What have you grown from seed, what fruited?

[emorata]

For all you frugal wise growers...any suggestions on seeds that you had grown successfully into fruit plants and also generated a successful harvest?

Looking for citrus success stories or any other fruiting tropical varieties too.

noel

[leilaniguy]

I have a small Cacao orchard I grew from a single pod bought at the farmers market 4 years ago. They produced a few pods last year and are blooming now.

[pslamont]

Oh, Leilani guy... do tell... I have put seeds from a couple cacao pods into trays ( with clear plastic tops to keep them humid) into my greenhouse window. I am hoping for sprouts from some of them. Any suggestions other than keeping them warm and wet?

Mahalo

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[Iju]

I have seedlings of longan, durian, mountain apple, orange, lime, sweet tamarind, macadamia and avocado. Most are shorter than 12-inch. I started the seeds just to see if they will sprout. Since they are growing fine so far, I plan to use them as rootstocks for grafting practices. Again, just to see if I can do it. It is exciting to watch those seeds grow.

Val

[leilaniguy]

Aloha Pam, I just put the seeds outside in a flat of promix and waited about 3 months, fed with weak fish emulsion a couple of times. The trees seem to really like the wet and partial shade of the rainforest. Some of last years pods were nibbled by rats, (which seem to like the pods, but not the seeds), so I have clusters of volunteers under each tree.

[pslamont]

Leilani Guy: If you want to thin our your volunteers, I would be happy to take some! Pam

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[ef9]

One of the easiest fruits to grow from seedlings would be star fruit.

I find a lot of people don't care to eat those, but I love it.

They grow wild and fast, and you will see several trees growing in no time.

Stan