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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango potting mix recommendations
« on: July 28, 2020, 02:05:09 AM »
I am considering buying a Julie mango and pot growing it.  My question is, what is the best ratio of soil, ammendments to grow a potted mango.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Grewia asiatica/sherbert berry
« on: July 24, 2020, 11:55:36 PM »
a local nursery is selling this in a 5 gallon container.  Since I am a suckered for fruits and berries, can I get a taste report on these berries?  I have limited space and I don't want to plant anything edible that isn't  very tasty.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Looking for seeds or seedling of baru nuts
« on: July 09, 2020, 10:05:45 PM »
looking for seeds or seedling of dilteryx alata.
Would appreciate any help.

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Citrus General Discussion / Dwarfing rootstock
« on: June 09, 2020, 02:09:00 AM »
is there any other rootstock that dwarfs citrus as much as flying dragon?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Purchased this dwarf purple mango eBay
« on: May 10, 2020, 05:05:41 PM »
bought this seedling last year.  Just noticed that now with new growth, I have 4 mango seedlings growing.  Any advice on how and when to safely separate them?


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / gin berry
« on: May 09, 2020, 08:44:59 PM »
I have 2 gin berries, seed grown.  Anyone in AZ interested in trade?  Just don't have the room for full sized trees and I am not great at shipping things out.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB: Marian plum, larger size
« on: April 14, 2020, 01:23:31 AM »
Does anyone know where I can purchase one or is anyone selling them?  I keep finding seedlings online and then I keep killing them.  Since plants arrive in good shape, I think I need to find one that is a little more established in size.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Question on coyolitos
« on: April 01, 2020, 10:43:48 PM »
Any question for any central Americans on here.  My wife was talking about coyolitos.  It grows on a palm in Nicaragua and think it is Acrocomia, but, I couldn't get the exact variety to read up on it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Question on cocoplums
« on: April 01, 2020, 10:40:36 PM »
Does anyone know much about cocoplums?  I know it is a shrub that grows in Miami used at a lot of houses for landscape purposes.  It has small, pinkish purple plum like fruit that I mostly hear is bland.
Well, my wife is from Nicaragua and kept on telling me how much she loved icaco, cocoplums as a child.  I always thought that her memory was off because I never heard anything good about the fruit.
But, tonight she showed me a farmer's market in Managua and had large, deep purple plum shaped fruit labeled as icaco. It looked nothing like what I have seen from Miami.  Do any central Americans on here know anything about this fruit?  Would love to grow it if I could find the correct variety.

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Citrus General Discussion / New Zealand lemonade tree
« on: March 28, 2020, 02:44:18 PM »
Looking for opinions on fruit quality. I have very limited space and I have to be selective on my choices.  This is a tree that has been on my radar to purchase for a while, but, it was never available for sale in AZ.  Now a local nursery has one.  It is only semi dwarf, so it would take up a lot of room.  Is it worth it, is it top tier fruit or is it more of novelty.
If it was on flying dragon, I would have already purchased it, lol.

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Citrus General Discussion / Recommendation on citrus to plant
« on: March 05, 2020, 11:29:02 PM »
I the front of my house, I have a Meyer lemon planted.  Only reason I planted it was because it was a dwarf ad on clearance.  Going to replace it.  I found a place with interesting dwarf citrus trees and the 3 most interesting ones I have to choose are gold nugget, cara cara, and AZ sweet orange(a left over variety from the Sunkist plant that closed in mesa, AZ.  Have tried it and it is a very high quality orange.)
Just want to see what people on here think would be the best choice.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Had my syzygium confiscated by the feds
« on: December 28, 2019, 12:21:42 AM »
I had bought a syzygium this summer on eBay from Thailand.  It was a water apple variety.  I know you can get them in the states, but this seller had different varieties and this one was supposedly flavorful and sweet.  A green variety.  Well a couple of weeks ago, had a paper on my door from the USDA.  Even though the seller had provided me with a Thai government permit and certificate, apparently it did not go through quarantine coming into the USA and I did not request the proper permit.
I think I coukd have asked for it to be quarantined and pay a fine,but the USDA wanted to destroy it.  So, I thought for a second, realized I really don't like federal agents coming up to my door, so I called the agent and surrendered the shrub.  Sealed it and placed it on my front porch and it was gone that afternoon.
So, just posting this so anyone else that purchases this way gets the proper USDA permit and not waist their money.

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Citrus seeds
« on: December 03, 2019, 11:27:27 PM »
If anyone has some interesting citrus fruiting now or over the next couple of months, I would like to purchase the seeds of your fruit.  The varieties available in AZ is not that great and I am always looking to add to my collection.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Wtb: female kei apple
« on: November 21, 2019, 12:40:42 AM »
Anyone have one for sale or know where to puchase?  My male is growing strong but would live to try the fruit someday.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Lychee question
« on: October 03, 2019, 12:27:00 AM »
Are there any Lychee varities that would grow in zone 9b, or, is it purely tropical?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Maprang/marian plum, worth growing for fruit
« on: September 28, 2019, 12:20:38 AM »
This is the other tree I have had trouble growing.  To me, the fruit loom delicious but I keep managing to kill them.  I have had good success germinating seeds, but, not much luck keeping them alive.  Has anyone tried this fruit and know if it is worth the trouble?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Is pitomba worth growing for the fruits?
« on: September 25, 2019, 11:54:19 PM »
I have bought about 4 of these eugenia and they have all died.  I have had really good look growing other eugenias, but, this one has been my nemesis.
Is the fruit of good enough quality that I should keep on spending money until I figure out how to grow one properly, or, fruit just average or below and I should give up?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Wth: marion plum and spondias purpera
« on: September 20, 2019, 12:52:29 AM »
Does anyone on here have these for sale or know a good online place to purchase?  Would prefer grafted but would just like to buy ones that are not tiny.

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Wth: browns select mandarin fruit
« on: September 14, 2019, 03:25:41 PM »
I know the fruit won't be ready for a couple of months, but, just wanted to see if anyone on here is growing it and has some extra fruit they can send out.  Will pay for fruit and shipping.  Definitely my favorite citrus!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB: mexican cream guava
« on: September 12, 2019, 12:35:31 AM »
Looking for someone with a tree that produces realky good tasting fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Mexican cream guavas
« on: September 08, 2019, 12:56:42 AM »
Does was anyone have these as small trees for sale?  They always have these for sale at Lowe's, but, I heard their variety produce fruit of poor quality.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / My silas wood
« on: July 14, 2019, 12:20:55 AM »


Finally bought my grafted silas wood sapodilla on Amazon.  Was really hard to find one for a reasonable price.  Here in scottsdale, we have hit a low of 26 once in my 7 years here, so, I thought it better to go with this in a pot.  I usually go for the best flavor when it comes to fruits, but, I couldn't resist it's dwarf size and fruit production.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Soil for potted sapodilla
« on: July 06, 2019, 10:07:17 PM »
I just bought at 2 foot, grafted sapidilla silas woods.  I have a big pot already to plant it.  Question, what kind of soil would you use?  Any amendments?  Thanks

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Question about shade
« on: June 09, 2019, 12:23:01 AM »
My cousin asked me a question that I couldn't answer.  He has a part of his yard that only gets 3-4 hours of sun a day.  He asked what kind of fruit he could grow.  He lives in Phoenix, zone 9b.
My first answer was nothing, but then I looked it up and blueberries, blackberries, loquat and pear where listed for shade.
I wanted to know if any of the plants we discuss on here would grow in shade in a desert zone 9b?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Thanks for advice on Acerola
« on: May 29, 2019, 01:36:44 AM »
Last year at this time, I was asking for advice on how to make my acerola fruit palatable.  Even when almost black, it was as sweet as an unripe lemon.
Well, I did the amendments and the fruit this year was much, much better.  Had my first fruit tonight and it tasted like a semi sweet raspberry.  Very pleasant taste and I got my vitamin C boost for the day.

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