The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have noticed my acerola puts out gobs of flowers and fruit during the winter and early spring, and then during the drier end of summer. It seems like a little stress helps get it to fruit.

They look like aphids. When I use organic horticultural soap, it takes them out in one spray. Neem and castile soap would work well too.

Just my experience, in Idaho, and others may have different ideas.

Personally, I wouldn't put them out until the outside low equals about 10-15 degrees lower than your inside temps.

Then full shade for a while. Indoors, even with lights, the light level is way lower than outdoor shade. Only let them have early morning or late afternoon sun for at least a couple of weeks.  Trees respond to light changes much more slowly than veggies. Unless by "indoors" you mean a greenhouse, then you can subject them to more light faster.

I used to bring mine in and out of the greenhouse, but twice a year shock was just too hard on most things, other than figs, which are indestructible.


Good luck!
Carolyn

Thanks. I think I will wait then till the temperatures are consistent and find a shady spot for them.

Thats awesome. Looking forward to seeing how the other ones turn out. I think it would be interesting to see how other Eugenias may cross as well. Eugenias have a lot of potential. Let us now when you have seeds!

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?

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=47663.msg462261#msg462261

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.