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I grafted spme of Mike's Red Prawn .Limberlost .Penang 88 etc last year and and the year before and had a good dealof success and sold those but there is only a limited market for grafted Durian so I've moved on to bigger andbetter things such as grafting Lucs and Russell sweet Garcinia ,various jaboticaba and marcotting maprang longkong illamaand other exotic riches
Where are you tropo? This season only my penang 88, limberlost and gumpun have fruit and only a few at that.
Heya Jim hope all is well. Great advice and yes Trina goes to the Gordonvale markets regularly and you can arrange to get a durian.I have a marcotted limberlost that produces really well and fruit are good. Seedlings can be variable.
Hey Troppo.Google “Fruit Forest Farm” - they are based in Feluga near Tully . A lady called Trina sells a lot of their stuff and does a fair bit of grafting - including durian. She usually comes up to the Gordonvale markets when they are on selling all kinds of tropical fruit seedlings. If you went to the markets I’m sure she would be happy to chat to you.I have durians, keledang, long kong, chempedak off herCheers Jim
Well tropo its true that Limberlost is a pale shadow of its former glorious days with tropical fruit. Try to purchase a few rambutans, pulasans, duku-langsats etc while you are at it. You can reach down deep and come up empty. Considering how many durians are out there and how many varieties are grown here it is a perennial problem that keeps getting worse. Only a few private people sell them. There is not much chance of getting a good or correctly named durian from Rusty's or the Mossman market so dig deeper and approach the few people who actually sell quality durians that are grafted.Be careful with seedlings but they probably get a bum rap that isn't always deserved.