The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: roblack on November 13, 2025, 09:27:33 PM

SW is nice, I enjoy it and like the small size. Rivas is the best sap I've tried. If you are into freeze drying, hard to find something better than freeze dried sapodilla.

Where did you try Rivas? I’ve never heard of that variety before. Love freeze dried fruit. I still have kilos of delicious freeze dried durian if you’re interested in trying some. At least one of the passionfruit vines you gave me has gone crazy climbing everywhere so I feel I owe you at least that. We went a little overboard bringing stuff home from Thailand 😂

Yes, we have to meet up soon! I will text you, feel free to reach out. Do you recall which passion vine I gave you?

Dr. Campbell hooked me up with Rivas fruits during mango season. I've been trying to get a plant or budwood since.

Quote from: roblack on November 12, 2025, 10:08:13 PM

Myrciaria Carelessness (Blue Guac)

Hah!  M. carelessness  . I was careless with my M. carelessness and overwatered them. Now they are all dead.

LOL! Spell correct drives me crazy, but kinda like the sound of m carelessness now.

Mine struggled with overwatering too; went from drought, to excessive rain, back to dry now.

Those are beauties Luis! Labisia is amazing when small. I really like the look of m. pastora as well.

M pastora

All of my trees on m. rubra are now dead or dying. Some of them lasted a few years. The slightest of stress sends them into a death spiral. The latest casualty occurred after taking budwood. Tree looked happy and established, now brown dry dead leaves adorn the branches. I am of the strong opinion that these must be grafted onto something other than rubra, if grown in FL, maybe anywhere out of their native habitat. 

They are both great mangoes. Pickering has more broad appeal and disease resistance, so perhaps a better pic all around. DH is really good tho; I say grow both.

Hello everyone, here is a little update:

Lots of our trees are like this Silas Wood sap, hard to distinguish from the background foliage...






Indian/Thai Jujube







Piper nigrum

Wow! I wasn't sure at first if that is really mango, but appears to be so. You may have some special genetics there, or radioactive soil, lol! Send me some budwood when she grows up please =)

Yindu 3 seedlings, sowed in March of this year. Easy to break up at this size, with little losses. I  will keep the most vigorous and interesting of the bunch.

Picked up a Taiwanese purple plant from a very nice lady in CA, who also sent 4 fruit. Very good, taste was strong and balanced. Growing some seeds out now as well.

Growing some seedlings of the Qinmi9 x Big Dennis cross.

Getting about time to replace some passion vines, losing some here and there to old age. Just lost a giant p. laurifolia, was in ground roughly 9 years. There has been a max exodus of iguanas from the tree that hosted the vine, as they love the flowers. The next round of varieties should be even better.

I throw a bunch of seeds into 3 gal pots (1/4 - 1/3 filled) or smaller, and when they get 6 inches plus, they are easy to separate without killing them.

I'm growing a variety from PIN. It usually produces well, although it did take 1 year off (perhaps due to drought). The fruit are good if picked at the perfect time, but otherwise can be insipid. They are crunchy and very refreshing. Have not noticed any off flavors or tannin issues. Fruit size varies from large grape size up to a nice goose egg. Very happy with my tree and this fruit. Another tree, from Top Trops was planted in mostly shade, and has not produced in a couple of years. The fruit tastes the same, from what I can tell.

I've tried Chinese jujubes, and so far prefer z. mauritiana.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) and sleep hygiene are way better for most sleep problems than ANY medication or herbal remedy. No meds or herbals for sleep work well long term, but some may be useful if used for brief periods. They all have problems, risks, and side effects, and stop working after a while. People just become dependent and believe they sleep better than they would without whatever they are taking. When they stop, sleep either improves or stays the same. Sleep Doc may wanna chime in here too.

Passion fruit is great for eating, and has a variety of health benefits. Wouldn't recommend it for sleep.