The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hi! Looking for a Semi-Dwarf Red Finger Lime, that will ship to California. Been searching and haven't had any luck yet. I did reach out to Four Winds to see if they might carry it in the future.

Any recommendations?

Thanks all!

Tropic Central Valley on YouTube is a great channel. He has longan, lychee and starfruit readily fruiting and I’d imagine his climate is more challenging than yours due to the vast temp changes. Check his videos out, I do believe he set his irrigation to 10 minutes every hour on his trees. Plus tons of wood chips. Good luck

Yikes that is a LOT of water

Thanks, I did a ton of research and we don't have the humidity for they Lychee and the Mexican Mangosteen is OK for our climate, but ALL of the mangosteen are 8-12 years before you MAYBE get fruit. NOT worth it.
And the Longlan varieties for 10B are two, I found them! Thank you SO much for your kindness!!!

ALL citrus can produce in shade. Yes you can also espalier.

THANK YOU!!!!
Very helpful info!

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The forum member Flying Fox Fruits says that for Plinias to fruit, the tree's bark has to shed (or peel). He has had 3 year old Jaboticaba shed their bark for the first time them fruit, and he has also had 15 year old Jaboticaba not yet shed their bark.

Shedding is not directly related to fruiting. I've had the majority of my non-fruiting jabos peel, sometimes bi-annually. Even ones that have a 1/4" trunk, and all the way up to a 2" trunk shed fully, but not be fruiting.

It is a good sign of trunk and branch growth. If it happens fast enough, the bark will pop. Happens all the time.

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Jabos are great and I enjoy them in season, but if I was in a colder zone I’d definitely grow grapes!

Being exceedingly honest, jabos are a novelty fruit attached to a beautiful tree. I really enjoy the Asian variety grapes like Kyoho, and muscadines, and for ease of growth, to productivity, to variety grapes are really hard to beat. Much easier to eat, too, since the skin is edible and seeds are small.

Hi! Were you able to find any?
And why are you interested in that cultivar?
I am in the same zone, so this is why I'm asking.
Thanks!
Robin

Hi:

I'm in Zone 10 (B Los Angeles).

1.)
If you are also, I'd love to know if you've had success growing longan? Star fruit? Mangosteen? Lychee? Rambutan?

2.)
And are the cultivars that CAN be grown here worth growing? Tasty?

3.)
Can any be kept under 7'? 10'? 15'?


Thanks in advance for this amazing community.

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Hi anyone have experience with this nursery?
papayatreenursery.com
Some very intriguing things like dwarf white and dwarf mulberries, and a 7’ dwarf cherry tree growing zone 10B coastal close in Malibu Southern California, but I don’t have acres and acres to buy experimental trees to see if they really are what they say, or taste worthwhile, so hoping for some legitimacy confirmation.

Thanks,
Robin

I've been looking for some time. I"m in So. Cal.

We are in need of rooted cuttings and/or seeds of Passiflora mission Dolores for a client project.
Normally its available in July at Annie's Annuals, but it's late. Please help if you can, willing to trade rare figs from the Fig Hunter (see NYT feature on him), and National award-winning honey.
And willing to pay!
Robin
(310)460-9523