Any tropical/subtropical fruit plants enthusiasts

CzechFigs

CzechFigs

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I saw a couple of posts there about tropical fruits, so I wantedto share my little collection. All the plants I have should be able to bear fruit relatively quickly from seed. Some are slow growers though.

The list:
Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau
Eugenia Uniflora - Orange Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajai
Lucuma Campechiana - Cannistel
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Sandoricum Koetjape - Santol
Psidium Longipetiolatum
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Cordia Taguahyensis - Brazilian milk fruit
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Squamiflora
Annona Reticulata - Bullock's Heart
Garcinia Humilis - Achacha
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Chrysophyllum Cainito - Star Apple
Psidium Guajava - Red Malaysian Guava
Psidium Cattleianum
Psidium Cattleianum var. Lucidum
Annona Cherimola - Campas variety (popukar in Italy for early fruiting)
Eugenia Repanda
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Carissa Macrocarpa - Natal plum
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Curcuma Longa
Averrhoa Carambola - Star Fruit (I hate this plant, complains about everything in temperate climate)

What is your list? Are you growing any of these too? :D
 
I have a few citrus and 5.var. of dragonfruits. Nothing crazy: Pomelo, owari satsuma, kumquat, calamondin, loquat, yuzu lemon, red fingerlime, green fingerlime , key lime and a pineapple guava. Only the kumquat and green fingerlime have given me fruit. This year many others are flowering.
 
spllogics said:
I have a few citrus and 5.var. of dragonfruits. Nothing crazy: Pomelo, owari satsuma, kumquat, calamondin, loquat, yuzu lemon, red fingerlime, green fingerlime , key lime and a pineapple guava. Only the kumquat and green fingerlime have given me fruit. This year many others are flowering.
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Oh, I forgot citruses, I also have a couple, plus I forgot to add on the list:
Morinda Citrifolia - Noni
Inga Edulis - Ice Cream Bean

From citruses I have Moro blood orange, Eustis limequat and two mandarins - Carvalhais and Esbal. However, I'm not too crazy over citruses, I mainly like their smell when they flower.
 
CzechFigs said:
Oh, I forgot citruses, I also have a couple, plus I forgot to add on the list:
Morinda Citrifolia - Noni
Inga Edulis - Ice Cream Bean

From citruses I have Moro blood orange, Eustis limequat and two mandarins - Carvalhais and Esbal. However, I'm not too crazy over citruses, I mainly like their smell when they flower.
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I have owari satsuma, golden nuggets, and meyer lemon. I cannot tell the difference between mine and store bought oranges like tomato and figs, but I mainly grow oranges for the flowers and evergreen leaves. Meyer lemon is not available in store, so I have to grow it myself.
 
CzechFigs said:
I saw a couple of posts there about tropical fruits, so I wantedto share my little collection. All the plants I have should be able to bear fruit relatively quickly from seed. Some are slow growers though.

The list:
Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau
Eugenia Uniflora - Orange Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajai
Lucuma Campechiana - Cannistel
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Sandoricum Koetjape - Santol
Psidium Longipetiolatum
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Cordia Taguahyensis - Brazilian milk fruit
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Squamiflora
Annona Reticulata - Bullock's Heart
Garcinia Humilis - Achacha
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Chrysophyllum Cainito - Star Apple
Psidium Guajava - Red Malaysian Guava
Psidium Cattleianum
Psidium Cattleianum var. Lucidum
Annona Cherimola - Campas variety (popukar in Italy for early fruiting)
Eugenia Repanda
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Carissa Macrocarpa - Natal plum
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Curcuma Longa
Averrhoa Carambola - Star Fruit (I hate this plant, complains about everything in temperate climate)

What is your list? Are you growing any of these too? :D
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do you grow these in a greenhouse? Ive been thinking about white sapote and canistel especially. I'm a fruit hunter but i moslty get mine from markets and from travel (which i dont get to do that much of)
 
Nice list, I have few too, several are the same as yours:

Bananas: Namwah, Blue Java, Dwarf Brazillian, Manzano, Raja Puri, Orinoco, Lacatan, Goldfinger
Jaboticaba: Red Hybrid, Corristata Retigulata, Grimal
Guava: Lemon, Strawberry, Red Malaysian, etc
Citrus: Calamondin, Eureka Lemon, Baerss Lemon, Owarai Mandarin, Finger Lime,Washington Navel Orange,
Eugenia: Black Star Surinam Cherry, Acerola (Barbados)
Dragon Fruit: Edgars Baby, Haleys Comet, LaVerne, Dark Star, Pink Panther, Delight, etc.
Avocado: Hass, Kona Sharwil, Reed
Cherimoya/Atemoya: Campus, Pazico, Fino DeJete, Pierce, Big Sister, Maroochi Red, Maroochi Gold, Hilary White, Paxton Prolific, Cherilata, Rudy 20 etc.
Pomegranate: Parfianka, Fleischman, Ganesh, Arianna
Miscellaneous: Miracle Fruit, Loquat, Macadamia Nut (Cate), Passion Fruit (Edulis), Papaya (Sunrise), Mulberry (Pakistani), Mango (Kent, Chocanon), Persimmon (Fuyu), Pepino Melon, Golden Berry, Dave Wilson Interspecific Stone Fruit, Lychee (Brewster)

I struggle to find space for the figs.
 
snarfing said:
do you grow these in a greenhouse? Ive been thinking about white sapote and canistel especially. I'm a fruit hunter but i moslty get mine from markets and from travel (which i dont get to do that much of)
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I grow them mostly outside from May till begining of November, however, some ultra tropicals like Noni or Santol don't like our summer that much, they need a lot of heat. On the other hand other plants are surprisingly light frost tolerant, like Guabiyú and some Eugenias. Then, I grow them inside as house plants and the subtropical once are put in a "winter garden" over the winter. It is not a "winter garden" in a typical sense. It is just a hallway with big window that is not heated over the winter, so the temperature stays between 0–10°C, which is what subtropical plants usually need.
 
All outdoors, year-round (zone 9b)

Eugenia Uniflora - Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajay
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Psidium Cattleianum
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Dragonfruit
Avocado
Rose Apple
Jaboticaba
Citrus-Imp Meyer lemon, Bearss lime, Mandarins (Pixie, Gold Nugget, Shiranui), Washington Navel, Sanguinelli Blood Orange

I'm most excited about the White Sapote and Avocados. I'm now up to 18 varieties of Avocados, hoping to have fruit year-round or come as close as possible.
 
I only dabble in Lemon and mandarine...but they really need special care here.
I even quit growing bananas because I had too much to deal with and the specialk care needed.
 
fignerd said:
All outdoors, year-round (zone 9b)

Eugenia Uniflora - Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajay
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Psidium Cattleianum
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Dragonfruit
Avocado
Rose Apple
Jaboticaba
Citrus-Imp Meyer lemon, Bearss lime, Mandarins (Pixie, Gold Nugget, Shiranui), Washington Navel, Sanguinelli Blood Orange

I'm most excited about the White Sapote and Avocados. I'm now up to 18 varieties of Avocados, hoping to have fruit year-round or come as close as possible.
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How low does it get in winter? I am interested in growing jaboticaba, but I am afraid it gets too cold for it here. I am asking because I am in 9b as well.
 
Franfig said:
How low does it get in winter? I am interested in growing jaboticaba, but I am afraid it gets too cold for it here. I am asking because I am in 9b as well.
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You might want to check into dwarf Orinoco. Orinoca is more cold tolerant than others. Dwarf may be better because of wind tolerance
 
It got down to 30 a couple of times here this past year. I should clarify that my Eugenias and Jabos are all in containers and all pretty close to the house. None are producing or even flowering yet, though the oldest of my Eugenias will be 3 this year. I'm still trying to figure out where they can live in-ground. Harvey (figfanatics) has some jabos that produce fruit for him in sacramento, so it can be done!
 
GIV said:
You might want to check into dwarf Orinoco. Orinoca is more cold tolerant than others. Dwarf may be better because of wind tolerance
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I have this one but I can't recommend it for zone 7 for cold hardiness even in the garage. It looks like my Orinoco has perished but my figs and other citrus have survived. I will give mine another month to see if it has truly perished.
 
CzechFigs said:
I saw a couple of posts there about tropical fruits, so I wantedto share my little collection. All the plants I have should be able to bear fruit relatively quickly from seed. Some are slow growers though.

The list:
Syzigium Megacarpa - Giant Lau Lau
Eugenia Uniflora - Orange Surinam Cherry
Eugenia Myrcianthes - Ubajai
Lucuma Campechiana - Cannistel
Casimiroa Edulis - White Sapote
Sandoricum Koetjape - Santol
Psidium Longipetiolatum
Eugenia Involucrata - Cherry of Rio Grande
Cordia Taguahyensis - Brazilian milk fruit
Eugenia Pyriformis
Eugenia Squamiflora
Annona Reticulata - Bullock's Heart
Garcinia Humilis - Achacha
Eugenia Candolleana - Rainforest plum
Chrysophyllum Cainito - Star Apple
Psidium Guajava - Red Malaysian Guava
Psidium Cattleianum
Psidium Cattleianum var. Lucidum
Annona Cherimola - Campas variety (popukar in Italy for early fruiting)
Eugenia Repanda
Myrcianthes pungens - Guabiyú
Carissa Macrocarpa - Natal plum
Eriobytria Japonica - Loquat
Curcuma Longa
Averrhoa Carambola - Star Fruit (I hate this plant, complains about everything in temperate climate)

What is your list? Are you growing any of these too? :D
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I have some citrus and my first feijoa tree will be shipped to me next week. Looking into loquats and jujubes.....
 
I would love to try my hand at tropicals...but in East TN, the best I can do are the cold hardy varieties of Pomegranates I've been growing. None are in the ground yet. According to the information I've looked up, they 'should' all be good here, but since we're hopefully moving, I grew them in large pots.
I also have 3 or 4 varieties of Dragon fruit.
I'm in zone 7b, how I wish I could grow a citrus.
 
I grow almost a dozen citrus varieties & half dozen olive trees in pots @zone 7. Im excited my 3 olives are flowering this year so just added 3 more! Been an interesting grow experience the past 5-6 years. They're both more hardy than figs so that's a bonus but still need TLC when its too cold in greenhouse for them during winter cold spells.
 
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