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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Today - Sunday at John Painter’s on Pine Island
« Last post by fruitfarmacy on August 09, 2025, 10:47:31 AM »
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Free Pond Apple fruit (for the seeds) but you pay shipping and handling
« Last post by Orkine on August 09, 2025, 10:33:21 AM »
Quote from: Seanny on August 19, 2022, 11:36:59 PM
Thank you for those photos of your graft unions.
Those black barks on those graft could be this?



Full text here https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/91535/87733/0

It has been a few years since I posted this, and I came across it because I am offering pond apple seeds again and went to see if anyone had posted a request after the batch I had at the time had run out.  Anyway, with a few more years under its belt.  The trees with the dark area are doing great and are fruiting.  They do not appear to be stressed in any way and do not appear to be suffering the conditions observed in the posted paper.
I believe some are older than 7 years in the ground by now (if they were 3 when you made the original post), perhaps I got lucky grafting them high on the rootstock. 

I have since grafted some other annona to pond apple seedling, much closer to the ground.  These are new grafts and I will wait to see what happens to them over time.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jamaican cherry
« Last post by toomanyplants on August 09, 2025, 10:08:59 AM »
Mine came from Logee’s, and I think it was about 12-16” tall.  A little more than a year later it is around 9’ tall and 10-12’ wide in a 25gal container, and just bore its first fruit.  That is after some hard pruning and a lot of winter dieback when it was indoors.  These trees will grow a foot a month easily.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Got some Soursop seeds
« Last post by Orkine on August 09, 2025, 09:29:56 AM »
Quote from: Colin on August 08, 2025, 10:50:11 PM
Messaged you!
Got your message, sent you a response.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 🌿 WEEKEND FLASH — 40% / 50% OFF ALL SPECIES (Sat–Sun only) • USA stock • 🍒
« Last post by huertasurbanas on August 09, 2025, 09:04:16 AM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jamaican cherry
« Last post by Coconut Cream on August 09, 2025, 08:28:46 AM »
You can stick a cutting from the tree in the ground or in a pot and it will root and grow quickly. Probably too quickly, that's why most people end up removing them. The fruit is tasty enough, but they are small. Try asking at your local fruit/garden club if anyone can give you a cutting from their tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID this fruits
« Last post by Galatians522 on August 09, 2025, 08:18:09 AM »
That appears to be a Samarkand type nectarine. Once know as the fabled "Golden Peaches of Samarkand," several varieties have made their way to the US including one called "Maria's Gold."
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking For Inga Vulpina
« Last post by Julian R on August 09, 2025, 08:12:33 AM »
Quote from: nullzero on August 08, 2025, 09:33:25 PM
Quote from: Julian R on August 08, 2025, 07:15:34 PM
Resurrecting this one again.  Was never able to get any response from Oscar then got distracted with life! Still looking.

I have extra plants I can sell, in 1 gal container. $30  + shipping. I can take pictures of the plants.

pm sent !  8)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Season 2025
« Last post by Galatians522 on August 09, 2025, 08:01:28 AM »
Quote from: All the fruit on August 09, 2025, 04:57:18 AM
Lychee harvest has just started in S France and N Italy. Mostly weak season due to hail in spring but we are here at the same latitude as Canada or Maine. No idea about the varieties


That is remarkable! If you posted a photo of the new growth and ripe fruit with the seed, someone could probably identify it.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jamaican cherry
« Last post by Rcb on August 09, 2025, 06:52:00 AM »
Do you mean Muntingia calabura?  We call it the Jamaican strawberry tree. 

We had both the red and the yellow, but they were so prolific I took out the red one as the fruits of the yellow are larger and imo taste better.

This tree is pretty much impossible to kill. We took a direct hit from Hurricane Milton last year and I’m pretty sure this tree laughed at it.  A 4-7 inch will likely be fruiting within a year - 18 months.

I’m in 10a SW Fl, and honestly every other week I’m chopping it back a bit.  Roots are extensive, and if exposed to sunlight will grow new trees, so keep it well mulched around it.

Honestly I would like to get rid of it as it is just growing too well where I have it, but it is my husbands and granddaughters favorite fruit so I keep it.

Flowering does stop in the colder season, but starts up again in early spring.
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