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Quote from: murahilin on January 15, 2026, 06:35:45 PM

Do you know what variety the seed came from?

It was from a seedling

It's a seedling of a seedling?

You should sell some multigrafted carambola trees.

Some special Vietnam pomelos…

Luan Van pomelo





Ky Da pomelo

Anyone in the US growing the Luan Van Pommelo?

Anyone interested in trading some good quality California cherimoyas now for Florida mangos next summer?

I like the Pierce cherimoya but I am open to any other really good tasting ones also.

I can get a lot of different mango varieties so if we do this trade, you'll just send me a list of the mango varieties you're interested in and I'll send whichever ones I can get from that list.

Thanks!

Hello, pineapple enthusiasts.  I'm looking for Cabezona and Gigante de Tarauacá slips, suckers, or crowns.  If you have material available, please DM with a price. 

Thanks!

I think  Xain's has Cabezona but I'm not sure if they ship.

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to make sure I’m up to date with the latest best practices for shipping durian seeds.

From what I’ve gathered so far, the recommended method is to ship perfectly cleaned seeds in slightly damp coco coir or sphagnum moss, inside a ziplock bag with a few small air holes for ventilation. Is that still considered the best approach?

I’ve also read that viable shipping time ranges from about 1 week up to sometimes 3 weeks. On the other hand, I even saw a YouTube video claiming seeds could survive up to 4 months in damp styrofoam, which sounds… surprising to me.

I’d really appreciate your input, experiences, and advice on:

The best packing medium (coco coir vs sphagnum vs anything else),

How damp it should be,

Realistic shipping time limits before germination rates drop too much.

Cheers,
Mathieu

If you're ordering from Maryoto, ask him what has worked best for his customers.

I think the methods you described should be fine also. If fungicide is allowed, that may also be helpful.

Many thanks for the ID! Anyone knows if Durian seeds can be mail ordered from Borneo? Or is the short viability of seeds preventing it?

Yes, they can. There are a few great sellers that sell different Durio species seeds from Borneo. I've known people who have recieved the viable seeds that were shipped via DHL.


Maryoto is a long time seller of seeds from Borneo. You can try to reach out to him: https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1788

are you grafting them now

No, but I am trying to find a source for the budwood. I have a friend that is looking for the varieties but needs the budwood early next year.

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Sibabat is delicious. Do you have a source for the fresh fruit in the US or did you have the seeds mailed to you?

The tour was the first appearance of these random flying gnats that kept up for the next two days. They seem to be endemic to that part of Georgia. It was surreal to see so many acres of citrus in Georgia
 The main problems according to the growers, were marketing the fruit as with the Georgia rainfall made the satsumas huge! Way too big to market as cutie size.

I didn't get to make it on Friday for the farm tours but I was there on Saturday. If they do this next year, I will definitely try to make it to the tours as well.

I think you may have gotten them from the same Fresh Market that I went to. I stopped in randomly at a Fresh Market in Port St. Lucie on my drive south from Vero. I bought some Dellerman pineapples from AKOHO this weekend as well.