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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 SoCal Mango Tasting
« on: November 03, 2024, 11:49:08 PM »
Nice!  I have an M4 seedling that is doing well but probably 3 years from fruiting. You must have grown this from one of the first M4 fruits made public.  How old is your seedling?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: October 26, 2024, 08:19:23 PM »
While walking my farm today, I noticed these dragon fruits that I was hoping someone here could confirm an ID. They were given to me as Jamaican Red, but I can’t find any info online.  Beautiful flowers that made fruit without effort on my part. They are a real bitch to handle due to the short internodes between the numerous thorns. The fruit is also externally darker than others I have growing on the property.









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Just put my Fern Leaf Guava in the ground today.  It was begging me, so I took an axe the capulin cherry and planted this in its place.  It fills its pot with roots every couple months after uppotting.  Took a short video so you too can appreciate it’s magnificence.
https://youtube.com/shorts/mSlFPiO03vU?si=rmXHmhcSdyBoUxeS

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: should I get a Jamaica cherry?
« on: October 26, 2024, 07:45:03 PM »
Flavor delight Aprium is one of the best in my yard. Best producing, no disease, no spray, just a fantastic temperate fruit tree. 
And yes, get a Jamaican cherry tree as well. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Guavas
« on: October 25, 2024, 02:32:53 PM »
What's lost on me is why someone cares what appeals to others and makes a stink about it in a public forum.

Are you referring to Coco Cream’s comment?  It was one sentence and certainly not overly critical.  I think this forum is a safe place to share opinions about tropical plants and fruit. On another thread, some have stated that they find Jamaican cherry trees and fruit unappealing.  I don’t take offense about it, even though I think they are absolutely wrong and perhaps a little uncultured  ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2 avacado trees in 1 hole?
« on: October 21, 2024, 12:46:04 PM »
What would you do if you had a hundred dollars?  I tell you what I’d do. Two avocado trees in the same hole, man.
Why not just graft two varieties on one tree?

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I used Dominion (Imidacloprid) to eliminate scale, mealy bug, and aphids from my greenhouse at the recommendation from another forum member.  It wiped them all out in a couple weeks as a systemic, watered into the pots.  It’s recommended for termites, but seems to kill indiscriminately and did not affect my plants.

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Tasted my first Brazilian milk fruit. It was sweet and creamy as advertised.  One dimensional flavor.  It does leave a latex like film in your tongue that disappears quickly after eating.  Not a bad fruit, not a great fruit, but a beautiful plant that flowers a lot and hardy in a SoCA climate.  Video below for visual people. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/tGl3PSkWC68?si=85uHNTDw-NHOS7Wd

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: October 15, 2024, 10:07:08 PM »
Oh dude, that’s a damn shame.  Such a unique, beautiful property.  Hopefully you find your own land to really spread your wings. Would love to pop by there one more time, say hello, and see if I can give a few plants a good home.  How much longer do you have exactly?

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I did not hand pollinate. It appears to be pollinated by the local fauna.  Speaking of which, saw this NYT article with frogs getting gluttonous with Cordia taguahyensis flowers and functioning as potential pollinators:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/science/frogs-pollination-fruits.html

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First fruit. I will let it sit on the tree a day or two longer then try it out. From flower to fruit, 1 month. 



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria pilosa
« on: October 11, 2024, 10:03:35 PM »
A 3 year old plant in a tiny pot will be stunted. Make sure you up pot the the little tree so it can spread its roots. It should take off with some room to grow. Mine gets a larger pot every 6 months.
My M. pilosa did not set any fruit from its 3 flowers.  Next time.

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Yeah, hopefully it improves with maturity.  I got my first grumichamas this year and I was very disappointed with the fruit quality.  Several levels below a good CORG.  I’m attributing it to being first time fruiting. 
That said, the aff Arvensis better step up its game big time if it’s reported to taste “Amazing!”  ::)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Going to rip out my Lulo (sniff sniff)
« on: October 04, 2024, 09:59:55 PM »
Apologies for derailing this thread to Muntingia, but these are awesome fruit trees that are definitely not invasive in SoCA. I can’t imagine this throwing suckers or volunteers. I have a yellow and red fruit selection and both are super sweet.  Probably the climate and not the selection.  Of course, I’m the guy that enjoys bubblegum or cotton candy ice cream, so this fruit is right up my alley.  Shared the berries with a number of people at a recent house party and they stripped the tree clean. It produces hundreds that fall to the ground for easy harvest. 
Only problem with pot growing is they fill up the pots with roots in a couple months after repotting.  They want to go in the ground.

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Wow, nicely done.  This is the first I've heard of this plant.  The fruit look just like Acerola, but the tree looks nothing like it.  Very cool if you can get it to fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Overloaded White Sapote tree
« on: September 25, 2024, 06:37:24 AM »
My neighbor’s white sapote is absolutely loaded with fruit. It’s a located on an empty lot and receives no irritation and no attention whatsoever.  This is truly a tree that survives on neglect.  He has given me permission to pick the fruit as they are “too sweet” for his taste. No idea what selection of white sapote.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White Sapote Fruit Shapes
« on: September 18, 2024, 09:12:43 PM »
I picked many more fruits to show the different shapes of the varieties I'm growing.

I think I found the world's smallest ripe white sapote fruit. I will post a photo of it later tonight, it is called Michele, from Pasedena CA.

I didn't know white sapote would ripen at this small size, but did see that many of my grafts of this variety had small fruits that I just removed thinking it was too soon to let it ripen.

Smaller than this?



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mountain Lion encounters
« on: September 16, 2024, 12:32:29 PM »
Oh, they are around. Good chance they have seen you many more times than you have seen them. 
I spotted a mountain twice in 8 years living on my property. If I include my neighbor’s sightings, it would total a couple times a year. Keep your head on a swivel when you are working alone on large property in east county.  My neighbor snagged a photo of a puma and cub walking up my backhill in the middle of the day.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cordia taguahyensis - Brazilian Milk Fruit
« on: September 16, 2024, 12:44:56 AM »
Thanks for sharing the pictures of your fruit and the description.  This shrub really flowers a lot once it gets going. I will post pictures as the fruit gets closer to ripe. Here is the full sized tree.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria pilosa
« on: September 16, 2024, 12:39:36 AM »
Wow, yours is really blowing up with flowers.  Mine only has it on one branch. Please provide an update on fruit set. 
It can definitely handle our climate based on my experience. I will put it in the ground next Spring once it fills out the 5 gallon pot.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria pilosa
« on: September 14, 2024, 09:20:02 AM »
Got it as a small seedling from Anderson’ Tropicals a little more than a year ago. I’m guessing it was about 2 years old.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cordia taguahyensis - Brazilian Milk Fruit
« on: September 13, 2024, 11:36:38 PM »
Starting to get flowers on my Cordia taguahyensis plant and a few fruit have set. This is only 2 years from seed and it’s grown nonstop, straight through winter. It seems to want a lot of water, but the foliage stays green and healthy planted in straight garden bed soil. I left it outside the greenhouse over the winter and it just kept on growing. Very hardy plant from my experience.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Myrciaria pilosa
« on: September 13, 2024, 10:32:13 PM »
Noticed the first flowers on my Myrciaria pilosa this evening.  The tree is about 3-4 years old. If the fruit is any good, this could be an excellent addition to the southern CA landscape.  No burnt leaf tips with city water, grows quickly, and doesn’t blink in 110F heat or 32F winter nights.  I have not tested it in native soil, but does well in a blend of 50% peat, 30% garden bed soil, 20% perlite in a pot.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Santa Barbara Rare Fruit Article
« on: September 12, 2024, 11:32:26 PM »
Well done Kevin. Your property deserves recognition. It’s pretty amazing what you have created in your unique location, in a relatively short time. 

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