Grafting Ken

And as for derailing this thread i wouldnt worry.. the Thai finger lime growing has been one big sham from the start...... My thread is the genuine article forget this one.

Just taken over 30 cuttings from my Kona purple dragon fruit do you have this variety?

I also have blood lime, sunrise lime, blood orange, dekapon, desert lime, shogun orange, verona lemon, lisban lemon along with other citrus so if anyone is interested pm me.

2 minutes ago, fruitman said:

No thanx, i have a dekapon tree now...grafted. that's enough for citrus.

 

But i can send you some seeds for free if you like, tomorrow we'll eat the 2nd one and they have loads of seeds, nice crispy ones but larger than on thai dragonfruit.

 

I have seen all kinds of dragonfruit plants for sale on the kasetsart fair which will be held soon, 25 jan. iirc....last year they sold cuttings of the yellow there but mind you there are different yellows on the world..i stopped growing dragonfruit myself but since i ate this big yellow one i have to grow them again, they do have thorns on the fruit though.

 

pm me your address if you want some seeds.

Thank you fruitman.... I will take some seeds.   Send me your address ans I'll send you a free tree.

You can chose the variety from my thread and compare mine to the finger lime you had before.....I will pop a finger lime fruit in the parcel for you to try.

1 minute ago, fruitman said:

I grew fingerlimes some years ago untill they suddenly died.

 

Have never eaten one.

 

But i ate a yellow dragonfruit this week (still have one more), very expensive but sure worth the money....much much better than the ones from thailand...if i was a farmer i would grow those...i paid 20 singapore$ for 2 of them...

Fancy a swap? Some cuttings of your dragon fruit for genuine finger lime tree?

As for the fake trees I know because I lost 2 years growing them and contacted all the top growers in the world with photos and variety none could identify my trees as finger lime.

I know growers who have waisted more years than me on these bogus trees and just got offered 300 4 year old trees for free.......

khwaibah instead of your silly little face reaction send me a photo of your finger lime tree and leaf please... I have 27 variety some I cant stop flowering.... only water and the smallest amount of fertilizer and they do just fine.

1 hour ago, Grafting Ken said:

Your finger limes probably went tits up because the were not finger lime trees. There are 1000s of fake trees in the country.

Genuine finger lime trees are very easy to take care of and require minimum care.

It's true you got shafted!

my ex girlfriend used to do exactly the same to me.

On 9/11/2018 at 2:48 AM, DumbFalang said:

Update: Growers north of Bangkok had a bit of a shock this rainy season as we were hit hard by Citrus borer. Growers in all areas were hit with Gummosis. Both can be prevented and both can be dealt with if regular inspections are in place. Turn your back for a week and you'll come back to some dead trees.

 

Demand in the local market is weak at the moment so there's plenty of work to do there in creating awareness. Demand in the export market just keeps increasing and we need at least another 10 growers with 500-1000 trees each to fill part of the gap when the Aussies have no fruit.

 

I heard there was a guy in Isaan that has around 800 trees. If anyone knows who it is, could you please let me know. I'd also be interested to hear from anyone else with 50+ trees that would consider joining our network of growers.

It was the metallic wood borer not citrus borer.

On 4/8/2018 at 1:28 PM, khwaibah said:

Your climate and soil conditions are totally different from ours. Saying that I would say build a green house with serious amounts of composted soil, ventilation and drip system. We have done good with the Thai Limes and Spanish Lemons and Myers Lemons all in concrete rings but the Finger Limes were a no go and I know of 3 other ventures  over in my area where they went tits up. Wish you the best.

Your finger limes probably went tits up because the were not finger lime trees. There are 1000s of fake trees in the country.

Genuine finger lime trees are very easy to take care of and require minimum care.

Just an example of the finger lime trees we will be grafting up, this one now at 5 months.

several new variety arriving tomorrow as scions so I will post up variety when I know for sure.

all Troyer grafted are gone so only grafting onto pomelo at the moment. Got 300 troyer that should be ready to graft up around April then 500 more in June.

Hi just a heads up to growers in Isaan....Metalic wood borer is active now, to avoid last years attack deal with them now.

Book now so you don't miss the trick.

18 other varieties to follow in 12 month.

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Jali Red available in 6 months time.