The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thanks, guys. 

Kaz, I have eaten a few passion fruits and while the flavor is excellent I can't get over the goey mucous texture and seeds.  It is a shame because the greenhouse frame makes a great trellis for vines.  I had a Inca Peanut vine for a while and it got huge before I ripped it out.  Maybe if my feijoa grafts from Marta take, they are supposed to be viney, I read.

Jaboticaba45, I am really jealous of your success with Lychees.  Gives me hope that if I try different soils or distilled water I might have better luck.  I am trying some rambutans in pure compost now as W. suggested

Good luck! I'm honestly surprised lychee and rambutan aren't doing well for you.
My tree is covered in flowers. I'll keep you updated.
My rollinia just started to flower, I think we got it from the same source - HI tropical plant nursery!
Super stoked.

I'm growing it and it's pretty straightforward,
but less vigorous than mango
and a little less cold tolerant.
very hard to come by.

I do know of some people who have them, but all are recent intros.
maybe someone in HI has a larger older plant.

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on April 21, 2024, 12:29:36 PM

A general rule of thumb is to wait until the plant has pushed two new flushes of growth that have hardened off. Then you can take parafilm around the union off.
The parafilm on the scion will degenerate with no extra work needed.

I think you missed where he said this is the non-permeable plastic film, not parafilm or buddy tape.

My only experience with that plastic stuff is experiencing graft failures. I never have trouble with either parafilm or buddy tape, but the plastic stuff never has worked well for me. My recommendation would be to buy buddy tape or true parafilm, and then never worry about removing it because it will just break down on its own (as long as you only do single or double layer at most).

Thanks for pointing that out.
Plastic stuff that doesn't degrade is annoying as you have to manually remove it from the scion.
I use plant tie tape around the union which is easy to remove by cutting.
But along the whole scion it's another story.

 

 

Yes,
give it several more years before you cut.

I was working with a source to import these, but it fell through.
Small tree and small fruits.

For yangmei...
Now, not all can make it in 7b. I have selected a variety that does well with no leaf or branch dieback.
Other varieties will do branch dieback or even die.
They can take cold temps like i mentioned, but long periods of cold are not fun.
Will be a while before I can propagate it. And I'm sure there's other ones that will do just as good.
Just I don't know which ones.
I've only tried the common ones.


Jabowise, the nearest jabo to me that's in ground with no protection is around a 7 hour drive south.  :'(
Unless you count my big sabara in ground in the greenhouse

For the yangmei, it was exactly what you are trying to do in this situation. I didn't want to put them in my greenhouse so I trialed them outside.
Although yangmei has more cold tolerance with them getting snow sometimes.

Any updates from east cost people? How are they doing for you?

Tbh I’ve stalled out with yangmei, but I hope to grow a few for me!🤓
Going to be grafting some more!

It may get a bit too cold for you. They do not like wind or dry conditions.
Also prolonged temps at 40-45f will make them drop the leaves.
If you are willing to protect in the winter, it should be doable!

Mafai are typically the thai ones but they come in a variety of forms and fruit colours. Some look a lot like rambai even but the purple seeds give their identity away. There are a few 50 footers on my street in a bit of regrowth by the road. They sure have heavy crops. Speaking of big trees santols get get very large indeed.

The santol tasted pretty sour lol.
I hear there are sweet ones out there.
What's your experience?

Add santol seeds.!