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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Need Help ID- Seedling Longan??
« on: January 15, 2026, 08:51:53 AM »
So I got it right, but no thanks and no prize? Next time just don’t offer one.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone knows HardToFindTrees.com, an online Tropical Tree seller
« on: January 02, 2026, 10:35:58 AM »Im wondering what garcinia type that golden mangosteen is on that website. also I'm interested in some of those wampee varietys. But the price is to high for me and coming from China worried that the plants will be close to dead on arrival or stopped and destroyed by Department of Agriculture.Wampee are included in California's HLB quarantine. Are you planning to smuggle in Rutaceae from China?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2025
« on: December 15, 2025, 10:13:42 AM »
Thanks for sharing. The plinia rootstock is probably oblongata. Especially nice to see something from Jibril.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: December 13, 2025, 06:39:14 PM »
^ I don't think that's CDQ. Kinda looks like Psidium myrtoides.
CDQ:
Beaurep finally started putting out wavy leaves
CDQ:
Beaurep finally started putting out wavy leaves
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia sp "CDQ"
« on: December 06, 2025, 10:34:15 AM »
Mine aren't that fast, basically the same as pyriformis. The leaves also look like a pyriformis variant. Some of mine have gone chloritic and weak, and one started leaning heavily.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: first fruit from Eugenia spp. "aff Arvensis"
« on: December 02, 2025, 09:07:04 AM »
Scammers and people making false claims ruined the Eugenia scene.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Going to O'ahu in November
« on: September 19, 2025, 08:37:58 PM »
I think you in particular would like the Koko Crater Botanical Garden. Lots of african trees and gigantic cacti. Baobabs and stuff.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hardtofindtrees.com - Legit or Not???
« on: July 28, 2025, 09:51:49 PM »
Legally inspected or smuggled?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mountain papaya fruit timing
« on: July 22, 2025, 04:03:46 PM »nice! i assume you ended up bringing them inside? if you did what was the coldest temp it endured?FYI mine had partial trunk dieback around 27 F.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: July 16, 2025, 05:19:21 PM »
Maybe a leafcutter bee nest :/ https://crownbees.com/pages/leafcutter-bee-life-cycle
Was inspecting my Striatulum airlayer and noticed this thing burrowed inside? I thought it was a catapillar but there was nothing inside besides this paste, any ideas?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Consortium of Cacti and all things spiny! - thread for Cacti lovers
« on: July 16, 2025, 05:16:07 PM »
I got to try the fruit on about 20 Trichocereus grandiflorus hybrids this year. Most aren't very good, but this one stood out. I got it as Tricholobivia 'Pinkie', but there seem to be two distinct plants in the pot, with slightly different flowers. This one set about seven fruit this year, and some of the rooted pups even set fruit. They're about half way between dragonfruit and kiwi. Juicy. Ripe once they split, flesh separates pretty easily from the skin. 10 grams of flesh in a typical fruit.
As for the rest, about half are sweet, the rest taste similar to watermelon rind. Some of the other sweet ones were good, but not as productive, and mostly smaller.
As for the rest, about half are sweet, the rest taste similar to watermelon rind. Some of the other sweet ones were good, but not as productive, and mostly smaller.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: July 16, 2025, 04:54:58 PM »
First fruit from "Obera big black pitanga" after 6-1/2 years. Taste is pretty good, nothing amazing. Similar to a typical E. involucrata. Has a resinous flavor somewhat like maraschino cherry. I tried it with a calycina and an involucrata, and it was similar but better than both. Very cold tolerant plant; green all through winter. It's a roughly 5 ft x 5 ft bush.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: USDA Miami APHIS Inspection Issues
« on: July 02, 2025, 04:53:51 PM »
I think people can guess why they might be short-staffed. They probably aren't allowed to respond to your inquiries, as outside communications have largely been banned.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Guabiju Types
« on: June 02, 2025, 02:56:01 PM »Doubtful it is a different species, probably just a cultivar.Gotcha. My mistake. Will let those more knowledgeable provide info instead.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Top cacti fruit
« on: May 31, 2025, 11:24:41 PM »
I found Pitaya to be unpleasantly beet-like, though sweet.
Has anyone tried the Desert - series opuntia from Fruitwood?
Has anyone tried the Desert - series opuntia from Fruitwood?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Need Help ID- Seedling Longan??
« on: May 31, 2025, 10:41:14 PM »
Where was the vacation? I'll guess Ficus rubignosa. The fruit look like longans, and are edible.
"An endemic Sydney species is the Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa). It takes its name from the old European name for Sydney Harbour. Clarence says, "The old Aboriginal name, Birra Birra, is a little bit different. The fruit is ruby red. It's not bad, if you want to eat it, but it's not my favourite!""
"The fruit are edible but not tasty; of the local figs this is probably the most palatable one especially if the best fruit are selected. CAUTION! Some native plants are poisonous. Correct identification and preparation is essential in all cases."
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199385-Ficus-rubiginosa/browse_photos
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/fig-trees/9431794
https://finder.growingillawarranatives.org/plants/plant/235
"An endemic Sydney species is the Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa). It takes its name from the old European name for Sydney Harbour. Clarence says, "The old Aboriginal name, Birra Birra, is a little bit different. The fruit is ruby red. It's not bad, if you want to eat it, but it's not my favourite!""
"The fruit are edible but not tasty; of the local figs this is probably the most palatable one especially if the best fruit are selected. CAUTION! Some native plants are poisonous. Correct identification and preparation is essential in all cases."
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199385-Ficus-rubiginosa/browse_photos
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/fig-trees/9431794
https://finder.growingillawarranatives.org/plants/plant/235
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Defoliation Help
« on: May 30, 2025, 10:45:46 PM »
Thank you both. There is some clay, but the drainage seems pretty good. Here are some better pictures. The dieback seems to be progressing. It is about 20 feet from an oak tree, so I wonder if there's some kind of fungal opposition from there.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Guabiju Types
« on: May 30, 2025, 10:15:36 PM »
Bush2Beach/Jonah sourced:
Huertasurbanas/Marcos sourced:
The Marcos ones started flowering a few weeks ago, and seem to be setting fruit prior to the B2B ones opening today. I suspect they're different species. Taste report hopefully coming soon. I know Jonah's are great from the ones he sent me.
Huertasurbanas/Marcos sourced:
The Marcos ones started flowering a few weeks ago, and seem to be setting fruit prior to the B2B ones opening today. I suspect they're different species. Taste report hopefully coming soon. I know Jonah's are great from the ones he sent me.
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Citrus General Discussion / Defoliation Help
« on: May 30, 2025, 01:21:45 PM »
I planted this Dancy on Volkamer last year. It turrned yellow-green over winter, then defoliated in the spring. I watered and fertilized at that point, but now maybe a month later it's still not leafing out. It has buds, but I'm not sure if they'll push. I had very similar symptoms on a small clementine: defoliated over winter, dark green stems (not yellow-green stems like this one), budded up, then slowly the branches started turning brown, never leafed out. My kishu had some of this, but seems to have overcome it, and is now covered in leaves, though with some black dieback. Owari a few yards away is doing well, as are some oranges and a lemon, all of which made it through the winter. Can anyone advise what's going on?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: May 30, 2025, 11:22:50 AM »
Beaureps... now E. ternatifolia. Doesn't have the same ring, but easier to spell. My in-ground full sun one isn't super happy. I'll be planting the rest in the shadier spots in my yard. The other two get some afternoon shade.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: another precocious Eugenia - sp. "Pitangão Amarelo da Unicamp"
« on: May 30, 2025, 10:59:44 AM »22
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Asa-Grayii / Plinia Asa-Grayii
« on: May 29, 2025, 10:42:38 AM »
Is it this?
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=54014.0;topicseen
https://www.colecionandofrutas.com.br/eugeniaburkartiana.htm
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=54014.0;topicseen
https://www.colecionandofrutas.com.br/eugeniaburkartiana.htm
no i have no ideamine turns out to be mislabeled, i hope someone didn’t distribute/sell a bunch to people on accident, or on purpose. Thankfully the tree was gifted to meAdam, do you have any guesses as to what it is?
not my favorite fruit, resinous flavor akin to suriname cherry
Still looks to be a pretty fruit.
The people who have fruited the Asa-Grayii say it is bland anyways?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Fruiting Campomanesia Hirsuta
« on: May 19, 2025, 02:09:30 PM »Found the fruit in the pot today, pretty windy day so it probably dropped premature. It was soft-ish in hand.How seedy was it, and were the seeds hard? If not pollinated, maybe it's sweeter when pollinated.
Crazy sour. Not really a great note there, in comparison to pitangatuba. I can't recommend growing this species. I don't really see much point.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wildlands Farm & Nursery Availability: Yangmei, P. adenopoda, Sweet Uvaia
« on: May 09, 2025, 04:20:11 PM »Stoked ya got the plants Rob!Thank you! I think his seedlings flowered much sooner than my others, I want to say at 2 years old.
Lance, they are pretty sweet. I've got one seedling that has substantially sweeter fruits with very little acidity at full ripeness (waterballoon explosion stage). But still a good eat before they reach that point.
Nate, so far I've only fruited what I believe are seedlings from Marcos. I've got about 10 right now that are fruiting and just grafted 8 of them over to my one "Santa Cruz Sweet" Sundrop that is substantially fantastic. I've got some other phenotypes that are beginning to flower this year so maybe I'll get a glimpse at the others this year, although I'm not particularly counting on it.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: May 09, 2025, 04:16:51 PM »
That's how M. strigipies and glazioviana grow, weeping so they scrape the ground.
I have several of the de Goiana. They are not florida. The new leaves are orange rather than salmon pink. Much larger seed too. My guess is Eugenia dichroma.
Sp. Do maranhao with the branches growing too long, I think I did this somehow with how I grew it
I have several of the de Goiana. They are not florida. The new leaves are orange rather than salmon pink. Much larger seed too. My guess is Eugenia dichroma.