Hybrid fruit trees

[rebound]

I cleared a half acre behind the house to plant some fruit trees, I dont want any huge trees there.

Where would be the best place to source those hybrid/minature trees?

[pugboy]

There is a chap on fb advertising a bunch of them
All claiming to bear in pots too

[eliteauto]

There is a chap on fb advertising a bunch of them
All claiming to bear in pots too

This dude: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ramdhanie.7549

check FB marketplace he has lots of different plants advertised

[Chimera]

elite you or anyone you know ever buy from him?

[eliteauto]

elite you or anyone you know ever buy from him?

nope, I only saw the ads recently, but I'm looking at a couple citrus and coconut not till next month though

[Chimera]

i seeing the adds all over but i comment on plenty of the pics asking if anyone buy from him....no one said they did

plus his fb profile kinda dont have anything on it.....


if u buy and you actually get what you pay for, lemme know

i have 2 acres i wanna full up with fruit trees

[stev]

does La Vega estate still sell fruit trees? or fancy plants only?

[timelapse]

I got some at Linkin Park. But that's just a Hybrid Theory.

On a serious note.Check St. Joseph farms at farm road in Curepe

[rebound]

Thanks all, I would research those leads and revert with the findings.

[wickedtuna]

St Joseph always have a shortage of avocados. ...citrus and mango they also increased prices but still reasonable

[pugboy]

I msg him and did not get any reply
His claims are pretty big
Zaboca bearing in a small pot

There is a chap on fb advertising a bunch of them
All claiming to bear in pots too

This dude: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ramdhanie.7549

check FB marketplace he has lots of different plants advertised

[rebound]

Also heard Forestry Division in Cumuto/Wallerfield has some fruit trees but full sized

[VexXx Dogg]

La vega has hybrid trees as well

[ftitan]

This dude: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ramdhanie.7549

check FB marketplace he has lots of different plants advertised

I don't want to be the naysayer..but I might as well warn you guys.

I message him a few months ago since I got some acres recently as well. I was curious and skeptical about his grapes & apples for 2 reasons. Firstly, all his "fruiting pics" aren't his, I did a reverse image search on tineye and all of his grapes, apple trees, and even dwarf citrus were from google. Therefore, he has no evidence they will bear as he claimed since only select varieties of apple & grape can fruit properly here, plus you need to "trick" the apples into fruiting properly. He claimed all kinds were good as is...which was pretty sketchy on top of fake pics.
Secondly, I wanted to know if he got the cuttings from a genuine grafted plant, since planting apples or grapes from seed is a very bad idea. The genetic variety of the seeds means you can and most likely will get something very different from the fruit. He never answered my questions and avoided answering which leads me to believe he trying a smart thing. This was the case for other sellers with foreign fruit too.

Other than that, Those fb men digging out your eye with those prices, if you buying one plant for a yard thats ok, but to plant out acres...you will go broke. Most of them didn't offer bulk buying discounts when I asked.

does La Vega estate still sell fruit trees? or fancy plants only?

I checked out La Vega yesterday, they sell fruit trees but they're still in the expensive range for bulk buying purposes. Expect a price range of 45-150 per plant. With grafted citrus, mango, exotic fruit, local fruit. But you can get most of their plants from government farms for a fraction of the price. They did say that they will be getting a larger variety of exotic fruits for Corpus Christi sales. So you guys can wait on that.

For coconuts, I bought some bollee nuts and another hybrid from this guy for $50 a nut..too soon to say if it's real or he talking sh!t. He seemed genuine and knowledgable..gave good advice for planting out and pest control...can't remember his name 357-7511

[eliteauto]

ftitan thanks for the heads up

[rebound]

^^^ great information..thank you

[pugboy]

glad that I was not the only one who found him suspect,
I am sure any buys will require him delivering to meet with no recourse to find him later on

the grafted plants business is surely a big racket esp with price of limes last few years
my dad bought some "limes" last year and they turned out to be some kind of mini portugal, sour and useless.

the crooks are smart, they graft on branches which have flowered so you get the feeling that you will be reaping in no time at all.

[adnj]

I msg him and did not get any reply
His claims are pretty big
Zaboca bearing in a small pot

There is a chap on fb advertising a bunch of them
All claiming to bear in pots too

This dude: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ramdhanie.7549

check FB marketplace he has lots of different plants advertised

I have seen avocado, citrus and mangoes bearing fruit while in pots in California.

They weren't special varieties. They were kept pruned.

[pugboy]

Well so far the man not answering his msgs for us to see his stock

[screwbash]

ah looking for a tonkabean and a padoo tree. wey ah cud get dat ?

[VexXx Dogg]

glad that I was not the only one who found him suspect,
I am sure any buys will require him delivering to meet with no recourse to find him later on

the grafted plants business is surely a big racket esp with price of limes last few years
my dad bought some "limes" last year and they turned out to be some kind of mini portugal, sour and useless.

the crooks are smart, they graft on branches which have flowered so you get the feeling that you will be reaping in no time at all.

Somebody sell my MIL a "large fruit lime tree" that refused to bear for 10 years, then bore 3 grapefuit last year, and then starting raining grapefruit this year. Gave away dozens of pink grapefruit

[pugboy]

Boy I find grapefruit more consistent than oranges these days
Oranges does be real hit and miss, plenty more sour than grapefruit and most just average.
Plus if you making juice, you get a lot more out of grapefruit for the price too

[Les Bain]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

[VexXx Dogg]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

sounds like the surprise grapefruit tree home by me here.
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[RedVEVO]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

Did you hump it on a Full Moon night ?

[carluva]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

If it is grafted, usually a lemon branch is used as the start for the graft. So as the plant grows, you have the lemon growing as well as the orange. You need to keep cutting back the lemon stems to allow the graft to grow otherwise the lemon will take over. Were you doing this regularly? If not, you literally got a lemon on your hands there.

On a funny note, i had a few citrus in my yard, some not bearing after 6 years. A few years ago, i hit up the tree with a cutlass and talk to it real rough and threaten to cut it down. Next season, fruit start to bear. A small grap tho. Season after that, every day i picking 2 buckets of citrus... try that with the tree... old wifes tale that appears to work.

[timelapse]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

Check your soil pH

[pugboy]

how do you check the ph ?
and what is optimal for citrus bearing ?

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

Check your soil pH

[*KRONIK*]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

If it is grafted, usually a lemon branch is used as the start for the graft. So as the plant grows, you have the lemon growing as well as the orange. You need to keep cutting back the lemon stems to allow the graft to grow otherwise the lemon will take over. Were you doing this regularly? If not, you literally got a lemon on your hands there.

On a funny note, i had a few citrus in my yard, some not bearing after 6 years. A few years ago, i hit up the tree with a cutlass and talk to it real rough and threaten to cut it down. Next season, fruit start to bear. A small grap tho. Season after that, every day i picking 2 buckets of citrus... try that with the tree... old wifes tale that appears to work.

Hammer in a rusty nails on the trunk....

[timelapse]

WTK: My dad gave me a hybrid King Orange plant and it's been planted in my back yard about 3 or 4 years now. The only thing it bearing is picker.

It's been on bearing salts like 4 months now and it still yet to bear. Is it a fail or am I doing something wrong?

If it is grafted, usually a lemon branch is used as the start for the graft. So as the plant grows, you have the lemon growing as well as the orange. You need to keep cutting back the lemon stems to allow the graft to grow otherwise the lemon will take over. Were you doing this regularly? If not, you literally got a lemon on your hands there.

On a funny note, i had a few citrus in my yard, some not bearing after 6 years. A few years ago, i hit up the tree with a cutlass and talk to it real rough and threaten to cut it down. Next season, fruit start to bear. A small grap tho. Season after that, every day i picking 2 buckets of citrus... try that with the tree... old wifes tale that appears to work.

Hammer in a rusty nails on the trunk....

Might work , if pH is too high.

Soil pH for citrus supposed to be between 5.5 and 6.5

Proper test kits can be bought online, but I cheap so.....

DIY test: Collect 2 teaspoons of soil and put them into a plastic cup.
Add a half cup of vinegar to 1. if it fizzes, your soil is alkaline.

If not you have some other kind of problem