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It's been raining & windy here and some of my branches from the KT3 & KT9 have too many fruits hanging, so I need to trim some branches before they break off. So next week after the rain stops, I will be selling a limited quantiy of cuttings from my seedling trees to registered forum members.

I do not plan to sell any loquat cuttings this year, but due to the weather, I will share this rare selection to our members. KT3 fruit shape is elongated, large, flesh is white/light yellow. Taste is very good. KT9 fruit looks similar to Big Jim but fruit seems to be a little larger, could be a cross of Big Jim with one of the other 50 varieties that was grafted on my tree at the time I planted the seeds. KT9 has orange flesh, very sweet, some people say it is one of the best tasting, no tartness when ripe. I would rate both of these in my top 5 best tasting of the 25 seedling trees that have fruited for me.

Closed now.

The "Passiflora-quadrangularis Challenge" winner will get the following:

1. Winner gets to name this seedling variety.
2. Winner will receive either $50 Paypal credit (from me) or $50 worth of items when
    I sell any fruit tree cuttings. Or the choice of any 1 cutting from my loquat collection
   (81 varieties).

-> See special note below (3-23-23) on loquat variety


-> I'm not sure if our Admin will allow direct $50 payment to your account.

Here's the Challenge Rules:
1. Must be a forum member for minimum of 6 months, live in the USA.
2. You must get the cuttings of the vine from me, so I will log your username.
3. I have the right to refuse to enter anyone (if you're on my No Sell list).
4. Winner: First person who gets the cuttings and grows the first fruit must PM me, and then post here a photo of the fruit. Let us know how it tastes.
5. Challenge will go for this year and 2024 until someone gets the fruit.
6. Any questions or clarification on the rules, please post here.

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If you want to get in on this Challenge, then you will need to get some cuttings from me so I can log down your name to be entered. Here's the For Sale (Free Cuttings). First come first serve for these cuttings. Once I run out, there will be no more.

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=50481.0

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I'll give additional information on this later tonight. Also will post some photos of the cuttings, size of small box and medium box cuttings.


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Here's are some pointers from Hoang on best method to root/graft the cuttings, and then once it grows into a vine, how to get fruits to set.

1. To root cuttings in a pot, use a mixture of coco mix/coir and potting mix. Ratio should be 4:1. Keep temperature above 60F. Should root in 2+wks.

2. I have also rooted these cuttings in jar of water, then moved them into a pot.

3. To graft cuttings, it can be grafted on passiflora (i.e. Frederick, Red Rover). Use scion cutting with 2-3 leaf buds. After attaching to rootstock, cover with a plastic bad. This worked fine for me with Hoang's p. decaisneana.

4. Best chance for fruit, if it flowers in July/August. To force flowers you can feed manure 1/2 feet away from vine trunk.

5. To set fruits, hand pollinate with P. alata, PQML, P.decaisneana. I tried hand pollination using its own pollen and it did not set fruit.


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For any forum members, I cut most of my Passiflora-quadrangularis vine down and will be giving them away, buy you will need to pay for the cost to ship. This P. quad will probably need to be hand pollinated to get fruits. I have not hand pollinated any for fruit so you can try it.

The two shipping option I will use is:  I'm changing the size of the medium box
1. USPS priority mail, small box, $10.20 (box size is 2"x5"x8")  -> can fit 7 cuttings with no leaves

2. USPS priority mail, medium box, $17.10 (box size is 12"x3"x14") -> can fit 10-12 cuttings with no leaves. Cutting length will be longer.

Sales is for this week only (3/13-3/17), ship to lower 48 states.
-> I will extend this sale to end of next week, 3/24/23. I have all the cuttings ready to pack and ship.


Paypal, Friends & Family payment.

Send me a PM if you are interested in some cuttings.

Update:
I will be posting on the discusson section about a "Passiflora-quadrangularis Challenge."
Winner will be able to name this unknown seedling variety and will win $50.


Click on this link to get more details on the Challenge, it starts now.
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=50492.0

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Here's the photo of the flowers.

I'm in SoCal and have one seedling loquat tree that is fruiting now, and it has some ripe fruits in February. I tasted a few ripe fruits, and it was sweet.

Anyone else have early ripening loquats on their trees?

All my other loquat varieties have green fruits, but none have ripened this early. 

For Sale::

These cuttings are from an old tree, 40+ yrs, planted in my parents yard. Fruits are non-astringent, larger than fuyu or jiro, very sweet, seedless.

I have some non-astringent asian persimmon cuttings for sale:
1. Cuttings are $5 each
2. Shipping, USPS priority mail, $10
3. Cuttings will be 1/4"-7/16" diameter, length 6"-8" long.
4. Only shipping to lower 48 states
5. Paypal payment only, For Friends and Family.

Send me a PM if interested.

I have the right to refuse sale to anyone.

Here's some photos of the fruits and cuttings.

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Buddha's Hand citrus fruit, anyone else growing this one?

I'm not sure what use there is, maybe ornamental. If you grow this fruit, please mention how you use the fruit.

-symbol of happiness and long life, good fortune.

I grafted a few branches with the Buddha's Hand and got my first fruit this year. Here's some photos of the only fruit.  If you have fruits, please post some photos of your Buddha's Hand.

Does anyone have Franks seedlings of these yucatan custard apple hybrids?

1. Uxmal rojo
2. Tizimin rojo
3. Merida amarillo

He was selling 12 seedling trees in 2020 and i wanted to see if anyone that purchased it can provide status of how their tree is doing now.

I got 2 from Frank, the Uxmal rojo and Merida amarillo, but the Uxmal died so I only have Merida now. My tree is in a pot, grew to about 5 ft tall now.

Anyone know when these seedlings would start to fruit?

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 This sale is over on 10/31
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I need to cut a few more branches from my tree. This sale will be for a short time, only cutting maybe 12 cuttings of each..

I'm looking for a few cuttings of either of these two passion fruits below:

1. Jamaican lilikoi (Passiflora laurifolia)
2. quadrangularis

I would trade you for same number of cuttings from my passiflora decaisneana.
I got my cuttings from Hoang, here's his post earlier

https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=41093.msg403915#msg403915

If you have a vine that can be cut let me know.

Thanks.

It looks like i can take a few more cuttings from my seedling tree which has very good tasting fruits (white/yellow flesh, sweet no acid) so I will have this last contest for the year again for a chance to win a free KT1 scion cutting.

Anyone growing either Younghan's Gold or Supersweet white sapote?

I have both, also Bonita Springs. Just wondering if anyone has tasted these two Florida varieties and which one they liked better.

This is the first year I have fruits that will grow to full size on my grafts, so I hope to do a taste comparison in a month or so and report my findings. If you have any photos of the fruits, I would like to see it so please post it here.

Update:  I just cut more branches from my tree this week.
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