Greetings to all forumites,
I got interested in tropical fruits when, upon moving to Stuart, FL in 1994 from 4.5 acres on the Potomac river in rural Virginia where I grew apples, grapes, plums, vegetables, blueberries and others, I discovered there was nothing particularly tropical in my regular Publix produce area. Disappointed, I decided, well, I'll just have to grow them myself. So I got this little Sunset book, on Citrus and Subtropical fruit and got inspired. Then got my own little acre in 1997, had Richard Wilson bring a truck full of trees, and boom, I was off. I've pretty much continued this on my own as I didn't know anyone else in the hobby until recently. Most of my neighbors are sod farmers. (if that's harsh just pretend I didn't say it) So my interest waxes and wanes year to year. I sympathize with Patrick as he wanders around the yard looking for any unoccupied tree planting space, new fruit, leaves, bugs, squirrels, flowers. I have added new stuff and killed other stuff (3 persimmons...etc. ). Locally in Martin county we have Mike's Treesnmore which is a great nursery. I recently did a grafting workshop there with Adam and am very excited to try my hand at this new skill. I appreciate all who have answered my questions and hope to continue learning as I interact with others in the hobby. I also have some orchids, heliconia, bromeliads, collector palms & cycads.
Some fruit inventory....from 20 year old trees to potted seedlings : araca boi, black sapote, sweet tamarind, tropical guavas-Tikal, ?, cattley guava, lychee 2, tangerines, grapefruit duncan, mineola tangelos, uglifuit, pineapple, monstera, cherry of the rio grande, macadamia, mango 7cv-Tebow(Edward x kent), coconut cream,PPK,kent, Glenn, Beverly,valencia pride , longan, pitomba, pomegranate, papaya, guava, coconut, mamay sapote -pantin lorito1, avocado 4 cv., nangka mai1, peach 2, apples 3 cv on one(from Treesnmore) , limes 4 ,lemons 2, white sapote- redlands, rollinia, malay apple, starapple, starfruit- kari, pommelo, sugar apples- red green Puerto rican purple grafted,atemoya geffner 48-26mmm! , soursop,blueberries-3 cv., herbs, tomatoes, eggplant, bananas -gros michel , manzano, hua moa, tall red, short red, raja puri, ice cream, misi luki, dwarf cavendish, praying hands,kru +unknown ones, genip, mysore raspberry, grapes-2, blackberry-Brazos, passionfruit- purple, dragonfruit-pink red, white, yellow, sapodilla , miracle fruit, Ross sapote(canistel),barbados cherry ,... I'm tired....pulasan, terap,abiu coming soon, want chempedak,
OK, since there are others like me, does that mean I'm not crazy or that we all are? Hmmmmmmmm.
Regards, Rusty