anyone try growing some of the exotic fruits like.

[emorata]

rambutan, mangosteen, apple custard or cherimoya, sapote and a host of other exotics in the puna district? I was wondering how adaptive they are to our client - i do see these occasionally being sold at the farmers markets in hilo....

would like to try these, but not sure how successful they can be to fruiting.

noel

[Iju]

One of my neighbor has so many tropical fruit trees like Jackfruit, sapodilla, longan, santol, Mamey sapote, star apple, etc. just to name a few. And they're loaded with fruits. We live in HPP on 8th Ave.

I'm in the process of planting fruit trees myself. Just for the past two weeks, I have planted 18 grafted fruit trees so far. They are rambutan, longan, jackfruit, atemoya, mango, sapodilla, pummelo, tangarines, orange and lime. I don't know how mine would do but am hoping for some fruits in a few years.

[canhle]

Hi Iju,
good to hear from you again. So you are back on the island for good? Where did you get the tropical fruit to plant from?

canhle

[Iju]

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Hi Iju,
good to hear from you again. So you are back on the island for good? Where did you get the tropical fruit to plant from?

canhle

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Hi Canhle,
Yes, I am back to the island for good and can't be happier. I got most of my fruit trees from Aloha Farms in HA, two atemoyas and a jackfruit from Poki Farm and a mangostein seedling from Josie. Both sells their plants at Maku'u Farmers Market. I also bought some tangarines from Rozette in HPP. I am looking forward to going to the annual plant sale tomorrow at Plant It Hawaii.

Val

[emorata]

can someone tell me where aloha farms is located at, i would like to visit this place when i'm back in town this june.

thanks

noel

[Iju]

Noel,
Aloha Farms is located in Hawaiian Acres. Call them first before you go and ask for direction, the number is 808-966-8814.

[emorata]

thank iju for the phone number, look forward to getting atemoya, longan and sapodillo, hopefully they will not be gigantic trees and just large scale shrubs?

noel