Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Date: 16 Dec 2021
...The showy Blood Banana plants grow 6-8 ft tall in the wild, but are well-adapted to container growing and can be maintained at only 3-5 ft. They produce huge paddle-shaped leaves that grow to 6 ft long! The undersides of these large leaves are purple to red...
Date: 16 Dec 2021
...You have heard it before, but I will tell you again. Sunshine Boosters are safe to use with every watering. It means that you can use Sunshine Boosters amino acid based fertilizers whenever you water your plants, even in the winter. Why is that so important?..
...We normally stop using dry, timed release, fertilizers around the first of November and not resume using them until the first part of March. This is true in many areas of the deep south where the ground stays above freezing year round...
However, it is safe to use Sunshine Boosters during these cooler months... Temperature does not play a role in the absorption of nutrients when using Sunshine Boosters...
To find out how it works, see Ed's new Article Why should you use Sunshine Boosters. If you want to learn even more in depth, check out his blog: Micronutrients Delivery Systems.
As of this writing, all Sunshine Boosters are on Holiday Sale. There are boosters for all different types of plants. Check them out and -
Date: 12 Dec 2021
We've combined the exotic fruit of this rare Annona from Costa Rica - Golden Sugar Apple with the sweet, crunchy and excellent flavor of the Jackedak Cheena. Both rare and unique plants can be yours at considerable savings, but don't delay as there are limited quantities in stock.
For this Easy Sunday we have priced these at incredible savings:
The
Golden Sugar Apple regularly $39, is on Easy Sunday sale for only $19
The
Jackedak Cheena, regularly $49, is on Easy Sunday Sale for only $24
.
Combine the two for your own Rare Fruit Collection and save even more, only $39 for the set!
Artocarpus x integer (Jackfruit x Chempedak) - Jackedak Cheena has been grown in TopTropicals garden from a seedling and fruited within 3 years from planting. The fruit is the best we ever tasted! It is super sweet, crunchy, with a rich, excellent flavor, with very little latex which makes it easy to handle when cutting up. Our tree survived light frosts as well as 48 hours of 3 ft flooding, with no damage! Cheena is a natural hybrid between Jackfruit and Chempedak with low and spreading growth habit, can be maintained at 8 ft with annual pruning.
Picture of 3 y.o. Cheena at Top Tropicals garden, loaded with fruit:
The Golden Sugar Apple or Pineapple Annona originally was brought to us by our customer from Costa Rica. We believe it to be a natural hybrid between A. muricata and A. glabra. It is a very ornamental small tree similar in growth habit to A. muricata, A. montana or Rollinia. Fast growing, forms nice bushy specimen. Fruit is very large, up to 1 lb, golden to orange when ripe, with strong Pineapple scent, and resembling Jackfruit in texture, with pineapple, papaya, apricot and melon overtones. The tree tolerates flooding and is cold hardy at least to upper 20's. Very interesting for rare fruit collectors as much more hardy and water tolerant alternative to its sensitive relatives Soursop and Rollinia.
Picture of 3 y.o. tree full of fruit:
Remember, the Easy Sunday special has been extended through Wednesday, December 15th. Limited availability, hurry up! All orders over $75 (excluding S&H) are eligible for 20% off!
Min. order $75 (excluding S&H). Good through December 15th
Enjoy your Holiday Tropical Fruit!
Photo above: Jim is Holiday decorating with super-sweet tropical fruit balls - Pom-Poms!
Date: 8 Dec 2021
We thank all of our guests for joining us last Saturday for the Holiday
Sale. We met lots of great people who got lots of great plants and goodies!
Our vendors offered wonderful treats and entertainment and everyone could find
something special! The food was not only tasty but also COLORFUL!
Special Thanks to our PeopleCats who ran the show, as always!
Come back again to our next event in a few months, info coming soon.
Date: 8 Dec 2021
For our most recent Easy Sunday Deal we featured Peanut Butter Tree and Blackberry Jam Fruit, and guess what - within just a few hoursday we
almost ran out! Now that most of our customers have these plants, you've
started asking how to grow them. So today we will share this new video with you -
how to grow Peanut Butter Tree.
And if you missed the Easy Sunday Sale - we still have a few plants
left.
See also Article: Bunchosia - Peanut Butter Fruit Tree.
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