Anyone successfully grow a Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)?

[Dalton]

Hey everyone,

Sunday (8/21/2016), I received my Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) plant in the mail. I was wondering if anyone else has had success with them and if so, how you grow them.

The place I bought it from had a youtube video about it, but it was about fertilizing, pollination, and sunlight. They didn't mention watering. Someone in the comments asked and they said wait till the top of the soil is just dry.

I contacted them and asked, since it's in a 50/50 peat moss and perlite like my carnivorous plants, could I grow it like them and put them in a taller pot, sitting in a tray of water. The peat moss wicks up what it needs. They came back quickly and said they couldn't recommend growing it like that. They recommend following the care instructions they provide, but that I was free to do what I wanted, but I might loose the plant.

So then I went to their site and re-read the care instructions. They said that a new method they're using is a watering globe. That's also based on wicking action. I fail to see how that's different from letting it wick from a tray at the bottom. Of course, just like the CP's, they're sensitive to salt build up. I mostly let the rain take care of flushing the pots, but if it doesn't rain for a while, I do flush them.

So, has anyone had any success in growing this plant and do you believe that the growing method I described would work for them in SC full sun? Thanks.

Dalton