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Does Nauclea latifolia root easily from cutting?

Quote from: Rex Begonias on August 20, 2022, 03:31:05 PM

Would love to get some of those ubajay seeds. 
Sent PM, but they’re mostly not going thru at first.

Weird, I didnt received your PM, just mail me at marcospcmusica gmail.com, thanks

No problem,
I got your PMs.  Mine usually don’t go they on the first contact, but my responses seem to go thru. 
Going to send $$$ today, thanks for response, much appreciated.

Yeah, I’ve had the tea before (Ilex vomitoria), just not done it myself. 


These guys sell it commercially-
https://yauponbrothers.com/collections/shop-now?gclid=Cj0KCQjworiXBhDJARIsAMuzAuwyiaCHx-7yj5-ADRBdNG6M715PWgQQGo81f__W8Qsoc3O0DNE-gEMaAnVaEALw_wcB

Awesome quality. 

Wanted to say thank you, bought a handful of seeds probably few weeks back now and they all arrived looking awesome, many had germinated already or soon germinated in the bag after receipt.  I got a bunch of seeds from a few different eugenia varieties and all but one seed has been planted out and has sprouted.  I imagine the last one hopefully will germinate soon, but I can’t even complain if that’s the only one that doesn’t. 

Thanks for making this stuff available.

$10 for the lot?

Got the abiu seeds, looked great, just planted em out. 

Great seller, super simple transaction, much appreciated on offering these. 

Thank you!

I have two large Ilex Guayusa mother plants I grow here in Florida. Haven't had any luck propagating them, or getting any seeds.

Nice!  Is that one any more difficult to keep?

I have our native yaupon and I’ve got a Yerba mate.  I was able to propagate the Yerba mate from cuttings, idk if I had a lot of failures or not as sometimes I just go around cutting stuff and sticking the stems in pots, I discovered I had a small plant growing recently and it’s grown pretty quickly as I recently up potted to 1gal.

The native yaupon holly and the Yerba mate are both super easy to keep here in FL.
I’ve never processed for tea, is it a lot of work?  I am guessing roll em, dry em, etc; but never tried would love to hear from someone who’s done it before. 

Thanks for letting me know, they are hit or miss.  I was hoping to snag 5 of those hombronianas if still available.

Received your PM, thank you!

Thanks for letting me know, they are hit or miss.  I was hoping to snag 5 of those hombronianas if still available. 

Sweet, sent pm

Quote from: Rex Begonias on June 01, 2022, 08:06:59 PM

I’ve only been getting 1-5 fruit/ year for last couple years, it fruited after 2 years in ground and was a medium sized 3gal pot tree at planting. 

Unfortunately, I’ve yet to try the fruit, but birds and/or squirrels have. 

Will love to hear if anyone has tips to get these things to go off.  Mine is full sun and sometimes I wonder if it wouldn’t have been happier in part shade.  Zone 10a, FL.

I have mine in full sun. Seems happiest there. I recommend using jewelry bags for fruit you want to try but keeps getting hit by birds. Works perfect. Don't know how it'll hold up for a determined squirrel.

For sure, I’m going to protect at least a few next time so I can try it. 


Next to nothing stops a determined squirrel, but I feel like they have so many options they tend to let stuff be if I make it too much work.  I’ve seen chewed bags and container pics posted tho, so I’m sure I could be had by a squirrel who really had sights set on a pitomba. 

PM sent. Sometimes they aren’t going thru, so just let me know if not.

From a fruiting tree?