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Post by chocochemistjrl on Apr 10, 2007 14:30:16 GMT -5
I was wondering:on another thread, i asked if it was possible to grow a cacao tree out of store bought beans and the answer was no. Is there anywhere where I can buy a cacao planting seed. Most other plants have pre-grown plants or seeds at stores but I have not seen cacao. I was thinking it might be the fact that it's a tropicle tree, but I have seen other tropicle trees grown here in San Jose, Ca such as the banana. If anyone has any information on this I will greatly appreciate it. ;D
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Post by Sebastian on Apr 11, 2007 5:28:53 GMT -5
I've actually seen cacao seedlings on ebay. I've found a few other places online that sell them as well, but i don't recall their addresses. A web search would likely turn them up.
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Post by aguynamedrobert on Apr 24, 2007 14:01:45 GMT -5
I know of some farmers in different area's of the world including Hawaii...does anyone know if it is legal to ship in raw beans(for planting) or a very young cacao tree from Hawaii? Robert www.chocolateguild.com
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Post by seneca on Jun 11, 2007 18:30:53 GMT -5
There are certainly sources for seedlings, and it isn't inherently a problem to bring in seed itself--there are even sources for that within the continental US.
Keep in mind, though, that without a tropical climate, you'll have a hard time keeping the cacao tree happy, and even in a greenhouse it's very unlikely that you'll ever get much (if any) flowering or fruiting.
Also, T. Cacao is a heterogeneous seed plant, so if you plant from seed you won't get a result genetically identical to the source. For that you'll need a clone...
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Post by seneca on Jun 11, 2007 18:32:15 GMT -5
One more thing...once seed has been fermented and dried it's no longer viable, so the raw material that we all work with here isn't a possible source material.
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Post by jim on Jun 15, 2007 17:05:54 GMT -5
I grow cacao in Ecuador, both the highly regarded Nacional type, as well as the higher yielding Castro Naranjal Clone variety (a Trinitario type). Cacao is a very tropical plant. It won't produce (pods die and flowers fall) whenever it is subjected subjected to temperatures of below 65-70 degrees, and it will probably die if allowed to face temperatures of 60 degrees or less for any period of time (like a day or more), unlike banana, which is a type of grass, not a tree like cacao. But cacao can be grown in indoor, constantly heated environments like other tropical plants, provided adequate water, fertilization and care is provided.
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