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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Salacia Chinensis Lollyberry?
« on: March 16, 2024, 11:13:36 PM »
What is this fruit? I had a pie made of this on a trip in Moro bay in California. Does anybody grow this? How is it?

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Hey I’m a cold climate prairie boy from Canada who is used to seeing tropical fruit trees in greenhouses. I’m currently travelling with my family in an rv from LA to the redwoods. Any cool fruit tree places to check out?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Need help can’t tell which side is graft
« on: February 06, 2024, 02:32:26 PM »
I have a grafted kohala Longan that I let get out of hand. Do you think that the left side is the grafted one?




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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Germinating hawthorn seeds
« on: January 26, 2024, 04:28:13 PM »
Has anybody germinated hawthorn seeds specifically succulenta and Douglassi? Acid scarification is mentioned, I was looking at using a refill of battery acid as the h2so4 source but I wasn’t sure about what molarity to use. Any experience doing this?

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Citrus General Discussion / Gummosis on citrus
« on: December 26, 2023, 11:49:53 AM »
It looks like I may have gummosis spontaneously discharging from my eureka lemon. Causes thoughts?




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Hey all, fyi for all those container people. I hard purchased these xtra large adjustable plant caddies off Amazon 3 y ago. Seemed strong but must have weakened over time possibly due to sun. The big issue was that with the large wheels it sits quite high off the ground and when one of the sides collapsed the momentum of the 35gallon pot would have caused the whole thing to flip right over if it didn’t happen before my eyes.





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Hey everyone, I have yellow dragon fruit doing well in a container but it’s hard to “pot up” due to the fact that I have a support post bolted to the plastic pot. Do you think I can add a heavy top dress to the pot instead of potting up? I wasn’t sure if root rot is an issue with all the adventitious roots they put out. Does anyone have experience with this?

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Hey all, so I’ve been fertigating (water and dilute fertillizer) my containerized plants with home made organic liquid fertillizer from a worm farm and bokashi composter. It’s working well and everything is super healthy. I’ve been trying to track down a hose end sprayer that had a dilution factor of 10. Does anyone have any suggestions.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Soursop fruiting in container?
« on: November 07, 2023, 03:50:45 PM »
Has anyone gotten soursop to yield fruit in a container? If so what size of plant/pot was required.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Are my Loquats ripe?
« on: November 05, 2023, 11:51:29 AM »
So I’ve got my first bunch of loquats which are in the process of ripening. I’ve never seen or eaten a loquat fruit before. These fruits are starting to get soft, but they don’t seem orange enough and there is still a touch of green. Do I leave them on for longer? Thanks I’m advance for your knowledge.


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Just a friendly reminder that this will be headed down south in the next while.




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Does anyone know if the potassium in insecticidal soaps provides any benefit as a foliar feed?

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Citrus General Discussion / Canola oil for pests experience?
« on: October 22, 2023, 02:51:39 PM »
So I’ve taken millets advice and am using hort oil this year. Despite paraffin oils appearing safe (no cancer in rat study) I’m still a bit nervous about using them in my attached greenhouse. I bought a hazmat suit and respirator for when I need to nuke the room with an ultra fine oil. For regular use, I am currently using a canola oil pyrethrine product diluted to 1% and a hand spray bottle for small spot treatments (check all of my plants 2x/week), without any protective equipment. What are peoples thoughts on the efficacy and safety?

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So after 6 years of trying to make an ecosystem in my greenhouse where pests/predators/pollinators would keep things in perfect balance I have officially given up. Spider mites, aphid, thrips and white fly were all controlled with predatory bugs. Scale was sometimes a mild problem on a couple of citrus (I’m looking at out you Tangelo) especially in the spring but as soon as I could took those susceptible plants out in the summer they all went away. Last year however the mealybugs were everywhere. Dragonfruit, cattley guava and loquat were the only plants that didn’t get infested. All my companion plants (flowers, legumes, fruit) were loaded.

So I got rid of the companion plants,  and all my trees/vines outside for the entire summer. All pests completely disappeared within 2 weeks. My plants have been back in for 3 weeks found a couple of hard scale, mealy, spider mites, whitefly have been found with detailed examinations of every plant surface every 3 days. Using 0.5% safers soap on entire plant for whitefly/spider mites, focal treatment of 0.5% soap for mealy. And weekly 1% canola oil with pyrethin on entire plants on mango and passionfruit (for hard scale). I also got a backpack sprayer with proper hort oil based off Millets suggestions in case I have to nuke the whole place.

Thoughts?

Thoughts

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Ribes aureum (golden currant) worth keeping?
« on: October 20, 2023, 07:59:31 AM »
Has anyone grown golden currant? I’ve got a couple of bushes that I’ve never been able to get ripe fruit from (poor production due to shade and something eating the fruits). Has anyone grown this? I wonder if it’s worth putting more effort into production/protection?

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Hello to all the greenhouse growers out there. I was wondering how you go about controlling your vapor pressure deficit. I can’t find much on the market for the hobby greenhouse. I have a jimmy rigged system that is based off different 3 different temperature intervals each with their own humidity set points. It works quite well except for when I have to spray things down for pests in the late winter. I was curious what everyone else does.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bug identification?
« on: August 15, 2023, 01:44:44 PM »
I was hoping people could confirm if this was a mealybug destroyer larvae. I live in Canada in the prairies and took my plants out of my greenhouse cause they were infested with mealy bugs. About 6 weeks later I see a couple of these moving very quickly along a plant. I am curious how it would have gotten here, could it be something else?


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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Shade tolerant berries?
« on: July 16, 2023, 12:34:54 PM »
I have increasing shade in my backyard, I used to be able to grow grapes but now there is only vegetative growth. I transplanted gooseberries against a fence that only gets evening sun. They produced a dozen berries last year but none this year. Should I try something else that is shade tolerant like thimbelberries or black currants (i have both in other parts of my yard) or do u think it’s futile? Note I had the trees thinned last year and I don’t think it did anything.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Loquat blooming in summer
« on: July 16, 2023, 12:29:58 PM »
So I recently had to move all my plants out of my greenhouse cause I was away on a holiday and fighting a mealey bug infestation. My greenhouse was running form 70-86 deg at the time. We had a recent cold spell down to mid 50’s and my 3 loquats all bloomed for the first time. Do I keep these? The same thing happened with my mangos last year (Pickering) and the fruit was really good (from what I can tell living in Canada).




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I had a nectarine in a pot that may have not had enough chill hours this winter. The tree still hasn’t done anything but a scratch test shows it’s still green. Any tricks to forcing it to leaf out or is it just done?

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Hey everyone I’ve been growing purple passionfruit for about 6 years in a 35 gallon pot. I know commercially they often replace the vines every 3 years in commercial production. It had been productive (2 crops per year) and then after being away for a week (I had watered it) looked like this and has not recovered. Fruit wrinkles, yellow limp leaves.  Does anyone know if this is how the vines die when they get too old?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Rambutan leaves full of holes?
« on: April 12, 2023, 01:30:03 PM »
I was wondering if anyone could identify the source of damage of my rambutan leaves? I’ve never seen any bugs on the plant but they are completely full of holes.


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Temperate Fruit Discussion / How far North has someone grown a pawpaw?
« on: April 10, 2023, 09:01:29 PM »
I’m trying to find out how far North you can successfully grow a paw paw fruit? Hardiness is one thing but it think they also need many frost free days that are hot. I’ve been able to keep a small tree alive in zone 3 for one winter but flowering 2 trees and getting fruit is another thing all together. I’m looking for some success stories.

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Hey everyone, I started a new thread after a comment from Daintree (I think it was Daintree… I went out and enjoyed too many refreshmentz). In people’s experience which tropical fruit trees can and can’t handle root pruning well?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Visiting Cuba, good places to checkout?
« on: March 24, 2023, 09:48:58 AM »
Does anyone know of good places to check out fruits or botanical gardens in Cuba? I’m arriving there today.

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