The Tropical Fruit Forum

The mulberry top work project year 2. The long shoots are last years grafts--DMOR 9, Bryce's World's Best, Australian Green, and Himilayan FSP. Grafting Pakistani (Black), Siam Jumbo, and Skinner this year. Skinner pushed too early last year and did not take. Hopefully they make it through the cold.

My Dad's ~10' white sapote was not bothered by a brief dip into the high 20s earlier this year. It is probably in one if the coldest spots in his property. Longan trees nearby got some leaf burn.

If you're going to get land make sure you can get a job or have that taken care of close enough... Due to AI, I no longer have a hirable skill set, am consigned to manual labor jobs due to lack of connections, and therefore will never have the means to so much own a greenhouse and my big lofty almost-impossible audacious "American Dream" is owning a trailer on an acreage of rocky land. Anywhere I could get land, there doesn't seem to be any jobs anywhere anymore to support the costs of owning it. Land may be relatively "cheap" but there may be no work anywhere nearby ...

I've thought about this topic a lot myself and I concluded FL was out the the picture for my situation. Good luck, let us hope property prices crash and some baby boomers are forced to sell a third or fourth home ... Property prices are insane... This should not be acceptable...

That is a real bummer man. I know this is off topic, and I apologize, but I have this terrible habit of actually caring about people.    I have thought about what I would do if my job were no longer necessary. Two jobs that have surprisingly good pay with minimal training are CDL driving and Lineman work for the electric company. One of my co-workers has a son who went into long haul trucking. He works some long hours when he is on, but can make what I would call good money. Linemen start at about $70k--however, there is the risk of being killed every day if you do something dumb. As a last ditch option I would apply for work as a waiter at a good restaurant--they always need help and the total pay package can be surprisingly good, but you have to be good with people and have a good establishment to work for. All the best to you man.

My first recommendation is to try and find out what your rootstock is. Some mandarins are not compatible with particular rootstocks (Murcott on Swingle for example). There are some pretty sharp people on here who might be able to help you identify the tree of you post pictures of the fruit and tree

Quote from: fliptop on January 27, 2026, 02:42:42 PM

I dug up ten trees, threw them in pots, and brought them indoors. Will probably dig up a couple more. For the big trees, may wrap frost cloth around the trunks to try and save part of them. So frustrating, as so many seedling trees are flowering now (Gift Horse, Peach Cobbler, Pim Seng Mun, Sweet Tart, Madame Francis). Didn't have the foresight to make back ups of them except for Gift Horse. I expect to lose a lot of stuff and have a yard that looks completely different after this week. Good luck to all!

Yeah tomorrow I'm going to dig up Venus and pina colada. I'll make sure to take my Flintstone vitamins. Yabba dabba doo!
The last act of the day was to go over to Gunn Road and pick up this insurance mango Super Julie
 
I've hit the bunk I'm exhausted

Only Bovine would buy a mango tree with lows predicted in the 20s. Although, now that I think of it that was really smart because a few weeks after the freeze they will be hard to find...

The ultimate Insurance mango tree Que Sera Sera.

Let me know if you get fruit from that one. Seems like I have been growing it for years. Lol!

Found this--Facebook Marketplace in West Covina, CA. It may even be legit. 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1452539596121336/&ved=2ahUKEwixlZPRyKqSAxXuRzABHee4DJcQFnoECDUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3kdlxBhqmNTemkhqTjo2PT

Thank you for the link to this publication. The Dresden-Pilnitz site belongs to the Julius Kühn Institute. There is no information about this on their website:
https://www.julius-kuehn.de/dresden-pillnitz (or also https://www.deutsche-genbank-obst.de/).

It might be interesting to visit the experimental fields for example, during cherry ripening season. I don't know if this is possible or if any material is available:
https://www.julius-kuehn.de/vf/versuchsflaechen-dresden-pillnitz


Their brochure "Pillnitz Fruit Varieties & Rootstocks" is showing only three interspecific Prunus hybrids are listed, which are identified only as rootstocks:

Piku 4 Prunus cerasus x P. Kursar (P. kurilensis x P. sargentii)
Piku 1 Prunus avium x (P. canescens x P. tomentosa)
Piku 3 Prunus pseudocerasus x (P. canescens x P. incisa)

https://www.julius-kuehn.de/media/Veroeffentlichungen/Flyer/PillnitzerObstsortenbroschuere.pdf

Very interesting, I will have to read through the links. Seeing tomentosa in the parentage is surprising since it is usually thought to be more plum like than cherry.

Probably you best option for long term compatibility is to graft Painter's Cherilata and then top work that. To whatever you want.

Yes, it grows great in central Florida . They are all along the Kissimmee River. Bees love them. They are one of the first things to bloom. I have been walking in the marsh along the river when there were thousands of them  in the willows and it sounds like an airport.

Sounds like I need to watch this. My Dad's Thai Jujube on produced a handful of fruit this year. Can't prune it too low, though because of deer pressure. Someone should be selling these to Florida hunters for food plots.

I mentioned this last time you posted, but Indian Town might be a good place to check. It's 35 where I am at this morning with light frost. It's 42 in Indian Town--same temp as PSL. Might be a good compromise between economy and frost free.

I think the hoar frost is when humidity and temperature align to slowly and steadily precipitate water out of the air to make frost sculptures. I have not seen it much in Florida, but relatives up north have sent me pictures.