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About the Author Dada Outside 18th April 2014 6:35am #UserID: 9824 Posts: 4 View All Dada's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike Tr says... Heya Dada you are a world traveller.There is no PM facility so an exchange of email addresses is normal here. Junglesops are good but the Ecuadorian fruits at your finger tips may arouse even more interest this neck of the woods. Australia has only a few Annonidium plants by the way and it appears none are producing yet. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 18th April 2014 6:42am #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 18th April 2014 10:42am #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 18th April 2014 10:56am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... Yes, s, I do frequent a couple of sites. I'm also a newsletter only member of two clubs up your way. I've left messages with Amy in Hawaii who has it growing. She posts spasmodically so I wait patiently for a response. There was a guy in Sydney (Hans Muller)who personally went to Africa to bring this vine back to Australia, I believe he is not with us anymore. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 18th April 2014 2:22pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 18th April 2014 7:10pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 18th April 2014 7:14pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 19th April 2014 3:32pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 19th April 2014 7:50pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sternus1 says... I can always use them John. Getting a lot of requests for tropic sun custard apple, but since it's so new I don't know anybody who has seeds--I've never seen a tropic sun custard apple. Citrus grow more true than is popularly believed, there's no reason why your dekopon won't be up to scratch I reckon. Pacific fresh will probably come on board eventually, once they release that they're shooting themselves in the foot by not licensing their brand. The ones that have been sold in Aus do look different than what I saw in Japan--the japanese (shiranui) were more bumpy/warty looking. Definitely the best variety I've tried. The hickson you recommended a while back is coming along strong, I've bought another which is on dwarfing rootstock, 20 bucks at bunnings. I think I'll only plant out hickson and satsumas until the dekepon becomes available, citrus require a lot of upkeep at my place between the grasshoppers, scale and leaf miner. My pest oil bills are through the roof. | About the Author sternus1 Australia 19th April 2014 8:47pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
JohnMc1 says... s, I'll put the Lemonade seed aside for you. It's on dwarfing rootstock, no mention of it when purchased. My Tropic sun has two fruit forming on it now, it looks more like a sugar apple with it's large overlapping carpels. I'll upload a pic when I get a chance. TS is a hybrid (Atemoya), so a lot of variation. I grafted some TS material onto Cherimoya rootstock 18 months ago and are growing strong. I also bought a Satsuma last year and left a couple of fruit on, very sweet and very early, earlier than Silver Hill. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 19th April 2014 9:37pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Dada Outside 14th May 2014 7:45pm #UserID: 9824 Posts: 4 View All Dada's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... I'd love some Telfairia Spp. seeds but I'm only a backyard grower so unable to place an order of any significance, unless someone else was interested. I know the seed has good longevity. Happy to pay $US25 for 6-10 seeds delivered, or something along those lines. Are you a member of any tropical fruit sites that could vouch for your reliability? Cheers. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 14th May 2014 10:17pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 24th January 2015 6:59am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Fay Toowoomba 23rd April 2015 10:24am #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fay says... I can only imagine how upset you would feel about that John. Just getting them into Australia would have been nerve wracking.. Postage and the difference in the Aussie dollar can make some of these plants a very expensive acquisition, and the green curtain can make things a little daunting. Will you try again? When they become available again, I'm going to give it a go. | About the Author Fay Toowoomba 23rd April 2015 12:13pm #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Fay Toowoomba 24th April 2015 6:01pm #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 25th April 2015 6:13am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... ICON search: ICON is Department of Agriculture's import conditions database. It contains the Australian import conditions for more than 20,000 plant, animal, microbial, mineral and human products. http://apps.daff.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_querycontent.asp | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 25th April 2015 8:39am #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Fay says... Yes, I know about the ICON website; that's how I know Telfairia sp. is not allowed to be imported. Every time I import seeds, I look it up on this site. Denise 1, I didn't know there was an urban myth that all seeds have to be sneaked in to Australia. I buy seeds from overseas with a clear conscience all the time. It would be good to know of a local source. I'll keep looking. | About the Author Fay Toowoomba 25th April 2015 1:23pm #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 25th April 2015 7:23pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fay says... John, I think now is the time of year to find seeds fresh from Africa because April, May is their planting time. Also, they say the best seeds are the ones that sprout inside the "pumpkin" so I'd have to think enzymes play a good part in germination because the fruit casing breaks down fast apparently. I found one blog where the guy from Africa places the seeds point down in the soil, but I can't find a reference to that anywhere else. I've messaged the people who have the Hans Muller story and I'm waiting on a reply. | About the Author Fay Toowoomba 26th April 2015 9:18am #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
Fay says... John, I've just had a reply and they don't believe we'll ever find an Australian source because of their limited lifespan due to mold infecting their roots and incompatibility of males and females (that one is a first for me. Who would think that plants don't find each other pretty enough). Apparently in Africa, they are treated as annuals. Taking cuttings sounds like a good idea to me until you can find a pretty enough plant of the opposite sex 😄 You'll need a lot of land to grow enough to produce. Have you got a photo of the one you're growing? | About the Author Fay Toowoomba 26th April 2015 5:44pm #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 26th April 2015 7:35pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fay says... Thanks for the pics John. They look very healthy and large for only a few months old. I'm wondering how they'll go with our cold winters because some African plants cark it when the first chill hits the air. Do you get frost? Will you cover it? When you planted the seeds, did you use a mycorrhizal application? Or any special method? There are secrets to germinating some seeds that some people would never think to use. Some African seeds even need percussion to germinate. | About the Author Fay Toowoomba 27th April 2015 7:31am #UserID: 11498 Posts: 84 View All Fay's Edible Fruit Trees |
trikuslaptop1 says... Recieved a fantastic gift recently from visitors , it is a 'Junglesop' seedling . A very rare fruit tree from Africa . Have only seen a pic in one of our 'Rare Fruit Review' magazine articles written by intrepid explorer Alan Carle of The Botanicl Ark . Here is what wikipedia has to say ; Anonodium mannii (Junglesop) is a fast-growing tropical African tree that grows to 8–30 m high, with a girth of up to 2 m.[1] It has 20–40 cm long leaves and large flowers which produce edible fruits generally around 4–6 kg, but which can be up to around 15 kg. Fruit flavor is rich but variable and is sometimes described as an acquired taste, though the fruits are generally in high demand in Africa, with large fruits commanding high prices. The fruit is a favorite with local people (who refer to it as "bobo"[2]) and other primates, especially bonobos. | About the Author trikuslaptop1 wet tropics 23rd July 2015 9:31am #UserID: 3851 Posts: 80 View All trikuslaptop1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MIke T1 says... I don't know if Troy has a twin but I do know most Junglesops and in fact many African rare plants came from him.He collects rare flowering trees especially cauliflorous types.My dealings with him have all been positive and he may be construed as eccentric but many of us are.He is generous and dropped off a bunch of plants to me without prompting.I previously pass on a pot of sprouting Garcinia prainianas as he was chasing these and had trouble finding them. | About the Author MIke T1 cairns 25th July 2015 7:46am #UserID: 10744 Posts: 250 View All MIke T1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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