Plant Swapping and Sharing

Mike starts with ...
People on this forum have been most generous in sharing their plants with me.John Mc,Brendan,Jujube and now Peter from Adelaide have been especially sharing.I will have to make the balance up to John Mc and handsomely repay Peter.
I was delighted to receive the big box of DF plants from Adelaide today.All are in perfect health.As I'm off work most of next week I'll ask you here Peter,what is VC,is P pink fleshed,is F1 H.u x H.P and do you know the source of the red? Besides white sapote seeds there must a few other things I can send.My 7 dragon fruit types are small but supposedly excellent and I can share those also when they get some growth.

peter says...
yea its all good fun, glad it arrived today and didnt spend the weekend
in the post.
vc is the vietnam red/pink skin white flesh.
p. is pink flesh.
all are from redfox

i didnt know what the fi hybrid was but
about 3/4 way down that link you sent
me it describes the f1 hybrid as a x
between a red female and a yellow male
fruit also has spines.
im not looking for much at the moment
except for the white sapote and cheramoya seeds and matbe some fig scion wood of named varieties that i
dont already have.

peter says...
hi mike,
forgot to ask what are the 7 types
of d/f that you have.
that link also shows a large yellow
with white flesh and mo spines.

BJ says...
The red fox pinks are precocious and prolific. Mine are in small pots leaning against a fence and are sprawling about 3 feet - I've got around ten fruits on two plants, which is close to 100% self pollination. Now I just have to build my DF structure.

Mike says...
BJ do the pinks taste as good as the reds? I have eaten some really good reds lately and then chased that particular type and got a plant.The one from jujube was my first(this time around).

JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Mike,

the one from me has red/pink skin, white flesh given to me from a friend. Fruits look like the Vienamese one but much sweeter and chuppier.

The friend grows in sandy soil and very limy soil in coastal Perth, it may contribute to the sweetness of the fruits.

Mike says...
Well howdy jujube I remember your description of that type andprepared the spot as you suggested.At 1.4m it is my largest.I only have a couple of amber seeds left(I heard bruno has grafted ones now) so should I plant them for you? You saw things in the dry season but now everything has popped up,is sprouting,there are fruit and the beans have gone beyond beserk.I have being giving away kg's of snake beans.There is also sprouted hog plums for you,golden tumeric and a maprang with your name on it.I'm fishing on Monday so all is well at the moment.

MaryT says...
I still have one of Speedy's capers seedlings; he sent me some prepared seeds; so kind of him but I have not been successful with it. It's lingering by a thread. So sorry my forgetful head neglected to mention him before!

amanda says...
I have had some great little seed presents from Brendan and Wayne :) I have Speedy's capers too! And seed all the way from the US from Tom :)

I think it's great that we are spreading the genetics around and taking independent ownership of our seed supplies ;-)

(thanks to anyone I may have forgotten too...it's been a few years now and hard to remember?:)

Mike says...
Nick that should be alright, are you after seeds or small seedlings? I got the peruvian cooking paw paw seeds from from John MC and they have germinated but I know only what can be easily googled about this species.
I have the species that you mention already.Your salak wouldn't happen to be a Salacca zalacca aboina var. gula pasir from the eastern bali highlands or a Salacca wallichiana var.sala sumalee by any chance? I was fishing to see what I could offer peter from adelaide.If you have figs,white sapote seeds or cherimoya seeds at your fingertips it would be good.

Mike says...
Nick, I have a little australian post fatigue at the moment but I'll get onto it in the next week or so.I was asking about the figs for peter because he want to a lot of trouble to send dragon fruit plants to me.Are there particular plants you are after besides what you have mentioned?

Mike says...
Nick if you give me your email address I'll contact you next week and get your PO address.I had better think about what I have that would survive in the garden state.

BJ says...
The pink dragon fruit is superb! Much better than the others. Only down side is that mine are much smaller than the others, but probably because they are fruiting in a 175?mm pot. Should be larger in the ground when I get around to making their structure. Also seem to have fewer seeds. Took photos on my iPhone, so they are crap, but I'll see if I can upload something tonight...

David says...
Hi BJ, If you would like to take the journey Bunnies at Mt Gravatt Weka rd, currently have 9 Paxton proflifics at $19.95(custard apple) normaly $44.95.

Mike says...
BJ They look good alright a bit smaller than a cosmic charlie or dark star but kinda half way between those two varieties.Does it taste a bit grape like and a bit sweeter than a red?

peter says...
hi bj,
where did you originally get your pinks from.
mine are a couple of years old and quite largeb but no sign of flowers yet.
how much water do you give them and
what type of fertilzer do you use.