I don't have anything that you mentioned, but do have a lot of seeds for trading or would send you SASBE with postage? I'd love some of both for our daughter's house that has absolutely NO flower beds... YET! Thanks.Michelle

I would love to have some Red Lady, Tainung or any dwarf papaya variety seeds. I have Caribbean Sunrise papaya seeds, Maridol papaya starters (1-2 ft high) or anything in my trade list you may want for trade. Thank you.

Jane, where exactly are you located ? Although don't think that matters much, the flies are everywhere. However, this year their numbers hereabouts were minimal,..so minimal, my glass jars collected only about two dozen each. Started out in '09 with the tall, skinny papaya plants, then 2 yrs later, switched to the Red Lady's, then dropped them all together till this last year, when, just for the hell of it, went back to 5 of the tall guys. Wish I had a photo or two of a hanging vinegar jar, however, am sure you can easily visualize the scene. Fruit flies hereabouts come around in July, like clockwork. So I overlap a bit, hang the jars in early/mid June, this yr took 'em down in early Aug. What happens is, the flies go " bananas " when they whiff the strong, pungent scent of the cider. So they crawl into the smallish holes in the metal cap to " get at that wonderful liquid ", soon realizing they can't get out, then fall into the cider and drown. I've seen bottles in August with a huge soggy black mass of what seems like hundreds in ea jar. If it rains heavily, most jars will get diluted, so just monitor them and refresh w/more apple cider vinegar, screw cap back on & re-hang. To be 100 % honest, once every two years or so I will find one, or at the most, two mango's destroyed by the fruit flies, but as long as I watch the jars once in awhile, and refill the ones that rarely need it, my fruit fly problems, - once fierce, are now over ! When in use I have two on each of my two largest trees, the 15' tall Glenn. and the 14' tall Kent. the two teenagers ( Tebow & Carrie ) only get one ea ! Still, a lot less work than the paper bags,...a lot less ! ( smile ) I admire your patience and work ethic, but hopefulhly those days are over. Good luck !

I have a lot of Traveler's palm (ravenala madagascariensis) and Mexican papaya seeds to trade. Both types are fresh and the traveler's palm seeds are still in their blue seed coats. I am looking for any other neat tropical seeds. I prefer big trades, but am open to all offers. Send me an email if you would like to trade. Thanks! -Dave