Merbert

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I just converted a 20-gallon aquarium into a seed-starting setup. Would anyone here in California part with unwanted white sapote seeds? Of course I'll pay shipping and handling. Thanks to all.

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My Suebelle on produced two fruits and neither was all that ripe, but edible. The seeds were good though and got 3 seed from each to sprout; just potted up the last 3 today.

White Sapote seeds like a real premium, hard to get, unless you have a tree or know someone who does. I have gotten a few over the last few plus years, they are like pulling eye teeth, to get any most times.

It is saddening, I see pics from time to time here and on the net or large trees, and you know there must be tons of seeds going to waste somewhere.

Normally in season, you can buy seeds in bulk from Montoso Garden Nursery in Puerto Rico, but they are a bit costly, unless you go large bulk orders.

If I had any left, or to spare, would share them with you.

You don't need anything special or a fish tank to sprout them. I just toss mine into a ziploc bag with some damp ground peat moss and they sprout when they are ready; the first 3 sprouted early this spring and these waited to sprout now, as the fruit was not ready until late spring. I just keep them under my back patio roofed area, in the shade, where some of my young plant grow area is.

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Merbert

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Thank you for your generosity. Actually, I've planted quite a lot of them over the years and generally give them away when they are about a foot tall (instead of Johnny Appleseed, I'm a bit of Sapote Su). I use the fish tank because it's easy to let them get pretty tall, develop a nice tap root, then pop them out when it's time to pot them. I did that with Surinam cherry and jackfruit and got 100% germination and none suffered from transplant shock.

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Merbert,

I have a limited quantity of extra seeds, if you would like some. I don't seem to be able to send private messages on the "Cloudforest" system, but I can receive them, so PM me an outside e-mail address through which I can reach you.

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if you visit novato or drive by letme know i got golden nugget seed . seeds and a few recent sproud that can have

Merbert

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PASERANGEL wrote:if you visit novato or drive by letme know i got golden nugget seed . seeds and a few recent sproud that can have

I don't know when I could get by to pick them up. Could I pay you to mail them to me? I would dearly love to have Gold Nugget seeds.

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IF your not to far off the freeway I potentially could get them and then either hold them or potentially drop them off. I travel between Rohnert Park, Concord, and Berkeley.

I mean between Merbert and Novato, but I am only going up there about once every 1-3 weeks during the summer (need a break).

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Brian, that is very kind of you. I am about 5 minutes off the freeway, easy on and off. There's no rush on this, and I could even meet you at the freeway off-ramp so that you could get right back on if you'd like.

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Oh I meant if the Novato stop was by the freeway. I'm a grad student so I'm not getting paid for summer/costs me $25 gas to go up and back. So I would just need to do it when I am going up anyway. It will probably be one day next week or the week after . . .

Your close enough that its not a problem. If a batch if White Sapote seeds sprout that I have in a tray you are more then welcome to some. My goal is to pass them out anyway or bring some to the scion exchange for donations to CRFG.

This tree should be more common based on hardiness/fruit quality (even if some are just mainly sweet).

I also have an extra grafted Chestnut Crabapple you could have for your replanting project if you'd like. I grafted it from this winters exchange onto the M111 I got at the SC/Monterey chapters exchange.

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Brian, if you are in Concord like it shows on your member info, I could drive over anytime that I'm not working. I've got fresh jackfruit seeds if you'd like some.