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Seashore mangosteen added

If you want to trade for something, I can send you cuttings of my purple fruit vine, very vigorous, self-pollinating, or the P.decaisneana (needs hand polination).

You can see my purple fruit, somethings it gets medium size as shown below, other times it is the size of Frederick but spherical/round.
Middle purple fruit: Giant Yellow is Dennis, the other 2 are nullzero's fruits, best tasting is Qinmi#9.

Here's the Sale of Sylvia Guava Seeds:

1. For lower 48 states.
2. You must be a TFF forum member for a minimum of 6 months.
3. I will only go by the messages I receive, not by you posting to buy it below. Each seed order will be sent out, then the next order will be taken.
4. You will receive Sylvia guava seeds, Quantity =15
5. Cost for seeds, $10. Only one order per forum member.
6. Shipping cost $11, will put it in USPS small priority mail box (works best).See my photo of the seeds in box, will be in envelop, taped to inside.
7. Total Cost => $21
8. PayPal payment only, Friends & Family
9. If you are interested, send me a message to purchase. Don't pay for it in advance. Anyone who does will have it refunded and you will not be able to buy any.
10. I have the right to refuse to sell to anyone. If you don't get a reply, you will not be able to buy it.

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I still have too many seeds for me to grow out so I will sell another 150 or so seeds this week. I reduced the seed price now so $10 for 15 seeds. These seeds are what I collected in the Fall of 2024.

Anyone in the Lower 48 States can buy it. Just make sure you know that it is ok to ship seeds to your state.

Thanks.

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Tender new growth on my passiflora ligularis is not a fan of this heatwave we're getting.



It was 24C (75F) last night, 33C (92F) in the afternoon, with full sun from about 1-2pm to 5pm (sunny after too, but the plant was getting shade by then). High humidity too (23.5C/74F dew points), so full on Amazon jungle weather.

Tonight will be 23-24C (74F) again, then 34-35C (93-95F) tomorrow with clear skies all day from 5:40am sunrise to 9:00pm sunset, and high humidity again. Then another 24-25C (76F) night, and 32C (90F) on Tuesday. Tuesday will at least be partially cloudy (maybe with some thunderstorms).

After that temperatures should be closer to normal (23-28C days (70s-low 80s F), 15-19C nights (60s F)), and in line with passiflora ligulari's prefered range.

Usually we don't get heat waves quite this intense. 2023 we only maxed out at 86-87F for the whole summer. But about once per decade we get something on this level.

I think I'll spray the plants on the trellis with water tomorrow, see if that helps keep them cool?