The Tropical Fruit Forum

I tried to grow 3 types this year from seed including red, sabara, and branco vinho.
I kept them on a lanai and they got filtered morning sun. I kept them very moist
and so far so good. I did lose half of my lanai to the hurricane and now they are on
the front porch and getting direct morning sun. In the picture one of the sprouts looks like
it is pushing leaves? I germinated the seeds on the red and sabara and I noticed they
still took over a month to push. I would try a little filtered sunlight or even a couple
morning hours of direct light. It is September already and the sun is less intense.

I have 5 Zills black Surinam cherries and they had a heavy bloom in the spring and have continued to
bloom this summer. It seems like between the 5 trees there is always ripe fruit on one of them.

Could have some thing to do with humidity. Also are you sure your tree is grafted?
Check and make sure there is a graft union. Sapodilla from seed take longer. Mulch is
a great idea and lots of water. I never hand pollinate and also get fruit consistently in
humid Florida.

Hi Raul
I would love some seeds as well. I hope you got the package I sent you a while back?
I just got power back on after 9+ days, hope I am not too late???
Stay safe
Mike

This tree is only about 4 feet tall, the split is an inch or two above the graft.

I had a silas wood sapodilla snap and split right at the graft. I dug it up and  luckily I have another
in a pot I was wondering where I could plant. I would also cut yours as far up as you can from the graft and make a
clean cut. Then knock off any new suckers below the graft. You are in 9b, hopefully there is time to put out new growth. Since that
tree was a couple years old, the new growth should grow fast with the root structure it has. Hopefully next summer it will catch
up to the size it would have been if the weather cooperates? Be careful this winter it will be more sensitive to cold.

Came home from a shelter close to LaBelle Florida to find a huge mess. My road has power lines down
across the road in 3 places. The kid's trampoline was in the pool, not a scratch on the fence. Half of my back lanai
is laying about 100 feet to the side of my house and squashed a St Rita fig, I never liked that fig anyway. It always
seemed to drop it figs before ripe. It was laying up against a LSU purple fig which should make it after a good prune.
One side of my screened porch is gone also. I have a $20,000 hurricane deductible, I figure the damage will be $19,995.

So where do you start?

I can't imagine getting power for at least a week? I came home at 7:30 am and my neighbor had already cut the path in.
It was impassable before. I have a 30 foot oak down in the corner of my property and about 5-6 trees down on the side which
crushed my fence.  What a sight! My 9 year old boy just started crying when he saw the mess. I wish I was allowed to cry.

Well I got the trampoline torn apart and put to the curb, and I got about 25 trees staked and pruned. I lost a St Rita Fig,
a Silas wood sapodilla that snapped off right at the graft and a seedling loquat that was about 15 feet high that had produced
a couple crops of average tasting fruit. I would rather put in a LSU Black for the St Rita and I had wasted tons of real estate on
that yearling loquat which I can now plant 6-10 annonas my newest favorite fruit. The silas wood I have another in a pot or I
could put my potted Sabara jabo next to the other one. All my sugar apples and atemoyas were lying on the ground or leaning
heavy. I staked them and pruned heavy and removed any immature fruit. I hope they survive?  I got allot done but I really
wanted to evacuate. It should be easy driving out of the state? I also had tons of help from my wife and 12 year old son.
I have a name of a company to fix the lanai I can call hopefully before 10,000 people call and I hope the garbage company
will pick up yard waste on Wednesday I think I will have something this week for sure, My family is safe and I hope yours
is too!

 

Hi
I can offer the red Jaboticaba seeds at this time,
I have a very large crop on the tree now. This is the hybrid type that
is known for thin skin and fruiting in 3-5 years. Shipping costs $15
I sell the seeds for $1 ea.

Regards
Mike

I have been giving my 2 small seedling red jabos miracle grow root drench and occasionally
foliar spray. I have had terrible experiences fertilizing Lychee. Don't use synthetic fertilizer
with chlorine. Now I only use manure and compost and my lychee is doing ok. I do also use
miracle grow on the lychee and have never had any problems. Both trees like water.

I visited Fruitscapes today. What an awesome place. I seem to notice
more trees each time. There are sabara jabos planted in full sun, half sun,
full shade. In the ground, still in pots. I don't know the overall production but
the trees seems to be happy in many different settings. I have one in the ground for
several years in full sun. It is a bit yellow this year and I am not sure why. It did have
it's first fruit set early in the spring about 6 fruit.

For a limited time only

Buy one seed and get one free

peanut butter fruit  3.00ea
NaDai sugar apple   3.00ea

red jaboticaba        2.00ea
Blk zills suriname cherry 2.00ea

I hope no one realizes this is the ole Winn Dixie trick, double the price and offer
BOGO. I do have some seeds left and I have really enjoyed the fruit this past couple
weeks. The fresh sugar apples seeds are germinating too easy and the peanut butter fruit
as well. The red jaboticaba is loaded with flowers and fruit. The most ever! These three red jabo
trees have produced non stop for over a year now.

Hi
Awesome yard
You said you have 50 Limoncillo planted.
This is Luc's garcinia? Did you plant in full sun or under a canopy?

I have 7 new seedlings and they are on my lanai and real protected and they are
dark green. I was tempted to put one or two in the ground and see

Thanks

Try LSU purple in a large pot, partial shade, water so it doesn't dry out on hot days. You will win.

-joep450

I agree LSU purple has been very easy for me, I have one in the ground for around 5 years
It seems to have figs all summer long that ripen. Mine is in full sun and I am not hand watering the
figs this summer and we have not been as wet as usual.