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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: any kadsura coccinea successfully planted ?
« on: February 18, 2024, 01:00:34 PM »
Thats the impression im getting too, with the boosting in cold weather and being stressed in the hottest times of the year. I sold some to a guy who lives in the redwoods, an old clear cut that is second growth forest, and he has very rich soil. The plants are doing pretty amazing for him and he has multiple seedlings flowering. I think he'll probably be one of the first to fruit it in California. Seems like they enjoy the low intensity light up at his spot. Wish I had more of that around my area.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: February 17, 2024, 10:51:11 AM »Anywhere in the US one can buy Yangmei trees? Tried group order, all died. Asked friends to buy in China as experiments, either dead on arrival or died after a few weeks. Don't quite trust international order.
I just grafted a bunch of trees up and hope to have some available later this year. I'll also have seedlings for sale on my website, www.wildlandsplants.com. I'm based out of Santa Cruz, so just over the hill from ya.
Nate
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why Do So Many Tropical Fruit Trees Have Reddish New Growth?
« on: February 14, 2024, 10:38:12 PM »
The plants are actually still photosynthesizing but doing so in a different spectrum, them not being green helps them photosynthesize less which helps to protect new growth!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Coco coir as seed starter?!
« on: February 11, 2024, 06:13:55 PM »
I use straight washed coco coir in sealed containers until seeds germinate and move them into a potting medium post germination.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: January 23, 2024, 04:39:21 PM »Anyone growing the Pink and/or White Tropical Guavas sold by Four Winds Growers? I’m growing both of these in pots and am curious if people like these fruits. I’m thinking of planting them in ground the Spring.
Tropical guavas are tricky for us in northern califonria because the fruits are ripening in our coldest and wettest months. I have not had a good tropical guava that is grown outdoors in the ground, they just turn out flavorless and watery. Maybe if we get a drought year, there is potential for good ripening conditions. At this point, I think the only way to do tropical guavas will be potted or in the ground in a hoop house where conditions can be controlled a little more. My farm is right above 4 winds growers too, haha.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Eugenia Burkartiana ( Rare Orange var.) for sale-Top tasting Eugenia!
« on: January 22, 2024, 05:34:56 PM »
Truthfully have a hard time trusting ID's unless its from a source that has background in botany/systematics. I think there's a lot of people in the fruit world that are basing IDs on sight alone whereas it is a much more complicated process than that. I.e. a lot of the psidiums that have gone around/are in my collection have very dubious ID's
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WANTED Sweet Uvaia tree
« on: January 20, 2024, 11:19:56 AM »
I've got some seedlings available. Will be posting up the sweet variant in the next couple of weeks. The sweet is just slightly less sour than the sour variant.
www.wildlandsplants.com
www.wildlandsplants.com
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouteria lucuma
« on: January 17, 2024, 09:53:12 PM »I got rid of my lucuma. Too sweet. Fruits hang 1 year.
I also got rid of canistel. Have lot flowers, but not fruits over a decade.
If I feel like eating them, I go get purple yam and steam. Taste very simular.
haha wild! Well i guess thats good to hear though, hopefully the fruit can take our colder wetter winters up here on the northern end of the central coast.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouteria lucuma
« on: January 15, 2024, 03:21:29 PM »
So awesome to see, have you gotten a chance to go check them out? would be dope to get some scion from that. I might have to make a pilgrimage to check em out!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouteria lucuma
« on: January 15, 2024, 02:45:23 PM »
Dayum!!! Thats so awesome. You see any fruit on em or anything?
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Need buddy tape
« on: January 14, 2024, 11:08:08 PM »
Was just looking around and saw AM leonard sells buddy tape?
https://www.amleo.com/buddy-taper-grafting-tape-non-perforated/p/BT25NP
https://www.amleo.com/buddy-taper-grafting-tape-non-perforated/p/BT25NP
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei Ice Cream
« on: January 13, 2024, 06:45:35 PM »
I made some Yangmei ice cream last year and it was totally delicious! Would totally recommend it as well
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: WTB or trade: Tithonia diversifolia cuttings
« on: January 12, 2024, 09:37:46 PM »
I'm currently swimming in tithonia! haha.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Male Yangmei Scions
« on: January 02, 2024, 11:22:29 PM »
Just posted some Kadsura seedlings!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: December 31, 2023, 10:07:32 PM »
Do you have pics of the australe v. australe? I fruited what looks like kevins guinense potential hybrid and they sure are good.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Male Yangmei Scions
« on: December 31, 2023, 06:08:38 PM »Hello, anyone has a few male yangmei cuttings for sale? Thanks.
I got you, I've got a holw bunch of male cuttings I'll have available soon on my website.
www.wildlandsplants.com
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia sp. Belize Blackberry - what kind of?
« on: December 25, 2023, 02:59:17 PM »
I think it's likely to be Syzygium cumini. I think one or two people have fruited it, maybe Hunter Sims or Kelly Gabrisch? I haven't committed to planting mine out because it just seems like a pretty mediocre species IMO.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: December 03, 2023, 03:51:00 PM »
Psidium robustum: Super delicious fruit with no tannins. Tones of Banana in this fruit. Very sweet with no tartness nor tannic bitterness found in some other species such as longipetiolatum or cattleianum.
Psidium guinense x: A potential hybrid guinense species. Species confirmed by Leslie Landrum, who believes it to be a guinense or possible hybrid of. Fruit was delicious. Very nice tart/sweet ratio with only a couple of seeds and lots of flesh! A really beautiful and low growing, but slow plant. Large showy flowers and absolutely something I want to grow a lot more of.
Psidium longipetiolatum is really not a particularly great fruit. The tree bears heavily, drops sporadically unripe and ripe fruit. The fruit has a strong tannic eucalyptus-y flavor that is mainly in the skin. The pulp itself is pretty good but ultimately not sure it's really a winner in my book.
Psidium guinense x: A potential hybrid guinense species. Species confirmed by Leslie Landrum, who believes it to be a guinense or possible hybrid of. Fruit was delicious. Very nice tart/sweet ratio with only a couple of seeds and lots of flesh! A really beautiful and low growing, but slow plant. Large showy flowers and absolutely something I want to grow a lot more of.
Psidium longipetiolatum is really not a particularly great fruit. The tree bears heavily, drops sporadically unripe and ripe fruit. The fruit has a strong tannic eucalyptus-y flavor that is mainly in the skin. The pulp itself is pretty good but ultimately not sure it's really a winner in my book.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Meyer Lemon Tree - Contest (win a Peluche cutting)
« on: November 12, 2023, 05:27:20 PM »
420!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: For the love of concrete!!
« on: November 08, 2023, 10:28:58 AM »
What sensor ya got there Wes?
Looks awesome! Gotta come check it out one of these days
Looks awesome! Gotta come check it out one of these days
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bad Naranjilla/Lulo seeds? Seed germination time?
« on: November 06, 2023, 09:13:56 PM »
I've got two spineless lulo plants from a whole bunch of spineless seeds. There were only 2 out of 36 or so that were spineless. Should be getting some fruits soon and may have seeds or seedlings for sale.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Green Sapote best light/sun conditions?
« on: November 06, 2023, 07:57:52 PM »
baller, looks like its doing good with that full sun and reflective heat
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Free Yangmei Giveaway
« on: November 06, 2023, 07:16:51 PM »
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if you get the chance, evolutionary biology is really an amazing subject and really gets the brain going, especially when you have an understanding of different genera and species going into it.
if you get the chance, evolutionary biology is really an amazing subject and really gets the brain going, especially when you have an understanding of different genera and species going into it.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Green Sapote best light/sun conditions?
« on: November 05, 2023, 10:01:00 AM »
I've got about 20 planted out and in shade cages. They definitely seem to like a little bit of shade but ill see what goes on in time.
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