The Tropical Fruit Forum

I am harvesting the last of my LZ fruit today 7/19. Any forum members in the SW Ranches/Weston/Pem. Pines area looking for decently priced RIPE LZ fruit, come pick them up today. I am done shipping in this heat!

$4lb today only. Fruit average 12-14oz each.

Email me for address in SW Ranches because PM service is very hit and miss on the forum lately. crossman@bellsouth.net
PayPal, Venmo, or cash.

Round 2 of the clean out! These are for pickup only. I am in the Southwest Ranches area. A bunch of free katuk cuttings with any purchase!

3ft tall, 5 year old Grimal Jaboticaba - needs to be potted up. Not flowering yet, bark just beginning to exfoliate. $180 SOLD






6ft x 6ft 15 gallon Lemondrop Mangosteen (garcinia intermedia) flowered for the first time this summer $150 SOLD



12" 1 gallon Myrica cerifera (rootstock for Yangmei) $15 each or 2 for 25 (I have 4 of these)




12" 1 gallon  Yellow jaboticaba (Myrciaria glazioviana) $15 x 1 left


3.5 ft 3 gallon Mountain Cherry Guava (Psidium Longipetiolatem) need to be potted up to at least 5 gallon $60 x 2



1 gallon Urizun Japanese Winged bean vines $10 x 4

So this is round 1 of the cleanout. Local pickup only. Thanks, Keith

Psidium Longipetiolatum 3 gallon 24" x 2 $40ea TWO LEFT






Imbe (G. Livingstoneii) 5/gallon root-bound/recently pruned  about 4-5' tall - produces 95% male flowers $40 SOLD





Achacha (G. humilis) 7 gallon 48"  flushing new growth now. $120 SOLD






1-3 gallon Yellow Grumichama (seedling hasn't flowered, mother plant gives yellow fruit) $15


The following is a garcina collection of dubious identification. These seedlings were marked until several pots spilled over and now I am not 100% sure which is what. read the descriptions carefully an then take your bets! Either way they are all guaranteed to be either g. intermedia, g. brasilensis, g. acuminata, or g. humilis.

I am 90% certain that this DOUBLE pot (two plants in one container) is achacha (g. humilis) One plant is about 9" the other "6 $20



I am 90% certain that this double pot (two plants in one container) is either g. brasilensis (improved lemon drop mangosteen) or g. intermedia (lemon drop mangosteen). There is a slight chance that it is achacha. Plants are small, about 4-5" $15



I am almost 100% certain that this is garcinia acuminata (bumpy madrono) from my mother tree. It is about 6" tall. $10

Parting with a few of my doubles - I hate to, but ... two of them, the Carambola and the Araza are fruiting and flowering now
I'm in SW Ranches and will be available Sunday all day. This is pickup only.

[b]Araza (eugenia stipitata)[/b] 5 years old fruiting with fruit on tree now $80 SOLD



Psidium Longipetiolatum 3-4 years old (52") flushing now $80 SOLD



Psidium Robustum 3-4 years old (32" tall x 40" wide) $80 SOLD



Carambola/Starfruit seedling 8 years old fruiting right now $40 - trunk 4.5 ft, canopy reaches 8-9ft (15 gallon)





Garcinia Acuminata (bumpy madruno) 12" with bonus 2nd smaller plant in the same pot(1 gallon) $10


Dragonfruit (pitaya) rooted/potted Vietnamese white  3-4ft tall (3 gallon) $10 ALL SOLD
Dragonfruit (pitaya) rooted/potted unknown red variety 3-4ft tall (3 gallon) $10


Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid 2.5 years old 12"x12" (1 gallon) $15 SOLD


Not pictured...
Sapodilla - alano seedlings - 2 years old  12-14"(1 gallon) $10 ALL SOLD

So this fell from my tree this morning. Was so high up in the canopy I didn't notice it until it dropped. So far I'm afraid to open it in case a hatchling xenomorph is still forming inside. I'll wait for backup when my wife gets home.

Anyone seen this happen before? Siamese twin mango fruit?






Normal Lemon Zest on the right, my siamese twin needing a bi-bopsy on the left

Cleaning up and getting rid of a few things. I am in West Broward - pick up only.

1. psidium longpetiolatum x 2 ($20 ea) SOLD
2. psidium robustum x 1 ($20) SOLD
3. garcinia humilis (achacha) seedlings x 4 ($10 ea) TWO LEFT
3. Lucs Garcinia x1 22" ($60) SOLD
4. Peanut Butter Fruit Tree x1 ($40) flowering/fruiting size SOLD
5. Inga sp. (was told Feuelli,5ft tall) x1 ($40) - not pictured
6. Seedling Carambola tree fruiting 6ft / 15 gallon ($80) - not pictured


I also have a large sized flowering/fruiting pitangatuba (7 gallon) for $50 and a fruiting sized 6ft g. acuminata (7 gallon that needs to be potted up) for $120 if anyone is interested. I can post pictures if anyone is interested. SOLD


g. humilis in 1 gal pots about 7-9" on average


Luc's Garcinia almost 2ft and over 3 years old.


Peanut Butter Tree over 4ft tall, flowering size


P. longipetiolatum on left, p. robustum on right about 20" on average

This are for pickup - also looking to work a trade for a fruiting or large sized, grafted specimen of g. brasileinsis (superior lemon drop). All plants are seedlings. Located in SW ranches.

Garcinia Intermedia (Lemon Drop Mangosteen, mameyito, jorco) almost 4 ft tall - $50 each (I have 2 left!)
Garcinia Acuminata (Garcinia Madrono)  6+ft tall, fruiting size - $120 (one) SOLD
Rollinia (flowering size) 7+ ft tall, $120 (one)
Ice Cream Bean (Inga sp double trunked 26" - may be two plants together?) $40 (one)
Ice Cream Bean (Inga Sp single plant) 24" $30 (one)
Luc's Garcinia (small 12" - 2+ year old) $50 ea (I have 1 left!)
Luc's Garcinia (medium 40"x 36" triple trunked with a bush growth habit-  5+ year old) $120 SOLD




Garcinia Intermedia (Lemon Drop)


Garcinia Intermedia (Lemon Drop)


Garcinia acuminata (madrono)


Rollinia


Ice Cream Bean


Luc's Garcinia (5 year old)


Luc's Garcinia (5 year old)


Luc's Garcinia  (2+ year old) - plant #1


Luc's Garcinia  (2+ year old - with one branch) - plant #2

South Florida members:

Looking for a few good folks to go in on a combined shipping order.
I received the following email from Linda Nickerson regarding her variety of the Thompson s-8

“We can ship Sugar Dragon cuttings to Florida, but since I cut fairly large cuttings, they must go in a large, flat rate box, $25 for shipping and handling.  The cuttings are only $8 each, and I can get 15 - 20 per box, so it would be best if you could find someone to go in on some cuttings with you.  We have another variety that is delicious that you can't get anywhere else called Maria Rosa.  It is a pale pink, large, very sweet, and hardier than Delight., that you might be interested in.  We think Sugar Dragon is the only self fertile magenta-fleshed variety available on the market right now.”

So I’m thinking if we get at least 10 or more orders we can get these for about $10-$12 a cutting, shipped. I’m happy to make my home the pickup spot. I live in SW Ranches (just west of I-75 in central Broward).

 If you are interested, Pm me directly

So I was looking to grow a bunch of climbing vines in 1-2 gallon pots but I need to keep them in tight groups due to space. Does anyone have suggestions regarding 1. A cheap yet effective support for the climber (a single bamboo stake?), and 2. Whether or not to simply keep pruning/pinching the top to maintain a bush shape until ready to sell/plant out.

My concern is that they will all begin wrapping around one another and make separation a nightmare later one.
Suggestions?
Thanks, Keith

Does anyone have any experience with dieback on this Eugenia? I have a 3-4 year old potted tree that goes through these periods and then recovers. I'm not fertilizing much and the water stays a little on the dry side (I've read to avoid overwatering). Use only rainwater it well-water, gets full sun most of the day. Is this species of Eugenia prone to this? You think this may lessen if I plant it out?
Tired of pruning back dead wood on a non-fruiting plant every 5-6 months.
Keith

I have both g. Hombronia and Luc's Mexican lemoncillo. Same batch of seeds, same shade, same nutrients, same soil. Most are growing fine as in the picture below. But as you notice in the other two images, same exact plants exhibit a Bunchy top issue (something I am familiar with in bananas) where several dwarf series of leaves emerge, stay predominantly yellow and essentially seems to inhibit vertical growth.

Any ideas on the culprit? Potential treatment? (Middle is seashore mangosteen, bottom is Luc's)
Keith

I have several rollinia deliciosa seedlings that recently began developing these brown veins. Any guess as to the cause? I did notice it happened after a good dose of diluted fish oil fertilizer. Don't know if it's even related. Ideas?
Keith