC, I am so sorry about the damage. I hope everything rebounds well.

Sad to see that too. Shoot those hogs. I just bought a pig gun here in CA for when they come back, which I know they will soon. A lil 0 mile bacon never hurt anyone!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: Today at 12:43:20 PM »


My Mimosa sourced more upright grimal is planning something. Can't quite tell what, but something.

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Australe


Cerrado from Helton


Guineenese "morango"


Psidium SP caatinga arbor


"Pinkish"


Believe this is sorocabense

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: May 14, 2025, 08:05:33 PM »
Awesome!! That's great to see you are getting some fruit. My grimals are all loading up like crazy with flowers, but they haven't truly busted out yet. Seems like a bit of a lag for some reason.

My mimosa bought Grimal is much more upright than my other one.

I also have a Grimal x Sabara from FFF that is starting to grow well now, popped it into a 5g pot this year.

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Are any of the black star scions available? Thanks

Yeah, I could probably cut some off the tree still, it hasn't really flushed this year so should be pretty charged up right now. Minimum 5 scions, can mix and match. Just PM me.

Also wanted to note this year that the "Missiones" is again producing small fruit, but they have all been seedless! This was despite being literally brushing up against two other pitanga varieties with my bees pollinating them all.

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I can send you what was missing, just PM me.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: May 14, 2025, 04:13:24 PM »
Jealous looking at those Cherimoya dude- you got a real winning spot there and even more so when the figs start coming in

I am curious how the figs will hold up with the heavy winds we get there. 60mph. I may regret planting them, but oh well, they got straight up torn out of the ground from my old place so it's not much loss if they don't work out.

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Received two Luc's plants from Bill. Best shipped plants I've seen, totally locked in, and even better plants themselves. Really can't recommend him enough! He also has great lychee, banana, and sugarcane if you're looking.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: May 14, 2025, 02:41:34 PM »

First restaurant order of Hass avos from the ranch. Some are over a half pound.


These white sapotes will fruit soon


2lb cherimoyas off a seedling, awesome stuff


Starting to tag all my cherimoya grafts from this year now


This cherimoya has pink flesh, probably Selma?


Achacha in ground seedlings, they are taking full sun like champs. They had been accustomed to full sun for awhile in their pots so I just went for it.


The Hass fruit set for next year looking great. I am sure my bees here have helped a lot. Last year they had 17,000lb. This is the off year now, and maybe 8-10k.


Ponte Tresa fig looking very happy in ground after being rootbound in a 5g for some years.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: May 14, 2025, 02:29:08 PM »
26grams was the largest fruit i weighed but some may have been bigger....here is the largest crop and the largest fruit i have ever seen on Grimal

Definitely king size!!!

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Did you know that Regina is what Miguel used to call ‘My Best’? Just found that out.

When will you have vermillion available again?

Seed or scion? The tree has been growing kind of weak recently. It suckers so much that it doesn't seem to have energy for the top. It did have some root issues where it blew over in the wind once and kind of broke at the ground. I need to graft it on to some seedlings here to ensure I keep it around.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: May 14, 2025, 01:42:34 PM »




Grimal leaves, for those wondering. Very recognizable with the rounded leaf tips. They inevitably end up going taco style when mature.

Here is my lanky Grimal.  I had to stake it initially or it would have been a weeping willow. 


Just like mine. Did you get that from Mimosa?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: May 13, 2025, 05:46:59 PM »
Admittedly, it does look more like escarlate leaves and fruit than grimal. Grimal has a very recognizable copper kind of leaf color. I will post a photo.

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Figured that anthro had to be compatible. Sure looks like the same thing! Leaves are different thought.

Yeah I gotta try to cross to luschnathiana next since they are probably also compatible.

I think Pitomba is a major winner, but could enjoy some more tartness in it. I would think a cross of tuba/anthro with pitomba, then back crossing that with pitomba would be awesome.

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Figured that anthro had to be compatible. Sure looks like the same thing! Leaves are different thought.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grimal Shapes
« on: May 12, 2025, 05:43:59 PM »
Wow, that is crazy small to be fruiting! Great genetics there. Very upright shapes indeed. Now I sort of wonder if it was the climate at my old place being too hot, with too much direct sun that made them floppy.

Who knows.

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Had some anthros myself. They all perished. My tubas are doing ok, so I will rely on those for the sour hit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Paw Paw (Asimina triloba) Help
« on: May 12, 2025, 05:34:47 PM »
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If I understand correctly, slowly prune down the split part of the tree until it is flush with the main trunk? any recs for how much to reduce over how long?

I would remove the thing down to where the crack starts to seal up, cutting at a harsh angle so it sheds water. Ideally you would have done this pruning when dormant a few weeks / months ago. This is one of the very few times where I would be considering a sealant. Current arboriculture suggests against sealants these days, but this is a unique situation where it has a massive open wound that is letting water in. I would seal it up at the driest time of the year, if you're going to go with that.

That type of wound can kill the whole tree. There is no way around it, that is a really grave injury.

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Save some for me around Mango Fest!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Paw Paw (Asimina triloba) Help
« on: May 12, 2025, 04:29:21 PM »
Ooooof that sucks! That is a really tough condition to fix. It's only going to get worse, but you're going to maim the tree badly removing that. I would probably have removed it years ago, had it been mine, and would consider taking it back bit by bit till you can get water out of the tree.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fall annona grafting?
« on: May 12, 2025, 01:33:27 PM »
There is a great time for grafting annona, the spring time. Take rate is really great. While yes you can graft in the Fall, chances are lower. If you absolutely have to do it, strip all the leaves a few weeks before you get your scions in for a better chance.

Personally, I wouldn't bother. You're not going to be much ahead of grafting in Spring even if it works.

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Pawpaw is an underappreciated "marvel" of a tree.

What temperate climates may lack in mango, pawpaw nearly makes up for. It really is a phenomenal fruit.

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It’s not a guarantee but chances are high.

According to K-Rimes it’s a 70% chance.
See this topic for more info on Surinam cherries.

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=42558.25

I found the study that I was remembering back then.

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/20193084307

Now, having had many different pitangas, and seedlings thereof, it can vary a fair amount from the parent but it's usually pretty close.

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Cherimoya is hard to beat.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: May 11, 2025, 01:25:32 PM »
Lovely spread

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