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jearl:
Good Afternoon Everybody, My name is Jeff.
I am The Tropical Garden Guy! 8)
akimbo:
Hi everyone!
I’m a comparatively new grower in Central FL. My family and I moved here from NYC about 2.5 yrs ago. At first I thought I never, ever would move down here (to the chagrin of my husband who was drooling at the opportunity) but when C19 lockdowns occurred and I saw seemingly very intentional disruptions to the supply chain, in addition to several other factors, I was overcome by the intuitive mother’s urge to move somewhere where I could grow food year-round and never feel dependent on others to eat and provide for my family. After dabbling in typical vegetable and fruit growing, my childhood sweet tooth’s love of fruit overtook all my efforts and I began the inevitable slide down the rabbit hole of finding the BEST fruits (meaning, the sweetest, most delicious) which then turned into the more rare and interesting varieties. I literally lost my mind, spent my savings and had to develop a freaking spreadsheet just to keep up with what I bought as I spent hours drooling over the descriptions of the panoply of fruits I’d never heard of! My husband didn’t want a dog as he believed it would constrain our movement. Little did he know that a dog is much easier to travel with than a tropical rare fruit garden LOL. I’m sure many here understand the predicament! It’s nice to finally make it onto this forum!
Eric Turmeric:
Hello fellow fruit growers. My name is Eric Estrada (not the actor) I grew up in California but have been living in Telchac Yucatan for over a year now, growing seeds and cuttings purchased from amazing people on this forum. I'm looking forward to meeting anyone interested in selling or exchanging plants or seeds here in Yucatan. I'm currently growing mulberry, black sapote, carambola, bonete, cherry of the rio grande, pitangatuba, dragon fruit, peanut butter fruit, sugar apple, and a few different citrus. Growing in Yucatan has been challenging so any help is greatly appreciated. Team work makes the dream work.
Best regards -Eric
LoPresti:
Hello all you plant and tree lovers. I’m in California near the lower Sierra Foothills or California not far from the American River. Where the gold was found. Zone 9b although so far it’s been a 10a year which makes many of my trees happy.
I've spent some years growing large amounts of organic vegetables in the South Bay Area until around 2020 which was a piece of cake. Now it’s a little more challenging here with more extreme temperatures and I’ve taken up fruit trees. Recently almost 60 different fig trees, asian pear, 3 mandarins, lemon, lime, 4 pomegranate, kaffir, avocado, banana, cherimoya, sugar apple. Recently plum and yangmei. I still grow the veggies and many succulents, plants, some flowers and bonsai. I do lots of grafting and air layering on my trees and many others which I find to be satisfying.
Although I’ve growing off and on for over 4 decades will probably always consider myself a novice in many regards which is also why I have been reading much from this forum for years. Many of you have been very helpful and some inspirational. Thanks, Benjamin
Marcos82:
Whats up everyone! New here and new to growing stuff. Moving to a farm soon but already with some trees there and some rambutans in a greenhouse inside the house. Portugal, Europe. See you around the forum!
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