The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: gnappi on March 14, 2025, 05:05:19 PM

I think the employees are DELIBERATELY "missending" to get overtime, spite the system, get a raise, justify their jobs or are just plain mean. Maybe all of them.

Quote from: CarolinaZone on March 15, 2025, 06:50:47 AM

USPS shipping is terrible. The employees are not competent and unaccountable because they are almost un-fireable. The tracking is inaccurate i.e. the arrival dates (delivery notices for items that HAVE NOT been delivered). Packages are not handled well. The service is over priced. Part of the issue is they have not modernized. Part of the issue is training. I do not advocate for privatizing the USPS the same way I do not advocate privatizing the police or the fire department. I do advocate them improving in all the areas that I stated.

I hope you both have your necessary services crumble on you. I know a former USPS who was fired years ago for failing to deliver spam mailers. These people have so much scrutiny and surveillance. Now morons like you are causing the government to be defunded. LMK if anyone else wants to voice agreement with them, nice to know who never to do business with. People being mass-fired and you want to pour fuel on the fire and complain.

For example "Sweet Sapphire" is known as "Avatar":

https://www.ifg.world/index.php/grapes/sweet-sapphire

https://posadka.com.ua/vinograd_avatar.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqu8_p47NTUxqXFsxwcNoaEDuxJaTUYzI2W1QBszRM48B4HcoIv

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Even weather in the low 40s they seem to put it in reverse.

My in ground one has never had an issues with cold weather and its been there for going on 5 years. Its had temps down into the high 20s, and although I don't think it has ever had frost directly on it, plants around it have.
Now it certainly doesn't like the cold, but it definitely handles it better than I've seen people give it credit for.

FYI

In case you missed Bill's request for anyone who wants to place an order: You need to email him with this info below (page 3 of this thread)

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We have begun collecting orders, with over 100 from the Bay Area, around 50 from the LA area, and additional orders from Florida and San Diego already in.

If you’d like to participate, please email me at biaozhang@hotmail.com with the following details:

    Variety and quantity
    Shipping address
    Phone number (if possible)

This will help ensure your order is included when we place the formal order. Please note that prices may change a little bit if a higher tariff is imposed at the beginning of February.
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I had a grafted one in a container that was doing great for months then suddenly declined and died.  I want to try again, including in-ground in my greenhouse.

I’ve received many inquiries about purchasing Yangmei trees, and I’m considering organizing the fourth round group buy this spring (mid-February to early March 2025).

To avoid potential delays or USDA inspection issues at customs, I will be working with an import/export company that offers expedited shipping and improved packaging. This ensures a higher growth rate for the seedlings.

Here’s how the packaging works:

    Each seedling is individually wrapped with a suitable amount of soil or growing medium around the roots.
    The leaves are trimmed by about 70% to maintain optimal moisture levels during transit.
     
The packages will be shipped directly to Southern California or the San Francisco Bay Area for convenient local pickup by most buyers, normally it takes about 7-10 days.

I’d love to hear your thoughts! Please share any expectations regarding the starting date, preferred varieties, pricing, or anything else you’d like to discuss about this group buy.

Looking forward to your feedback!

bill

You can maybe get scion wood which roots pretty easy from Marta @https://reallygoodplants.com/ or try FruitwoodNursery.com
good luck.

Hi guys!

Before last year I bought guava seeds from tradewindsfruit.com. They called red guava-Psidium sp.2. They wrote: "An unknown Psidium sp. bearing dark red fruits somewhat like the strawberry guava. The fruits are much larger than and up to a few times bigger than the strawberry guava. The pulp is white/translucent with a pleasant, sweet, strawberry-guava flavor. May be a separate species or maybe just a variant of the regular strawberry guava."

I think this plant is not strawberry guava.
This is the plant



From left to right:purple forest guava, red guava, strawberry guava




Left strawberry guava right red guava