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Russ1962:
Hello Everyone,
Nice to meet you all!
I'm a lifelong nature lover and backyard gardener from southern California, Zone 10a/10b.
For the past few years I've been growing mostly Plumerias, Pineapples, Dragonfruit, Figs, Bananas, and now trying to grow some Mangoes.
I'm really glad I found this Forum and look forward to gleaning something from all the knowledge being shared!
Thanks for letting me in.  :)

Russ1962

Moomin:
Edit: Woo, I was finally able to work around the spam-blocking issue by posting as a quote first and then editing. So here it is:

Hello everyone

I finally got my account today, so here is a quick little introduction:
My name is Alicia and I'm from Switzerland, according to a map I found online it's zone 8a where I'm at. I've only recently started to become interested in growing all sorts of fruit trees and berry shrubs; mainly because I now have my own house and garden. Before, I was a notorious indoor-plant-killer... Not a single Calathea I had lived more than two months, for example. Since I've started to kneel into plant-science, I'm proud to say I have one that has been going strong for at least 6 months ;D
But as I said, my main interest lies in friuting plants.

What I am growing, so far:
- two cultivars of Apple trees, one of which has red flesh, bought from a nursery
- Nectarine, bought from a nursery
- Apricot-Cherry hybrid, bought from a nursery
- two cultivars of Cherry trees, one of which is yellow, bought from a nursery
- many kinds of berries, like raspberries, currants, strawberries, gooseberries, blueberries (one of which is pink)... etc.
- Kiwiberry (Issai), bought from a nursery

And the more exotic ones...
- Loquat, seed taken from store bought fruit in Switzerland
- Litchi, seed taken from store bought fruit in Switzerland
- Longan, seed taken from store bought fruit in UK (during holiday)
- Avocado, was gifted to me by a friend, he grew it from store bought fruit as well
- Mango, from store bought fruit, no idea which cultivar...
- 2 kinds of white Mulberry, got both plants from different nurseries
- Seedless Che, plant bought from a nursery
- Paw Paw, plant bought from a nursery
- Pineapple Quince, bought from a nursery
- Yuzu, bought from a nursery
- Sweet Pursha Lime, bougth from a nursery
- Noni, bought from a closing tropical garden that sold all it's plants
- Natalplum (Carissa macrocarpa), bought from a closing tropical garden that sold all it's plants
- Diospyros kaki, from store bought fruit in Switzerland
- Psidium Cattleyanum, from seed I ordered online
- Psidium cattleyanum, from seed I ordered online
- Psidium guineense, from seed I ordered online
- Psidium guajava (pink), from seed I ordered online
- Psidium guajava (white), from seed I ordered online
- Solanum laciniatum (Kangaroo apple), from seed of a fruiting tree I found in London, UK
- Solanum caripense (Tzimbalo), from seed I ordered online
- Solanum muricatum (Pepino), bought from a nursery
- Muntingia calabura, from a nursery in germany, but the mother tree sadly died recently - luckily I managed to grow a few seedlings from the only fruit it ever made...
- Ziziphus jujuba, from seed I ordered online (still amazes me, it was the only seed that was alive and grew, all other were already dry and dead when I received them)

And the very exotic ones (at least to me)...
- Eugenia uniflora (Surinam-Cherry), seeds collected in tropical garden that closed and sold all it's plants
- Eugenia selloi (Pitangatuba)
- Eugenia cf. Ligustrina (fuzzy)
- Eugenia punicifolia
- Eugenia sp Pitanga "da Praia"
- Eugenia hirta
- Eugenia itaguahiensis
- Eugenia brasiliensis var. leucocarpa
- Myrciaria strigipes (Beach Cambuca)
- Plinia phitrantha
- Plinia sapucaia
- Plinia sp Esarme
- Plinia sp Pingo de Mel
- Glycosmis pentaphylla (Gin Berry)
- Onychopetalum periquino Envira caju "Amarela"
- Manilkara rufula
- Manilkara Trifolia
- Garcinia brasiliensis
- Syzygium smithii
- Syzygium cumini
- Sphaerocoryne lefevrei (Rumdol)
- Pouteria sp Ajara
- Pouteria caimito (Abiu)
- Algrizea macrochlamys (Bico Doce)

Those in the 3rd list were all grown from seed, most of which I bought at exoteninsel.com, a very reliable nursery for exotic seeds located in germany. They are all still very small and some of them are struggling a bit, but I'm hoping to get them through winter so they can start to thrive with more natural sunlight in spring.

Phew, I think that's all. I am really not sure if the more tropical ones will ever bear fruit (if I even manage to keep them alive), but I won't know if I don't try, right?  ::)

LetThereBeFruit:
Hello everyone! I am a first time gardener in SE Florida/Zone 10B who was blessed with a soursop tree late last year. For this year my wish is to get more into gardening this year - and I have several tropical fruit in mind. My bad habit is I can get very detailed when learning something new, so I'm hoping that I can learn to give my plant just enough care and not baby it to death. Looking forward to learning from you all!

brian:
Welcome!

Soursop is a tasty fruit, and the tree looks nice.  Weird smelling tree though

jearl:
Good Afternoon Everybody, My name is Jeff.
I am The Tropical Garden Guy!   8)

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