The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hello, I have had two bad experiences with Ebay out of three purchases. I went against the advice of my daughter and my friends , not to buy any thing on Ebay. I bought a Beermachine, which was labled as "New", the price was attractive, about $63. When I opened the box, which arrived after a long delay, I found that the base of the Beermachine was shattered, the machine was used, because the Defoamer discs packet, which normally contains three Discs was opened and there was only one Disc, and the small box containing 3 nos. of  8gm C02 bulbs was not there, instead  there was a box containing 10 nos !! imported from Europe !!!. I should Know!! because I have 3 Beermachines!!!.The packing was excellent, so it could not have broken in transit, it was double boxed, with cushoning material between the boxes. When informed, Ebay passed on the information to the seller, and that guy replies that he does not know what I am talking about!! The second incident happened because I had already ordered before the Beermachine arrived, I had ordered a 10gm jewellers balance to weigh GA-3 for soaking seeds !! When it arrived and I checked it I found the back lighting in the LCD display does not work! On informing the seller came back saying that model did not have back lighting!! when the itself manual says if  "the back lighting does not light up, to press the light switch", which was not there on the machine. The seller offered to refund $3, which I accepted, instead of going to all the trouble of returning it and not knowing whether I wound get a refund. So I have decided never to shop on Ebay!!! As regards Paypal, to open an account, they require all personal information, which my daughter refuses to give,as she has had Idenity Theft more than once, and paypal does not linkup with a gift card, so much so that I am unable to buy any seeds from the forum members. So I make all my purchases using Gift Cards. Chandramohan.

In my place mealy bugs are a menace to all Annonas. What I do is use any pesticide diluted and with a little liquid soap added. Liquid soap is required because mealy bugs have a waxy coating which prevents the pesticide from wetting them . As the mealy bugs are farmed by the ants, dusting around the trunk with any ant repellant is a must. Also make sure that none of the branches touch adjacent trees for the ants to bridge. This method has been 100% sucessful!!

Quote from: Chandramohan on March 27, 2015, 02:34:20 PM

Hello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!

Nice collection already! BTW i sent you a package on March 24.

  Thanks, Oscar. I got the package already. Please help me to get as many new seeds as possible. Chandramohan

Luc, Do you have any Mexican Garcinia seeds to spare?

Hello! My name is Chandramohan. I am a retired Mech. Enggr with a Masters in Agrl. Engg. For the last 12 years I have been farming. I live in my farm in the district of Wynad in the state of Kerala in India. I grow Coffee, Pepper, Cardamomum, Coconut, Arecanut, a few Avocado,Jackfruit, Gamboge, etc. My hobby is collecting tropical fruit trees, so much so that I have, Mangosteen, Lemon mangosteen, Seashore mangosteen, False mangosteen, Madruno, Kokam, Rambutan, Pulasan, Durian, Santol, Longan, Langsat, Mamey sapote, Sapodilla, Malay apple, Rose apple, Canistel, Bread fruit, Mango, Embilica, Lovi lovi, Sweet Lovilovi, Soursop, Custardapple, Sugarapple, etc. I am a widower and my only daughter lives in Houston, USA. I am at present in the US and I am trying to collect as many seeds as possible!!!