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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Rooting Fig Cuttings Question
« Last post by Fygee on Today at 04:02:01 PM »
Pro-tip, and to mirror what growinginphoenix said, when rooting figs, make sure you're doing it in a clear container. Personally, I use Solo cups. It takes all the guesswork out of "is it rooting or isn't it?", and also allows you to see how far along they are before they need to be up-potted.

Breaking buds is still something to excited about as it means the cutting is healthy and progressing, and generally roots will follow if they haven't already started.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / WOLFE LOQUAT
« Last post by Hannah22 on Today at 03:59:06 PM »
Hello!

I had a wolfe loquat tree that unfortunately died last year. It is my favorite fruit and I haven’t been able to find another. If anybody has any for sale or knows of a nursery that might have them I would appreciate it! I live in Arizona, but am fine if I need to have something shipped. Even a scion would be great:)

Thank you!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / precocious avocado seedlings?
« Last post by drymifolia on Today at 03:29:49 PM »
Just thought I'd share this as inspiration for anyone who is thinking about planting avocado seedlings for their own sake rather than strictly as rootstocks. This is entirely anecdotal, and you can easily find anecdotal examples of avocado trees that don't flower for 20+ years, so YMMV.

But, with those caveats, we have first blooms on a seedling tree in the PNW avocado breeding project! This tree was acquired from Oliver Moore in Gainesville, FL, and was the rootstock of a grafted "Jade" tree. This is what it looked like in summer 2021 after I had mailed it to myself from FL and potted it up:



Oliver said at the time that he believed the seed for the rootstock was from the 2020 season but could have been from 2019 (I would have guessed 2019 but maybe things grow faster there than here!). He wasn't sure of the parent variety but said most of their seeds in those seasons were either May or Del Rio, and that the two trees were also in close proximity and likely pollinating each other, so statistically it was likely one of those, maybe a cross of them.

You can see that the rootstock had no shoot at that time. However, in spring 2022, I decided to let this shoot grow:



Later that summer, I planted it in the ground in my greenhouse. The main trunk, grafted with Jade, is about 9 feet tall now, and covered in dense flowers just now starting to open. The rootstock branch is only about 3 or 4 feet, though I topped it around 2 feet to make it the bushy lower part of the tree. Here's the base of the tree this week (from the opposite direction, so the green trunk on the left is the pink one from 2022):



The sad looking leaves are from the last flush of the 2022 season and getting ready to drop. When I was poking around in the branches a couple days ago, lo and behold, I see two small flower panicles on one of the rootstock branches!



I doubt it'll hold fruit, but who knows! Does anyone else have stories of other precocious avocado seedlings to share?
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I was unsuccessful sending a PM but I am interested in 1G plant and scion for Green gold.  I am also located in Santa Cruz, and I can pick up.  Please PM me with info.  Thank you!
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Do folks have experience growing velvet tamarind outside of its native range? Has anyone made observations of their plant after experiencing a frost? I have a few seedlings that have been growing steadily in my passive greenhouse in Santa Cruz CA 9b. Our winter was so mild this year, they have had zero damage. Most sources list them as tropical. Thanks for any info!



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Mangos love sand
We’ve got plenty of that here in Florida💪
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Mangos love sand
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Hey y’all,
I just purchased my first mango tree!

I currently have a loquat, starfruit and dragon fruit as well.

I am located in northeast Florida in zone 9b

I chose a grafted Pickering mango in a 3 gallon container and I intend to continue to grow this tree in a container due to the occasional freeze that we have here.

How long can I leave the plant in this 3 gallon container before I should up pot it into a 5 gallon pot?

And what organic soil do you recommend?

I am currently using 80% organic forest mulch and 20% organic mushroom compost for my main soil mixture throughout the garden.

Would this mix work well for a mango tree?

Or should I mix in 50% native sand/soil with 50% of the above mixture?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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Hello mango experts of the world!

This is zone 10a on the west coast of Florida. Very mild, warm, and dry winters.

I have a client that has a large and very healthy seedling mango tree that will produce flowers, but doesn't set much fruit at all. Maybe a handful if they are lucky per season. The fruit it does set are small, hard, and never seem to ripen. This has been the story since it's been in the ground.

They told me that it was a volunteer seedling that they just threw out with their compost. The leaves are very green and vibrant with no signs at all of powdery mildew or anthracnose.

They have mulch around the tree and it gets sufficient water. They also apply compost regularly. It is a gorgeous tree, just no fruit to speak of.

I know seedlings are a gamble when it comes to fruit quality because they are sometimes not true to the parent tree. Does anyone else have a theory as to why this is behaving in this way? I really appreciate whatever knowledge you can share. Thank you!



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango season 2023 versus 2024
« Last post by fliptop on Today at 02:54:39 PM »
The warmer, wet winter was better than frost and any threat of freeze, though it did cause a lot of Powdery Mildew. Fortunately, Pickering is barreling through with a lot of fruit, as is my Coconut Cream Seedling. Sugarloaf is also loaded, but a lot of fruit is marred by spots. We got 31 fruit off the tree last year, am curious to see what we get this year.

Most exciting for 2024 is that two seedlings are flowering for the first time, a Pickering seedling and this Baptiste seedling:


Not sure either will hold fruit, but it's encouraging to see seedlings flower.
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