The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hey Splork,
dont know where you are in seattle, but if you go north "Blueberry Creek Reserve" on google, is a hidden U-pick for blueberries, an honor system one, you just leave money and walk down to their field, easy to miss since its just a little trail off the road.
Mercer Slough Blueberry Farm in Bellevue is also a great u-pick I used to go to a lot.
If you are looking for Salmonberries I remember finding a huge patch by Scriber lake park.
If you want to go super odd there are a bunch of Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) along Don Armeni park along the waterfront in Alki or I also remember a bunch by UW I think along campus parkway and by UW Center for Urban Horticulture. Too gritty for me, but always a fun one to try.
Theres a bunch of Medlars planted by Swedish Hospital (they are pretty when its blooming) on First Hill.
For something a bit more organized there are several public orchards taken care of by the city and volunteers that are pretty fun to try and find in fall.

https://www.cityfruit.org/public-orchards/

I would say I'm very aware of my size constraints and general greenhouse limitations but my dreams if I had the right conditions are
passiflora macrophylla (cant find anywhere)
Wilughbia Sarawakensis (killed one already, they are very fickle)
Salacca Zalacca var. "Bali Salak Gula Pasir"  (too big for current greenhouse, and cant do dioecious either)
Herrania umbratica (killed one)
Stelechocarpus burahol (Kepel - too big)

Sign me up. I love snake fruit and would gladly buy some if anyone is selling.

Great to hear it flowers quickly. Ive had mine for a little under a year, and its grow grow grow but no flowers yet. I have it out of the greenhouse so we are dipping into the 40s at night, so I might need to move it back inside again. I should shape mine like a little tree too.

I have one growing in my greenhouse in vancouver wa for a little over a year. It likes partial shade a lot it seems. huge leaves. I left it in the greenhouse all summer since it seemed happy there.

Hi All,
Testing the water to see if anyone would be interested.
I have 5 Toad Trees I grew from seed, and I only needed 1. Would anyone be interested in purchasing one? They are ~2ft tall and all need to be up-potted. Some are already flowering and are healthy.
I don't know shipping cost, but I'd assume ~30$, due to the size. I can post some pictures if anyone is interested. Was growing them to try the fruit, but no fruit set yet. I am unsure if they are self fertile, or its just because this is the first year they have flowered.
Let me know if anyone wants to purchase .

AMAZING SELLER. BOUGHT 2 years in a row. This year there was a lost package due to USPS but Frank resent and 2nd box came! AMAZING mangos. repeat customer for life.
Mango season is the best season.

Awesome place! Dream fruit set up

Amazing! How big is your tree? I was thinking about getting a sweet tamarind, but I can only grow things in pots under 8ft.

What a lovely greenhouse! Love that you have that all of that over in Idaho! All the love for the PNW growers! (and everyone else) I love the birds and the African peach. Mine just died this winter, so I ordered a bunch of seeds. Has yours flowered yet? I should make a video of my little greenhouse too. These videos make we want to buy a plot of land just for a giant greenhouse!

Hi palologrower, I dont trust shipping seeds right now to WA (we're supposed to get 3inches of snow this weekend) but if you manage to grow one of the seeds out, I would happily buy one off you once the weather warms up.

do you like the taste? what do you do with the fruit? I have one from FFF that just started fruiting.

I have one I picked up from sowexotic (where it is marked self-fertile) Hopefully, they are, otherwise I'll ask for some bud wood from whoever has the opposite gender of my tree! It has been incredibly slow growing for me up here. Curious to see if it'll hit the 4 year seed to fruit mark they mentioned.