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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White Sapote Questions
« on: Today at 08:24:05 AM »
Quote from: Galatians522 on March 04, 2026, 10:40:01 PM
Quote from: Rex Begonias on March 04, 2026, 09:53:32 PM
I've got a 3 gal Redlands, and I'm hopeful someone can tell me it is manageable under 12ft in ground, but I am thinking that is not a reality.

Please help, been wanting one for so long that I got it despite really not having the space, what are my options?  Thanks in advance!

My Dad has a ~20 year old Redlands tree that is approximately that size. I believe that it is very doable. Rootstock may impact the ultimate size, but my Dad's is just in the standard rootstock from Pine Island Nursery.

Awesome!  That is encouraging to hear.  I don't mind cutting it back annually, I just don't want to have to do that 5x/yr or have where shape just cannot be maintained bc it is so vigorous.  I will admit I don't know a lot about these trees though, so that is on me. 

I suppose also, if I had to, I could try maintaining it in a pot long term.  I just get where I don't want to deal with the pots once they get over 7gal, I don't have anything in pot bigger than 15gal at moment.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White Sapote Questions
« on: March 04, 2026, 09:53:32 PM »
I've got a 3 gal Redlands, and I'm hopeful someone can tell me it is manageable under 12ft in ground, but I am thinking that is not a reality.

Please help, been wanting one for so long that I got it despite really not having the space, what are my options?  Thanks in advance!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: ISO: velvet apple/mabolo fruit (not seeds/cuttings)
« on: April 26, 2024, 08:09:25 AM »
Quote from: Bush2Beach on April 24, 2024, 08:31:23 PM
Plant some Persimmons, Mabolo a no go yo. not too great texture or flavor either,
Never seen fruit for sale anywhere in the states. Rare in FL if it can even be fruited there.

Yeah, there are fruiting trees at Fruit n Spice Park in FL.  I've had a couple fruit from there and thought they were decent, sweet and slightly cream cheesy kinda flavor if I remember correctly.  Trees are diocious, I believe, and recall folks saying there's a lot of variability tree to tree if they are good or trash.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pineapple Slips - Sebastian Pineapple Ranch
« on: July 13, 2023, 11:23:44 AM »
Wow- awesome!
I'm local if you're in Sebastian, FL; do you do fruit/plant sales at the farm?

Quote from: FloridaGrower69 on July 12, 2023, 02:50:57 PM
Hipasfolk - I've sent you a couple msgs :). I have your pack in front of me with what you requested... all I need is your address and full name for a postage estimate - I scale at the PO to make sure it's actual.  Then payment to me via PayPal after I send your total.  You were the 3rd response to the listing.
Thank you! 

Shoot me an email or msg via the TFF.

Brett
Demello.brett@gmail.com
FloridaGrower
Sebastian Pineapple Ranch

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Help Support my Tropical Fruit Etsy Shop
« on: June 26, 2023, 08:33:06 PM »
I’ve rooted cinnamon before.  It was super slow, but I had high success like 5 out of 7 or somewhere around there. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cambuca, campomanesia schlectendiana, mafai seeds
« on: June 21, 2023, 08:56:17 AM »
Quote from: palologrower on June 20, 2023, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: Rex Begonias on June 20, 2023, 09:20:42 PM
Are the cambuca a little faster growth from seed than Jaboticaba?  My Jaboticaba seedlings are sooo slow I can’t bear to plant any more seeds.

to fruit? 

depends on which jabo we're talking about.  3 years if you play it right for escalarte.  I think they say olho de boi is like 15?  there is a range.  Cambuca here in Hawaii is maybe 6-7. 

Campomanesias definitely on the faster side.  friend got his seeds to fruit in 3-4 years.

Nah, not even concerned how long to fruit yet, but how fast do you get vegetative growth?  I was hoping maybe cambuca grows faster because I’m tired of watching all these tiny jabo for years.  Maybe I need to get on my fertilizer game or something.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Cambuca, campomanesia schlectendiana, mafai seeds
« on: June 20, 2023, 09:20:42 PM »
Are the cambuca a little faster growth from seed than Jaboticaba?  My Jaboticaba seedlings are sooo slow I can’t bear to plant any more seeds. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: New variety LUC'S GARCINIA "ORANGEY"
« on: June 17, 2023, 09:12:47 PM »
Awesome!  I saw those pics.  Do you still have seeds for the larger fruited one as well?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 10 different types of passion fruit seeds available!
« on: June 11, 2023, 08:55:34 PM »
I’d love to find one that is less vigorous but still fruits well, lol, my possum purple covered 40x15’ area in about a year. 

Maybe I just need to grow them on something more easily contained like a proper structure is all though. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wildlands Farm & Nursery: 'Pecan Pie' Scion, Lucuma, Cholul, Campomanesia & more
« on: May 15, 2023, 09:53:17 PM »
Awesome!  What size are these?  Wasn’t really sure from the listings. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Rooted Linda Pomegranate Cuttings for Sale
« on: April 23, 2023, 11:40:48 PM »
Quote from: skegchow on April 23, 2023, 11:04:38 PM
I need more information on the germination rate of this seed.


It’s plants/rooted cuttings.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2015 jackfruit recommendation ?
« on: April 21, 2023, 11:23:08 PM »
Any word on the PIN varieties?  I’ve seen some feedback now on orange crush, what about Tangerine?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: ISO: Hala fruit (kewda/screw pine).
« on: April 08, 2023, 09:48:58 PM »
Are these ones commonly in landscaping equivalent to one grown for the fruit?  Does anyone know anyone who grows them for the fruit?  I know there are different species, but just asking because I've tried some of the fruit and couldn't understand how anyone called it edible.  So fibrous and not really even worth messing with the ones I tried which seemed ripe, and I tried varying stages at Fruit and Spice before as well.  I'll admit ignorance, but these are grown a fair bit in S FL.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Seeds-More durian added, achacha marang, etc.
« on: April 07, 2023, 07:39:37 PM »
Quote from: Rex Begonias on March 30, 2023, 12:01:24 AM
Cool!  Just sent pm about marang and blackberry jam.

I don't think any of my initial PMs go thru.  Are you out of marang?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: New seed drop! eBay auction page updated as well! - UPDATED
« on: April 07, 2023, 07:38:03 PM »
Quote from: BellamyTrees on April 06, 2023, 05:27:18 PM
That is a project I have been doing off and on for about 6 months. I totally agree especially with the amount of species that have been available over the last few months. I have the next three days off work and will get back to this and try to create something. I appreciate the input from everyone and stay tuned! If anyone needs some info or photos ASAP reach out on our support page and I will send them to you directly until I can get this worked out. Thank you and have a great weekend! (New drop coming soon)

That is awesome!
Was thinking the same- there is literally no easily accessible info out there on a fair few of those species, if not most of them.
Cheers!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: seeds
« on: April 05, 2023, 09:19:36 PM »
Quote from: achetadomestica on April 05, 2023, 08:36:23 PM
Quote from: Rex Begonias on April 05, 2023, 06:36:22 PM
Has anyone found the restinga to be any easier to get going from seed?  I’ve had good success with some 3gal trees potted out so far, does much better here than other varieties I have. 

Sending PM on nelita seeds. Let me know if it doesn’t go thru.

not yet?

Gotcha, didn’t go thru then.  Was just looking for maybe 10 of those if you have available still can you send me a message?  Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: seeds
« on: April 05, 2023, 06:36:22 PM »
Has anyone found the restinga to be any easier to get going from seed?  I’ve had good success with some 3gal trees potted out so far, does much better here than other varieties I have. 

Sending PM on nelita seeds. Let me know if it doesn’t go thru. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Seeds-More durian added, achacha marang, etc.
« on: March 30, 2023, 12:01:24 AM »
Cool!  Just sent pm about marang and blackberry jam. 

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Froot Farms Nursery in Christmas, FL (right outside of Orlando)
« on: March 22, 2023, 11:18:57 PM »
Quote from: Jordan321 on March 22, 2023, 08:43:47 AM
Would you mind posting a quick list of what's for sale?

Would be interested as well.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking for a gamboge plant (garcinia cambogia)
« on: February 27, 2023, 10:38:11 AM »
Quote from: Jabba The Hutt on February 27, 2023, 10:35:08 AM
Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on February 26, 2023, 07:36:30 PM
Quote from: brian on February 26, 2023, 06:56:23 PM
I had gotten a nice one from HawaiianTropicalPlants a couple years ago, https://www.store.hawaiiantropicalplants.com/Garcinia-gummi-gutta-Gamboge-4x4x10inch-tree-pot-1638.htm

it was fairly large size and healthy.   Seems they still carry them but it says "back ordered", you could try emailing the seller he should be responsive. 

Can I ask what the attraction of gamboge is, though?  I ordered it when I was initially collecting all the garcinias I could find and didn't read up much on it, seems like it isn't really for fresh eating, maybe cooking/medicine
Sorry for the mix up was refering to gamboge garcinia xanthochymus.
It's going to be used as rootstock. The fruit doesn't taste too good. Way too sour. I hear it's used in curries and stuff not for eating out of hand.
I actually enjoy Xanthochymus out of hand :o

I agree- it’s super sour, but pretty tasty.  Eaten ripe it’s kinda like the flavor of a super sour green mango to me, but the texture of a ripe mango.   

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling fresh kwai muk seeds - usa
« on: November 20, 2022, 10:20:49 PM »
Awesome!  Did you fruit it there in Tampa area?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: BidnGrow
« on: November 20, 2022, 06:31:21 PM »
Quote from: W. on November 04, 2022, 09:03:56 PM
It looks like it's no longer online. FigBid is still active. Both sites were owned and operated by the same person/people. BidNGrow was an offshoot of FigBid. I guess it's just been merged back into FigBid.

I liked BidNGrow, in theory. But, I did a few listings on the site with no sales and generally found other sellers' inventory fairly limited. I wish it had succeeded as an alternative to eBay.

Gotcha.

Yeah, I think it just didn’t get the marketing and usage that it needed to pick up off the ground.  Bummer. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ice Cream Mango
« on: November 17, 2022, 01:48:20 PM »
Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on June 23, 2014, 05:07:56 PM
was recently at my friends house, and was astonished to see his Ice cream mango tree, about 6 yr old, and 8ft tall, holding a decent crop of fruit (maybe 15-20).

the reason I was so surprised, is because his tree is growing in a very crowded location, with other trees all around, blocking full sun, and creating a moist environment, with reduced air circulation.

the fruits are all impeccable...with no blemishes...also the foliage of this tree is virtually immaculate...and the owner never ever sprays any copper or fungicides.

I wonder how this can be?

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

A chance I could fruit this mango in the shade?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Is this just a marketplace or are we a plant and information sharing club?
« on: November 04, 2022, 03:36:28 PM »
Poll questions and intentions a bit unclear.

Do you have a specific concern with content or format on the listings page?  Sorry, just trying to understand. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / BidnGrow
« on: November 04, 2022, 12:13:49 AM »
Is this website still a thing or has it shutdown?
Www.Bidngrow.com


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