The Tropical Fruit Forum

Aloha friends. 

For years and years I have been on this forum and seen people post about all these wonderful sounding zill varieties of mangos and left to wonder why in the world no one in Hawaii is planting these mangos. 

As I ask around to all the main fruit people I know in Hawaii it seems that every farm basically circulates about 10-20 of the regularly seen mangos in Hawaii. (And don’t get me wrong these mangos are amazing) However I wanted to branch out and do some experimenting now that I have a prime piece of property for mangos and see what all the hype is about.   So I’ve been importing grafted mangos over the last year or two and as of last week I have planted about 65 varieties.    With 10 or so more that I need to plant!   I wanted to share this list with all of you and include you on the journey.   I don’t know what mangos will be successful here or not and to be honest I’m ok with the outcome.  There is only one way to find out and I’m doing it.

My mangos are planted every 20’ and I plan to prune and guide these trees through their life to be great shaped, Low canopy and highly productive.  My inspiration to undertake this project was two summers ago attending the “kona mango festival” on the big island of Hawaii (where I live) and being so disappointed with the complete lack of mangos here and flavors.   Seems like in Hawaii everyone grows Haden. Keitt.  R2e2.  And 3-4 other classics.    We’ll buckle up kona cause I’m about to introduce you to some new flavors that nobody in Hawaii has ever seen the likes of.   To you guys in Florida this will probably seem like a normal list of mangos you might have in your orchard.  But in Hawaii I dare say this will be the most diverse mango collection planted on my island.  (If someone knows of another person on big island with an extensive collection pls let me know.   I’d love to collaborate).  Here is the list so far.    Any comments or tips are appreciated and any other must haves that I’m missing please help me find them.    Hoping to have 100 varieties when it’s all said and done. 

Behold the list.

Valencia pride
Sweet tart
Orange sherbet
Lemon zest
Coconut cream
Cotton candy
Pineapple pleasure
Rapoza
Golden glow
Mapalehu
Brooks late
Lancetilla
Ceci love
Carrie
Pickering
Piña colada
Crème brûlée
Tymour
Cabeza
Ice cream
Peach cobbler
Juicy peach

Alampur beneshan/imam passand
Fairchild
R2E2
M-4
Florigon
Fruit cocktail
Gary
Sugarloaf
Cushman
Venus
Duncan
Cogshall
Julie
Juliette
Nam doc Mai #4
Okrung
Angie
Rosigold
(Pirie)
White pirie

Row 3
Zillate
Glenn
Southern blush
Orange essence

Lemon zest
Harvest moon
Triple sec
Fruit punch
Edward
O-15
Super Alphonso
Alphonso
Kesar
Chockanon
CAC
Rapoza
Juicy peach
Sunrise
Madmam Francis
Phoenix
Momi K
Haden
Keitt
Ewais
Mystery lost tag (maybe ataulfo)
Raw honey
Maha Chanok

Does anyone have a grafted tree they’d be willing to sell and ship to Hawaii?

Calling in the experts here.    When I research these trees they both seem to be loosely called the same thing.  Spanish lime, quenip. Mamoncillo. etc etc.   

I bought seeds a few years ago from
Someone on the forum and I believe they were melicoccus oliviformus.   I remember the description saying something about them being different than than normal Spanish lime.  Superior in some way but I don’t recall why or how.   Does anyone grow this tree?   I have 4-5 big healthy trees in pots and I’m wondering how many I need to plant in order to get a good fruit set and how big they get?

Also wondering the difference between these two trees!  Help.

Has anyone else seen and lusted over the bright orange crisp jackfruit from paul zink's farm in costa rica?  i saw a you tube clip with people visiting his farm and he cut one open with a machete.. ZERO latex, Bright orange fruit, Big Pods...  and everyone in the video said it was unreal. 

I messaged paul and he says he cannot ship seeds out of costa rica... shucks..  wondering if this is a named variety he has or if anyone has a grafted tree of this same variety...

I NEED one of these trees!  hahaha   please let me know if any of you have any leads on how i can get one.  Thanks 

Been about 4-5 years for this.   Taste is great!   Fun little fruit.  Prefer the taste over some other Eugenia.  The bush is about 3-4 ft tall and wide.
 

Fresh fruit and seeds from Hawaii.  These fruits are a little bigger than a golf ball.  Good flesh to seed ratio.  Between 1-3 seeds per fruit.   Delicious fruit with a lemon head candy type taste but sweeter than lemon drop Mangosteen.  Seeds sprout easily and trees are hearty and do not require so much water like purple Mangosteen.   Def worth growing and fun to snack on. 

Minimum order 10 seeds for $30.   Includes shipping. 

Anything over 10 seeds is $2/seed.    Shipping is $7.   

Ok does anyone know what variety of jackfruit this is?  Or better yet does anyone have this tree?   I saw this video on your tube and I pretty much am gonna make it my quest to grow this.  All the guys visiting Paul’s farm were raving about this saying it was the best jackfruit they’d ever had.     So naturally I need it

anyone have Ackee for sale?  trees or seeds?   anyone in hawaii... or willing to ship to hawaii?  thanks

Delicious fruit. Germinates really easily. Tastes like a lemon candy.  Sweet and tart

10 seeds minimum order for $20.  Plus shipping.

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Hi My big island friends... do any of you have Mammea apple?  i'm pretty sure thats what people call it... (big round brown skinned fruit... orange inside... tastes like an apricot mango)   anyways  i know that frankie's nursery on oahu has... but i'm not in oahu.  Help! 

Jeff

Oscar or any other experts out there I think this is a male tree right?   Looks like it has the pollen. 




Tree is about 5’ tall.   

Well friends.  I’ve been working on a project for almost a year now that’s coming to completion!  Backfilling a 200 ft long retaining wall at the bottom of my property.  I am planning out the trees to plant and I will be laying irrigation lines with drip system as well.  So the trees will get some TLC

It’s left me with an area approximately 200 ft long and 60 ft wide.   Here’s what I’m planning on planting in the space:

Artocarpus elasticus (already in the ground.  10’ tall and has been topped)
2 Keledang
Artocarpus chama??   Not sure the real name
2-3 marang
2-3 pedalai
2 artocarpus hirisutus
2 chempedek
Jackfruit

Here’s the question for you experts out there. Do all these trees need equal spacing??  I know the pedalai wants to get huge and the marang too. I am planning on doing some serious top working on all these trees FYI...  and also Am I missing any must have artocarpus??

Anyone growing Pedalai in Hawaii?  more specifically the Big Island?  and if so how long have your trees been in the ground... fruiting?   I tried Pedalai when i was in Malaysia and it was soooooo good.   i preferred it over Marang..  i need a tree if anyone has one available...  oscar??