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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brian's Pennsylvania Greenhouse and Tropical Fruit Trees
« Last post by SDPirate on Today at 06:37:32 PM »
Awesome greenhouse setup and really organized.  Your plants are obviously happy enough despite the cold winters in your area.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brian's Pennsylvania Greenhouse and Tropical Fruit Trees
« Last post by TropicalFruitHunters on Today at 06:25:03 PM »
Brian...yeah...moisture during the winter months is really bad.  The gas heaters are wonderful, but really cause a wet environment.  All of my trees were in ground, so cleaning the glass was a pain in the butt.  It was a circus show with me balancing on the ladder blasting away with a big power washer all the while trying not to strip the plants from the pressured water.

I forget the mfg of my two corner ceiling fans, but they lasted since 2006.  Not sure how they still operated.  Pretty much fell apart when I took them down for safety.  Had one ceiling fan that helped and relied on several floor, oscillating fans to move air and branches.

I always pined away about having a better growing zone to grow anything I wanted.  Now that I have it, it really isn't all as great as I hoped!  7 month complete drought periods with terribly high temps and even more terrible low humidity is challenging.  My trees in the greenhouse fared and looked better.  I do miss the greenhouse.  I had several specimens ready to fruit and I missed out.  Hopefully the new owners are following my directions!  LOL!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Root builder rolls question
« Last post by fruitnut1944 on Today at 06:21:48 PM »
Not sure why you'd move from pots to root builder. The outside tree's roots will just take over the RB pots.

There is a way to rid the GH of outside roots without taking out the trees. Trench around the GH about 3-4ft deep. Install heavy duty root barrier into the trench. That way your GH trees can root into the ground without competition.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Nangka mini jackfruit in the USA?
« Last post by Ulfr on Today at 06:20:09 PM »
Just picked a grafted one up from Steve, assuming from your tree Mark?

Looking forward to growing it here.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brian's Pennsylvania Greenhouse and Tropical Fruit Trees
« Last post by NateTheGreat on Today at 06:16:47 PM »
You may have convinced me to buy a greenhouse. I know it's not as easy as you make it look and sound though!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brian's Pennsylvania Greenhouse and Tropical Fruit Trees
« Last post by W. on Today at 06:08:31 PM »
Nice to see a tour of your place, Brian. Hopefully, your Uvaria holds its fruit. I'm looking forward to updates about that.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The "cool tolerance" of key limes
« Last post by drymifolia on Today at 06:07:13 PM »
Quote from: Millet on Today at 05:42:09 PM
Generally at temperatures bellow 50F Key Limes don't grow well.

I mean I've heard that, too, but my greenhouse was in the low 40s most nights when my key limes started their spring flush. The mandarins didn't start theirs until the lows got above 50°F almost a month later.

I also have had one potted key lime outside since early February, and it started its spring flush almost a month ago, with overnight lows regularly in the upper 30s to low 40s at that time. The Persian limes and Kishu mandarin that I also put outside at that same time have only just barely started their spring flush in the last week or so, about a month later than the key lime.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Year-round Mamey Sapote
« Last post by Steph on Today at 06:01:45 PM »
Quote from: Bush2Beach on Today at 02:06:43 PM
Have you found a good low elevation  variety of Cholul for  below 800 ft in Hawaii?
I have noticed that as well

Bush2Beach,

I think both varieties we grow are very good, even at low elevation. But all the seedlings I’ve had have been of good quality also. Very little selection has gone on. Seedlings I’ve grown have been very similar to the parent. I find the quality better from the mother tree of Makawao, elevation 1500’. I think your suggestion of 800’ sounds about right for better quality. The mother Poamoho tree is at 600-700’. Picking before full orange skin color seems to result in better texture. Our bearing trees are at 350’ Hana-side and new planting at 1300’ in Kula.
Aloha, Steph
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Brian's Pennsylvania Greenhouse and Tropical Fruit Trees
« Last post by brian on Today at 05:52:24 PM »
Tropicaltoba, the fan is "J&D Manufacturing".  This company seems to be widely represented on greenhousemegastore.com where I got my greenhouse kit from and my vent openers and exhaust fans are from the same company. 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00493P7SE/


RS, the pizza-sized jabo container is Maccourt "plantainer".  I got it at Home Depot.   The bigger ones are a little pricey otherwise but good quality.  They were marked down on clearance once so I bought a bunch of them.  I use the larger 20gal ones also
https://www.homedepot.com/p/MacCourt-Small-9-Gal-26-in-x-7-in-Polyethylene-Plantainer-Pond-Liner-PP2607/308656695
The smaller containers in the air are plastic foodservice containers from leftover corporate catering, takeout, and such.

Dad, yes I built it myself from a kit from greenhousemegastore.com, with help from family and friends.  It was a huge effort but well worth it.  Paying somebody else to do the foundation, assembly, and utilties would have tripled the price for sure.  I learned it a lot.. the build is documented here:
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=18512.0
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=32173.0
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The "cool tolerance" of key limes
« Last post by Millet on Today at 05:42:09 PM »
Generally at temperatures bellow 50F Key Limes don't grow well.
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