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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

Quote from: xesoteryc on July 15, 2025, 08:10:39 PM









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.





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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 »
Quote from: K-Rimes on May 31, 2025, 12:27:26 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?

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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

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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.

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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 »
https://www.youtube.com/live/igHwzp1VC4U?feature=shared&t=420 @7:00

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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
Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 29, 2025, 10:29:49 AM
no i have no idea
Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on May 28, 2025, 09:56:40 PM
Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 28, 2025, 06:51:39 PM
mine 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 me

not my favorite fruit, resinous flavor akin to suriname cherry

Adam, do you have any guesses as to what it is?
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 »
Quote from: K-Rimes on May 17, 2025, 11:27:31 PM
Found the fruit in the pot today, pretty windy day so it probably dropped premature. It was soft-ish in hand.

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.
How seedy was it, and were the seeds hard? If not pollinated, maybe it's sweeter when pollinated.

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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 »
Quote from: nattyfroootz on May 04, 2025, 11:22:01 AM
Stoked ya got the plants Rob!

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.
Thank you! I think his seedlings flowered much sooner than my others, I want to say at 2 years old.

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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.
Quote from: BloomAndSprout on May 08, 2025, 04:57:55 PM


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.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wildlands Farm & Nursery Availability: Yangmei, P. adenopoda, Sweet Uvaia
« on: May 02, 2025, 05:28:14 PM »
Would you share the pyriformis sources you've tried and their results?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: May 02, 2025, 09:24:49 AM »
Regrowth after freezing. P. guabaja 'guaba roja'

P. striatulum. These were only a few inches tall when I planted them in the fall.

P. 'robustum', dead branches cut back

Araza hybrid (?)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Campo Ramon
« on: April 26, 2025, 08:16:35 AM »
Yeah I think one guy took his down to 17 degrees or something in Seattle. Looking good.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 26, 2025, 08:15:20 AM »
Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on April 25, 2025, 11:24:35 PM
Quote from: brian on April 25, 2025, 07:35:48 PM
I am interested to hear your taste reports on the Topaz pitangatuba once you get fruit.  I wasn't a fan of my seedling pitangatuba, but it has qualities that seem like a superior specimen could be good.
Yes I’d love to get a brix reading on the topaz…
Sweet pitangatuba…😂
Let’s just say many people like MikeT would joke about that or a seedless macadamia
I've eaten multiple sweet pitangatubas. How many of the 'experts' still don't believe they exist?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 25, 2025, 06:47:38 PM »
Quote from: roblack on April 24, 2025, 12:26:02 PM
Quote from: SHV on April 24, 2025, 11:07:03 AM
Love your optimism.  Variability sure, but no detectable sweetness and sour like a lemon?  What are the chances the reviewer got the worst selection of this fruit?

Probably pretty low. And what are the chances I have a tasty excellent one? Probably even lower. More open-minded than optimistic =)
Another similar report: https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=54785.msg541696#msg541696

"Taste is similar to pitangatuba but more sour, pretty much tastes like lemon with faint floral flavor of Jamaican lillikoi. There is no stringy pulp wrapping around the seed like pitangatuba and the latex is low"

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Trade or sell locally in Los Angeles various odd rare fruit trees
« on: April 22, 2025, 03:38:14 PM »
Please post the prices.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Importing Mangifera species legality
« on: April 22, 2025, 11:22:28 AM »
Your link says seeds are excluded. I looked in the past and was unable to find anything barring Mangifera seeds.
Quote from: Daintree on April 22, 2025, 09:45:18 AM
Not at this time.  Nobody has slogged through the risk analysis procedure yet, apparently.
According to the USDA -

https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/acir-document-detail?rowId=a0jt000001ACESpAAP&Document_Type=Commodity%20Import%20Requirements


"Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis (NAPPRA) plant taxa are regulated for all quarantine pests that may pose plant pest risk.
To request the import of any plant taxa on the NAPPRA list, the import request must be completed and a pest risk analysis must be completed. Importer must submit a request per the instructions included in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: 7 CFR 319.5(d).
Upon receipt of an import request, APHIS will develop the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA).
Based on the PRA results, APHIS will do one of the following:
Remove the taxon from the NAPPRA list from the country or countries for which APHIS conducted the PRA, and then allow its importation subject to general requirements;
Allow importation of the taxon subject to specific restrictions; or Continue to prohibit its importation."

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia myrcianthes - Uvaia do Campo
« on: April 09, 2025, 02:47:00 PM »
Quote from: Nick C on April 09, 2025, 09:08:01 AM
Quote from: NateTheGreat on April 09, 2025, 01:40:40 AM
Wow. I have three seven foot tall ones with no sign of flowering.

How old are your trees? This one took a while to start flowering for me
I planted the seedlings out in spring 2019, so a bit over six years old. They're towering over E. involucrata seedlings planted at the same time, which are flowering. It seems like the flowers should come around May-June, fingers crossed. They don't have any weeping habit whatsoever, so it's interesting to see on yours. They're only now starting to come out of dormancy. Some definitely have nicer forms than others, unclear how much of that is growing conditions. Hopefully that translates to variation in fruit quality, and hopefully the uglier ones are worse.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia myrcianthes - Uvaia do Campo
« on: April 09, 2025, 01:40:40 AM »
Wow. I have three seven foot tall ones with no sign of flowering.

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