The Tropical Fruit Forum

The GMO stuff from Hawaii did not take off.    commercial growers,  opted for the "PRSV tolerant" verities, like Red Lady. instead of the GMO, PRSV Resistant varieties.

I think you are speaking about the Dominican Republic, right?
 According to this 2014 article 75% of Hawaiian production at that time was GMO.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/us/on-hawaii-a-lonely-quest-for-facts-about-gmos.html?_r=0

The Hawaiian papaya industry site lists one varietey, Kapoho solo as being non-GMO.

I'm happy that we can get resistant varieties that work as well as non-GMO.

This vendor who appears to be a papaya seed specialist, lists Red Lady as being an F1 hybrid, which tells me that that variety might not breed true. There are some very good descriptions of the varieties which have varying levels of resistance, size, color, and yield.
Anybody know if this company is reliable?
 http://www.shop.alohaseed.com/product.sc?productId=18&categoryId=4

I suggest you join this Facebook group and advertise your property for sale.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438417386485361/

"This is a group for you to be able to post your edible landscaped homes, permaculture, Green, sustainable, food forest, Homestead or Farm.
We put so much work into our yards, and when we move it would be GREAT to be able to sell or find renters that will love it as much as we do.
Post if you have a house that you are looking to sell or rent
Post if you are LOOKING to buy or rent an already established one"

greenman62, those mountains don't look like NOLA to me!

Link to Inga Laurina in Portuguese:
http://www.colecionandofrutas.org/ingalaurina.htm
(right click in Windows to translate with Google)
excerpt:
INGA-BANANA comes from Tupi and means "soaked or soaked seeds" because having a wet pulp surrounding the seeds. It is also called beach Inga, Inga white, cerrado Inga and Inga Chichica.
 
Source: Occurs in various forest ecosystems from the Amazon and the northeast to the state Paranam Brazil.

Seedlings: elongated, green seeds, delicate skin and recalcitrant (lose germination in 10 days). It should plant an individual package containing a seed substrate made ​​of 40% soil, 30% sand and 30% organic matter and leathery. Germination occurs in 15 to 30 days, and the seedlings grow rapidly reaching 35 cm 6 months after germination. Should form the seedlings in an environment with 50% shading.

You might have a look at this. According to many other sites, the PLU codes don't denote GMO but are mainly for the checkout machines.

http://responsibletechnology.org/plu-codes-do-not-indicate-genetically-modified-produce/

Here is the app which puts tree services in contact with you. This way they don't have to travel far to dump tree chips.
Timing would be essential for this, it will become competitive so be ready to respond by staying on line and having an accessible dump spot ready. This might mean access for a truck and trailer so be ready or they might not come back.

Get the App:
https://freemulch.abouttrees.com/#!/home

The best platform I've found for 'getting into' a Solo Mistblower is to start the engine, rest it on a picnic table, back into the shoulder straps with knees bent and stand up.

There are several Farmer's markets held at various places. Try a Facebook search to find out from someone on the ground where they are held, because they move around to various locations through the month.
These folk should be able to tell you:

https://www.facebook.com/WEGROWFOODINC/?fref=ts

If you are interested in the Bokeelia area I can give advice.

https://gyaniz.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/a-guava-named-aishwarya/

I'd like to share this video from a grower who has 1000 Guanabana trees. I've noticed several things.
-he bags the fruit for wasp protection
-he has wasp traps hanging in the branches
-his trees appear to have been pruned quite differently from their natural habit. Most soursop I've seen are very erect and dense growers,
his seem to have been pruned to an extent that they branch low and are spreading. It looks like they have been 'pugged' at about breast height. This should make harvest and bagging easier but also should maximize flowering along the branches.
-at around 17:00- 21:00 in the video I think he is shown removing sprouts along the branches and mentioning that this is done to improve air circulation and allow light penetration.

-be sure to watch his cable car method of transporting the fruits. He has many in the 10 lb range.


What do you think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6k2ONKDsbw

I've found guides for pruning techniques on a few fruits, mostly the common ones, but is there a good place to find more examples for minor fruits?

This video is about soursop (in Spanish) and shows just how much can be done to change the natural form of a tree.
Naturally almost all soursop I've seen grew very tall and lacked the sort of structure this fellow achieves on his farm.
The cable car used for transporting the fruit from mountain to mountain is pretty cool too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6k2ONKDsbw