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Mist and bag everything. Sdok, mooty, kesusu, kepel, 1 Envira Caju, gogo fruit , and madd fruit i also put in a greenhouse. Some of those species i bought 2 of and I kept some outside. All my Jabos, Kadsura coccinea are outside.Ive seen videos of Kadsura coccinea growing in snow so they should be fine. And mango and medsua pineapples i gave to a friend in Southern California that only grows pineapples. He said they are doing great. Note the 2 pineapples i bought were the only plant that wasn't stripped of leafs and they were nice size not small. He will hook me up with some pups once they pop out. Im in 9b-10a grow zone and I think some of the things I bought would probably do better in Florida 10b-11a. I cant really find anything of anyone trying to grow Sdok, or mooty, kepel in 9b
Thanks for the heads up. $350 for a 7 gallon coconut palm. Is that the going rate?
Mounts botanical garden is a very decent place and they have a ton of mangos and other tropical fruit trees. It’s a bit of a drive from Miami though.
https://www.mounts.org/
Here's the assessor property record:
https://map.paslc.gov/Search/?page=Map&views=RE-RecordCard-MAP#data_s=id%3AdataSource_2-1967cfaa663-layer-5-1967cfaa667-layer-13%3A77628%2Cid%3AdataSource_2-1967cfaa663-layer-5-1967cfaa666-layer-11%3A77132
Parcel # 3416-675-0034-000-7At a million dollar value, the new owner is probably looking at a $15,000 plus in property tax.Boat tours with top tier Mango tasting?
The most recent annual bill for the property was $76,423.65.
See the TRIM on the above link. There are special assessments on this property for stormwater and community development. They may not be applicable to a new owner, I am not sure of that; this property has a long tax history of being in arrears which is why it is up for auction I'm sure, at present 3 years of taxes are owing totalling $316,651.76 if not more, may be other liens on this...
At a million dollar value, the new owner is probably looking at a $15,000 plus in property tax.
This is what started falling off my coconut palm. I know bigger ones, though also immature, will likely soon follow as I am pretty sure they will all be completely dead soon.
Are these viable to plant? Are they possibly edible in any way? I don't know much about coconut palms (or coconuts!) as they were here when we moved to the house and I was lucky to get a harvest last year for the first time ever.
What is the most superior white sapote cultivar for growing in central FL? I’m presuming many of the CA varieties will not do well with the Florida heat and humidity. This topic is rarely if ever discussed on the forum, as best as I can tell.
What are the best cultivar choices for Florida based on taste, production etc?
The etsy seller linked by skhan is a longtime forum member. I've bought several plants from him in the past. I would contact him and ask if he's verified his source. He also might be open to trade scions if you're a forum member.
Lara Farms is selling Taiwanese jujube fresh fruits for shipping (excluding California), 1.5lbs for $25.
Janet
There is this seller on ETSY from CA, I never bought from this store.
It would be nice to have something a little nicer than the normal Thai Giant.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1814249370/giant-taiwanese-13-jujube-fruit-tree?ls=r&ref=items-pagination-1&frs=1&sca=1&content_source=054ee2462738b5f1c5a61ac835403ac9%253ALT0ac84ec8a609f24442f150456c604655ca2d64ae&logging_key=054ee2462738b5f1c5a61ac835403ac9%3ALT0ac84ec8a609f24442f150456c604655ca2d64ae
Other than 'Thai Giant', what other varieties are available in the US?
I have some Taiwanese Jujube cultivars. They are hard to come by and I think most in the US have not eaten a true Taiwanese jujube cultivar like on the image (including me). I believe Shirley 13 and Alian 16 are some of the crispiest and newest varieties...and sweetest, like 18 brix. There isnt a real solid way to identify them so you have to trust who you buy them from. Theres many people selling some of these cultivars and its highly suspected they are not the variety they claim. One thing I've learned to look for in most of the newer Taiwanese jujube cultivars is large, wide, almost round, wavy leaves. Interestingly the Thai jujube is more well known than the Taiwanese jujube but the Thai jujube is really just an older variety imported Taiwanese jujube. Taiwan is by far the leader in jujube (Ziziphus m.) quality breeding. Would be interested in hearing a taste report from anyone who's tried one of the varieties on the attached image.
Murahilin appreciate the condolense wishes for my trees. They just remodeled our downtown "Circle" but its not on 27 you'll have to get to Lakeview Dr to get there...might want to check that area out. To be honest not a whole lot going on in our small little town Lol...I can't believe I've lived here for almost 20 years!
Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring is nice. On your way north up 27, Lake Placid (just south of Sebring) is full of murals on many of the buildings and has some beautiful caladium fields in summer. They will give you a mural guide at the Chamber of Commerce. The caladium fields are on CR 621 south of Lake Istokpoga. Maxwell's Country Store in Avon Park (just north of Sebring) is one of the last Mom and Pop citrus packing facilities and has awesome citrus ice cream. Outside of Highlands County, there is Gatoramma in Palmdale (Glades county) and Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales (Polk county).
Has anyone on here ever impoted live plants from Veliyathgarden.com? Wondering if anyone on here has ever tried with them and if so how was the experience. I recently obtained my first import permit and am going to bring in 25 plants (1/3 of them being different varieties of plinia). I already checked the Acer plant list database to make sure every plant im buying is generally admissible to enter the USA. They fumigate the plants before shipping, provide phytosanitary certificate and ship in coco fiber not soil. I have spoken with the inspection station that it will be shipped to and asked that i they call me so i can pick up the plants as soon as they pass inspection to save some days being packaged longer. Since its my first time doing this, is there anything else I might need to consider or be concerned about? Would also like to know some other people's experience bringing in live plants.
I live in Sebring too and you fared much better than I did. My only Lychee tree is fried and looks as bad as ALL my mango trees :'(...I can't remember if it was Feb 1 or 2nd we hit a low of 23°. Looks like a LOT of pugging for me this Spring. I'm really hoping everything is alive just severely damaged?? Time will tell.
Good luck with your trees, but it looks like all of your trees survived
