The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hello Stuart, I am from Kerala India. I have a small collection of fruit trees, many of them yet to fruit. I am interested to get the seeds of Marula, Kei apple, Telfairia and other African fruits. I would be very much obliged if you could help in any way. Chandramohan.

This in not a rare sight in many parts of India! The mound of mangoes in the foreground is 'benishan' and the one on which he is resting is what is known as 'Bangalora' or 'Totapuri'. The other two I cannot make out. Chandramohan.

I bought some seeds of Monstera. Can somebody tell me how to germinate the seeds?

How soon does monstera seeds germinate?

In India Mango is commonly made into Leather. It is available in many super markets.

I have had almost similar problems with my Feijoa plants. The ones I planted in the ground are slow growers, but the one I kept in the pot is growing very well.

I had two vines of Cassa. The fruits had absolutely no smell and the ripe fruits could not be eaten as there was hardly any flesh to eat being full of seeds. In little flesh there was, was tasteless . I ate a tender one, it was like eating a firm crunchy cucumber. May be the seeds I bought from TopTropicals or Tradewinds was no good. I had let the vine up a tree and they started spreading to the neighboring betelnut trees and smothering them, so I cut down the vines.The seeds sprout very easily if soaked in warm water and placed between moist towels.

Hello,  Pepper plants need plenty of sun, but we always avoid the hot sun from the north-west from falling on the plants, until they are three or four years old. As regards fertiliser organic ones,like cowdung compost is the best,but please I do not know how the ones available in Canada smells!! Do not use inorganic fertiliser.

I have eaten Baccaurea Courtallensis and it tastes like lemon mangosteen. The fruits are maroon-red in colour. I have two seedlings from the seeds.

What you have are definitely shoots. I have been propagating Miracle fruit plants by airlayering with great success. As my bush puts out more than one terminal shoot and there are a lot of lateral branches, instead of pruning and wasting, I air layer and give them to my friends. Chandramohan

I contacted 'theseedybusiness'. They do not have seeds now. Any body else I can try? It would be a big help, as I am returning to India on May15th.

I was searching on the internet, how to speed up my Garcinias,especially Mangosteen, and one source recommended putting Arbuscular Mycorrhizae into the root zone. To me this makes sense and I have already started doing it when I left India. I will know the result when I return in May.