The Tropical Fruit Forum

I recently picked up an 8' tree, and I'm looking to make it a cocktail tree so I can get fruit sooner/on a single tree. Given that, I'd like to get 4-6 total scions from various varieties. I'm not too picky about what varieties they are, as long as it's a good mix, maybe 1-2 of each.

Looking to buy a handful of dioica seeds.

I just got into this tropical fruit growing hobby this spring, and a lot of my trees I purchased as grafted 3 gallon plants. A couple of these were already flowering this summer, so I had a booth cherimoya and AP atemoya set fruit around August. For whatever reason the fruit on my booth dropped a couple of days ago, not sure if I overwatered or overfertilized it, as I think 4 months is slightly premature for this plant. Regardless, I sat it out on the counter and it ripened within a couple of days. I gave it a taste, and while it did taste like cherimoya, I wasn't very impressed. A touch bitter and overall not very sweet. Very seedy and little flesh. My trees are larger now and I know more about what I'm doing, so I'm hoping that I'll have better luck with my next harvest.

As title stated, I'm just curious whether these are buds forming at the base of the leaves on my pink guava, or if it's just new growth. I'm not really sure what to look for because this is my first year keeping guava.

I'm entirely ignorant when it comes to avocados, but after a bit of reading I learned that there are a few varieties that should theoretically be able to grow year round in my climate, as our yearly lows are about 20-22.

This brings me to my question, is rooting avocado cuttings easy/possible, and if so, is grafting or rooting more commonplace? Does the variety of fruit the seed came from matter when it comes to vigor and cold tolerance?

Of the self fruitful cold hardy varieties (15-20 degrees), which are most commonly regarded as the best tasting? Looking at the varieties on this link, the amount of choices that can tolerate 15-20 degrees is somewhat overwhelming considering that I only have space for 1-2 trees. https://www.anaturalfarm.com/live-plants/avocado

I have three potted cherimoya, and one atemoya. They're all in 5 gallon pots, and their heights vary from 24-54". The trunks measure from about 16-36" tall and are 3/4-1" thick. I've been told by the sellers that they're all large enough to support about 1-3 fruits, and the african pride and booth already each have one fruit on them, while the white and pierce are currently beginning to flower. I've been using 5-1-1 fish emulsion, but I fear that it might not be enough now that they're fruiting, so I picked up some 10-10-10 today. Given the size of the trees and containers, how much/often should I use the 10-10-10 given the size of the trees? This is my first time with synthetic fertilizer, so forgive the newbie question.

I just got some A. senegalensis and A. stenophylla seeds today, and the stenophylla really caught my interest, because I read that they have a rhizome. Based on my reading on bananas, I know that their corms can survive much colder temperatures than the main stem can, so I was thinking that A. stenophylla might be able to aswell. Does anyone here have any experience growing stenophylla in colder climates? I'm planning on doing a couple that I'll bring inside once winter hits, one in a pot, and one or two in the ground with mulch. Our yearly lows are generally around 20-25, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to keep these outdoors year round, and at least have the rhizome survive.

By the time I get all of them germinated, I'm going to have a few extras aswell, if anyone is interested.

I've read that both California Gold and Ice Cream banana can tolerate zone 8a, and was curious if anyone here had experience getting them to fruit in colder zones. I'm hoping to get them to fruit in my area with some overwintering.

I have a handful of sugar apple seedlings I'm looking to get rid of. I was just getting into annonas, and bought a lot more seeds than I realized I needed, so now I'm stuck with more plants than I need. Looking to get $8 each plus shipping (varies by quantity, starting at $8.50).

As for trades, I'm looking for anything that can survive zone 7b, or anything I can get to fruit in a pot (preferably less than 10 gallons). I'm open minded to about anything, so feel free to offer anything.

I have about 125 cherimoya seeds from july 2021 fruit that I'd like to trade for other tropical seeds. I'm mainly looking for garcinias, dwarf annonas, or ice cream beans, but I'm also open to other offers or simply selling them.

I'm interested if anyone has anything that's well suited for container growth that makes tasty fruit.