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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« on: March 03, 2024, 01:54:21 PM »
We are all plant people; maybe for a reason. Few of us have great social skills. Let's stick together and work it out, for fruit's sake.

Please keep posting Eric, and PineIslander, Bush, and others; that's what makes this site great. Sometimes I miss Rob. Was watering my miracle fruit tree, and remembered when he called me out for stating it was more than just a novelty and that I enjoyed the fruit. lol, he was right, haven't eaten one in ages.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« on: March 02, 2024, 09:15:32 PM »
I would like to hear more about what Eric is doing. Some have expressed their doubts, no need to keep repeating it or adding to each new post.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: March 02, 2024, 10:41:58 AM »
Getting exciting! Lots of signs of a good season on the horizon. Sadly, Sugar Loaf blooms were hit hard by PM, got a lot of cold misty rain when it was at peak bloom. Low fruit set, and not sure any will hold. Hoping it will bust a new bloom soon. Otherwise, things are looking good here.

Check out Sweet Tart:







Round 2 =)


This tree is not very old, and 1st produced last year. Very happy with these robust little fruitlets.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mini Mango Hedge
« on: March 02, 2024, 10:33:40 AM »
It should work out fine, but production may be limited by shortened period of direct light. The east side of our Glenn flowers like crazy, seems to like the morning sun. Probably will do best when tree is taller than the fence and above the shadow of the neighbor's house.

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ON flowers and has decent fruit set here. Definitely get some fruit drop, and the squirrels make matters challenging, so haven't got much fruit yet. Plopped a 1g in ground about 4 or 5 years ago, so hoping it will do better in time. Fruit is very good. Easy to manage height, wide growing tree. It is starting to flower now.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: March 01, 2024, 01:40:45 PM »
Yes, you got it.

Thanks Brandon for verification! ...and thank you FG69!

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: mail order mango trees
« on: March 01, 2024, 12:56:41 PM »
Everglades.com
Me and my friend bought over 50 trees from them. Good size trees, wrapped carefully, and their rootstock is healthy mature trees.

Are you sure you've got that URL correct? Looks like an alligator farm, not a tree nursery.



Free mango tree with every gator purchased!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: March 01, 2024, 12:46:06 PM »
I got it now! =)

Female


Male



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rollinia fruiting habit
« on: February 29, 2024, 05:23:55 PM »
Mine fruits on the side that gets good fertilization. Realized this when a compost bin spilled on one side, and that side produced all the fruit. Any chance the side with fruit is getting fertilized, with the sunny side not?

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My guess is cold damage, as it seems to be impacting the new, more tender growth. Then maybe something else sets in.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is this passion fruit unique or common?
« on: February 29, 2024, 12:40:59 PM »
You should try planting the seeds from the biggest of those fruits.

Amazing, definitely worth propagating

I think you've got a winner, how vigorous is it?

Hoping that Frederick will reply to these questions AND consider, naming, propagating
and sharing (t)his distinctive new Passiflora cultivar.  It really looks to be a winner!

Cheers!

Paul M.
==

Maybe Frederick received a ton of cutting and seed requests, and has since gone underground, never to be heard from again. Best of luck Frederick with your heavy tasty jumbo purple passion fruit!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is this passion fruit unique or common?
« on: February 27, 2024, 10:38:23 AM »
Unique to me! Nice find, good idea to make some rooted cuttings of that one. Now you gotta name it, lol.

I'm growing out a few seedlings, and have been happy with the results.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is wrong with my Red Jaboticaba?
« on: February 25, 2024, 08:09:07 PM »
Soil looks heavy and waterlogged. I would shake off as much of that dirt as possible (without hurting it), and start over in a new pot with new media.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are these coconut palms?
« on: February 24, 2024, 04:07:41 PM »
Good ole' Palm Gain from HD should help them start greening up.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: mango owais ???,
« on: February 24, 2024, 09:20:08 AM »
It is quite good; what I would do for one now =)

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Mike at TreesNMore can probably get them, if he doesn't already have.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Acclimatizing S American Garcinias
« on: February 23, 2024, 02:23:55 PM »
All day direct sun on juvenile garcinias is not a good idea. I recommend you shade them with some taller potted trees or shade cloth. Misting them a couple of times per day can help.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: mango owais ???,
« on: February 23, 2024, 11:57:10 AM »
You probably have Ewais. This info is from www.TropicalAcresFarms.com:

"Ewais is from Egypt, originating in the area near the Suez Canal and was named after an Egyptian minister. It is a small, ovate-shaped yellow fruit with a fiberless flesh and exceptionally sweet flavor that surprises those who have never tried it. The fruit are very prone to post-harvest anthracnose, but resistant to bacterial spot.  The seed is very thin and small, and polyembryoic.
 
The tree is non-precocious, and takes a while to start producing. It has a medium vigor, upright growth habit with dense canopy and may struggle to flower some years in the climate of south Florida. When it does flower though it sets a lot of fruit and makes very nice crops.
Ewais is a mid-season cultivar and ripens mostly in July here. We feel this variety might perform well in southern California due to its lack of precocity and growth habit.
 
Flavor: Egyptian/Indochinese
Country: Egypt"

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: When is best to plant out my mango?
« on: February 21, 2024, 07:52:38 AM »
Just make sure the root ball doesn't dry out, and you should be fine. I overwater as an insurance policy, for a newly planted tree.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: When is best to plant out my mango?
« on: February 20, 2024, 12:17:03 PM »
This is what I do, and it works well for me: I dig only a shallow hole, 3 - 4 inches deep, and then try to chop the dirt up a little, and amend with some good soil mix. Then, I water both the potted tree and the hole, soaking them both. Then wait about 15 minutes, and place the rootball on top of you natural soil and dirt mix. Have it where it sits several inches above the surrounding soil. The idea is to create a mound. Then, add native soil and potting mix around the sides of the rootball, finishing off your mound. Water like crazy. Add some pine bark mulch around it, not touching the trunk. Add more soil and mulch over the course of days and weeks, as some is washed away by rain and irrigation. Just don't burry it too deep, and you can make its work.

After planting a tree, I water it daily (unless ample rainfall) for several weeks. Then, goto to every other day for a few more weeks, and then 2 x per week or so unless raining a bit. Do not fertilize for at least 3 - 4 weeks, so your roots will grow out into the new media. N impedes new root growth. It's fine to go even longer, the soil will have enough of what it needs for a while. I usually wait months before fertilizing a newly planted tree.

Also, don't expect to see much growth for a while. The work will be done below ground before above. Your season on this tree is likely toast, and I wouldn't let it hold anything this year anyway. Planted a 45 g mango last spring. It dropped all fruit, but is rocking this season.

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Yes... these are all seedlings...

Kevin

...except the mulberry, which are from cuttings, and super delicious! =)

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Seems like Polpa Roxa, or something with color, would be best if trying to achieve something akin to red wine. I am tempted to make jabo wine now, just to prove it can be done. But first, must make jerky... I usually hate wine anyway. 

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Is there a fast fruiting jabo? I know they are slow growing but im impatient :P

Red hybrid, maybe Anomaly. There are others coming onto the scene.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: is there a good general tropical soil mix
« on: February 19, 2024, 01:34:39 PM »
I like taking Fox Farms Happy Frog and Ocean Forest, and mixing with extra peat, perlite, sand, and a little bonsai media. Add Holly Tone for jabos and acid lovers.

When in a crunch, Miracle Grow Cactus, Palm, and Citrus (?) works great with most plants, especially mangoes.

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