Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

I'd love to get a greenhouse, but that's not an option now so I'll have to deal with the usual heat and frost. I just got some jack fruit seeds so will try to grow them again. Keeping my fingers cro ...

I've had some success germinating jack fruit seeds using the wet paper towel in sealed plastic bag method. Once the seeds rooted, I placed them in 1 gallon pot with soil and then put the pot in a tie ...

Hi jonnypnaz. I came across your old post and am curious as to how your tropical garden is doing. I also live in the Mesa orange grove area and would like to start a tropical fruit area in my back y ...

Hi Kellogg-Briand, I'm curious if your jackfruit tree is doing well. I started 10 seedlings this spring and so far only 2 survived the summer, even though I have them in pots under shade.

If you ...

phoenixtropicals, thanks for the suggestions.

phoenixtropicals, I had problems with both the guava & avocado getting frosted in the last 3 winters despite being covered during cold nights. I'm hoping a new graft might result in improvements.

Hi. I have a Vietnamese guava tree and an avocado tree that haven't been growing too well through the AZ summers. I'd like to experiment with grafting hardier cultivars onto them to see if they will ...

Kellogg,
What's in the gritty mix that you use for your tropicals?

I've always loved plumerias, but didn't think they could survive in the AZ heat until I stumbled across this site. I'd like to try growing them. Does any gardeners here have cuttings they want to se ...