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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lilikoi - Which Ones Do You Grow
« on: Today at 02:37:07 PM »
Anyone have Quinmi #9 cuttings for sale?
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Looking for cassava varieties
« on: Today at 01:41:22 PM »Cody Cove Farms in Central, FL has some varieties available currently: https://codycovefarm.com/shop/?wpf_filter_cat_2=56&wpf_fbv=1.
Thanks. I have all the varieties from Cody Cove Farms that seemed interesting.
I am still looking for any other superior varieties.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Thai Lesser and greater galangal ginger rhizomes
« on: Today at 12:02:11 PM »
Do you have any black galangal (Kaempferia galanga)?
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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: The R.E.S. Method - Fruit From Seed in 1-2 Years
« on: January 21, 2025, 12:37:14 AM »
Great post.
Once the video is ready, please post it. Thanks!
Once the video is ready, please post it. Thanks!
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: What's the difference between the CCPP's different Femminello lemon varieties?
« on: January 17, 2025, 01:22:10 PM »I don't think you will be able to tell the difference. i have most of the lemon varieties UCR/CCPP sells and there is nothing really special about any specific one.
You might just get the VI-692 or the VI-929 for starters. I have a fruiting VI-692, 2K and it doesn't taste any different than the Lisbon or Eureka lemon to me. Also tasted the Amafi Coast lemon and not a lot of difference to me.
You might like the 9lb lemon, check it out on the variety database, the fruit is huge, gets to 9lbs if properly feed. My lemon only got to 3 lbs since I grafted to a weak rootstock.
Most lemons have many crops a year so it should be the same for most. The popular variety from your list is the Santa Teresa, I have it grafted so I should be able to compare the taste to the 2K this year.
You might think about getting the Seedless Lisbon or the Seedless Eureka, tastes the same as the seeded version and has good fruit production.
Were you able to compare the taste of the Santa Teresa to the 2K last year?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / MOVED: UF researchers exp breakthrough approach to combat devastating citrus greening
« on: January 10, 2025, 08:21:55 AM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / MOVED: Anyone successfully growing grapefruit in zone 7,8, or 9?
« on: January 10, 2025, 08:21:45 AM »
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Looking for cassava varieties
« on: January 03, 2025, 07:42:39 PM »
Does anyone have any different cassava varities for sale or trade? Or does anyone know any sources online to purchase other cultivars?
I recently ordered 'Togo', 'CMC 40', 'Manteiga', and 'Shan's Yellow', from Cody Cove Farm & Nursery.
Thanks!
I recently ordered 'Togo', 'CMC 40', 'Manteiga', and 'Shan's Yellow', from Cody Cove Farm & Nursery.
Thanks!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Who wants a Mango sub forum besides me?
« on: January 03, 2025, 09:39:22 AM »It does seem to me that it's probably the most popular fruit of discussion here on the forum in general. I think having it buttoned up in a separate area may be helpful. This said, getting engagement in the general forum with mango posts leading is not such a bad thing, because you'll also see the other threads below that are not mango related, but new.
I have seen forums die off due to pigeon holing subjects too much, and overall participation dropping because you don't see anything happening unless you're on that particularly busy offshoot, which can fly under the radar.
This is one of the main reasons we have avoided creating too many sub forums. I think the broader categories keeps things more active.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling Hibiscus Sabdariffa seeds
« on: October 24, 2024, 08:18:43 PM »Selling seeds of Hibiscus Sabdariffa
Prices are required on all posts or the post will be deleted.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / MOVED: Orri Mandarin - Wow, Dang Wow!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / MOVED: Crisp honey kumquat
« on: October 14, 2024, 07:43:49 PM »
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Is this message a scam ?
« on: October 12, 2024, 08:13:28 AM »I too recieved the same pm and I suspected these two are scammers.
Admin should band these scammers
Yes, we delete the accounts as soon as we are made aware of them. So please continue to let us know of any suspect scammers.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Is this message a scam ?
« on: October 12, 2024, 12:57:19 AM »
I deleted the user. Please let us know of any other members that may be scammers.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Uses for fresh allspice berries?
« on: October 02, 2024, 08:31:45 PM »
You can also use the wood for smoking meat.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Sorry for the spam
« on: September 22, 2024, 12:20:39 PM »
We're not sure what happened recently but we have two anti spam systems in place but somehow the recent set of bots were able to bypass both.
All new member registration now requires Admin approval. This should stop all spam, but I don't like requiring Admin approval for long because sometimes I forget to review the new members for weeks.
All new member registration now requires Admin approval. This should stop all spam, but I don't like requiring Admin approval for long because sometimes I forget to review the new members for weeks.
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Citrus General Discussion / Madison Citrus Nursery Tour Video
« on: September 22, 2024, 12:10:36 PM »
I saw this video last night and I thought it was pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCXXNYc0pC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCXXNYc0pC8
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Chempejak seed
« on: September 22, 2024, 08:13:55 AM »lol Ok buddy
What did he say? I got multiple reports but by the time I checked he edited his post.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Anyone have Campbell aka Nature's Flan White Sapote?
« on: September 18, 2024, 12:43:53 PM »
I am looking for a Campbell aka Nature's Flan white sapote tree or scions. If anyone has, or knows where to get them please let me know.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Transplanting a mature mango tree?
« on: September 18, 2024, 12:32:36 PM »
I used to work at a fruit tree nursery that sometimes sold their mature mango trees that were in the ground. Some of the trees were around 20 years old with very thick trunks.
What they did was first dig a trench around the tree a few feet away from the trunk. The trench was a few feet deep and a foot or so wide. Then they would leave the tree like that for a few months to get acclimated to the root pruning.
After a few months all they had to do was pick up the tree with a bobcat and deliver it to the buyer.
What they did was first dig a trench around the tree a few feet away from the trunk. The trench was a few feet deep and a foot or so wide. Then they would leave the tree like that for a few months to get acclimated to the root pruning.
After a few months all they had to do was pick up the tree with a bobcat and deliver it to the buyer.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Wasn't this David Fairchild's Dream? Imported Mangosteen . . .
« on: September 17, 2024, 08:56:43 PM »Mangosteen always tasted like blood to me. Very irony flavorAhhh, interesting, Satya. I haven't had any of those, to my knowledge, though I have had Black Currant Jam. Thanks!black currant is closer to jaboticaba in flavor, probably, than to red currant. they are very different, even different flavor profiles. The black one is opaque, more earthy forest berry kind of flavor, and has much less acidity but more sweetness, and a tiny bit tartness. the red one is juicy, transparent and, as you said, has brightness to it. I think you can find it sometimes in markets and Whole foods when they are in season.
Are you trying to eat the purple part?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Wasn't this David Fairchild's Dream? Imported Mangosteen . . .
« on: September 14, 2024, 04:55:48 PM »cbss_daviefl and Satya, Thank You for this information!
My apologies, ben mango--how would you describe the taste? I've read associations with peach, lychee, strawberry, pineapple, citrus, and mango . . . If you have a better description, I'll see if it rings true for me.
I bought two containers, each having 9 fruit. Out of about 12 fruit so far, 3 have been inedible, including the extremely hard-shelled one I described earlier. The others have looked like the one in my photo. Definitely have a "brightness" to them, like they were injected with Sprite. I enjoy them very much.
What’s the address of the Costco that you bought them?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Wasn't this David Fairchild's Dream? Imported Mangosteen . . .
« on: September 14, 2024, 03:42:48 PM »Well, I couldn't help but plant them . . . We shall see!Of course you had to. I'm heading to Costco tomorrow 🤗
I went to two Costcos here in Palm Beach County but I couldn’t find any.
Did you have any luck?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pineapple thread
« on: September 12, 2024, 11:26:22 AM »Today I was able to try Frankie's #10 pineapple and man was it a winner! Super sweet and creamy, with some vanilla notes. Easily one of the best pineapples I've grown and eaten. It has a lot of similarities to the Meli Kalima (Honey Cream) pineapple which came from the same breeding effort. Brix came in around 18.
I'm hoping that with time I'll get slightly larger fruits. I went back and forth with when to pick the fruit, but after a lot of reading it seems like white or lighter colored flesh pineapples will get over ripe if allowed to turn fully gold. I'm happy with the stage I picked it and after cutting it open I feel more confident in that decision, but as I grow more out I'll likely experiment with ripening stages.
I'm planting the top and don't have propagative material to sell this time around, but this is one worth growing and I'll try to make it available as soon as I'm able.
Awesome!
Have you considered cutting the crown into 4 pieces so you get more plants? I did that recently with a Dellerman crown and I got 4 plants from one crown.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pineapple plant trading
« on: September 08, 2024, 03:22:22 PM »I'm guessing it is an MD2 because they don't cut the tops off like they do the pink glow and ruby glow. Or possibly some other established variety since they're not taking steps to prevent propagation.
I went through the last 20 years of Del Monte pineapple patents and I did not see any varieties that could be Honeyglow. They did have two new pineapple patents in 2024 though, so I wonder when/if they will ever be released. They're both MD2 x Manzana crosses.
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