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Oh man...gotta have it. I will be using a permit. If anybody wants help to bring these in let me know.
Still some time to get your orders in, seeds going quick! Don't forget there's Orangey and Fuyu as well as Jumbo and Regular Luc's still if you missed out on our last group order!
Had a pitaya from the market last week, and unfortunately was pretty aweful
Too ripe maybe? Or was it the taste? I find a little variability with them some you get a more bland taste like the grocery store dragonfruit, others I get that creamy raspberry like sorbet flavor. Have to eat them fast too, they have extremely short shelf life though refrigeration helps.
I may head down to Tijuana eventually again to see if I can score some Pitaya Agria, not many people have seemed to try that one.
It was probably picked unripe for better transport. No flavor or sweetness.
I must ask you about Gummosus! Is it sweeter than other stenocereus? I have heard such conflicting things online about it. Agria means sour, yet I have seen and heard multiple accounts of it being very sweet. Sources online say it is even sweeter than Thurberi. What is your experience tasting it?
Had a pitaya from the market last week, and unfortunately was pretty aweful
Very nice Cipocereus! Mine is non-grafted and grows pretty slow. However, it did survive winter temps outdoors which is nice and did not even have any purple hue from the cold.
Stenocereus are starting to bud in California right now. My S. Alamosensis already had some buds popping up, Stellatus probably will a bit later on when summer heat kicks in I can't remember exactly but was flowering pretty heavily last year. Now is a fantastic time of year to root some cuttings. Currently rooting new Stenocereus sp. and S. Standleyi.
Would be cool to see a pic of the Stenocereus
A lot of those nurseries are in Vista so you should be able to knock out a few of them in a day if you have the time to spare. I did a day trip to visit a bunch of them, I think Clausen's Nursery has a bunch of old fuerte trees on the property and was cool to walk around.
Not a nursery/garden suggestion but if you want to buy fruit, Specialty Produce can have some interesting/rare stuff. It is pretty expensive though.
I actually did go to specialty produce! yeaaaa it was expensive ._.
I was reading where the offspring of anomaly didn't show the same precociousness. Is that the case, or have those trees begun showing at least improved fruit production/flowering?
Can Jaca Cacao be realistically grown in a pot and be brought indoors in winter?
How large does the Atherton oak get when it starts producing nuts, and what is its cold tolerance?
Interested in all three, provisionally.
define "monster." i'm curious. i have friends here (in Hawaii of course) fruiting cacao in 3 gallons.
@bloom and sprout-the atherton is a friend's tree. i believe it's larger
There was someone in Santa Barbara that posted a pic of a monster sized Cacao in a pot that they brought in for winter. It's doable but you would need the room for it. Atherton Oak don't know much but might be similar requirements to Macadamia since they are somewhat related.
Anyone have luck with seeds from Mexico without a permit?
I was reading where the offspring of anomaly didn't show the same precociousness. Is that the case, or have those trees begun showing at least improved fruit production/flowering?
Can Jaca Cacao be realistically grown in a pot and be brought indoors in winter?
How large does the Atherton oak get when it starts producing nuts, and what is its cold tolerance?
Interested in all three, provisionally.
probably interested in some Atherton oaks, I keep killing them somehow. What's the secret to getting these past a few inches?
