Same this year mine are growing well, but I overwintered a small seedling in the greenhouse and planted it. First day, death via slugs and pill bugs (@swincher the pillbugs were there, perhaps not guilty, but they are only as good as the company they keep)
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These are pics from yesterday (the hildebrandtās moringa again). Hard to imagine that these were seeds 9 days ago. I seperated the two-pot today, forgot to take a picture of it though. Ones almost a foot tall already. Bigger root system then I thought, since they are pretty leany. Might stake them if it becomes a problem.
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He looks goodā¦ everything should be fine.
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One month but could be moreā¦ some times take 3 months.
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Zone 8b NC. I planted Surinam Cherry Eugenia Uniflora, 2 pineapple Guava, 2 fruiting bananas and 2 Loquat last spring. Everything made it through the winter with no problems. I mulched them heavily. thats it, I went farther out on the limb this year and planted 4 Avocados and a Grapefruit 
Wish me luck. I plan to string christmas lights in the avocados for warmth
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I have tried moringa here twice. Cold keeps getting it
Meiwa is my favorite, but I keep it in the greenhouseā¦im skurrd
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Meiwa should really be fine. The fruit ripens long before we are hit with any possibly freezing temps. Nagami blooms much later and ripens even later, so while itās very cold hardy I could understand not planting it for that reason. I lost most of my first crop due to that Christmas freeze a couple years back. This year I planted a uniflora and a Eugenia repanda, rare sweet myrcianthes pungens, and Sete capote. I have a ton of tiny seedlings I just try here and there. I want to put my involucrata in ground and one of my cattle guavas Iām just not sure where I can put them.
Found some fresh but overripe lychees on the sidewalk. Gonna plant the seeds and see what I get. I saw them ripe on the tree a couple weeks ago, and had a pretty strong feeling there would be plenty wasted in the street. One manās trash as they say.
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Got a bag of Achacha from frank on TFF
FL_Native is his handle there. They are great, my first time trying the fruit now I will try to germinate these seedlings to add to the two I have haha
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I only survived my childhood in Miami because so many people there have enormous fruit trees that they never harvest and let the fruit all drop. It was a homeless kidās all-you-can-eat fruit buffet!
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I hope it was a homeless child and not a pack of raccoons that ate about 20 of my peaches last night haha, Iād feel better helping the kids.
But itās my fault for not harvesting them, I just havenāt had time with work and the baby. Iāve eaten plenty tho
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Iām probably buying an achacha in September from a local nursery. I kept my eye on it all winter to see how it would do (its one of the few non-citrus they left outside) and it did fine, little leaf drop. Supposed to be decently cold hardy. Iām excited for it.
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My lemondrop mangosteen hasnāt grown a single leaf since I got it last fall. The achacha in the similar boat however garcinias seem to just grow so slowly
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Garcinias are so slow 
. Months to germinate and then they just sit there with 2 leaves for another few months. These Russellās Sweets were started 11/2023 and still waiting for one to pop up!
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Top worked my Loquat seedling with peluche, Avri and Kando (peluche today the others june 22nd) the prior grafts have yet to push but havenāt failed so thatās good
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