The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hi,
i am looking for 5-10 seeds each of quince and diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’ for rootstocks. Not sure if there is a certain variety of quince that gives a better disease resistance but i am open to trial so please let me know what you have for sale or trade. Thanks.

Good harvest Jack

I personally can't stand them and I'd have rather eaten a few puke flavored papaya. That was BEFORE my neighbor grabbed a few deep black samples from his yard and asked me to try them. I gotta say at least from HIS bush, I'd rather eat his Surinam cherry than a puke  flavored papaya :-)

It's not saying much but the possibility of a dessert Surinam is still a dim possibility.

Gary, my wife discovered a papaya that doesn't taste pukey; like you, she doesn't appreciate strong papaya flavor, so she kept propagating this one that has less sweetness but definitive floral fragrance, fresh "clean" taste, almost like a honeydew. I like very sweet (don't mind musky) papayas and don't care for "her" variety but she really loves it. Next time we see each other I can share seeds if you want.

Quote from: Satya on May 24, 2021, 08:59:28 AM

Quote from: Kevin Jones on February 15, 2021, 07:33:44 PM

Last fall I order a large quantity of these plastic air layering balls on ebay:



Thought I'd give them a try...

Kevin

We tried the smaller ball and it failed in 100% of air layers even on species that layer willingly. though my air layer success normally is pretty high. I saw larger ones on Amazon but decided to continue the old fashioned way.

Satya, those balls worked for me super well. I got 100% successful air layers from them so far but you have to control the soil moisture carefully because of the openings on the top and bottom for the small and medium size and the large size has additional openings on the sides. I’ve had success using all three sizes.

I’ve been air layering for quite a long time and the traditional method takes longer but doesn’t require as much up keep because everything is sealed up and there is little moisture loss. With the traditional method, the initial watering is usually enough to get the air layer through till harvesting/removing from the tree.

These new air layering balls are faster but not for those that don’t have time to check up on the condition of the soil inside.

On hot days, the smaller balls can dry up very quickly.

I moisten to field capacity for the initial fill and then re water once soil moisture is about 20-30% approximately.

Here’s an air layer I recently removed


This is the smallest size.

Simon

Hi Simon, sorry didn't see your answer until now! Wow that is a nice root ball! Yes I noticed they dry up too fast, and had no time to moisten them, that's the reason mine failed and that's the reason I stopped using them. I travel a lot so cannot consistently tend to them unfortunately.
As for Suriname cherries, I have one seedling tree that outperforms every other one I have; the fruit is very sweet with less acidity than a typical Suriname cherry and less gasoline flavor; Zill dark are much tarter in my garden, I have maybe 10 trees and this one is sweeter/larger/juicier than Zill's. It's orangish-pink in color and has a very distinct long neck. I shared seeds with many friends, hope someone grew them to see whether these qualities persist. Let me find a photo...

I have a few seedlings left, please let me know if you will be able to drive up to North Miami Beach.

I grew about 30 Luc's from seed at once, they were all growing at very different rates, though all conditions seemed the same. They usually flush as soon as warm months and rains come, can hibernate for ever and then give several flushes one after another. Not a difficult plant to grow, I forget them and they do their thing. Even in drought months I haven't watered them for weeks, and they were just fine, no deficiencies, no shriveling. But I grew them in really tall citrapots so the root had lots of support, and came out at the bottom to suck water from the bottom trays. The tap is very strong and hard, almost like another trunk, lol
Same with the large one in ground, as long as it's somewhat protected from full sun, it's happy, even without irrigation.

Updated. Still miracle fruit and a few Sabaras left.

yes, mine has taken but i am not sure about the long term compatibility.

can u send me photos of the lucs and achacha

Achacha is already claimed. I will message you with Lucs' pics in the morning.

These are amazing plants would love to get my hands on the Jab soursop and rainforest plum. Guess I will have to borrow a boat and sail to FL for [pickup

You can send them in a cargo ship if you arrange, but i don't have any phyto. 

hi satya,
   i will take the priestly atemoya.Thank you.
kumar

sure, please pm me!

Thanks Dan, was great meeting you.

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