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Could buy one to ship if no locals want em?

Mine looks exactly the same. don't fret

What do you use to fertilize and how often? Feel like my pineapples didnt grow that much this year probably due to neglect

I was also in this group order and would agree with everything

Quote from: Wouter on October 17, 2022, 02:08:10 PM

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on October 17, 2022, 11:28:34 AM

Good to see this happening. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.
We had so-so germination rates (kinda bad actually). Seller said he would replace but I don't have time or want to do another import especially with the selection of seeds already in the US. Good luck!
I'd reccommend ordering a lot of seeds or else it is not worth it.

This was from André also? This is the 2nd time I hear this. I'm a bit suprised. Do you think it's worth it?

Yes from Andre
Do I think it’s worth it? Well if I asked the people I imported with I’d say most would say no.
I spent $500 to get like 10-20 seeds to sprout into plants…
Yeah we also imported in winter time. Andre did say he’d replace rotten seeds, but is it worth it to pay again for shipping? He also said he’d treat them better for rot when I talked with him. I haven’t gotten them resent cause it’s too much for shipping and I am supa busy. The people I talked with also had poor germination rates.

As of now in the USA where plenty of people are importing in bulk from him I see no reason for me to do another one. Since you are in Europe, that’s your call. I’m sure he’ll do a good job but there many risks no matter what. I’d say if you can get a good amount you should go for it. Of course don’t want to pressure you into making decisions. Just my two cents.

Ship me the 15g M. vexator!!!   

Dang, sorry to hear that. I feel very fortunate that I keep forgetting about my order until this thread keeps re-appearing 

I too ordered one back in March 2021... 

I'm fairly local, so I started contacting Adam in Spring 2022... After trying to get ahold of him a couple of times, he finally got back to me. I asked him if my tree was ready and if I could come to pick it up. He said yes and agreed. I drove to his new location in AL the next day. I arrive and he was super nice and shared all the perils he's had with his business (hurricane/property/rental/location/employee issues), which is unfortunate. But it looked like he was getting his feet on the ground and all set up at the new location.

I was able to retrieve the tree... but it was pretty obvious most, if not all, of the grafts had been done the day before (nothing had flushed out, grafting tape was pristine, labels were brand new, etc).  A tree I had ordered over a year ago at that point had just been grafted.  I'm not sure if he lost some of the original trees in storms or power-loss events... but that isn't encouraging for the rest of ya'll.

Only 2 of maybe a dozen grafts ended up taking. I contacted him about the failed graphs and he said that ,under his guarantee, he would come and re-graft since I was local. I told him, I'm here anytime...  That was months ago, I'm not holding my breath because at least I got a tree.

My OneGreenWorld order arrived today. I bought the Kaiteri and Takaka varieties. Definitely wanted Apollo but it was sold out.

Wanted to buy something other than the coolidge or nazemets that are sold locally near me.

Hey I know my local big box stores sells impoved meyer lemons in treepots. I think they run like $20-$25 or so. I could stop by there and ship you out one. Not sure how well suited the rootstock would be for your area.

Hey I just wanted to thank you Bush2Beach for your write up for airpots. After your post I decided to buy some for my jabos and what a huge improvement it has been. For the past couple of summers i always seemed to overwater my plants even my jabos. We had a few highs of 108, 109 here during September so I feel more confident in growing out jabos. Really shocking improvement. I also credit using the media mix of 2 parts Roots Organic Soil 707 formula and 1 part peatmoss. Even though the super-roots air pots are expensive I think it gives me the best shot at growing out these topicals in my environment.

I give my 15 gallon Vexators less water than any other Jabo, and that is what I have figured out keeps them alive for me , but also growing in the summer months and looking good.

Alot of the confusion in jabo tips and tricks comes from 9b Florida and 9b California being completely different but labeled the same.
One is humid, one generally arid. The low temperatures recovery in Florida is generally much faster.
The daily temperature swing is often much greater in California , it can swing 40-50 degree’s in 24 hours, that can be alot for some subtropicals and tropicals.
I love growing Jabo’s in Airpots because they dry out faster and grow faster.
If I was in FL that technique would not work.
Even inland CA in some of the hotter area’s the airpots dry out too fast and growers I talked to do not like them but for me the results are what they are and I like my Jabo’a to grow as swiftly as possible , pushing growth through as much of the year as I can.
Jabo’s have taught me alot .

Quote from: W. on August 28, 2022, 03:40:20 AM

I remember Adam Shafran talking about this in some of his videos. He said that jaboticabas like to be kept wet, especially when fruiting, and especially his Grimals. But, they cannot be kept wet indefinitely, or they will get root rot. I have never heard anyone recommending keeping them waterlogged continuously. The only jaboticaba that might be able to handle that is the blue jaboticaba; I believe there is a grower here on the forum who has some growing just fine next to a canal. Even that may be misleading, though, if those blue jabos are on the bank a few feet above the canal's water level, then the entire root system is not continuously waterlogged; it just has feeder roots going down to access water in the canal.

Mazel Tov!

Do you ship to AZ?

My apologies, I must have misread your post regarding local pickup. All good, no worries.