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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Psidium and Passiflora Germination
« on: April 01, 2023, 10:54:50 AM »
Thanks everyone for past advise on my posts and on others. I have learned so much and come a long way in the nine months or so I've been using this site.

I'm been on a buying streak for several months and have been planting a ton of seeds with overall good success. I have held off on planting/ germinating Psidium and Passiflora seeds, but I don't want to wait any longer. I have custom indoor where I use a combination of florescent (T5) and LED as well as a tiny outdoor greenhouse. The two mediums I use are Light Warrior by Fox Farms and my own coco coir mix with sulfur and mycorrhizal and generous amounts of pearlite. I probably have about a dozen species each ready to plant, most of them are not common varieties especially the Psidiums which are mostly Cerrado varieties.

My main question has to do with pre-treatment I've read about gibberellic acid for Psidium's and sulfuric acid for Passiflora and just hot water presoaking for a few days combined with sanding or scarification. I have a slight preference not using acid just because I think there is also a risk of killing or damaging the seed, but if the upside is greater I'm willing to try. Anyone have any experience with this that may help?

Thanks,
Chris

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Advise on Germinating Annonas and Eugenias
« on: August 06, 2022, 09:07:45 AM »
I just purchased a few of the less common Annona species seeds and a few common and less common Eugenia seeds. I don't have experience with germinating these species, would appreciate a few tips to improve my chances of success.

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I am interested in purchasing a triple grafted mandarin of Golden Nugget, Tango, and Owari. I'm new to citris and have limited space but these seem like great varieties and this should give me continuous or at least spaced out production through the season. Does anyone know of a nursery or is anyone able to create this and ship it or have it ready for pickup. I'm in San Diego, but for this I would be to drive to almost anywhere in Southern California.

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Not new to plants or gardening/ plants in general, but finally in a place to start growing some good fruits. I want to grow a lot, have somewhat limited space and want to plant some nice trees over the next year or two. I have been reading this forum for a few weeks and learned a lot. There is a lot I want to grow and learn about but for sure I want Mangos. I live in the San Diego area, was thinking Sweet Tart, Honey Kiss, and CAC. Any other suggestions and more importantly sources, every nursery I find just has the more generic varieties.

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