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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: precocious avocado seedlings?
« Last post by fliptop on Today at 04:23:50 PM »
No stories to share, drymifolia, but that's very cool!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« Last post by fliptop on Today at 04:20:41 PM »
Neelam has recovered from previous freeze and hurricane damage to look like this:



Can't believe it was basically a stump two years ago . . .

I guess Ice Cream got wind I placed an order for scions to top work it, and decided to hold on to a couple fruit:



I'm leaning towards letting my Haden and Coconut Cream hold on to a couple fruit, even though they've been in the ground around a year. They both had at least two nice growth flushes since being placed in the ground, perhaps suggesting they're established enough?

In other news, some grafts I did for a friend are doing well, including these from scions off my Sugarloaf:

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just sold the last painter cherilata yesterday. I have some small seedling ilamas. should have more cherilatas soon.

nofogroves.com
@aaron Ilama is not on your stock list. What seedling varieties do you have?
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Kohala Longan
« Last post by TREESNMORE on Today at 04:06:57 PM »
Kohala Longan in 15 gallon $75 .Pick up only @ TreesNMore  Palm City FL Call MIke 772-781-9570

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Rooting Fig Cuttings Question
« Last post by Fygee on Today at 04:02:01 PM »
Pro-tip, and to mirror what growinginphoenix said, when rooting figs, make sure you're doing it in a clear container. Personally, I use Solo cups. It takes all the guesswork out of "is it rooting or isn't it?", and also allows you to see how far along they are before they need to be up-potted.

Breaking buds is still something to excited about as it means the cutting is healthy and progressing, and generally roots will follow if they haven't already started.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WOLFE LOQUAT
« Last post by Hannah22 on Today at 03:59:06 PM »
Hello!

I had a wolfe loquat tree that unfortunately died last year. It is my favorite fruit and I haven’t been able to find another. If anybody has any for sale or knows of a nursery that might have them I would appreciate it! I live in Arizona, but am fine if I need to have something shipped. Even a scion would be great:)

Thank you!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / precocious avocado seedlings?
« Last post by drymifolia on Today at 03:29:49 PM »
Just thought I'd share this as inspiration for anyone who is thinking about planting avocado seedlings for their own sake rather than strictly as rootstocks. This is entirely anecdotal, and you can easily find anecdotal examples of avocado trees that don't flower for 20+ years, so YMMV.

But, with those caveats, we have first blooms on a seedling tree in the PNW avocado breeding project! This tree was acquired from Oliver Moore in Gainesville, FL, and was the rootstock of a grafted "Jade" tree. This is what it looked like in summer 2021 after I had mailed it to myself from FL and potted it up:



Oliver said at the time that he believed the seed for the rootstock was from the 2020 season but could have been from 2019 (I would have guessed 2019 but maybe things grow faster there than here!). He wasn't sure of the parent variety but said most of their seeds in those seasons were either May or Del Rio, and that the two trees were also in close proximity and likely pollinating each other, so statistically it was likely one of those, maybe a cross of them.

You can see that the rootstock had no shoot at that time. However, in spring 2022, I decided to let this shoot grow:



Later that summer, I planted it in the ground in my greenhouse. The main trunk, grafted with Jade, is about 9 feet tall now, and covered in dense flowers just now starting to open. The rootstock branch is only about 3 or 4 feet, though I topped it around 2 feet to make it the bushy lower part of the tree. Here's the base of the tree this week (from the opposite direction, so the green trunk on the left is the pink one from 2022):



The sad looking leaves are from the last flush of the 2022 season and getting ready to drop. When I was poking around in the branches a couple days ago, lo and behold, I see two small flower panicles on one of the rootstock branches!



I doubt it'll hold fruit, but who knows! Does anyone else have stories of other precocious avocado seedlings to share?
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I was unsuccessful sending a PM but I am interested in 1G plant and scion for Green gold.  I am also located in Santa Cruz, and I can pick up.  Please PM me with info.  Thank you!
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Do folks have experience growing velvet tamarind outside of its native range? Has anyone made observations of their plant after experiencing a frost? I have a few seedlings that have been growing steadily in my passive greenhouse in Santa Cruz CA 9b. Our winter was so mild this year, they have had zero damage. Most sources list them as tropical. Thanks for any info!



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Mangos love sand
We’ve got plenty of that here in Florida💪
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