The Tropical Fruit Forum

Kadsura Coccinea, Yellow Variety added

Hello fellow Orange County, Ca Fruit Growers!

I’d like to start trading my homegrown fruit with other local members in exchange for their homegrown fruit. I think it would be a great way for people to try lots of different fruit without waiting forever to try it from their own garden. If you try some fruit you don’t like, and you’re growing it, you wouldn’t have to waste time growing it anymore. If anyone wants to barter please let me know. Only interested in trading with members who have been on the forum for one year minimum.

Currently fruiting now; Red Jaboticaba that are juicy and sweet, Arabica Coffee Beans, and Sugar Cane. In the near future we will be harvesting pineapple guava, dragon fruit, Citrus, Macadamia Nuts, Alano Sapodilla, Cherimoya, and more. 

We’ve been feasting on Kaz’s Brewster Lychees the past two days. The flavor is a 10/10! Probably the best tasting lychee I’ve ever had. Very sweet and juicy with zero off taste. I could eat these all day. I don’t really taste much of that rose flavor thing like in some lychees, if there is, it’s extremely subtle, which is nice since I’m not a fan of the strong rose flavor in some lychees, it’s like eating a flower, IMO. Also, we’ve found a bunch of chicken tongue seeds 

Highly recommend buying one of Kaz’s air layers.

Ya I should have looked back at my pictures first...the false mangosteen I had also had that pointy tip, sorry for the wrong ID Kaz! You should try false mangosteen though, I think you will like it.

Awesome find on the new Annona! Reminds me of the Rollinia Parviflora I’m growing, it supposedly produces small fruits as well, that look like mini Biribas, and it’s also cold tolerant, it survived many freezes this year outside unprotected, as well as a couple of hail storms.

Hey Marcos! First flowering from the sweet uvaia seeds I got from you in 2020  Hopefully get to try the fruit!

Hi Kevin, any tips for improved fruit set? Did yours fruit on their own after first flowering?





Marcos is a great seller and this is a beautiful Eugenia with gorgeous new reddish growth, and it flowers at under 3 feet in less than three years. Get you sum seeds!

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Landed my first one but unfortunately had ants tunneling in it. Hope some of it is salvageable.

That don’t look ready, doesn’t look like it formed right and the color is off, prob cause it wintered over...It seems when pineapples set fruit here in the fall, winter over, and then ripen in the spring, they usually aren’t very good, it seems they really need our summer heat/sun to get to their full potential. You want them flowering/setting fruit now, winter, or spring, that way it’ll ripen in the summer, the taste and quality is night and day...It’s the same with dragon fruit. Congrats on your first fruit tho!

Hey Tru how are you (sorry I like rhymes)- The S8/Sugardragon cuttings in the picture I posted are curvy because those ones were growing over our wall and high up on the trellis. When they’re on a trellis they will bend and curve once they start to grow over the top of the trellis. The ones that hang low grow pretty much straight.

I’ve also heard Voodoo Child may be the same as S8/Sugardragon as well, our Voodoo Child vines and fruit look identical to our S8’s.

Yes you should definitely highlight this one, it’s very good, I could eat them all day... Do you think it’s larger than other vista whites you’ve seen, or are they all like this? I’ve also noticed it’s a vigorous grower and needs to be grafted onto a strong branch.

For Sale: Vista White loquat scions $4/each plus shipping. Minimum order 4. Shipping $10. Cut fresh once payment is received. Pencil size or larger. Please send PM if interested.

Kaz,
I think you have something special with the white flesh seedling fruit you brought by today. Everyone has said it’s the best loquat they’ve had. Absolute perfect balance of sweet/tart, with much more sweetness than tart, and it seems like every fruit taste similar, so you’ve got nice consistency with this one. Much better/sweeter than Vista White, or any of the other whites I’ve tried. Wonderful fruit!
Btw the “Nancy” is from me, and thanks for putting together such a great list.