The Tropical Fruit Forum

Does the aroma of the crushed leaves indicate the resin flavor intensity? I had 2 pitangas with one that had very resinous smelling leaves and the other with no leaf smell. The resinous leaf died, and I still have the non-resinous smelling one. Neither fruited, though I am expecting fruit from the one I have this year.

I am wondering, if we write a plant down at one point, and it starts fruiting, would it make sense to do another submission for that plant?

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This would be awesome. I have filled out a few already.

That’s awesome! I’m in 5b, I would love to do something like that once I have the time. What is your main way of preserving heat?

Vanilla wants some shade but dark shade is not ideal. Living fence posts pruned to manage light shade in a relatively moist tropical climate is best. Vanilla is native where I live. It occurs as an understory epiphyte. If it is too dark development is slow. Too much sun will make the leaves pale with burn spots that introduce fungus like anthrachnose.
Peter

Good to know. I’ll probably set up some kind of wooden post for it to grow up in a little brighter of a spot. It is a frosted plastic sheeting so I believe it helps soften the light anyways.

Does it like more shade or would it prefer a brighter location? It gets very little light right now but seems to be doing ok.

I recently germinated giant mulchi seeds. I like to use a paper towel and change it every so often so I can see the progress of the seed. 5 out of 6 germinated (one was rotted). Once my seeds germinate I immediately put them in clean soil. All of them came up but then I moved them outside and they rotted back so I put them under grow lights with a humidity cover and 4 of the 5 came back. For my others seeds I like to just put them in dirt, it’s easy and cheap. I have found it’s better to germinate indoors with more temperature control.

Mine is a wavy leaf. I’ll have to update when they ripen.

I have been putting up lots of yellow sticky traps. They are snagging a ton of flies, but it seems like there are always more and more. I’ll try to stay consistent with it, along with spraying.

I am trying to figure out if this is fruit set. Can anyone verify?

Hello all. My starfruit seedling is a few years old and it has grown really well except for now. It got spider mites during early spring and usually they clear up when I move them outside but it has not done well, even after using insecticidal soap. I have been spraying the leaves down often and making sure it is fertilized. Do you think a neem oil drench would help?