The Tropical Fruit Forum

Carolyn do you have 2 trees? Do you hand cross pollenate? I really want to get cacao in my greenhouse but dont know if I'd have space for 2.

Finished building my greenhouse last week! We just hit 32 last night :| I wasn't ready for summer to end.
Lovely greenhouse you've got up there.

If only I lived closer I would come check it out! Always jealous of the big low zone tropical set ups.

Received my plant today! Arrived very well packaged. Healthy and strong. Thanks Jon for the beautiful plant

I try to only keep one of each kind of tree, to save space, but then they look at me with these pleading little plant eyes... so I have a papaya forest, a marula forest, and a guava forest.

Me too, when I get seeds I think I'll thin them out, but then they all just look at me and say how 'strong we're growing, let us stay around just a little longer'. Now I have a papaya forest, a chanar forest and a toadtree forest. Really hoping chañar and toadtree fruit actually tastes good. ! (Marula too.) So many trees gambling on taste.

pm sent. 40$ is a great price

Received my mangos all the way up here in Washington. Shipped Saturday, arrived Tuesday. All smell great and almost all look great. Unfortunately, I think USPS decided to throw the box the entire way here so despite the great packing some were bruised. But not Franks fault ! Will order again once I eat all these.

i got mine from 9waters too. Its 2 years old so maybe next year I'll get some flowers.

I was the fool who put his plants outside at the first sunny day in April. I put them in light shade but then it dropped to 36 and started snowing, and now it hasn't stopped raining and its been super windy. 
Surinam Cherry - Burnt and dropped all leaves - brough them back into the greenhouse and they started flushing out again. I left 2 out as an experiment to see if they can handle it. They were all ~1yo
Chanar - Took several out and they all lost their leaves. I left them out to test if they are cold hardy. I actually left 2 out all winter and we got into the teens with multiple snow days. Hoping they survive. IF they do I'll put one in the ground to test further
Superior lemon drop - Put 2 out with the surinams, woke up with snow in their pots. They turned brown, put them back in the greenhouse and we'll see what happens.
Ziricote - Same story as above. Outside because I saw sun. All the leaves turned brown except the bottom 4 which are still greenish. Also got some snow in the pot. Hoping it bounces back as well.
Honestly pretty hopeful Chanar can stay out year round as they get older. I'm trying to find which are more cold hardy so I can take them out earlier since the greenhouse is always so packed. As others said, I need to be more careful with the sun exposure.

I also just planted some Strychnos spinosa seeds I picked up from Jibril on etsy. If they germinate, I'll have some as well.

Are you 2 Bali Salak $15 (1') monoecious ? If they are I'll take them.

@toadtreenursey ! I always forget to post, but I try to hashtags all my plants on instagram so you can just follow the # and look at all the other picture of rare plants. I personally find it easier to snap a picture and post for my own future reference. if zuckerberg starts taking an interest in rare tropical fruits I hope he can bring down the price on some of em, or hire me as a tropical fruit influencer, I'll bring you all along. 

Ah I see. At least the fruit is tasty. haha

You give me hope for my zill darks I planted last year! tasty and fruiting in around 3 years!