The Tropical Fruit Forum

I bought C-35 rootstock seeds and grew them for 1.5 years. I have way too many extra seedlings (like 15 extra).

I don't entirely understand CA quarantine law. If this is not allowed, that is fine. I live in Moorpark, and grew them from seed.

I am looking to trade or sell. I am interested in just about anything that is tasty!

I have a couple different seeds that I have heard take a long time to germinate:

Yang Mei (non-cracked seed)
Duguetia lepidota (yara yara)
Ilama

What should I be doing with them until they decide to sprout?

Should I just hold onto the seeds in a dry area and plant them next spring?
Should I just stick them in soil and forget about them?
Should I be making sure the soil is watered regularly? (Constantly damp? Damp, then dry, then damp...? Skip watering during colder winter?)
Should I leave them outside exposed to the elements, or keep them indoors, temperature controlled?
Should I use a seedling heat mat to keep them warm the entire time?

I just wanted to share my excitement as I finally had success with grafting scion wood onto seedlings. I used cleft grafts.

The things I learned to ensure success based on my failures:

Time of year; I tried in the spring time and it didn't seem quite hot enough to get the juices flowing. I tried early July this time and each one took.

Grafting tape; I originally tried some crappy stuff from amazon that was basically cling film plastic. I dished out the big bucks for buddy tape and man is it 1000x easier to use and more successful.

Grafting blade; I recently learned how to sharpen knives. With my new grafts, I used a freshly sharpened knife which makes the cuts cleaner and straighter, which helps with not having gaps in your graft union.

Rubber band; I just started using a rubber band to TIGHTLY wind around the union to ensure good contact.

Sunlight exposure: I am not sure how much this affects it, but I did not cover my graft with aluminum as often (only about 1 week) and let the grafted branch be exposed to sunlight more. I feel like I saw a video where that seemed to signal to the tree to push out growth.

I am looking for a (older than a year) miracle berry tree ideally raised in CA. I have ordered from Florida and the shock killed the tree even after babying it.

I have some mango saplings I planted in the yard. If I end up getting frost, do the freezing temperatures kill the trees because the roots get too cold, or because the foliage/branches get too cold or all of the above?

I am wondering because I have them heavily mulched which does 2 things to keep the roots warm:
1. Insulates the roots from the frigid night temps.
2. The microorganism activity breaking down the mulch produces heat.

I am wondering if I need to cover the foliage with something during the colder nights, or if the roots are the most important thing to keep warm.

I am interested in buying sweet tart mangos. Or I can just buy seeds if that is only available.