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4537 Tropical Treasures Magazine - 10 (3-2009) - PDF file download (11.9 Mb) Click here to download previewThe 10th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials: - Legendary plants. Flower names: Myths and Legends - Plant school and clinic: Growing plants from seeds: Part 2. Taking care of seedlings Growing Lotus from seed Top Tropicals Guide to in-ground planting: How to plant a tree - From Gordon the Palmaholic: Pray to the Palm God but be ready to pull the plug - Nature's food and pharmacy. Sapote: a Natural Sweetness. See more info about this issue and about Tropical Treasures Magazine. Downloadable item. See more info about purchasing downloadable file | 40 pages In stock $5.00 |
| 4066 Tropical Treasures Magazine - 10 (3-2009) - hard copy Click here to download previewThe 10th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials: - Legendary plants. Flower names: Myths and Legends - Plant school and clinic: Growing plants from seeds: Part 2. Taking care of seedlings Growing Lotus from seed Top Tropicals Guide to in-ground planting: How to plant a tree - From Gordon the Palmaholic: Pray to the Palm God but be ready to pull the plug - Nature's food and pharmacy. Sapote: a Natural Sweetness See more info about this issue and about Tropical Treasures Magazine. | In stock $7.00 |
| 1073 Diospyros digyna - Black Sapote grafted var. Black Beauty ? Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
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| 4407 Diospyros digyna - Black Sapote grafted var. Black Beauty, Large size ? Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
Close window 7 gal pot. This plant is grown in 7 gal pot, more mature than our standard size plants in 3 gal, has a more developed root system, and most of the time thicker trunk and more branches. However actual plant size may vary depending on the growing season and on variety. Dwarf varieties are slow growers and may be shorter trees than upright varieties. See a picture showing the relative size of plants grown in 3 gal and 7 gal. You may contact us if tree height matters to you and we will provide you with more exact plant size we have in stock at the time. 7 gal plants may be shipped separately from other items by Ground service due to its large size. See here time in transit (business days, excluding Sat-Sun!) RECOMMENDED FERTILIZERS: SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster |
| 3581 Diospyros digyna - Black Sapote seedling
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| 1177 Pouteria campechiana - Canistel Sapote, seedling
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| 4496 Pouteria sapota - Mamey Sapote Key West (Pantin), grafted, 3 gal ? Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
A unique fruit with an interior texture that is both creamy and sweet, the vibrant salmon-colored flesh of the Pantin mamey sapote is unlike anything most people have ever tasted. The flavor is a combination of sweet potato and pumpkin with undertones of almond, chocolate, honey, and vanilla. The ovoid, medium-large fruit has a large center pit, similar to an avocado. This superior mamey sapote cultivar was discovered growing near a fire station in Key West, Florida. The seeds of this tree were believed to come from Cuba by way of 19th century dissidents who left the island at that time. The tree was originally called the Key West mamey sapote until it was selected and propagated by Eugenio Pantin in the early 1950s. The story goes that a Cuban emigrant named Josefina Jimenez smuggled three mamey seeds into the US in her brassiere and gave them to Pantin, who grew them as seedling rootstocks, onto which he grafted
Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
Close window Today, Pantin represents about 95 percent of the mamey sapotes produced on some 350 acres under cultivation in southern Florida. RECOMMENDED FERTILIZERS: SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster |
| 1178 Pouteria sapota - Mamey Sapote Magana, grafted ? Q: What is a grafted plant? Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling. Benefits of the graft:
Var. Magana is a compact grower, can be grown in container, good for small yard. RECOMMENDED FERTILIZERS: SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster |