Here's some of the latest goings on in the GH. Here's a look at what our friends at USPS did to my box shipped from PR. I would no longer trust these assholes to ship anything more than a pen pal letter. The box was pretty much broken over in half. As soon as I walked up to the truck, the driver freaked and said "It wasn't me!!".
Here's a result of their handling. This was a very nice grafted mangosteen from Jardines Eneida. Snapped the scion about 1/4" above the graft. So now I have another seedling.
Another plant that received their brutality. This is a langsatan, Aglaia edulis, a rare one from Borneo. Supposed to be very similar to langsat but much faster growing and fruiting habbits. Just thought it was cool. But it got snapped in half. Should be okay though.
Have several new mango grafts going. Some lemon zest and pickering. Here's a shot of one of them.
Did a bunch of wax jambu grafts onto 3 older seedling plants. Not sure of the varieties but was told they were very good.
Papayas grown from seed this year. Sort of got away from me in there. These were from a very nice flavored fruit picked up at our local Asian market. Small and yellow from Hawaii. The plant on the right is already flowering. I haven't gotten up a ladder yet to see what types of flowers they are. I probably ought to cut the top.
Bell starfruit
Petite Negra fig. Had around 200 fruit this year. This was an air layered plant that Gerry(lycheeluva) sent me a few years ago. Very nice tasting. I planted a small cutting from this plant on the side of the house. I will cut it back and protect real well and see how if it survives our winter. The big one goes into the garage.
Cherimoya. I have a few seedlings in and around the tree being approach grafted.
I recently did a lot of nurse/multiple rootstock grafting. Rambutan seedling on rambutan. I put achachairu seedlings onto cherichuela, cherapu, mangosteen, achachairu, and madrono. So far all look like they are healing up quite well. Only time will tell if they succeed. That's it for now.
