Any tropical/subtropical fruit plants enthusiasts

[GIV]

We have Grimal, Red Hybrid, and Coronata Restinga. Requires much more patience than figs. We have purchased from FlyingFoxFruits (Florida) and JungleBoyNursery (Oceanside CA- may have moved) with 5 star success. In addition Mike Doan (San Diego CA) might have some interesting varigated jabuticabas.

 

[Franfig]

I just started getting a few of the tropical fruits. This spring, I planted black Surinam cherries, black sapote, strawberry guava, lemon guava, Mexican guava, and ice cream bean seedlings. I ordered cherry of the Rio Grande, grumichama, and a red hybrid jaboticaba today, coming from Florida. I got some jaboticaba fruit to try from my friend, and I planted a few seeds a few days ago. I will probably use a few as rootstock to graft in the future. I will probably add some more next year, depending on how these trees do with the winter cold and summer hot, dry weather at my place.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Seed grown Guava's first blooms. Just don't remember what Guava type the seeds came from.

 

[CzechFigs]

Seed grown Guava's first blooms. Just don't remember what Guava type the seeds came from. View attachment 22743

That's super cool. Always much more rewarding when the seedling blooms.

 

[Crabby127]

I have not even heard of 99% of that list!I thought I was going on a limb with dragon fruit and pawpaws

 

[GoodFriendMike]

That's super cool. Always much more rewarding when the seedling blooms.

If I am lucky, I will post photo's of ripe fruit later this year.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

I have not even heard of 99% of that list!I thought I was going on a limb with dragon fruit and pawpaws

Most of that list needs to be overwintered in a green house here in zone 9. But there are a few on there that can handle my winters.

 

[grasshopper]

I wonder if I can grow white sapote in 8b. I was told it is too cold.

I have been growing Moringa though. Just keep it in the attached garage in winter.

 

[Franfig]

I Just got Grumichama, Jaboticaba, Cherry of the Rio Grande and Surinam cherry seedlings. I am patiently waiting for fruit in 5-18 years maybe more for the Jaboticaba.

 

[GIV]

Good to be young

 

[shevitz]

I grow 2 varieties of White Sapote. Redlands and Nettie.

White sapotes are one of my top favorite fruits. They are absolutely impossible to get around here. Never occurred to me to try to grow them in pots…

When I lived in Santa Barbara as a grad student, the food coop would sometimes get cases of sapotes from local growers. I would buy out the stock.