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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Free Pickering Mango Seeds
« on: July 15, 2024, 08:06:55 PM »
I have 4 or 5 Pickering mango seeds. I might have a Lemon Zest seed too. No shipping. Local pickup only. PM me if you're interested.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB: Mango Seeds
« on: July 11, 2024, 03:44:47 PM »
PM sent.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Peach Cobbler Mango Fruit for sale. Have been told they look like Pickering now
« on: July 05, 2024, 11:09:28 PM »
Those are Pickerings.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jakfruit tasting reviews
« on: July 04, 2024, 11:28:13 AM »
I love reading these jackfruit tasting reviews. Keep them coming.
Here in California, we get jackfruits imported from Mexico. It's highly likely they are fruit from seedlings, because they're wildly variable. You don't know what you're gonna get. I've had some extraordinary ones and some average ones. Some are crunchy, others are soft, etc. It's fun shopping for them, kinda like playing a jackfruit lottery.
Here in California, we get jackfruits imported from Mexico. It's highly likely they are fruit from seedlings, because they're wildly variable. You don't know what you're gonna get. I've had some extraordinary ones and some average ones. Some are crunchy, others are soft, etc. It's fun shopping for them, kinda like playing a jackfruit lottery.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: July 04, 2024, 11:22:17 AM »@MasonG31,
Is that orange colored or the photo makes it look like one?
Fruitfool
It's a red variety.
I do have an orange variety as well that is very good.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: July 03, 2024, 10:50:52 AM »
A forum member was kind enough to send me some scions of an unnamed variety he grows in Florida. He grows several seedlings, and this one is his favorite. My grafts fruited for the first time this year, and this fruit was amazing! Smooth, sweet, with a burst of flavor. No funky aftertaste or off flavors. A winner for sure. The seeds will be planted, and I'm going to graft this one onto some of my other trees. So far this year, my favorites are Vermilion, Zill Dark, and this excellent unnamed variety!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Zone 9b/10a Driveway Hedge
« on: February 07, 2024, 06:06:56 PM »
Surinam Cherry (Eugenia Uniflora)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: February 05, 2024, 06:30:39 PM »Peach Cobbler- making mostly leaves not flowers. Will be my 1st tasting though so i'm looking forward to it
shot, cool.
I love watching the reaction of people who try the Peach Cobbler mango for the first time. Hope you get fruit.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Good Annona for Riverside CA (was 9B) it's 10a now in 2023 USDA Hardiness
« on: February 05, 2024, 06:28:34 PM »
I would plant a seedling from a really good cherimoya. If the fruit turns out to be no good, you'll have a nice, strong rootstock to graft onto.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Mexican Sunflower Cuttings!
« on: January 08, 2024, 12:03:17 PM »
I’m selling cuttings of the Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia Diversifolia). This is the ultimate chop and drop plant. Produces loads and loads of fresh mulch. Also produces beautiful yellow flowers that attracts lots of pollinating insects. Really easy plant to take care of. Super drought tolerant and grows like a weed. Just set it and forget it. $4 each (minimum order of 5 cuttings). Shipping is $9. I can cut various sizes. Standard size is 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch. Just let me know.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Nabal Avocado Tree!
« on: November 12, 2023, 11:28:01 AM »
I’m selling this grafted Nabal avocado tree. In a 5 gallon container, with no wood chips or sawdust in the soil mix. I mostly used DG and some peat moss. Grafted onto Fuerte rootstock. Pickup in the LA area, near LAX. $50
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the best tasting avocado variety?
« on: October 03, 2023, 11:32:30 PM »Ok we need AJ to say if he prefers nabal or sharwil. Nabal is nicexcellent but sharwil still is better IMO.
Guess it just comes down to personal preference.
Nabal is my favorite. Best avocado I’ve ever eaten. Sharwil is in my top 3, along with Reed. Those 3 picked at the right time are world class, and they can go toe to toe against each other.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: September 17, 2023, 01:15:58 PM »
dark fruit. Fruits are big, dark, and sweet (when it is really ripe) with high acidity. Not much gasoline smell.
Red fruit. It was grafted last year. Fruits are even bigger, red, and sweet. Not much gasoline smell.
Is your red fruit a named variety? Where did you find it? That’s a good looking fruit. Nice size.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: September 17, 2023, 01:11:14 PM »
Zill Dark harvested just this morning. Lots of resin, lots of sweetness, a little acidity to give it some balance. I just wished my tree would produce more. I only have about 7 more on the tree. Seems to be a shy bearer at least for me.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Health issues for Brosimum gaudichaudii (Mama-cadela)? Help please
« on: September 06, 2023, 01:48:45 PM »
What type of soil did you plant it in?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: M4 or Coconut Cream
« on: September 03, 2023, 10:34:30 PM »M4 could be called:
Mr. Coconut
Coconut Extreme
Coconut Dream
These are great names. M4 deserves the late season crown. It’s top tier in my opinion.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Vinh Long Mango
« on: September 01, 2023, 02:18:03 PM »
Let us know how it tastes and looks
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Trees For Sale 🌴
« on: August 30, 2023, 11:47:27 AM »
Nimlioh sold. Lots of fruit trees still available.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fruit Trees For Sale 🌴
« on: August 25, 2023, 04:46:50 PM »
Haha you beat me to the punch! You’re quick. Good catch!
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Fruit Trees For Sale 🌴
« on: August 21, 2023, 08:00:40 PM »
I’m selling various fruit trees. All are in 1 gallon containers, except 1. Local pickup only in the LA area. Here’s the list:
- Grafted Pinkerton Avocado $40
- Grafted Nabal Avocado $40
- Violette de Bordeaux Fig $40
- Sweet Tart Mango Seedling Tree (multiple shoots, true to type) $40
- Grafted Nimlioh Avocado Tree in a 5 gallon container $75
Violette de Bordeaux
Sweet Tart
Pinkerton
Nabal
Nimlioh
- Grafted Pinkerton Avocado $40
- Grafted Nabal Avocado $40
- Violette de Bordeaux Fig $40
- Sweet Tart Mango Seedling Tree (multiple shoots, true to type) $40
- Grafted Nimlioh Avocado Tree in a 5 gallon container $75
Violette de Bordeaux
Sweet Tart
Pinkerton
Nabal
Nimlioh
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / SCIONS! Reed Avocado, Vernon White Sapote, Pakistan Mulberry
« on: August 16, 2023, 11:39:37 AM »
Lots of Reed Avocado and Vernon White Sapote Scions available. All scions are cut, wrapped in buddy tape and shipped the same day. I also have Pakistan Mulberry scions available. Scions are $5 each. Shipping and scion prep is $10. Minimum order 4 scions. Yes you can mix and match. Zelle or PayPal.
Thanks
Thanks
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Surinam Cherry - Taste
« on: August 07, 2023, 05:58:21 PM »
A good Surinam Cherry variety (Zill Dark, Vermilion, etc.) has the same strong, resinous “bite” of a good Indian mango. I recently had some Zill Dark that were super intensely flavored, in a good way. Highly recommended!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sweet Tart Mango Tree Producing in SoCal
« on: August 07, 2023, 07:55:22 AM »Yea, the same thing happened to me in 2021 regarding the fruit split. Check out my previous post. You can do a search under my name and "show posts". Look back to 2021.
Remove all of your fruit and apply organic fertilizer and azomite now. Focus on vegetative growth for the next 2-3 years. Your Sweet Tart Mango tree is still too young and needs more maturity as mine did.
Good Luck
Johnny
Thanks for the tips Johnny. I’ll try it, although the thought of removing all the fruit is quite painful, lol. At the moment, the tree is flushing lots of vegetative growth as well. Do you have any fertilizer recommendations in terms of brand or ratios?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sweet Tart Mango Tree Producing in SoCal
« on: August 06, 2023, 07:55:39 PM »
My Sweet Tart mangoes are starting to crack. I think I overwatered. These are from a Sweet Tart mango seed I planted in 2018.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / ISO: Regina Surinam Cherry Scions
« on: July 29, 2023, 05:47:59 PM »
Looking for Regina Surinam Cherry (Eugenia Uniflora) scions. Please PM me. I’ll buy or trade with you. I have some pretty nice avocado scions, for example. Thanks.
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