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Today's harvest
« on: July 14, 2018, 05:47:34 AM »
The sweetest moment for a fruit enthousiast....   :)

ANANAS - local native variety 1.8 kg
MANGO - var. KEITT first ever fruit produced by this tree 1.3 kg
GUYABANO - SOURSOP - local variety super sweet 1.2 kg
GUAVA - local variety pink tasty flesh  220gr
AVOCADO - var. Modena 590 gr. (fell from the tree too early because of the strong wind)
PASSIONFRUIT - local variety 180 gr.
SARALI (Flacourtia Jangomas) average 9grams




« Last Edit: July 22, 2018, 06:35:00 AM by Lory »
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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2018, 07:11:28 AM »
Wow what a great variety! Congrats!

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2018, 07:21:41 AM »
Well done lory and the harvest is what it is all about.Is the passionfruit sweet?

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2018, 08:21:20 AM »
Beautiful

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2018, 09:42:42 AM »
WOW! Congratulations!  :P

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2018, 10:38:25 AM »
Thanks everybody it's nice to share a happy moment it's my way also to thank everybody  for the so precious advices i got from this forum members  :)

@Mike
YES This passionfruit is super sweet.
But not just PLAIN sweet.
there is a slight hint of sour and a complex bouquet of aromas making it irresistible.
This is not a named variety, it's just a natural random hybrid from the several plants I'm growing.
Quite weird the  "hexagonal" cross section of the fruit rind  ;D



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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2018, 01:18:19 PM »
Nice fruit Lory
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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2018, 02:02:04 PM »
Nobody deserves good harvest more than you, growing stuff on those rocks,  ;).

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2018, 05:01:12 PM »
What is the Sarali like? I recently bought seeds from Trade Winds Fruit and they will hopefully sprout. They were called Indian Coffee Plum but have the same genus species name of the Sarali. Thanks!

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2018, 06:27:05 PM »
Beautiful harvest Lory! What does the Annona taste like?

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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2018, 06:21:11 AM »
Nobody deserves good harvest more than you, growing stuff on those rocks,  ;).

Unfortunately you're right  :(
I'am just back from a trip to my mother in law in Davao (MIndanao Island).
Seeing all those durian, marang, soursop, mangosteen trees growing effortlessly with an amazing dark brilliant green foliage makes me so envious!
And all this mainly because of that great soil they have there....There are thousands of soursop trees growing along the roads without any care and they look just beautiful no sign of nutritional deficiencies, chlorosis nothing.....so far from the situation i've here where you've to struggle to let your trees grow decently....
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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2018, 06:33:53 AM »
What is the Sarali like? I recently bought seeds from Trade Winds Fruit and they will hopefully sprout. They were called Indian Coffee Plum but have the same genus species name of the Sarali. Thanks!

Yes it's the same! Flacourtia Jangomas.
Sarali is just a local name.
It's a small but very tasty fruit, easy to germinate and to grow.
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Re: Today's harvest
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2018, 06:37:56 AM »
Beautiful harvest Lory! What does the Annona taste like?

If you mean the Guyabano, annona muricata is sweet with a hint of pleasant acidity, excellent fruit.
Soursop has several named and unnamed varieties and they can GREATLY differ concerning fruit quality and taste, some being extremely sour some really sweet
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