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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Pawpaw Cuttings
« on: July 03, 2025, 08:11:01 PM »
Hi, please let me know if you have cuttings of the following pawpaw cultivars for sale:
• Regulus
• Shensus
• Summer Delight
• Nyomi's Delicious
• Jerry's Big Girl
• Benny's Favorite

Thank you!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Bulgarian Damask rose 'Kazanlik' or 'Trigintipetala'
« on: June 24, 2025, 08:04:29 PM »
Hi, anyone has a plant or rooted cuttings of the rose Damask 'Kazanlik' or 'Trigintipetala' available for sale? Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Flowering Jabo - Shout Out to Jaboticaba45
« on: June 20, 2025, 10:34:10 AM »
Two years ago, I hopped on the jabo craze and knocked on all doors asking for a mature/flowering plant (didn't have the patience for seeds/seedlings). My budget was slim because it was mostly an experiment, I didn't think I was able to grow it to fruition in my climate. However, Ryan sold me a reasonably-priced, decent-sized Escarlate and told me it could start to fruit at anytime. Now, 2 years later, I think this thing is starting to have some flower buds...so excited! A big THANK YOU to Ryan (Jaboticaba45)!!!





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Tropical Fruits in NYC
« on: May 24, 2025, 05:36:31 PM »
Loquat $6.99/lb (looks to be Big Jim type); jackfruit $1.99/lb; atemoya $14/lb - fruits I can now X out of my garden and save room for other stuff. For some reason, lychee is $23/lb, I used to get them here for $2/lb. Must be some special variety...too rich for my blood.









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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Szygium luehmannii or Syzgium australe cuttings
« on: May 19, 2025, 01:47:47 PM »
Hi everyone, please let me know if you have fruited-wood cuttings of tasty cultivars of Riberry/Small Leafed Lilly Pilly (Szygium luehmannii) or Creek Lilly Pilly (Syzgium australe) - preferably the former. Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / One Year Old Hybrid Araza with Flower Bud
« on: May 04, 2025, 11:03:16 AM »
This thing is super lanky, but precocious...




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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Ka-Pow Chilean Guava
« on: April 28, 2025, 09:04:21 PM »
Please let me know if you have one for sale. Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Sweetcliff, Emperor Lychee, Seedless Guava, Sri Kembangan Cuttings
« on: April 26, 2025, 07:24:48 PM »
Please let me know if you have pencil-sized woods from mature trees available for sale. Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Loquats - China Doll vs. China White
« on: April 13, 2025, 11:41:14 AM »
What's the difference?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Uva Fragola (Strawberry Grape) Cuttings
« on: April 11, 2025, 11:21:03 AM »
Wondering if it really does taste like strawberry.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cacao Fruit
« on: April 04, 2025, 01:44:17 PM »
Smell and taste not much better than raw pumpkin. Suckered again!






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Is cinnamon apple graft compatible with sapodilla?
« on: April 04, 2025, 12:56:29 AM »
Does anyone know if cinnamon apple (pouteria hypoglauca) is graft compatible with sapodilla? Google says yes, but not sure how true it is...

https://www.google.com/search?q=can+pouteria+hypoglauca+be+grafted+onto+sapodilla&sca_esv=28d2bf2905880196&ei=omXvZ4nZFZem5NoP_r2C8AQ&oq=can+pouteria+hypoglauca+be+grafted+onto+sapodilla&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIjFjYW4gcG91dGVyaWEgaHlwb2dsYXVjYSBiZSBncmFmdGVkIG9udG8gc2Fwb2RpbGxhMgUQKRigATIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESJG3AVCDF1iprQFwBHgBkAEAmAHDAaABvxOqAQQxOS43uAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAIUoALDDcICBRApGIAEwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICDRAAGIAEGLADGEMYigXCAhMQLhiABBiwAxhDGMgDGIoF2AEBwgIZEC4YgAQYsAMYQxjHARjIAxiKBRivAdgBAcICBhAAGAcYHsICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAgUQABiABMICChAuGIAEGLEDGA3CAgcQABiABBgNwgINEC4YgAQYxwEYDRivAcICBxAuGIAEGA3CAgoQABiABBixAxgNwgIQEC4YgAQYxwEYDRiOBRivAcICBRAhGKABwgIFECEYqwKYAwCIBgG6BgQIARgIkgcGMTUuNC4xoAemX7IHBjExLjQuMbgHhg0&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Plant Removal from Greenhouse Best Practice
« on: April 03, 2025, 03:40:02 PM »
Granted we're all growing from different zones so I can't simply ask when is the best time to bring my potted plants out of my greenhouse. What are the signs that I should keep an eye out for? Do I need to acclimate them in anyway once they're out? Humidity reading in the greenhouse has been in the 90% range.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Most Precocious Cultivars of Various Tropical Fruit Trees
« on: April 03, 2025, 01:25:05 PM »
I have come to the realization that growing tropicals in a marginalized zone often does not leave me the option of growing the biggest or best tasting fruit varieties. I am quite happy with trees that will actually give me some fruits. I did a little bit of reading and learned certain varieties are known for being precocious and produce heavy fruit sets. I would like to compile a list of such good fruit production varieties here. Please expand on this list with your experiences and observations (I'm talking cultivars with loads heavy enough to break branches):

atemoya
• Gefner
• Lisa

sapodilla
• Tikal
• Silas Wood

lychee
• Sweetheart

loquat
• ???

mango
• ???

white sapote
• ???

guava
• ???

avocado
• ???

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WTB - Makok or Silas Wood Sapodilla Fruits
« on: March 13, 2025, 11:33:13 PM »
Hi everyone, anyone has a couple of pounds of properly ripened Makok and/or Silas Wood sapodilla fruits available for sale? Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Sapodilla
« on: March 12, 2025, 04:52:11 PM »
I recently purchased a couple of pounds of sapodilla fruits online. I made sure they were soft to the touch before eating. These things have the worst traits of persimmon, pear, and star apple - they were astringent, grainy, and made my lips stick together. Are they all like this? I was thinking of getting a tree, I'm so glad I tried the fruit before taking the plunge.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Strawberry Tree (Muntingia calabura)
« on: March 06, 2025, 10:54:27 AM »
Just bought a strawberry tree based on reviews that the little berries are delicious with a sweet and cotton candy flavor. The only downside is the size. Anyone knows of efforts made out there in trying to get bigger/better fruit? Are there any named cultivars?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fruit tree suggestions
« on: February 18, 2025, 02:24:52 PM »
Hi fellow growers,

I'm interested in growing tropical fruit trees that can be kept reasonably small in pots, can take a little bit of cold, and produce sweet fruits that are bigger than berry size.

Being in New York City, my backyard grow space is limited so everything has to be potted and be able to produce in containers. I have a greenhouse but with the recent surge in energy cost, I try to keep temps between 36F to 40F. And as a final requirement, the fruit has to be at least golf ball size and of sweet/good eating quality. Here's what I have came up with:
* guava
* carambola
* longan
* white sapote
* loquat
* che
* paw paw/annonas
* citrus
* mango
* persimmon
* yangmei
* garcinias - I find even Russell's Sweet can survive my environment
* jaboticaba
* avocado - Mexican types
* eugenias - I realized some produce fruits that are too small for me to care for

Please expand on this list if you have suggestions. Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Inground Jabo, Guava, Citrus in Zone 7B - What Fried, Died, Worth Another Try...
« on: January 27, 2025, 02:58:36 PM »
Should have video documented these (feel like Joe Hewitt before he went to the big island). The citrus peel mulch did not do the trick, the Lujan jaboticaba looks pretty dead after last week's week-long single-digit temp. Luckily, I took branches and grafted them to my big in-pot Sabara (which all took). Jabos inground in New York is a no go. Lemon guava got zapped back to the ground but I know, like last year, it'll bound right back comes spring. The Changsha mandarin is looking great. This one should be doable here.

Lujan Jaboticaba


Lemon guava


Changsha mandarin


Up for the winter test next year, yangmei...maybe.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Plinia Longiacuminata - That Trophy Plant
« on: January 27, 2025, 01:27:58 PM »
At $200 a seed, this is the ultimate trophy plant.
https://www.bellamytrees.com/seeds/p/plinia-longiacuminata-germinated

Finally saved enough for a tree at a fraction of the price of a seed:



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Shine Muscat - Blandest Grape Ever!
« on: January 27, 2025, 01:12:46 PM »
Had this grape before, it was alright in the first day I bought it; however, its flavor diminishes exponentially by the day. This second batch I bought tasted worst than the worst grape I have ever eaten.



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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Interested in some scions once March comes around
« on: January 24, 2025, 01:52:04 AM »
Interested in pre-ordering some FRUITED-wood cuttings of:
  • Mexicola avocado (not the Grande) - just purchased a Lila; can't wait to tack on some other cold-hardy dwarf/semi-dwarf with edible skin types
  • any soft flesh seedless/soft-seeded guava (literally cracked a tooth eating guava last year)
  • tasty variety olosapo
  • China doll loquat
  • ruby red longan
  • ping pong longan
  • SweetCliff lychee x longan
  • Luc's Mexican garcinia
  • Russell's sweet garcinia
  • male and female imbe
  • male yangmei
  • any tasty syzygium
  • Wani white mango

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bellamy Seedling ID Help
« on: December 29, 2024, 10:53:09 AM »
Bought some seeds from Bellamy over the summer. Planted them in small pots, didn't pay much attention to them until just now. Looks like a batch has sprouted, but I was too lazy to note the plant's name on the cup, simply taped the label that came with the seeds to the container. Unfortunate, it's all faded. Can anyone tell what this is?




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fresh Caimitos and Taiwanese Guavas in NYC
« on: December 19, 2024, 10:38:54 AM »
Wonder if these were brought up from Florida...caimitos $6/lb; taiwanese guavas $4/lb.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Setup for Greenhouse
« on: November 13, 2024, 03:15:11 PM »
Hi Everyone,

I recently purchased the Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller to maintain temperature in my KingBird greenhouse for the incoming winter. The instructions that came with the manual is appalling. I don't want to risk setting things up incorrectly and end up freezing all of my plants.

Has anyone of you used this device and know how to properly set it up? Please provide step-by-step input instructions if you could for the following desired temperature: I would like to have my milkhouse heater turn on automatically when temp dips below 42F. Once temp reaches 45F, the heater should turn off. On the cooling side, I also have a Hurricane fan plugged into the temperature controller. When temp reaches 105F, the fan should turn on and turn back off when it drops back down to 100F.

Thanks so much for any advice given!

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