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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Paw Paw in south Fla?
« on: March 27, 2024, 11:38:38 AM »
Anyone had success with it?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Banana variety tastes
« on: March 27, 2024, 11:32:53 AM »
Gadzooks, I'm a good 30 miles north of you, kudos to you for being a determined fruit nut! :-)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Banana variety tastes
« on: March 27, 2024, 11:14:16 AM »
Even from most of Florida they're just not worth the L-O-N-G drive. I wish they would sell on Ebay.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: March 27, 2024, 09:39:07 AM »
I personally can't stand them and I'd have rather eaten a few puke flavored papaya. That was BEFORE my neighbor grabbed a few deep black samples from his yard and asked me to try them. I gotta say at least from HIS bush, I'd rather eat his Surinam cherry than a puke  flavored papaya :-)

It's not saying much but the possibility of a dessert Surinam is still a dim possibility.


Gary, my wife discovered a papaya that doesn't taste pukey; like you, she doesn't appreciate strong papaya flavor, so she kept propagating this one that has less sweetness but definitive floral fragrance, fresh "clean" taste, almost like a honeydew. I like very sweet (don't mind musky) papayas and don't care for "her" variety but she really loves it. Next time we see each other I can share seeds if you want.

Thx, I would appreciate it.

I have grown several that were quite good but the plant is short lived and my limited experience with them is the seeds from their fruit has been variable as to flavor.

I'm always willing to try again


 

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Where do Y'all get named plantain plants?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Gardening
« on: March 24, 2024, 06:09:28 AM »
My GF has lots of orchids in her north facing patio and I have scads of them in my yard. In both locations they get lots of filtered light.

If you mean by "low maintenance" complete neglect, orchids are not gonna happen unless they're are outdoors. 

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A few years ago I went up to central Florida and stopped at a couple of abandoned citrus farms that were clearly in decline. Neither seemed to be over run with weeds or vines but a good half of the trees were dead or dying possibly due to lack of watering, fertilization, or the effect of cold snaps. The fruit on them was very good.   


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia - To Prune or Not to Prune
« on: March 24, 2024, 05:55:46 AM »
Since the thread started and now has been resurrected my Rollinia has had a few years growth I can state my observations...

I tip prune mine from top to bottom but I let it get a bit taller than wider so I can walk under it and right now it is at ~12' tall, and the overall shape looks "correct". It flowers well and I get what I consider a fair amount of fruit without hand pollination for a young tree that's been in ground four years.

If I live to see it decline, I'll have another few started from the fruit seeds to replace it.
 



 

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My Makok doesn't get as much sun as it would like so it's not heavy with fruit due to its less sunny location, but it's pretty much ever bearing.

 

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Funny, I must be cursed.

I bought one that was nearly 8' tall and put it in ground maybe 18+ months ago it's very healthy but no blooms. The second one I got is nearly 5' tall in ground and same thing. Grrr...  >:(






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Whats the "biggest" mango
« on: March 21, 2024, 12:11:49 AM »
The biggest I know of is the LANCETILLA. I've had some go 4+ pounds and I've heard of larger.

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I was at a flea market last weekend and a grower had a little guava with a half dozen fruits on it?




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My red is in the ground and is in a shaded spot. It started producing nice and sweet fruit, though the seed is larger than my Sabara which I prefer.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: So much for chilling hours
« on: March 19, 2024, 11:16:27 PM »
Oddly enough, while we have had no severe cold, it has been chilly all winter--which is what lychee needs.

About what temperature is the threshold between chilly and severe cold? I planted a lychee last summer.

To me anything staying in the 50's is chilly below the mid 40's is cold.   

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / So much for chilling hours
« on: March 19, 2024, 07:45:04 PM »
Since 1977 this has been one of the least chilly winters here.

Even so my sweetheart lychee has exploded in blooms, it looks like the top has a chia pet on it.

Bees which have been absent for years are all over the chia :-) I have waited 14 years to see a bloom like this, but since they are so high I'll have to build a scaffold to get them.

Anyone else have a strong lychee bloom going?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Do you leave leaves under trees?
« on: March 19, 2024, 11:40:46 AM »
No only do I leave the leaves :-) where they drop, my gF bags huge amounts of leaves from her lawn and I take the home to spread around my yard.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tape Types for use grafting . . . .
« on: March 18, 2024, 04:48:17 PM »
I've watched a number of grafting videos from Asia and many use regular kitchen cling wrap.

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Doesn't look like my Pickering but my Carrie is so big by comparison I cannot tell.

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My Carrie has set a lot of fruit, they're still small maybe less than a small pea but I've had a lot of fruit from it in the last several years.

Over a decade ago I grafted it onto a turpentine tree that was well established and the Carrie took over and killed its host :-)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving a Guava
« on: March 13, 2024, 09:01:25 AM »
YAY!!! It's been two weeks and I just went out to look at the transplanted Guava and it's pushing new growth on the branches that I pruned!!!

Thanks all for the encouragement and advice.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Parafilm?
« on: March 13, 2024, 06:19:48 AM »
I'm seeing two types of parafilm nowadays, Parafilm M. Laboratory tape and  Parafilm Grafting tape. Does anyone know how they are different?


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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Purple Custard Apple seeds
« on: March 08, 2024, 03:36:34 PM »
It's that time of year again, my tree is fruiting and I have seeds FREE for pickup in North Broward. No USPS or other sending mechanisms and no delivery.

PM for details.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / LONG Jabo season
« on: March 02, 2024, 03:49:14 PM »
This year has been an exceptionally long fruiting season (2+ months) for my Sabara. Anyone else?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving a Guava
« on: February 29, 2024, 09:00:30 PM »
Thanks all, I trimmed then moved it and it has not dropped a single leaf!

Another question, does anyone know if the quava samples in big box stores are air layered or grown from seed? 

I do not think mine had been grafted, patch or otherwise.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Rollinia fruiting habit
« on: February 29, 2024, 03:09:02 PM »
My Rollinia is in fairly close proximity to my Fairchild #2 canistel. It has been in ground 4 years and has grown nicely from 6 ft. tall to about 12 feet tall and this is my third fruiting season.

The funny thing about is the fruit grow mostly on the self shaded north side when the west side gets the most sun.

So my question...

Do Rollinia prefer a bit less light to fruit?




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