Hello Friends, So Here are the Pictures of the Pulsand and "Yellow" Rambutan trees that I just received. Here are some pictures of Some Recent Cherimoyas off the tree. Here is a Picture of a Sapodilla that I got from Harry. It was so sweet and absolutely Delicious. The Family loves them As for the Rambutan and the Pulasan, they are both seedlings and were pretty inexpensive. Again, they arrived in Meticulous condition as Bryan at Montoso is a packaging Genius. See you all at the "Green Scene". Jacob

Rambutan is related to Lychee. The seeds are very easy to sprout. First clean off the seed thoroughly (some people let it sit in a cup of diluted bleach for a few minutes to prevent mold growing on it later). Wrap a handful of the seeds in a moist paper towel and leave inside a sealed plastic bag for 4-5 days. Then plant the seed laying sideways under half an inch of moist soil. Rambutan is slightly more tropical than Lychee, but it is important that both be protected from the cold as young seedlings. If you live somewhere like Los Angeles, the pot can be left outside in Spring and Autumn, but in the summer you should have the seedling in part shade and continue to ensure that the soil remains moist, because the dry hot summers of Southern California can be hard on tropical plants, particularly young seedlings. Unless you happen to be in Hawaii or Miami, for most of the other people reading this, the young plant will do best indoors, somewhere warm under a grow light. One thing you should know, it is likely to take many many years before your Rambutan seedling grows big enough to start producing fruit of its own (I would guess 8-14 years). I love Lychees, but personally I just do not like the flavor of Rambutan, or at least any of the Rambutans at the market I have had the opportunity to try. The exterior of the Rambutan fruit is definitely fantastic looking though. To me, Rambutan seems more like a rare curiosity. I mean, if you are a collector of rare and unusual tropical plants, it would be a great addition. Rambutan fruit can fetch high prices in North America and Europe, if you can find interested buyers.

Thanks ch3rri. These babies are fun to grow. The question on what kind of tea--I'm guessing any kind of tea would work as I'm only in the experimental stage right now. Tea is naturally acidic which is what Rambutans like and perhaps other acidic loving plants like lychees perhaps? I have yet to try that out with my lychees. Right now, I'm using tea bags and I pour the tea into a spray bottle and use it to wet the soil whenever the soil dries up. I don't have any guarantee this will always work, but as far as what it's doing to my plants now, they seem to be quite happy.

Sorry guys- I ended up planting all the seeds- so far 3 have come up. The moist paper towel germination method works better than planting them in soil. I only wish I could grow cherimoyas- that is my favorite fruit and it costs a fortune when we can get them here! WRF- I did find fresh seeds, but they don't seem to sprout. I found out it is a very slow growing plant, so I bought a nice sized plant and I think the grower said I still have 4-5 yrs to wait for fruit! So if you can, buy a plant, the wait from seeds would kill ya!