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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB a real Kei Apple "Silber" and a real "Prodigal"
« on: August 24, 2022, 09:28:14 PM »
When I talked with silber, he was annoyed that others were selling his kei apple. However, he didn’t want to sell me one. I don’t think the other nurseries are cutting into his profits! He also refuses to ship.

Marta Matvienko here in the Bay Area planted out several of these, and got one sweet female. She offers it on her website, among many other great scions: https://reallygoodplants.com/

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Hapajoesnursery.com is open! Brazil seeds are here Special Duguetia sale!
« on: July 21, 2022, 05:09:19 AM »
I got my seeds from Hapa Joe a couple weeks ago. Thank you!!! :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical fruit trees that prefer shade
« on: July 01, 2022, 05:26:03 AM »
Naranjilla

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Customer Review of Keven Jones
« on: June 29, 2022, 04:12:15 PM »
Agreed with everyone! Kevin has been great!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Join the GGG (grafted grimal giveaway) Contest Over
« on: April 27, 2022, 03:42:46 AM »
Dude, that’s a pretty decent score!

I hope you do smash the next ACT and get into the school you want :).

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Special Sale: Loquat Cuttings (Vista White & KT1-Kosmic)-CLOSED
« on: April 26, 2022, 01:30:22 AM »
Ack! I got a bunch of loquat rootstocks this year just to graft these awesome cultivars on, and I missed getting my order in by a day!

Kaz, thanks for sharing these awesome cultivars for so many years :). I'll have to sleuth around for some other great scions!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Wampee cultivars
« on: September 25, 2021, 01:19:32 PM »
From searching the posts here, it seems that the 'yeem pay' varietal is absolutely amazing! The next most talked about varietal is chicken heart/guy sahm/Chi Hsin, and I've seen people describe it as OK tasting, but spicy and smaller. Unfortunately, yeem pay seems to be completely unavailable in the USA.

Are there any other great tasting varietals out there?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Has anyone fruited a marula tree in the USA?
« on: September 12, 2021, 03:53:42 AM »
I see several people growing marula, but I see only very few people who have successfully fruited their marula. It seems that seedling trees want to be HUGE before they finally set fruit, as shown by EvilFruit's successful marula: https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=192.0;all. I definitely don't have enough real-estate to let any of my trees grow this big, so the barrier to entry for me is too high.

However, grafting a branch from a fruited tree onto a seedling rootstock will give a fruiting plant at what appears to be ~2m tall after 3 years (see figure 2.6 http://www.secheresse.info/spip.php?article11527). I can definitely grow that!

The only fruited marula in the USA that I know of is the infamous fruit & spice park marula, and I have yet to see a favorable review of the fruit on that tree.


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: For Sale: Five 3 Gallon Luc's Mexican Garcinia (Limoncillo)
« on: July 20, 2021, 12:54:47 AM »
Thank you for your post!!! I lost a lot of Luc's, and it's comforting that others have had the same experience.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Your weapon of choice?
« on: July 13, 2021, 03:05:50 AM »
I occasionally use my victorinox grafting knife, but I've found that a wood chisel gets a much more controlled wedge cut on the scion. For the rootstock, gardening shears tend to get a much straighter cut than I can with my grafting knife.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Bangkok Lemon Jackfruit Fresh Seeds Available
« on: July 13, 2021, 02:51:22 AM »
I got my seeds. Thank you! :)

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB: Green Sapote seeds
« on: July 13, 2021, 02:49:45 AM »
https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-viridis

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB: Arcadian or Silber Kei Apple
« on: July 08, 2021, 04:41:55 AM »
I've never tasted one, but Silber down at papaya tree nursery has a named varietal (Arcadian) that is supposed to be easy to enjoy. The 'Silber' varietal sold at exotica was likely the same. He told me that he and his dad selected it for propagation many years ago. He unfortunately seems uninterested in propagating it anymore :(. He is discontinuing many plants, and this one seems to be on the chopping block.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB: Arcadian or Silber Kei Apple
« on: July 07, 2021, 10:39:23 PM »
I’m looking for this nice kei apple cultivar. Does anyone have this for trade or sale?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cherimoya skeletonizing bark disease
« on: July 06, 2021, 01:56:02 AM »
I had something bad happen to several of my cherimoyas as well, right above the soil line. I also noticed a lot of detritus matter feeders (pill bugs) were eating away at the bark and cambium. I think it’s collar rot. I pulled my mulch back away from the tree and sprayed it with a bit of fungicide. They seem to keep on living for now, though they aren’t putting out much growth.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Dragonfruit cuttings
« on: April 12, 2021, 01:03:22 AM »
I sent a PM, though I have been having problems with the PM system.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jackfruit in Bay area CA
« on: March 28, 2021, 05:13:00 AM »
Quote from: NateTheGreat on March 27, 2021, 11:15:39 AM
You can get ~8lb sections of jackfruit at 99 Ranch Market for like $0.79/lb. You could get probably 30 seeds for $6. Direct seed them and they should be stronger than transplanted plants. I got one there a couple years ago that had light orange flesh, was excellent! Had the juicy fruit flavor you hear about. Could always graft onto them next year if they're still alive.

Point well made! I also contacted a fellow forum member and learned that growing from seeds is probably the best way! https://m.youtube.com/c/OshoGardenFlorida. If I can snag some seeds from named cultivars, then I’ll probably get some vigorous and tasty trees :).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Plants that fruit at 1m tall or shorter
« on: March 28, 2021, 05:05:42 AM »
Quote from: cassowary on March 27, 2021, 09:28:35 PM
randia formosa,
fruits very low.

Nice!

Also, I learned that myrcianthes pungent grows quickly and fruits at around 2m tall. It wants to grow huge! That not quite what I wanted for my front yard.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Jackfruit in Bay area CA
« on: March 27, 2021, 05:00:03 AM »
I would like to try growing jackfruit in a protected area next to my house. I've seen some great suggestions on which cultivars to grow, both in terms of flavor and cold hardiness https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=11227.0;viewresults. I would love to grow an excalibur variety, but they seem difficult to legally acquire in California! Has anyone gotten one?

I see that toptropicals sells their own cultivar of cheena, which they seem to really talk up quite a bit for both its flavor and hardiness. I'm not sure what to think https://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=artocarpus_integer.

What would people suggest as excellent flavored jackfruit that is obtainable in northern CA?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Green Sapote
« on: March 25, 2021, 02:23:16 AM »
Quote from: Jack, Nipomo on March 23, 2021, 08:59:00 AM
I have three growing outside here in the central coast of CA.  Originally grown in greenhouse, they are 6-7 ft tall and have been planted outside for 3 years.  They have flowered, but small fruits fell off.  They have taken 27 degrees this year (once), but our freezes are of short duration.  Growing like mad now, hopefully will get fruit this year.  Counting on and accepting global warming (we used to get 22-26 degree freezes 30 years ago, now rarely below 30.)  Apricots used to grow commercially here, now we get few due to lack of winter chill.  Comparison:  two covered mangos (4 ft) only lost new growth this year (their first year).  We lack any real heat, summer highs in the mid 70's, which is another limitation.

Nice! Was there any damage at 27 degrees?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Where to buy Manila mango in Bay Area
« on: March 19, 2021, 02:34:10 AM »
It seems like Manila mango is particularly good at getting through winters in the east Bay Area, and makes a good rootstock. Does anyone know where to buy one around here?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Metal trellis cooking or freezing plants?
« on: March 08, 2021, 11:24:34 AM »
I'm considering using a metal cattle panel trellis for my dragon fruit, passion fruit, kadsura, and zabala. They seem super robust and pretty cheap! However, I'm concerned that the heat conductive properties of metal may scorch my plants in the summer sun or freeze my plants in the winter at the points where they contact the metal trellis. I've seen others blog about these concerns, though I haven't yet read anything conclusive:

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/pros-cons-metal-wrought-iron-trellis-48861.html
https://www.doityourself.com/stry/things-to-avoid-with-a-metal-trellis

Has anyone here who uses metal trellises noticed any problems with freezing or cooking their vines where it touches the trellis?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Plants that fruit at 1m tall or shorter
« on: February 27, 2021, 03:30:28 PM »
I also learned about the pepino melon (solanum muricatum).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_muricatum

It says ~3' tall, unless you train it to grow higher.

Weird fruit explorer describes them as tasting like honeydew, tomato, and cucumber. A person in the youtube comments describes his as tasting like cantaloupe and tomato. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqImJUnip5k

It might not be a very hardy plant, and I see many people talk about how they either grow it as an annual or bring it inside for the winter.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Plants that fruit at 1m tall or shorter
« on: February 27, 2021, 03:18:12 PM »
I just heard a report from a forum member that their goumi berry is flowering heavily at 3 feet tall! Now I need some of those :).

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Plants that fruit at 1m tall or shorter
« on: February 27, 2021, 03:17:03 PM »
Quote from: hawkfish007 on February 08, 2021, 05:43:24 PM
Araza from your list might be a good candidate. Mine is flowering and it is only about 24" high. I am not sure about the variety, the label has generic Araza on it from pine island nursery. However, I haven't tasted the fruit yet, but tree/shrub does look decent for a hedge.



That's excellent!!! Now I'm definitely going to use these to border my neighbor's yard :).

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