The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hi Cuban007, thank you for sharing the information about this sale event at the other forum. If it were not for you, I would never have found four cherimoyas I've looking for for a long time. I've been checking La Verne's availability list on their website, which shows cherimoyas will be available in June. This is confirmed by the buyer in the Home Depot garden center in Corona, where I live, when I tried to order through her. It is surprising to see all those nice cherimoyas at Costco on Thursday, so I grabbed four. Also, you can't the price of $25.95. I mean even home depot sells cherimoyas around $35 I believe and all nurseries sell them at $49.95. I am happy to find the varieties I like at such a good price. Thank you again Cubab007!

I don't know why but the picture for the Mammey did not show up on the prieviou post.




As JF said, we should give credit to La Verne even though their high grafts are ugly, their trees could be small or pencil thin, their potting mix are bad for long term planting. I just found today that I have about 100 fruit trees and over half is from La Verne. The variety and price and most important, the availability is really beneficial to us Southern Californians.
To answer a few questions:
This Costco is at 17900 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708.
There is no Nam Doc Mai for sale, the only mangos are Keitt, Haden, Timatayo and Manila.

It definitely beats shipping from FL!!!
The event is only at the Fountain Valley Costco; and it will end on the 2oth. Hurry up, guys!

Sorry. Never thought about that.

Hello Mike, do you ship your plants to CA? I remember seeing somewhere before you don't ship, but just wanna check again. Hopefully you can ship in the future. If you do, I would definitely like a wampee and something else from you. Thanks, Michael

Hey guys, do you know what exactly this Costco will have for sale on the 17th? Is the Coscto at 17900 Newhope Street?

dnt72800, I got the atemoya for $60. It is just a twig with two branches in a longer but narrower than regular 5 gallon pot. There were only two of those left yesterday, so only one left now after I took one. I already barerooted it and repoted it into a mix similar to Al's 511 mix from Gardenweb container forum.
Thanks for the info on the Vietnamese Cherimoya. I didn't buy it because I am not sure what exactly it tastes like or its growth pattern is. Also, Greenmart sells it for $50, which I think is too expensive. I will probably order through Home Depot, who sells cherimoyas from La Verne only for less than $40. I already have an El Bumpo, Honey Heart and Chaffey, will probably order a Vietnamese, Knight, and Fino.
Hi JF, since you have both trees. Have you got any fruits? How is the taste?
BMc, I will post a photo later. Like I said, I repoted it and took off most of the leaves to compensate for the root loss during the barerooting process. It looks just like a twig, nothing exciting. We will see how it performs once starting to grow.

Hi Behlgarden,
What other fruits Adam has? Any tropicals? Parkistan Mulberry? Thanks.

MangoDog and nullzero,
Thanks for the advice regarding soil busting stuff. I actually tired and I already planted four mangos in the ground, which include Alphonso, Valencia Pride, Glenn and Gold Nugget. I want to wait and see how these perform and probably plant more out later.

Thanks for the comments, folks.
GwenninPR, it is good to know there are more addicts like me out there 
Pug, Corona, CA does gets cold for four months out of a year, but rarely hard freezes. I grow in pots mainly because the soil in my yard is too badly drained to grow mango trees well. I am also out of spaces because my yard is already heavily planted. Yes, it is Al's gritty mix. I just started using it since last year, so still too early to say how it works in my dry climate. Your success with that beautiful Glenn in gritty mix is one of the reasons I decided to try the mix. Thank you! Your pugging experiences also excites me, I will probably pug most of my mangos when it gets warmer next month.
Mangomandan, lunch at my place in 2015 sounds great! You are always welcomed, but you have to bring me at least a 3 gallon Maha Chanok from FL