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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: July 09, 2022, 10:24:36 AM »
Tommy,

Thanks.  Did you grow your palora from seed or cutting?

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: A couple of questions about lychees
« on: July 09, 2022, 10:01:26 AM »
I have a sweetheart lychee tree in a 15 foot diameter space.  I can maintain that with yearly pruning, but would not want it to be in a smaller space. In fact, 20 foot diameter would be more appropriate.  I also noticed that you're in zone 11b/12a.  It might be difficult for you to have enough chill hours in your zone.  In Hawaii, one of the most popular varieties that fruits well with their low chill hours, is Kaimana.   

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Mine arrived today too.  Thanks!  They were large thick mature pads that filled the box. 

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LSU purple fig was bred for nematode resistance.  Mine does great in the ground here in Sarasota, FL.

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Hi Aaron,

Do you have any of the white Champaca trees for sale? 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: June 09, 2022, 10:48:28 PM »
That's good to hear!  What part of FL are you in?  Do you have any cuttings I could purchase?   

Thanks
Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Palora
« on: June 09, 2022, 03:09:40 PM »
Has anyone had luck growing the Palora variety in Florida?  I see a lot of ebay sellers from California selling Palora cuttings, and it makes me wonder if this variety is more challenging to grow in Florida.

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Morning Jackfruit tasted
« on: June 08, 2022, 10:39:58 PM »
I haven't noticed the flesh to be dry.  It is really delicious.  If you like jackfruit, I can't imagine you not enjoying Red Morning.

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My mature lychee trees were treated for the lychee mite by the state of Florida last year.  Out of 7 trees, the 3 emperor lychees did just fine, the 2 sweethearts regrew 2/3 of their foliage, one Kaimana regrew only a few leaves and then died, and the other kaimana only has 1/3 of its foliage now.  The emperors were the only ones to bear fruit this year.  Every other previous year, I have had fruit set on all of those trees.

 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard in Tampa
« on: September 25, 2021, 10:08:11 AM »
Nice healthy jackfruit tree Alan!  That's a nice amount of fruit for the tree to hold.  Glad to see you pulling that off up in Tampa!

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling: plants for sale
« on: August 19, 2021, 10:54:41 PM »
Abiu seeds you sent have had a high germination rate: 24/27 germinated.  They also arrived fresh.

Thanks!

Brad

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I use bird scare tape. 

Scarecrow in past but it didn’t seem to help as much as the scare tape.

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Glad to hear Brian!

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All packages have been mailed and arrival dates look to be Monday

Brad

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I will be making my first shipments tomorrow morning.  Half of the seeds are spoken for at this point.

I have replied to PMs from those who PM'd me.

Thanks,
Brad

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SOLD



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ONG Lychee Longan hybrid?
« on: June 13, 2021, 09:43:52 PM »
Is this the seedless lychee that is available in China and Australia?  Or is this a variety that Quang discovered on his own through growing seeds?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2021 Lychee Season
« on: June 06, 2021, 05:18:06 PM »
Kaimana and Sweetheart are early.

Emperor is late.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2021 Lychee Season
« on: June 03, 2021, 12:05:58 PM »
I have had decent luck using bird scare (reflective) tape. 

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Hi Clint,

Hope you’re doing well.  Thanks for posting the video!  My 6 foot tree flowered this year but dropped all of the flowers. 

I’m looking forward to the follow up video. 

Brad

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit Tree Spacing (Advice/Resources)
« on: June 01, 2021, 03:31:03 PM »
I spaced all of my trees in my yard at approximately 15 feet apart.  I have jackfruit, lychee, avocado, Longan, etc.

That was 8 years ago.

I wish I had spaced them 20 feet apart.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2021 Lychee Season
« on: May 28, 2021, 08:07:06 AM »
Kaimana

By just seeing one fruit the shape looks like Kaimana. And also Kaimana is ripening right now

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling: plants for sale
« on: May 18, 2021, 01:20:29 PM »
Thanks
Brad

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling: plants for sale
« on: May 18, 2021, 07:07:42 AM »
Hello Abimael

Do you have any abiu seeds available?

Thanks
Brad

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Hi Squam

I noticed you said “used to”.  Did none of the white sapote varieties impress you?  Which was the best of the varieties that you have tasted?

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