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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hunt for the best Surinam Cherry
« on: Today at 02:45:01 PM »
Quote from: Nife on December 06, 2025, 01:43:47 PM
Has anyone grown out several varieties and zoned in some overall winners?
Graftman on yt claimed he has several nice ones. He said some taste like citrus and some taste like mango.

The one I have taste a bit line fruit punch (has a pepper taste once in a while, but I don't mind it), good production, but I wouldn't say I'm blown away by it. They are addicting though.

Lots of growers have seedlings, or grafted varieties. I find all of them agreeable, mostly. Haven't had a true dud yet. Still waiting for one of those totally inedible eugenias which I have heard reviews about - but haven't encountered yet in my collection. I can totally see how CORG could be insipid and gross if you get the wrong genetics.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: December 07, 2025, 12:00:24 PM »
Quote from: jancbooth on December 07, 2025, 07:54:36 AM
I ended up buying a 1 gal tissue culture Wuzi from Woodlanders and then realized I would need a male for this to bear fruit.  I think I'd rather try my luck at grafting a male variety scion some time in the future instead of having two trees.  What would be the recommended male pollinator for Wuzi?

I don't think there are any selected males. Any will do.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!
« on: December 05, 2025, 06:09:25 PM »

Skittles - Man, I forgot how good these are. They are little sugar bombs.


Guineense "Fruits in Bunches" - this one has a decided banana flavor to it if you can let them ripen and go water ballon texture.


Fern leaf - meh. Bland guajava, small. Not many seeds though. Grow it for the leaves not the fruit.

Re: Brix - no, I haven't bothered. I eat them too fast.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« on: December 05, 2025, 06:07:41 PM »
Quote from: poopsiedaisy on December 05, 2025, 04:52:45 PM
Trying to decide final spot to put in ground. Would anyone happen to know if yangmei can thrive in part sun?

I have mine in full sun, does well. I think they would prefer full sun, as most fruit trees do, but they'll survive and I am sure produce in part shade as well.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Gopher Gold
« on: December 05, 2025, 05:20:17 PM »


I am feeling like my old self and nailing them again reliably. Mixture of catches between Victor, Gopherhawk, and Trapline in the last 24hr.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei rootstocks, what does what?
« on: December 04, 2025, 07:57:05 PM »
Quote from: SplorKeLZ on December 04, 2025, 07:48:03 PM
Would rooting cerifera cuttings work?

Yes, it does.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei rootstocks, what does what?
« on: December 04, 2025, 07:42:46 PM »
Cerifera is what you need. As far as I know, that's the be all end all.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: For Sale: Eugenia multicostata, 2.5 years old, $30/EA
« on: December 04, 2025, 03:42:40 PM »
I need a few of these, just not sure when I can make it down next!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Mango trees in Southern California
« on: December 04, 2025, 03:30:12 PM »




I finally did what I’d been waiting for and planted out this hillside with 20 mango seedlings from FL fruit. A mix of LZ, Orange Sherbet, Zinc, Sweet Tart, Carabao, Kensington Pride, Zill 31-26, and a few others. Many were polyembyronic. I will probably just leave them be and not top work unless there are major issues with them. I do know LZ is terrible for PM, but it was mono so maybe I will luck out. We will see.

Soil is excellent, reasonable organic matter, and well draining. Even better on the hill.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone having luck growing Ilama in Southern California or zone 10a?
« on: December 03, 2025, 12:53:38 PM »
My seedlings did fine outdoors, even visiting around 34f. They did defoliate and lose an inch, but came back fine.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: first fruit from Eugenia spp. "aff Arvensis"
« on: December 02, 2025, 01:54:20 AM »
Glad I didn't bother with this one.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yang Mei grown as hedges
« on: November 30, 2025, 10:17:52 PM »
They definitely have a bush type of growth. I would buy a bunch of myrica cerifera, establish them, then top work them, rather than try to plant rubra. You will be really bummed if you lose a rubra in the future and have a big hole in your hedge. I would suggest about 2' spacing for optimal results.

It may not fruit that well if you are hedge trimming it for shape reasons, but there will be sections that produce well on and off.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: SoCal figs for the discriminating palate
« on: November 30, 2025, 02:03:06 PM »
Quote from: johnb51 on November 30, 2025, 08:59:57 AM
Figs are great!  ;D  Definitely a Top Ten Fruit for me.  (I haven't eaten a fresh one in years. :-\  I guess I'll have to plan a SoCal trip for summer.)

Not like years past anymore, sadly. Black Fig Fly has really done a number on our home grown fig crops. :(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Black Friday sale
« on: November 29, 2025, 12:21:48 AM »
Quote from: murahilin on November 28, 2025, 08:08:50 PM
Quote from: spaugh on November 28, 2025, 07:06:39 PM
I didn't get any new trees but I got some fruit for 100% off retail today.



When is cherimoya season in California?

Brad is further south than me, and warmer by a good amount, and the ones in SB won't be ready till January.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: SoCal figs for the discriminating palate
« on: November 28, 2025, 10:49:29 PM »
The CDD varieties have all been outstanding for me. Especially CDD Grise. I may not have much cutting to take this year, unfortunately, else I'd share.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Black Friday sale
« on: November 28, 2025, 07:17:15 PM »
I do want to collect more guava varieties. Did Mimosa get their annual restock on those? A few years back I was there on Black Friday and it was insane, hundreds of people, and a recent drop of 1g guava varieties.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Gopher Gold
« on: November 26, 2025, 05:00:07 PM »



Back on the trapline. Have about 5 trap sites going right now, that’s just scratching the surface. I started the season with around 87 trapped on this property and look forward to 100.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Gopher Gold
« on: November 24, 2025, 01:32:34 PM »
I lost a few more of my figs to gophers over the last few weeks. Not a big deal,  from one eaten fig I get another 20-30 rooted cuttings! They will not keep up with me.

I am starting to see more activity at the ranch and getting my traps out again. I am rounding over to about 90 caught there, so 100 catches is in sight!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Planting and establishing pawpaws in SoCal
« on: November 24, 2025, 01:30:49 PM »
Quote from: FletcherFields on November 23, 2025, 10:26:52 PM
I'm about 10 miles from the coast in San Diego County. I went back and looked at some old threads, and it looks like a few people regretted putting their pawpaws in the sun. I'm going to put mine under a pepper tree where there's dapple sunlight. They may not thrive, but they won't get scorched.

Pepper trees are allelopathic and do not allow other plants to grow around or beneath them as they release natural herbicides. Do not plant fruit trees around or under them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mix for avocado-mine feels heavy
« on: November 24, 2025, 01:28:44 PM »
For long term pot culture of  sub tropicals, you really need good drainage. For avos and citrus, I would go to 2:1 sand / perlite to compost in future up pots. If you leave soil dry for too long, it can become hydrophobic which may have been what you experienced. It takes a good few waterings to overcome that sometimes.

It is common for avo to have a weak root system in a small plant, so don't overpot it. Narrow tall pots would be my vote. Once the tree has some good width to it, then consider a wider nursery style pot such as 15g.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with my papaya plants please!
« on: November 22, 2025, 05:18:00 PM »
Looks really hungry. Papayas need a lot of nitrogen. I would add some fertilizer and see how they respond.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Planting and establishing pawpaws in SoCal
« on: November 22, 2025, 05:14:11 PM »
I had mine in just 4-5 hours of direct inland 100f+ dry, low humidity sun, and they hated it.

If you are near the coastline, I bet they could be full sun in a year or two from whip size with decent growth. They really struggled late in the season with salt / mineral build up on the roots and would defoliate way early due to this. When they got to be reasonably well established, about 6' tall, they became a little stronger. It takes a long time to get them going.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Oblongata Fruits
« on: November 22, 2025, 01:42:35 PM »
Quote from: a3pulley on November 21, 2025, 07:58:21 PM
How true to type are jaboticaba seedlings? How easy or hard to graft? I have a new tree in the ground and would potentially be interested in scionwood!

I would suggest they are about 70% true to seed. You’ll find variance in fruit size and quality but leaves, growth habit, and overall vigor and such will be the same.

I would put grafting at around 5/10 difficulty. Neither easy nor hard.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Oblongata Fruits
« on: November 22, 2025, 01:41:00 PM »
Quote from: SHV on November 21, 2025, 11:08:45 PM
Congrats!  That’s the first review I’ve read on here of oblongata.  Is it sour like pitangatuba?  I don’t mind tart fruits but they have to be sweet as well.  I’m a fan of pitangatuba pero no me gusta  limón.
Oblongata looks like it would make a great rootstock. In my limited experience, It’s a really aggressive grower and seems to be as resilient as Sabara to less than ideal growing conditions.

Not like tuba! It’s like Sabara but about 20% sour note, where a sabara can be pretty well full sweet in comparison.

Definitely a good rootstock. It is one of the more vigorous growers in my collection and as you point out, very tolerant of ph or abuse. Not a dainty one!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Finally have proof of Guava King’s scam
« on: November 21, 2025, 06:12:37 PM »
Quote from: akimbo on November 21, 2025, 06:06:25 PM
I bought some trees from him but I lost a bunch of labels on several trees so don't even know what I'm growing on several trees anyway.  Bummer.  Does anyone have a reputable source for the Allahabad Surkha guava tree?

I got some new guavas, including Allahabad varieties, from Ong's this year. I could clip some scion wood. I don't think I have Surkha tho.

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