The Tropical Fruit Forum

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2188583/night-dining-beetles

Yessir, I see 5-10 of them every morning stuck in my water barrels by a light source. My cats swat/kill them too. However, I have not noticed any damage from them to any of my plants/trees over the past couple years. I've never even seen them on my plants (weevils on the other hand...). Maybe they feast on the yearly acacia or carrotwood tree in my neighbors yard when they aren't aimlessly flying into my sliding doors at night.

Doesn't sound like naturelover was lying to customers or anything in bad taste. From what I'm reading, he actually did them a good service by steering them away from the Haden  and towards better varieties that would work for their needs.

I was originally thinking bananas, but if i can get a few trees there instead that would be nice.

Didn't want put jabos and other tress with small fruits there because that part of my yard is often neglected so a lot of the fruit would drop and go to waist.

Don't think i can grow mangsteen here

Well, you can grow it. Getting it to fruit is another story. There is a backyard grower in Bokeelia, FL who has a tree that has been in the ground for years now and supposedly looks good but no luck on flowers/fruits as of yet. I have not actually seen this tree with my own eyes but Steve at Fruitscapes has.

I've been using organza bags (can find them online or at stores, think I got mine at Michaels store). They work great. No birds messing with them, no bugs getting in them or through them. Water, air, and sun pass right through them. I've been bagging everything for two years (except mangoes and papaya which have not been attacked). My grumichama's were getting stripped by mockingbirds until I bagged em.

There are different size organza bags you can buy for different size fruits.

You could also make your own bags with other material.

Never tasted it but have heard they are dioecious, so try to get a few.  They are also called pokok beruas, probably native to Malaysia and are said to be sour.

Hello all!
My name is Derek and I have a growing collection of fruit trees in South FL.  I grew up down here and I enjoy growing and eating tropical and subtropical fruits and herbs/veggies. I've lurked on this forum for years and have finally decided to join the fun.

Did you try the p. campechiana and p. lucuma at a ripe stage? Not sure what variety of p. campechiana you had but I found another a good use for p. campechiana for those that don't like to eat it out of hand - blend some of the flesh with coconut milk, vanilla ice cream and a pinch of cinnamon. This beverage alone makes p. campechiana worth growing .

Might want to try Pouteria viridis (green sapote)

There are a few good sized Baobab trees growing at Cape Harbour in Cape Coral, FL.  They are all healthy and quite a sight to see.

   Wouldn't use Glyphosate on my worst enemy.

They were genetically engineering food crops to be resistant to glyphosate, so it could be sprayed directly on the crops to control weeds without damaging the crops.

The genetic engineering = making glyphosate actually part of the plant genetics. Very, very, very bad idea.