The Tropical Fruit Forum

Anyone growing silvervine kiwi? I would like to for cat treats as well as fruit. I see One Green World has listings for male and female vines but they are out of stock. Any insight into whether this is worth growing for the fruit would be helpful. Thanks!

James

I am airlayering a white, sweet guava right now that is to die for. I think it is just called tropical white. It makes fruit the size of a softball, intensely tropical smelling, sweet and creamy. I love to eat them after they are chilled. I sold most of the airlayers to City Farmer's nursery about a month and a half ago. I have a small handful left on the tree. If the ants don't destroy them I will be able to pot them up, lol. Luckily, I transitioned on to a pot at my place earlier in the year. Its leafing out quite well. I tried to root cuttings from the tree several times and had not success. I am growing lots of seedlings from the mother tree and plant to do approach grafts this spring. I just collected like a half a cup of seeds from fruit this week so if you are local I can give you some seeds. I am in San Diego. 












James

UPDATE: The mother tree is beginning to go dormant, so I cannot accurately evaluate the airlayers with new grafts. I will pot the grafted ones up to evaluate next Spring. I will also be potting up the very large ones for future grafting projects. In the meantime I will only be offering 1-3ft LI airlayers for $35 each. For those interested in shipping, I calculated shipping for at least one airlayer to FL(as a gauge of price) via USPS(the only carrier that allows live plants). That package would be between $70 and $90. Non-standard box sizes are up charged quite alot in addition to the holiday shipping upcharge. I can do my best to trim down any airlayers to fit a cheaper size package. Anyway, I hope everyone has a good holiday season. Talk to yall soon.

James

I would like 2 rooted cuttings. Will PM you with details.

James

Would you be down to trade anything? I have some fresh yuzu, sweet tropical white guava and pink and green wax jambu (Kecil, aromatic, some sweetness) seeds and sweet white tropical guava seedlings. I also can dig up some rooted cardamom shoots if that appeals to you.

James

Hey Benjamin,

I was wondering where you got your original P. alata plant from. Also, P. phoenicea and P. alata look extremely similar, only really distinguishable by the number of sets of yellow glands (2 for P. phoenicea and multiple for P. alata). Anyway, I just was curious about how you ID'd your alata. I have P. phoenicea and would love to get alata as a cross pollinator. Have a great week.
James

Edulis, unknown cultivar

Hi All,

I've been quite busy so I haven't had time to post in a while. I stopped at my neighbor's place and chatted about what is fruiting right now and what we want to offer. Remember there is a $20 minimum and that I process orders on Sundays and Mondays. Shipping costs will be calculated after orders are placed. Have a great week everyone!

James

Jocote Seeds and Scions (some people have asked for these so here we go!):
$1/seed
$5/scion







Barbados Cherry:
$1/seed





Lemon and Strawberry Guava:
$0.10/seed










Subelle White Sapote:
$1/seed
$5/scion








Chiltepin Pepper (fresh), They will knock your socks off!:
$15/lb





Passiflora phoenicia:
$5/cutting (at least 6in with three nodes)









Pomegranate, Linda Cultivar
$3/cutting (at least 6in long with three nodes)

I hope everyone is having a good week. The first batch of reserved airlayers went out this last week. More of the airlayers are rooting. I have quite a few people on the list, but there is no harm in adding more people as long as everyone knows that due to limited stock there is no guarantee that the later additions will get an airlayer. I will try to send out orders as the airlayers are sufficiently rooted. 

James

You mean Gros Michel? I can source it locally and ship. Where are you located?

Yes, buddyroo still has macadamia seeds. I will see him tomorrow and remind him that people are asking about macadamia nuts on TFF, lol.

James

Ok, back in town and processing orders every Sunday! Have a great week everyone

I have mine planted in the ground now in half shade. I have only noticed a little leaf burn, but that happened after I fertilized with fish emulsion. We shall see. This seedling sends up deep purple initial shoots which I understand to bestow a protective effect on the new growth. Please send more pictures of your variegated seedlings!