The Tropical Fruit Forum

interesting the ph went up from mulching. Does anyone know why this would happen?

not sure how vigorous it is but if you aren't worried about flavor T.R. Hovey might be worth looking at.

Is it possible to get some pictures under pink lighting?

Quote from: Aaron on August 21, 2017, 12:51:24 PM

I have a edible one (Though i havent tested it yet) and would like to know also.

How do you know it's edible?
I got one from a guy who got it from someone who called it a Florida pistachio.
Both of these people ate them in fact the original guy has been eating them for years
and his tree is huge  I got a tree and did a little research and found out
it is toxic? My tree hasn't produced allot but I did plant a seed and have a second one
growing. I guess they are perfect to give to the neighbor for now?

I got mine for H.e.a.r.t. apparently they have eaten them.  I would only grow them from cuttings to be on the safe side.

So does anyone know the source of Kryptonite?

the planet Krypton

BULLSHIT!

What part??

I'm going to have to start leaving the house earlier...

One important thing to consider is that varieties described as having a strong aroma can smell like a sickly sweet rotting compost pile or worse when nearing ripeness on the tree,even if the fruit tastes great once it is cleaned. If you clean it indoors your house can smell the same for hours or even days.
  Once the fruit is cleaned the aroma will improve and smell sweet and strong in a lot of varieties,  but will permeate your fridge or freezer and make everything in it smell like jackfruit. I find a strong sweet jackfruit aroma pleasant, but everyone else in my family does not.
 My family won't let me clean a fruit indoors or keep fruit in the fridge or freezer along with other food unless I triple bag it outdoors before I even bring it in.  I need a dedicated freezer for jackfruit.
  If aroma is a potential issue,search for varieties that are described as having little aroma or a mild,sweet one.
  One other tip is to chill fruit in a cooler under ice before cutting to minimize latex flow and minimize aroma when cleaning it. Oil your knife and hands with vegetable oil and cut out the core as quickly as possible,wiping as much latex off of cut surfaces before touching them.
Most varieties taste pretty good,the only one that I didn't like was J-31, it had a definite lingering celery component to the taste and was one of the worst offenders in the unpleasant aroma category according to my family. A few other varieties have a barely detectable vegetable taste only when overripe but J-31 is objectionable to me. It got knocked off my list despite the supposed potential for off season fruit. So did any others described as having an earthy aroma.
Best fruit I tasted was Borneo red, cleaned sections were the about the size of a small woman's fist. Mild aroma and outstanding flavor but heard from the grower is was a very finicky hard to grow variety and VERY cold sensitive. Most jackfruit are pretty good, so having the absolute best isn't that important to me. I also heard that the ripening season descriptions aren't a hard and fast rule.
 I have Sweet Fairchild, Lemon crunch, and Black Gold planted out but no fruit yet.

Tony tell your family not to worry, you can always bring extra frozen jackfruit to me.

Thank you for the info

I'm glad I wasn't the first person to think TR Hoveys were awful. Tainung is a great papaya imo.

can someone describe the differences between dwarf and ultra dwarf ? I saw a earlier post it was mentioned the ultra dwarf has larger fruit. does anyone have pictures of both?

also goes by the name pride of barbados. I picked up seeds cheap of ebay.