The Tropical Fruit Forum

Actually white sapote does ship pretty well if it is picked firm. I bought a few boxes on Etsy shipped from CA to FL last year. If you can't find any available now, try late summer / fall.

Do you sell scions for these varieties?

Exciting!  I'd be interested in the following:

2. Cuccio
4. Nettie

I just started growing Trichocereus. I have a bridgesii and a couple pachs.  I don't think the bridgesii is a fan of humidity. It gets black spots sometimes.

Here is an older thread talking about the fruit: https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=15786.0#:~:text=Trichocereus%20sp.,most%20cactus%20fruit%20is%20edible.

For anyone who enjoys videos of traveling and trying the super weird, I recommend the channel "All The Fruit" on youtube. I have no idea what the guy does for a job but he travels to some remote places and finds some rare stuff.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzuOsoGuuc&ab_channel=Allthefruit

Loquats are really easy to grow.  I only wish the season was longer. Prickly pear are pretty cool. Very easy to start from cuttings. They survive some frost, mine survived 20F unprotected this past winter. You can use the young pads as a veggie and use the fruit for preserves or juice. Fruitwood nursery has a ton of interesting varieties.

I think your best bet would be finding a lot next to someone you already know. Maybe they want to expand too? They could help keep an eye on things and they would already know the neighborhood. Buy land with at least water and electric hooked up so if your family wants to buy an RV they can drop it and stay on the lot when you visit. You could probably find a cheap place to store it outside of town so they wouldn't have to tow it all the way back and forth. I don't think I'd just leave it on the lot because it's asking for a break in. Pay for storage and it's their problem to keep it safe.  Finally, I'd get a property manager. This may be over the top since you are not really renting out a house or anything but they do check on properties of all types. They could check on any irrigation you have set up. It's not that different than having them check on sprinklers for lawns but who knows, they might give you a hard time if its too complicated. I would not grow expensive grafted varieties. Just seedlings until you can be down full time. With seedlings at least it doesn't matter as much and they are hardier anyway. Plus you can graft on to them later.  My opinion for whatever its worth (not much) is to be very strategic about buying. Find the right area, then find the right people to help.  The hardest part will be keeping people away. There isn't much respect for other peoples land. They know mango, banana, avocado and probably jackfruit trees. If they know how much an older Jabo is worth, its a goner. Maybe if you just planted the weird stuff? LOL.  I think coconuts would be okay

I had this happen to me. I purchased one 2 years ago from Sow Exotic and it came with 5 leaves. I thought it would die but it held on. Lost 3 leaves in the winter and then sprouted 5 leaves the following year. No branches, just 5 small leaves so I gave it a "motivational" pep talk. This year it has added leaves and branches!  Show it the dead plants in the compost pile, fed it, then let it be for another year. 

I thought about doing the same last year. I guess I'll pass lol.  Here is an article talking about the heavy metals https://dcnanature.org/sargassum-fertilizer/

It is a new variety and I have yet to hear about anyone actually trying it. It might be a while before someone does so for now it's just a bunch of overblown hype.

It does look fungal. I'd try to move them up on small mounds in the spring. I don't think I'd do much until then besides spraying with copper.  Hopefully someone can ID the issue better than I.

Here are some pics of the candle heaters. I they are glass encased and are supposed to last 7 days but with the cheap wax they use, it's more like 3 or 4. You can pick them up for $1 at Walmart. The clay pot is a 6 inch pot. They said it can stand high heat and they were right. I buried it so there was about 2 inches of glass above ground. I put cement garden borders around it to hold up the candle and allow airflow but any stable rock will do.  It is limited to heating small spaces so maybe just 3 - 4 feet around it. Good if you have a tree under frost cloth and need to protect the trunk and inner canopy. If paired with the mylar it has a good chance of keeping that heat trapped for longer periods.  I'd say test it out on a cooler night with a thermometer and tweek it a bit to work in your location. I heard some people use double pots to add to the heat capture and I don't know if the size of the pot matters or not. The heat is limited by the candle so 2 or 3 candles in the hole with a bigger pot??? Who knows?