The Tropical Fruit Forum

It's been fruited in Iceland and Russia as well.
I don't think you'll find a huge variation in temperature tolerance.
The main trick, as with any other tropical that doesn't like it below 50 degree's, is getting the fruit to hold & grow & sweeten over winter .

I think Seanny is onto something with the inter stock graft being a great idea.

A. Montana pollen must not be compatible, likely previously tried and documented by Har on the forum somewhere.

soursop has been fruited in north san diego.  *pats self on back for saving that video in a playlist*

coincidentally, today a guy doing some work on my house showed me a pic of his soursop tree here in the los angeles area.  it had a bunch of fruits on it last year but they didn't survive the long winter.  he said that he grew it from seed from nayarit.  i gave him a 5 gallon nanche as down-payment for future seeds/scions from his soursop.

how much variation in temp tolerance is there among soursops from different locations?  i have small seedlings from florida, costa rica and oaxaca mexico.  so far i haven't tested any outside over the winter.

it's surprising that i haven't heard of anyone crossing soursop with mountain soursop.

Does Panoramic have a storefront or how do you reach them?
I was staying in Mayaguez , I called and left messages and never heard back from them.

Panoramic fruit company in Mayaguez sells mangosteen, durian, longan, langsat, rambutan and pulasan. They may have others as well, you can call and ask. Although I think the season is over for most of these now.

https://www.panoramicfruit.com/

Jardines Eneida is the tropical fruit nursery in Cabo Rojo. They used to sell fruit as well, but I’m not sure they still do.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063605917340

Here are some screenshots of this short and sweet info download that was recently posted on TFF.
I sent the link to everyone I know interested in Casimiroa and have yet to discuss with anyone. I think it’s fascinating and am curious on what other Casimiroa enthusiasts think about this.





 

What about Lammertz , Suebelle and other Fuzzy/ Wooly C. Edulis's?
Did you read the recent genetic research from Japan someone posted recently saying C. Edulis and C.tetrameria are no different genetically?

Fishie, you can tell from the leaves. The yellow sapote leaves have the fuzzy/wooly bottom side so it's pretty easy to tell. But no, you can't look at the seed and differentiate between the white and yellow seeds.

Your best bet for scions is TFF.

Thanks USDA!

In Central FL I went from 9b to 10a. Guess I will toss all my heat lamps and tree blankets since I dont need to protect my mangos anymore and will start collecting ultra-tropicals to put in the ground. Woo-hoo! Will Durian grow in 10a? Maybe my Royal Poinciana wont freeze back to the roots every year now.

Very cool, thanks for testing this compatibility!

Holy Smokes Louie! What a beautiful specimen . Look at all that delicious retained heat from the stucco and brick. You must have some other tricks up your sleeve fruit wise if your Cacao is looking that nice.

I totally agree Janet. Thanks for painting the picture Satya, the farm sounds like a great place to be.

Nettie and Cuccio can hold a ton of fruit as 10' x 12' tree's. Much more compact than other varieties.

You must have some acreage if you're looking for multiple WS trees.

Shade cages are ugly, especially for client install but can really give you a fighting chance to establish a species that has evolved to grow up under canopy. Planting the biggest one you can find /afford will help too


Your Escondido  Achachairu looks great , I hope the stretch out is sustainable and she fills out in the middle. I know I never want to top a Garcinia.

it happens, Mark believes in drinking round up and has imitated his Mexican neighbors in a demeaning accent describing them line drying their laundry.
The guy is an old kook. He was kicked off other forums in the past for this BS. Most of the growers in this forum are in Florida, and many don't care about organic growing and share here it's stupid and a waste of money for dumbasses that believe in global warming and vote for Brandon. some don't leak their views much lest it take away from their sales ,but can't stand organic farming the same way, can't understand more like.

I left the forum for awhile some time ago being disgusted with Mark from Texas making very critical remarks on an organic growing thread.  Just butting in with his hostile views.  I started to miss the forum and I complained to the admin about what happened and he was pretty receptive.  In tropical agroforestry I’m pretty well known and my farm is a commercial success so I’m very convinced you can farm naturally.  I don’t get the hostility.
Peter

Very awesome! How did you get on their radar?