The Tropical Fruit Forum

This is not my post, I found it on Facebook, supposedly it's in Garden Grove, and is around two stories tall.


Title to search for is "Fruit Trees Logan"

I know there are some members here that will dig up very large trees, these might take the cake

I don't think anyone here wants to start or thinks it's possible to start a fortune 500 yangmei company, but I bet a lot of people (including myself) would be interested in starting a small scale orchard as a means to make enough to survive haha

Sounds like that is within reach for less than the average home in my area 

I think by far the biggest problem is risk, firstly you risk literally not even being able to keep the trees alive, then you risk water regulation changing and you can't irrigate anymore, if you make it past the pests and challenges to get fruit then you have 5 days after hand picking before it's mush and unsellable.  Finally you face competing orchards once more people figure out how to grow them.  Look at the price avocados sold for in California in the 80s and 90s before the market finally corrected due to the flood of fruit from Mexico.

I really enjoy reading through these sorts of threads for folks thoughts and opinions as well

I bought this 3 gallon Guatemalan (G1) mamey from Xain’s world about a month ago. It is doing well and has already kicked out new growth. I am looking to sell or trade because I decided I just don’t want to devote space to another Mamey. I got it from him for $65 but will let it go for $50. Also maybe willing to trade for other fruit trees (been on a jabo kick recently). Located in Vero Beach

Nsequitur, nice to see a fellow mango grower in Orlando. PM me anytime.

I have a medium sized M4 tree, and it is pretty loaded. A few days ago I inspected some of my largest fruit and the stems were shriveled and dry. I picked them and they had either no sap or minimal clear sap; one was so ready that it fell down when I gently picked an adjacent fruit.

This is the first year fruiting for this tree so I don’t know what to expect. That being said, my M4 flowered along with most all of my other typical mid season mangos; it did not bloom late by any means.

Hoping these ripen nicely. I’ll report back to this thread when I eat the fruit no matter what.

Pics of the some of the M4 I picked:

Just received my Garnet cuttings, thanks Kevin!