The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hi everyone, my white sapote was doing great and all of a sudden its health really started declining, whats wrong ??

They seem to be a promising specie, ornamental and cool with a supposedly good flavor, can anyone back this up?

my family is taking a vacation to palm springs this summer if anyone knows of any fruit spots out there, I don't think we will doing much driving around so we might not be able to make it far out of the town or to san diego.

thanks!

My citrus suddenly started losing leaves and its not looking good

I have reached a point where I cant really find anything new in my local asian markets and when I do they are always rock hard and subpar. i don't really have the funds to splurge on some fresh fruit from Florida or Cali but I realized that I have my own abundance, of berries! if anyone would be interested in trading some rare fruit for some rare berries I would love that! the berry season is still pretty far away but I wanted to see if there was any market for these. The berries I might be able to source include: various species of huckleberries, blueberries, vacciniums, salmonberry and other rubus sp., thimbleberry, arbutus, bunchberry, oso berry, elderberry, and possibly even the elusive cloudberry!

hi everyone! i will be going to costa rica sometime this summer and I could use some advice. my plan at the moment is to stay a couple of nights in puerto viejo and a couple in san ramon(or a similar area) to try to go to the Plinia Costaricensis. does anyone have any recommendations for lodging? i would prefer somewhere that maybe has fruit trees on the property, our budget is around 20ish $ a night. i am also looking for farms and collections to visit to try and taste as many fruits as possible. we are also looking for a guide to go on hikes in the jungle to look for fruits

thanks!

I have two plants that are a little worse for the wear, and i dont know what to do about it.

My Eugenia burkartiana has been doing poorly, i got it on auction from anderson tropicals, it came in good shape. The leaves started browning and falling off, i thought it was sunburn so i moved it a little bit away. But the leaves are still shriveling, what do i do??



(Two more leaves fell as i brought it out to take the pictures )

Next is my fruta do misterio, i got it and it looked good for about a week then the leaves lost color and THEN shrivled, but didnt always fall. There were black spots before the shriviling so i hit it with fungicide. By that point there were only 2 green leaves left, the spots were gone but there was no growth. I noticed today that the spots are back and when i touched them, the last leaves fell 







The last two leaves that just fell



Please help! I paid a pretty penny for these and they are some of my oldest plants and i dont want to lose them

these species look pretty interesting, is anyone growing them? https://www.bellamytrees.com/seeds/p/annona-sp-chocoana?rq=chocoana
https://www.bellamytrees.com/seeds/p/annona-sp-gigante-da-floresta-amaznica

I love white sapote and I have several small white sapotes that I plan to use as rootstocks this spring. How long would it be before I see fruits? Would different varieties perform better?

i hope to go to costa rica next summer and want to know what to look for, google was no help at all here so I came to everyone here . i really like foraging so I want to to a little bit of exploration through the jungle as well as looking through markets visiting farms etc. what should I look for? i want to find various Annona, Garcinia, myrtcacea, sapotacea, theobroma and I want to try chupa chupa too if I can. what is in season? and others also if anyone knows any local guides or has any general advice that would be appreciated. also, are there any poisonous species in the mentioned genera or any others to avoid?

thanks!!!

i have been looking into these recently, they seem fun, I especially like that the seeds are small so you can eat the fruit whole. is there any difference between the red and yellow kinds? how prolific would they be and could they be kept in a pot and fruit? how long until it makes fruit?

Thanks!

i have been reading about it lately, it looks cool and prolific. is it worth growing with somewhat limited space?