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Maybe that's what happened to your squash seeds. Dorks.

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I had pretty good luck getting sds in a padded envelope to some of the guys on the board in different parts of US. Just don't over do it and don't bother to list the content of the envelope.

Cassie, so far, there's no problem getting sds into M'sia. You want to send me some? :ha::ha::ha:

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If you are willing to do this for whom-ever crosses this thread.....put me down for and "envelope" please!!!

I just recently purchased P. incarnata seeds online and hope they are what they say they are and by memorial day next year I'll have some good chain-link fence beautifier.

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Hey Tog - tell me what you would like seed-wise and I will see what I can do. Atm the balsa is shedding seed, and I also have some yellow flame tree seeds. My passieflora vitifolia has seed pods too but they are not ripe yet. I am going to England in May and can post them from there. Also a small green-flowered aerial orchid has seed pods which will go to waste and be left to do their thing.

Lorax - I think that must be the case as nothing has arrived!! Thanks for the thought!

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Most small seed shipments to the USA that I've heard about have made it here okay.

A friend got a small seed lot import permit which is easy but then trying to get correct information on compliance was difficult.

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I sent key lime seeds to a guy in Netherlands & he sent me cherimoya seeds in padded envelope - no problem.

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Patty, why did you get cherimoya seeds from the Netherlands rather than California? You can get 5 pounds of fruit with lots of seeds for $18 plus shipping of something like $9.30 at cherimoya.com (you may need to have an account to access that page). Or order some white sapote while you're at it and have them shipped in a large flat rate box and plant those seeds also! :)

How log does it usually take for passionfruit seeds to germinate? I've had only 4 out of 20 germinate after about 3-4 weeks but I don't think they were very fresh.

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In '02 someone posted on a forum (GW?) that he wanted the lime seeds for trade. I don't know why, but he said you can't find key limes in Netherlands. He asked if I'd like cherimoya seeds. I never heard of cherimoya. He sent me a link telling how to grow them & pics. We don't see them around here -no one here heard of them & I was fascinated so, they only cost me postage. Now I have 3 that should fruit this year! I gave away some for trade too.
I planted my P fruit seeds fresh from a fruit I bought in store. They germinated very fast. Maybe your seeds were not so fresh :(

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Wait a minute Patty!!! Cherimoya fruiting in Wisconsin??? I want to see pictures!!!!

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LOL Harvey. Almost like trying to get a Ice Cream to fruit here:)

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I think you should try mangosteen next! :P

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Don't know what that is! So, maybe I will try that too LOL.
Wisconsin grown mangosteen, banana & cherimoya!!! WOOHOO

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You people want some sds of a very nice cultivar from here? It was developed by the govt's agri research dept (I think the only thing they ever did right in their existence).

It has a slight strawberry-like sharp butt instead of being totally round. Taste very sweet and especially nice and kinda crunchy just before ripening. When totally ripen, it's really nice. I have a couple of trees of this cultivar but the season will be around the next 2 mths or so.

This is not a joke.....

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Will it fruit before I die of old age??? I've thought about trying to grow them in my greenhouse but the humidity gets down to 30% some of the time and I'm not prepared to spend big bucks to try to control the environment in there. However, I do have a friend who is grafting a pulusan for me and I'm going to give a shot at that.

What's the name of this cultivar? I'd like to ask my friend if he knows about it.

By the way, I ate some canned mangosteen fruit with dinner tonight and it was very mediocre! I drank some mangosteen soda pop with lunch today, so you can tell I've got mangosteen on my mind! :D

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I would LOVE some Tog! It might make me feel better when my big IC dies.
Then Harvey will say "why did you get seeds from Malaysia when you can get fruit here" LOL
OK, I'm picking on you Harvey :)

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Patty, if you fruit mangosteen in WI, you will be written about for ages! DO IT!!! :P

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Ok, Patty, will send you some including the Pulasan X Rambutan hybrid. Btw, Mangosteen is called Manggis here in the Malay language. Do you know what Rambutan means?
Key Words
Rambut = Hair
Hutan = Jungle
So it is literally Hairy Jungle Fruit.

Canned? Yuk! You gotta have it fresh off the tree. I don't know the name of this cultivar as it was developed by MARDI and came in with a number. I think you can get it to fruit by the 5th year or so. Francis got like a bunch of them some years ago and they fruit well each year and we don't even give it any fert. This is the only fruit I eat from my nursery and I give very specific instructions that no one gets any till I have my fill! And I can eat alot.
As for Pulasan, no one did a good job on the development of the cultivar. The wild strains are the best. They taste totally different form the cultivars. However, wild Pulasan takes at least 10+ yrs to fruit from sd, now that's in its natural environment. Can't imagine over at your place. We have the Pulasan X Rambutan hybrid which is very nice but it can't beat the original real stuff. Looks like a Pulasan but bigger and taste in between the two. Whoever claims they are selling the real deal in town, all I need is to take a bite and give the guy hell. The people now only know of it as a cultivar.

Maybe you can grow the Mangosteen for fun since it is a tough plant.

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Hey, the canned fruit was mediocre, but I had to try it when I saw it at the Chinese market where I went for the black beans for Michael. Not bad, but definitely not great!!!

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Tog makes me zone envy/jealous, Harvey makes me culturally envy/jealous.

It is sad, the closest chinatown to me or anywhere that doesn't sell ONLY bananas, apples, oranges, pineapples, lemons and limes is over 400 miles away. The only thing I have ever seen in the markets around here that is even remotely tropical was a drink made from acai, mangosteen and blueberry. verdict on that was bad, zero sweetness and very thick. Took one sip and threw it away.

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Since we are already off track; are you people familiar with this fruit, the Rollinia mucosa aka Biriba? It's from the Brazilian-Peruvian Amazon area.



I like it cos it weird looking like a big yellow durian. The pulp is creamy and not overly sweet. I found one at the local market sometime back and saved some sds for germn. I have a bunch of them now still in the com-pot and am too lazy to transplant them.