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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Interested in some scions once March comes around
« on: January 24, 2025, 06:55:10 AM »
Quote from: D-Grower on January 24, 2025, 05:44:49 AM
Provided when I unwrap my Fantastic avocado it is still fine I could send cuttings from that if you are interested. We actually got around 5in of snow here in the FL panhandle. Wrapped that tree in several layers of plastic with mulch stacked up beyond the graft at least. We will see what happens in a few days. Still wickedly cold a few more nights.

Thank you so much! We were in the teens, felt more like in the single digits, the past week here in NY. Still not out of the woods yet. Can't wait for warmer temps and start grafting again. Hope your Fantastic and other tropicals make it though this cold snap.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Interested in some scions once March comes around
« on: January 24, 2025, 02:17:56 AM »
Thanks in advance!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Interested in some scions once March comes around
« on: January 24, 2025, 01:52:04 AM »
Interested in pre-ordering some FRUITED-wood cuttings of:
  • Mexicola avocado (not the Grande) - just purchased a Lila; can't wait to tack on some other cold-hardy dwarf/semi-dwarf with edible skin types
  • any soft flesh seedless/soft-seeded guava (literally cracked a tooth eating guava last year)
  • tasty variety olosapo
  • China doll loquat
  • ruby red longan
  • SweetCliff lychee x longan
  • Luc's Mexican garcinia
  • Russell's sweet garcinia
  • male and female imbe
  • male yangmei
  • any tasty syzygium
  • Pickering mango
  • ruby Roman grape

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Snake fruit
« on: January 20, 2025, 12:40:34 PM »
I also have the plant; looking for some fruits as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Belle Isle Conservatory
« on: January 08, 2025, 01:52:58 PM »
Quote from: Radoslav on January 08, 2025, 01:07:37 PM
That's great to know, that this sort of artocarpus can grow at 45F.

My little jackfruit tree is doing great in my greenhouse that's set to 35F minimum temp.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Campbell white sapote available
« on: December 31, 2024, 12:27:49 PM »
Quote from: Coconut Cream on December 30, 2024, 10:51:16 PM
Quote from: RS on December 30, 2024, 01:06:25 PM
Having a winter white sapote variety in Florida would be incredible!

I would love a winter White Sapote too! The question though, is this seedling truly a winter fruit? There was one very ripe fruit left on the tree in late November. I'm thinking more likely the peak season is September - October. Still special but not exactly wintertime. And that is one massive tree!

Like all of these latest and greatest, more information is needed as people grow them in their backyards and share experiences.

I'm not sure if my grafted Younghan's Gold is considered winter fruiting but it's flowering like mad in my 35-40F greenhouse in zone 7b. The other branch, a rainbow, is doing nothing at all.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 31, 2024, 10:31:18 AM »
Quote from: NateTheGreat on December 31, 2024, 09:20:03 AM
Could be acutata, don't know what that one looks like at that stage. Or if you bought pyriformis. If you really care, you could take a better photo of the label and enhance it, or find some technique like spray mist on it then sprinkle charcoal. I'm sure there's a way.

A bit of advice though, you know the saying buy a $100 hole for a $10 plant? That's like a $0.10 hole. May as well at least spend $1 on potting a $10 seed. Start by investing in some oil paint pens: https://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Oil-Based-Paint-Marker-Medium/dp/B00KGCOZ9Y

I do have those oil paint pens. I thought the label would be protected being in the plastic sleeve - didn't think it would fade so quickly. It could be acutata. I wonder if Kam, the man himself, is around to chime in with his assessment.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 31, 2024, 07:42:28 AM »
Quote from: shpaz on December 31, 2024, 12:15:07 AM
Quote from: Ognin525 on December 30, 2024, 06:51:43 PM
Prolly Beaurepaireana if I can remember correctly that's one of the only ones on your list that pops out with that fuzzy.

My E. Beaurepaireana seedlings look nothing like it.



These are some nice looking seedlings and a very orderly setup you got there.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 30, 2024, 07:29:39 PM »
Thanks everyone. Hopefully it will get further along by the summer growing season and be more recognizable by then. Most of the seeds I had purchased were around $10 a piece. Hate to not know what I ended up with.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 04:50:13 PM »
Quote from: Ognin525 on December 29, 2024, 01:07:56 PM
Possibly Eugenia klotzschiana?

Good try Bill, but I don't think I have purchased that one. These are some of the ones that I bought this year:
* Eugenia Macrobracteolata - Pitanga Juba - Pitangão de restinga - Pitanga-fanta
* Eugenia Repanda - True Repanda
* Eugenia Beaurepaireana
* Campomaneisa sp Giant
* Eugenia Patrissi
* Myrciaria sp Pastora
* Eugenia Bimarginata
* Eugenia Acutata - Orange Fruit
* Myrciaria aff Delicatula
* Myrciaria sp "Blue"
* Eugenia Dichroma - Pitanga de Lagarto - Pitanga Fanta
* Eugenia Pruniformis
* Myrciaria caerulescens (Roxa - Blue Guaquiea)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 12:28:37 PM »
Quote from: SplorKeLZ on December 29, 2024, 11:24:47 AM
Do you happen to have the details of your order stashed away somewhere? That could help to narrow it down

Yeah, I could dig through my receipts, but I hate having to use my computer (so much effort waiting for it to load and all) - my phone only saves most recent messages.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 12:25:16 PM »
Quote from: NateTheGreat on December 29, 2024, 11:32:27 AM
Did you buy CDQ?

Pretty sure I haven't bought that one.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 11:04:34 AM »
Thank you both for trying. This is likely some sort of eugenia as I was going through a eugenia craze over the summer. I'll post more photos as this thing grows.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 10:53:09 AM »
Bought some seeds from Bellamy over the summer. Planted them in small pots, didn't pay much attention to them until just now. Looks like a batch has sprouted, but I was too lazy to note the plant's name on the cup, simply taped the label that came with the seeds to the container. Unfortunate, it's all faded. Can anyone tell what this is?




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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB China White Loquat Tree
« on: December 28, 2024, 02:57:59 PM »
Quote from: FRUITBOXHERO on December 27, 2024, 09:18:28 PM
if you decide to let one go, please let me know.

Mark Lee might be able to hook you up with a scion. I have been waiting for him to make a cutting offering of this one since I saw his interview with VFG.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lujan Jaboticaba - 7b in Ground Test
« on: December 28, 2024, 11:24:43 AM »
Quote from: K-Rimes on April 18, 2024, 02:22:22 PM
I will echo that Marco's Argentinian species are more cold hardy than my other jabos, and flush out earlier, but again, I do not believe these to be revolutionary results. At best you're going to get +5f more temperature resistance is my guess.

You have folks like NissanVersa saying they lost massive mature jabos to 17f. So say you somehow had a lujan or campo with a 6" trunk - you'd lose it at 12f. You now mention you go below zero.

Sorry, but I think this is a rather foolish exercise and I don't get it. My jabos really suffer in 9b already.

This is a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing. I know about roof de-icing cables but never thought about using them for my in-ground trees. This might work!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lujan Jaboticaba - 7b in Ground Test
« on: December 26, 2024, 05:35:25 PM »
After successfully grafting a branch of my Lujan to a Sabara as backup this summer, I planted the Lujan in the ground. Looks like it can handle the low 20s for almost an entire week without protection just fine. It's doing much better than my lemon guava - which died all the way to the ground last year but came back. However, nothing is more of a sure thing than my loquat seedings which are all just a bunch of seeds that I toss in a pot with just 2 or 3 inches of soil 2 years ago.







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fresh Caimitos and Taiwanese Guavas in NYC
« on: December 19, 2024, 10:38:54 AM »
Wonder if these were brought up from Florida...caimitos $6/lb; taiwanese guavas $4/lb.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Making Labels
« on: December 18, 2024, 08:03:45 PM »
I use a free app called Canva to put together the layout, then send PDF of the design to a custom sign maker on Etsy for production:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1605193773/custom-sign-aluminum-metal-sign

It's about $15 for a 6.5"×4.5" aluminum sign. I only create these for my larger-sized trees.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Setup for Greenhouse
« on: December 18, 2024, 12:04:42 PM »
Here are some pictures of the setup and what's growing inside...



















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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Setup for Greenhouse
« on: December 18, 2024, 11:25:25 AM »
Quote from: Tropicaltoba on December 17, 2024, 08:35:15 PM
Careful if it gets cool with high humidity, that’s when you’ll get fungal issues. Vapour pressure deficit measurements are good for finding the ideal humidity for a given temp. It requires leaf temp not air temp (infrared thermometer). If it’s really high you may want to consider a dessicant dehumidifier as an alternative heat source.

Thanks for the tip, Tropicaltoba. I was looking into adding a desiccant dehumidifier as well. The added heat is a nice bonus.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Setup for Greenhouse
« on: December 17, 2024, 07:32:11 PM »
Quote from: Tropicaltoba on December 17, 2024, 05:13:05 PM
What happened on Dec 10th? Also, There should be a way to get your day temps down. It’s not that big of a deal now…. But that first sunny spring day when you are work it’ll hit 125F.


 Also Did a bunch of research when I designed mine and I’m a non co2 enriched environment I don’t think you want your leaf temps much more than 85F. I realize it’s just for the winter, but they’d be less stressed and pests less of a problem.

It was super cloudy that day so temp didn't go up much. Once spring comes around and temps go no lower than 40F, I'm going to start cracking windows and doors. I haven't noticed any pests yet, but it's crazy humid in there, like a rain forest.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Setup for Greenhouse
« on: December 17, 2024, 03:26:54 PM »
This late post is in response to Tropicaltoba's PM on how things are going with the greenhouse thus far (don't know how to message pictures so bringing the conversation here). I didn't know what a jbox was until this little project; an absolute noob in this space. Now that this thing's been running for a little over a month, it's a freaking dream come true - my own little slice of the tropics in the dead of winter in New York.

We have been through a few nights in the mid 20s and it has proven its worth. I set my milkhouse heater to about 40F with a tolerance of 3F for heating; 108F with a 3F tolerance for cooling and it has pulled through every night. The best part is, my electricity usage has only gone up by 5%. Of course, we haven't seen the worst of what winter in 7B could be but with my backup propane buddy heater hooked up and ready to go, I'm hopeful my tropicals will make it through in this greenhouse. This thing is better than snake oil for back pains (don't have to lug my plants down to my basement anymore)!


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cinnamon Apple: Pouteria hypoglauca
« on: December 17, 2024, 10:00:50 AM »
Quote from: Coconut Cream on December 17, 2024, 12:33:04 AM
Xain's World has the plant on their stock list, but he doesn't ship. Maybe Satya (Grow Pura Vida on Youtube) would have some seeds? He did a tasting of one of these recently from Costa Rica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NllPkmlAosg

Saw this one as well. I think the consensus has mostly been positive from those that have tried the fruit. The only negative is that the first layer of flesh is a bit grainy.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cinnamon Apple: Pouteria hypoglauca
« on: December 17, 2024, 09:54:57 AM »
Quote from: Rauf on December 16, 2024, 07:23:20 PM
Weird explorer? :)

Yup!

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