The Tropical Fruit Forum

I found this

"The Verry Cherry Plum is a proprietary variety developed and exclusively for us by a private breeder, Zaiger's of Modesto, California" "The Cherry Plum is a unique new fruit that's jam-packed with flavor from some of your favorite cherries and plums. Grown in the heart of California's bountiful San Joaquin Valley, the fruit is a delicious natural cross between several varieties of plums and cherries, including Bing and Stella cherries."

Based on this, it's most likely the "Sweet Treat" pluerry.

Absolutely not. They don't tolerate frost. They are also less tasty compared to Chinese jujubes according to most people.

This is the wrong part of the forum to ask that question. You need to use the tropical fruit section. This is for temperate fruits.

Email and PM sent.

You mean cut actively growing branches, remove the leaves and graft them like that?

If so, would you happen to have any? Brad (spaugh) doesn't have Flavor Grenade yet (the one he had has died), and I don't know who else might have it here.

Hello. Does anyone have some Hachiya scion wood that they'd sell to Europe? No phyto certificate needed.

The scions have arrived today. Great communication prior to the transaction. Excellent packaging, extra scions for every single variety I ordered, extra Mexicola Grande seeds. Brad is definitely one of the best, if not the best seller on this forum, and I wholeheartedly recommend him to everyone!

The PM system and emails seem to be broken again. Maybe it's better to communicate through emails directly.

So you just buried it below soil level, and not with mulch or something similar?

Hello. This spring I will be grafting some Stewart avocado seedlings with Mexicola and Mexicola Grande scions. My previous attempts to plant seedlings grown from store bought fruits (Guatemalan most likely) in ground have failed as the trees froze to the ground every winter. It is not that cold here, but the cold spells can be prolonged and I don't have any sheltered spots on the property (some cousins have store bought seedlings doing fine in sheltered areas). Now, I know that Stewart is less cold hardy than Mexicola and assuming the seedlings could end up inheriting this trait, I would like to make some precautions to protect the rootstock part.

I have read online that in California, the West Indies rootstocks are being used for their tolerance of many things, but because they are the most cold sensitive type of avocado, the graft union gets buried under ground.

Has anyone had any experience with this burying of the graft union? I know that avocados really don't like being water logged, so this burying kind of sounds like it would increase the chance of the trunk rotting away.

Or maybe someone has other ideas on how to protect the rootstock?

Just gotta report that I again didn't get an email notification for a private message I received almost 24 hours ago. Not sure if there are issues again or not, but I thought I should report it just in case.

How rare is self-fertility in pawpaws? I've got two seedlings of either Sunflower or Prima 1216 (the seller couldn't tell me which was which) and one of them flowered this spring for the first time (at 6 years old, I believe). I did some hand-pollination on itself, as the other tree didn't flower and voila, I had 12 fruits this year. There isn't a single pawpaw tree anywhere near, so I'm totally positive that it's self-fertile. So have I hit jackpot, or is this more common than I think?

Nothing? I was hoping there would be more excitement about this, as self-fertility isn't a common occurrence in pawpaws as far as I know. I should also mention that in my climate (similar to NorCal 9b, but with higher summer lows and lower winter lows), they were ripening at the end of August. Seems pretty early.

A member of this forum Miguel.pt sells Eugenia Pitanga seeds. This is where I've got mine from.

Another characteristic of this species is that it is very short - won't grow more than 2m high supposedly. It also defoliates during winter. Wikipedia actually describes it as "deciduous".

Nexxogen, thanks for the information! I had no idea there was a different species or subspecies of Surinam Cherry.

I don't even think it's correct to call this a species or subspecies of Surinam Cherry. I think it's simply another Eugenia which just happens to have fruits that look like Surinam Cherries.