The Tropical Fruit Forum

Anyone recognize this species ?? The flowers are are grouped in the base of the leaves. Its growing now as a bush since it has been cut down in the past, so the true nature of it may be a little more tree like. 

Found this species available and i'm wondering if i should buy one plant. That will depend on the reviels of the fruit though, is it ok for fresh consumption, or is it just used as a spice ?
Taste ??
Thanks !

So i want to try this and i'm still at the right time of the year to do it. My cherymoyas are growing mad and one of them has some flower buds growing atm also.
Found some relic treads on this in here ,but one thing i wonder is.....  after i trim a little the new growth , can i strip the lowest several leaves and not the top ones? I want to do this as a size measure, to have the new branches at the lowest possible point of the stems, but still have a top part with some leaves so i do not set back my plants as much ,by removing all of their leaves. Now i will pass the very first verry small leaves that all of the new growth has ,directly at the base.
Will the remaining leaves at the top section prevent the exposed lowet buds to grow properly ??
Also, do i need to do this in waves, i mean to do several branches today, some more two days later etc etc, becouse ive found that when flowers show up at the same time, they also bloom at the same time, making it hard to have both gender stage flowers pressent at a given time....??
Thanks for helping me !!! 

I have two amelanchier plants, planted together, they are small still so no compettition whatsoever. Both of them have yellowing leaves with green vains , most of the leaves are so yellow that they almost get white, at whitch point they dry out and shed. They are planted in a full sun situ, in a clay soil with some pine bark mulch added on top, 3 year in ground and by the looks of the plants, it may be their last, they are just soo weak and unhealthy looking, will add pics later...
How do u people keep those things healthy ? Please share and thanks !! 🥲😀

Just sprayed my lemons and a mandarin, which are blooming right now, hope i didnt made a mistake. Does foliar feed do any damage to flowers and flower buds if its in the apropriate dose??
My guavas are also flowering and i sprayed them also....
Will they be ok ??

Also when i spray fertilize4 in my gh is it ok to close it to keep the humidity in trought night ,the plants will be wet all night so they can absorb the fert better??

I have 3 young bushes that gave their first notable crop this year, i thought they were going to be sweet ,but they are mostly sourish. Now i did find out that the most dark and soft fruits were quite good actually, nice flavour, but still mildly sweet at best. However ,i find them addicting , not as much as blueberries though.
So my question is am i picking them too early? Will the plants ,as they age , improve in quality/ sweetness?

What could this be ?? Its on the new growth only so in teory it should be a mobile element thats missing ,right ?
Stranje thing is that right next to the strawberry guava i have a lemon guava which doesnt have this problem at all.
Any clues ? And thanks !

Hi, thw web says this is hardy to minus 14- 18 C. True? Anyone tested the plant in cold climates ?
As a second question, how do you use the plant , teas , other food related uses ??
Thanks !!!

What is this, anyone fammiliar with the species or the variety of this tiny mango fruit ??
The seeds appear to be poliembrionic i think....

I want to try my hand again at watermellon, they are generally hard to grow here out of a greenhouse, problems like too much moisure and desease becouse of it are guaranteed. So i was thinking of making some planting pockets with regular white or black nylon bags, the ones that are maid of weaved strings. I have planted plants in the past in this and it has provided good drainage and also air. I will cut the bottoms of the bags and place them on open ground so they can root down readily, when they are ready to. The place i want to plant them is wetter then needed most of the rime ,so thats why i want to make them like raised beds from those cheap nylon bags.
I will also cover the whole bags with somethink when there is too much rain , so they do not get saturated.
The "pots " will not be moved ,so logistics is not an issue!
What soil are u using when growing watermellons, like not brands becouse i will have difficulty finding those, rather texture and general ingredients that u add etc ..?
What do u think , and thanks ?!

Hello , my tropicals in the greenhouse have started growing at a steady rate, so was thinking of setting some air layers early to have them root nicely by the end of summer. Planning to airlayer catleyanum guava, regular guava and avocado. Any tips ??

I bought a heat mat theese days ,to help germinate some cacao seeds. Its just the usual type one, cheap and with no controller. I tried it for one hour and at room temp it got quite warm, at the surface close to 40C. Funny enough ,i find myself scared and cautious of using it since i have read at places people had bad experiences with them.

Anyone had a modern horror story with a heat mat ??

Hi, i took some decorative japaneese cherry scions and most of the stems have flower buds. I have some growth buds that i can use but was wondering if i can also use the ones with flower buds. Are there any miniature growth buds hidden in the flower buds that can wake up after the flowers finish,or i was thinking of removing the individual flowers after they gain some size but before they flower, to promote any such growth buds to wake ??
Thanks !!