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I don't know. I'd be surprised if it could.

that's the graft right there? incredible. thanks!

Yeaaaaahhhhhh buddddy!!! Congrats Shane!! Great job. Very, very cool. Male tree needed to pollinate right? Maybe start looking for a flowering male M. Californica or M. Caroliniensis.

Thanks I've been telling my family and friends but their eyes glaze over.

Yes, I guess is should find a male. I know a nursery that has M. Californica. Will check them out.

Looks like my yangmei is finally flowering and it’s a female!

This is a BiQi seedling gifted to me by another forum member (thanks Richard!)

This is cheating. It’s not mine but I visited the fruit and spice park last week and I loved the jehangir:

Hi!

I haven't seen this fruit in my area for a while now, thus I decided to try growing a tree myself. Do they root well from cuttings or should I start from seed? In any case, I am looking to buy.

How about grafting it?

I thought I had planted Szechuan pepper but this doesn’t look right. Any guesses?

Nice brad! how's the persea mite resistance on that one? In my yard mexicola grande is the only one that appears to be resistant.

I didn’t know any mangoes did two crops. Cool.

Quote from: shaneatwell on December 19, 2020, 02:15:59 PM

I’m aiming for more tropical than vall. I don’t have to have coconut but I won’t miss growing stone fruits. I’ll be happy with a few mango, avocado, lychee, citrus, annonas and guavas. And a nice community with a couple interesting other things to do.

We had you until you got to the "other interesting things to do." Unless that includes church functions, bass fishing, and the occational car race. Lol!

Funny . Yeah fishing will do. Anything to do with water really that’s within 30min drive. Gardening is fun but I don’t want to become a full time farmer and my wife isn’t even into the trees. Pure consumer. I saw a couple places in Jupiter farms and in homestead that are promising.

I have a few. Pretty tree. Fruit is pleasant. Like an apricot paste.  Seeds are annoying. Get stuck in your teeth and need a toothpick to remove. Marina has nice fruit and the most beautiful bark. Elfin king fruit is a bit better and way more productive. You might have access to better named varieties though.

I’ve never seen volunteers under trees but haven’t had too much trouble manually germinating.

Thanks Null. Very cool vall. We should compare notes. I don't think the toxic stuff is the same as the red tide we have in SoCal occasionally. I think its quite a bit worse. For your search, are you looking for a house too or just land? And are you trying to be close to Vero Beach?

I'd be happy with a city vibe as long as i can still have a dozen trees and not spend too much. I have found a couple in the area that are worth considering.

Question on another topic:
What's going on with the algae blooms? I like swimming, surfing, sailing etc. and am imagining myself doing a lot of that. But I'm coming across all kinds of articles on horrible algae blooms, smell, toxins etc. Seems like anything around and north of Ft Myers is the worse, but also around St. Lucie. Doesn't seem like there's a solution in sight either. Actually I've read plenty on what's going on. My real question is: how bad is it and should I avoid those areas, including pine island?

https://www.pineisland-eagle.com/2018/08/08/pine-island-residents-dealing-with-red-tide-and-blue-green-algae/