The Tropical Fruit Forum

If anyone is ordering beneficial nematodes make sure you check them upon arrival. I had to have a package resent 3 times before I got a live batch from a larger reputable source. These little buggers are expensive and time consuming to apply so make sure it isn't a waste. You need to look under a microscope and there is info on the interwebs on how they should look and move. They seem to have worked wonders on my diaprepes population but I also drenched them two separate times with enough for 1 acre. My lot is only 1/4 - 1/5 acre residential yard. I can only imagine how many people get ripped off and think that it just didn't work.

I am setting up some large wicking pots for passion vine and blueberries and I would like to really jump up the pot size. It is especially important for the passion vine since that has to be trained in place on a trellis. I was hoping that since these have somewhat shallow spreading root systems they would be ok ignoring the proper stepping up rules as long as I monitored the moisture level. The pots are also "root pruning" with air holes in the sides so in theory they should help the roots spread out and hopefully prevent them from shooting straight down and becoming root bound on the bottom of the pot. I realize this wont work for most tropical fruit trees but since these have naturally shallow, spreading roots I am crossing my fingers. Does anyone have any experience or tips with this?

I picked up a Sabara 5 Jaboticaba from a nursery a while back. Does anyone know anything about this cultivar? I can't seem to find any info on it.

One of my fruit clubs are having their annual tree sale and it is a biggie. There are about 20 vendors and it is indoors. The convention center is Palmetto just north of Bradenton, not too far from I-75. I'll be running around all day so come say hi to Vernmented aka Josh and buy some of those rare trees you have been after.



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I was digging this out to put in a french drain or swale to help with the soggier part of my yard and I realized maybe I should just dig it out a bit more and fill it with biochar and compost and whatnot and keep a small swale running back towards the main drainage swale (where I am standing while taking the picture) with a gentle grade and plant it out. The plants can soak up the excess water and the nutrient run off and hide the neighbors fence. From the fence to the trellis post with dragon fruit is 5 feet wide and it stretches about 75 feet. Do you think I could coerce a jaboticaba hedge to about 3.5 feet wide and 6 feet tall? Maybe throw some Pickering mangoes in there or Grumichama or other eugenia species? What like wet feet and can be somewhat contained. There is plenty of sun here as this runs along the south side of my property line. It isn't always soaked over there but I know the summer rains will be coming soon enough and this would be way more fun than throwing some rocks in a small ditch. How close have you seen Jaboticabas planted? Anyone have any pictures of a Eugenia hedge? How much water can a mango take? It seems from what I read they are fine soaking it up in the summer time. What would you do?

I had a friend tell me about a seedless avocado variety he was eating when he was somewhere in Central or South America. I've heard it mentioned in somewhere else as well. Does anyone know the name or have tried to fruit it? I figured if anyone knew it would be this forum. Thanks!