The Tropical Fruit Forum

Does this nursery belong to a forum member?
I wanted to buy some seeds but many times buying something unusual from online businesses outside of the forum, seeds aren’t fresh and don’t germinate well, and temperate resellers often don’t know how to store tropical seeds properly. If anyone bought seeds from them, please share your experiences.

Asking for a friend.
She bought Cuties clementines that have these really weird cores. I have never seen a citrus with a core like this, especially not a clementine/mandarin. Cuties as a company pride themselves being non-GMO, so not supposed to be anything else mixed in. Have you ever seen anything like this? What can it be inside a clementine? 

For local pickup only at North Miami Beach, FL - Dates  June 3 or June 8, June 17, June 18. Evening preferred.



Indian Amla - 5ft tall - 7gallon - grown from seed- age 5 years- variety is from Gujarat, India - $75





Golden Soursop - seed from Australia- 7g pot - $75





White sapote variety 'Supersweet' - in tall 2ft pot - $35



Indian Curry Tree - in 25g pot - It is about 6-7ft tall. - $75

Peluche $7 per scion, and Vista White $5 per scion. I don't like to put minimum quantity but please order 3 or more scions to make it worth my time to pack and visit the post office. All the orders will be shipped with USPS priority box - $10, on May 2nd. After that the sale will be closed as i will be traveling.
Please pay as "friends and family" to sufisatya@gmail.com. If you send me a message and i don't reply within 24 hrs, please email me.


For friends who can drive and want to pick up any trees locally please visit the garden on May 2nd. I won't have time to ship the 1g plants, but if you want to buy to get them shipped, you will have to pay and reserve and when i am back will ship. Trees that i can remember are


Cecilove mango 7g fabric bag - SOLD
Cotton Candy 15g - $90
Rainforest plum - 15g fabric bag- $65
Butterscotch sapodilla - 15g - 6f tall, lanky - SOLD
Jaboticaba sabara - 15g - 6 yrs old, hasn't fruited yet - $65
Grafted loquat - Vista white - 1g - SOLD
Grafted white jamun- thai variety- 1g pot - already flowered this year - SOLD
Inga feuillei and Inga vera - 1g pots, 2-3 ft tall-  $15 each
Abiu - was bought from Zhpp a few years ago- they confirmed it is a seedling- 5g - 3ft tall - $30 (reserved)
Turpentine mango for rootstocks - 3 ft tall  in 1g pots- $5 each.

Added:
grafted Luc's garcinia 1g . Graft is from a flowering tree i sold to a forum member. Graft is on rootstock of luc's garcinia. - $100


grafted achachairu 1g - Graft is from tree i obtained from forum member many years ago, tree is now 8 years old and 10 plus feet tall , also sold to forum member last year, have to ask him if it flowered but perhaps has not flowered yet. - $ 100

Will send pics on request.

Hi guys, I'm back at making videos and this one is about quite an interesting technique of dwarfing a vigorous tree. Why haven't I thought of it before myself? Technically it's very easy to do, anyone can do it. https://youtu.be/iiFEvvg7UMk

I hear lots of complains especially about huge mango trees, this can easily be a solution. What do you guys think? Have you tried it before? If yes, please share photos of the tree.

Hi friends,
James - SaltwaterTx had contacted me via fb messenger for Manilla tamarind seeds. He had sent me some seeds a while back and i wanted to send him some of my seeds as a trade. I had promised a few months ago but they were not ready. Now they are fruiting and i wanted to send the seeds but it shows he was last active in fb May 24th. When i see his activity here in the forum, it says May 24 last active as well. I just want to make sure he is all right. Is there any grower here from his neighborhood who can check?

They are in 7g but really should have been up-potted to 15g, i just don't have 15g pots  . Already fruited many times and might be holding some fruits even now. I have 5-6 , each $80. If you take them all i will give for $65 each. Pick up at North Miami Beach until Monday the 8th.

Hi,
i am looking for 5-10 seeds each of quince and diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’ for rootstocks. Not sure if there is a certain variety of quince that gives a better disease resistance but i am open to trial so please let me know what you have for sale or trade. Thanks.

This is a 15g miracle fruit tree that has been fruiting since last year. The tree is made into a beautiful bonsai to keep in the pot.It is 7-8 years old. Fruits many times a year, specially after a good rainfall. Price $120 . Please message here or email at oshomiami@gmail.com 

Hi guys, i have a few Imbe seedlings for sale. $20 plus shipping $12.
Will ship out on Monday/Tuesday. Plants are grown in soil less medium but please check your state rules and regulations before you order.
Paypal payment to oshomiami@gmail.com with your forum name and shipping address in the note section.


Regards,Satya

hi friends! My first mango tasting of the 2022 season is on. Twist: it’s not Florida mangoes! 😜 (some really hilarious wildlife guaranteed as well!) hope you guys enjoy both, let me know what you have tasted so far this season and how it was.
https://youtu.be/qCC30yHNKSw

2022 SHADEHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE

I'm back from my travels and still have some plants available. Will be adding some more exciting plants coming weeks!

Shipping from South Florida. The shipping cost will be calculated according to the number of plants purchased; my shipping app is giving the best price from all major shipping companies. I usually ship priority or equivalent from UPS/FedEx, but if you prefer express shipping, let me know at time of purchase. If I overcharge you for shipping on preorders, I will reimburse when I know the actual shipping cost.


I ship Mondays and Tuesdays, unless you want some other day (specify).
If you want to see a photo of the plants you’ll receive, let me know before I pack them.


I will do my best to pack your plants with utmost care, but if there is any damage to plants during shipping let me know (some plants like jackfruits and wax jambus take breakage very easily but others like tree tomatoes don’t).


If your box arrives damaged and the plant suffers or dies from it, you have up to $50 insurance from the shipper, please file a claim with them asap. If you want to upgrade insurance, let me know.


If you buy $100+, you get a choice of a free plant! Free plant is any 4inch pot of your choice from what is still available.

Payment is strictly PayPal friends and family to oshomiami@gmail.com ; however, if you want to pay Goods and Services, add 3% to the total (including shipping). In the Paypal note to the payment write which plants you are paying for, and your shipping address.


Our medium consists of coir, peat, perlite, vermiculite and commercial inoculants, depending on the demands of a plant. We don’t use soil (unless stated) but cannot guarantee that the medium doesn’t have extra life. Millipedes come, worms come etc. so please check your state’s regulations before ordering. We assume no responsibility for confiscated plants.


Friendly communication is appreciated. Impolite inquiries won’t be entertained.

Will trade any 1g plants on the list for sapodilla seedlings.

Selection for shipping or local pickup:
Jackfruits:
Mai 3 seedling 1g - $20
Red Morning seedling 1g - $20
Red Morning seedling 4in - $10


Lemondrop Mangosteen 4in - $15 (4 leaves)
Na Dai sugar apple 1g $20 (1 left)
White coco plum 4in - $10
Noni 4in - $10, 1g - $25 (shippable), 3g - $35 (pickup only)
Tamarillo /tree tomato Ecuador (red) - 1g - $20
Miami soursop seedling - 4-6in - $10
Miracle fruit 4in - $10
Luc’s garcinia pumpkin type - citrapot $45, maximum 2 per person (only 2 small ones left with 4 leaves)
Elderberry 4in - $10, 1g - $15
Carob 4in - $20 (1 left)
Pitangatuba 4in - $15 (1 left)
Java plum, jamun (Syzigium cumini) - 4in - $10 (1 left), 1g - $25 (1 left)
Chalice vine (huge fragrant blooms) - 1g $20

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Local pickup only, no shipping - planted in soil mix, not soilless medium:
Noni 3g - $35
Yi Xuan mango 7g - $75
Chinese goddess dwarf bamboo 7g - $45 (privacy fence)

If your message is not answered within 24 hrs, re-send or email @ the PayPal address.


NO HOLDS. If you hear from me that your selection is available, pay for the plants right away and they will be reserved and off the list. I can keep them for you for a week or two after payment if you cannot pick up right away.
I try to keep my list up to date but please make sure I still have it right before paying.

Please refer to plant prices in the list to calculate your total.
Don't wait too long! The shadehouse is emptying up 

Hi friends, after a long thought of whether i should go forward with the order or not i have decided to go forward. Since we already had 7 friends who had submitted their final count of seeds, it was easy for me to just send that order to the seller and wait. Then i applied for permit and obtained it. The seller has sent the final prices for phyto, shipping and paypal fees. I have never done transaction with the seller, nor can i vouch for whether his seeds will germinate. We are all taking the calculated risk based on trust of forum members who got their seeds previously, so if any problems occur please deal directly with the seller.

My wife is better at math than I am:) so she offered to divide the international shipping cost between friends based on each person’s total, and I think it’s more fair because some people have small orders and some, like me, large ones. I will be sending message tomorrow to each of you to confirm your totals. I will be sharing the file sent to me by seller directly to you so there is transparency.

Everyone will pay directly to the seller, that way your order will be protected by PayPal. As this is a group order, we won’t be able to proceed until the last one of you pays. If you decide to cancel your order, let me know asap and please do not ghost me, so that I can substitute you.

Additional costs apart from the total cost of seeds will be as follows:
- Phyto + International shipping-DHL + Seller’s international paypal fee 7%
- Domestic shipping via USPS small priority plus shipping supplies - $11 each.
- I am not charging anything for my time. You can be nice and friendly to me and pay in a timely manner without delays, that will be my charge.

Forum sometimes eats up messages and there is no way to know if you received forum messages or not, so i suggest you share your email address with me (oshomiami@gmail.com) for group discussion and updates on this order.

After everyone confirms their total, and pays directly to the seller, make a screenshot of your payment and put in the group email. After all the payments are confirmed, package will be shipped. Please don’t delay the entire group!


Thanks everyone 🙏🙏🙏