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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon Zest
« on: June 03, 2020, 11:42:50 AM »
Quote from: Oolie on June 02, 2020, 11:01:34 PM
Quote from: EnglewoodFlorida on June 02, 2020, 12:49:27 PM
Quote from: LEOOEL on June 02, 2020, 02:56:47 AM
This is the very first one, ever, ‘Lemon-Zest’ mango fruit of my tree (the sapodilla beside it is a ’Hasya’)

The tree was planted ~4years ago at ~6ft tall. Now it’s ~17ft tall.

Since it produced just 1 fruit, I picked it off the tree a bit early & not at peak ripening — I didn’t want to lose it to anything or anyone.

I tasted the pleasant lemony flavor. Good to great eating quality with only an insignificant amount of fiber near the seed.

The size is a good Medium sized fruit.

This is the only Indian (elongated) type mango that I have. I enjoyed it. So, so far so good.
Hopefully the tree will produce more than 1 fruit next year and I’ll leave them on the tree until peak ripening. At which time, I plan to do a more precise report (God Willing)


That sounds awful, A grafted tree of that age and size should be much more productive.  Unless its a seedling, which wouldn't be a "lemon Zest".

Not necessarily, both LZ and PPK are capable of producing clones through seed.

ah, they are poly may bad.... can be clones, can be different in little ways like worse production etc also.......    ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit thieves rant
« on: June 03, 2020, 11:34:56 AM »
Quote from: zands on June 02, 2020, 03:28:35 PM
Quote from: EnglewoodFlorida on June 02, 2020, 12:33:39 PM
Game Cameras. (animal trail hunting cameras). easy to place several around the yard.. even the cheap $25 ones we have work pretty decent.
Simmons makes a 4 pack for 90-150 dollar range depending on sales.
 


How many mangoes did she steal? They look less than ripe. It looks like she is squeezing fruits like in a supermarket and looking for a ripe enough fruit. Keitt?

they are def not ripe, and just 1 was taken.... (before and after photos show 1 missing) Lancetilla .
she def does not have permission to be on the property regardless.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is your favorite banana variety?
« on: June 02, 2020, 12:52:48 PM »
Quote from: TonyinCC on May 31, 2020, 04:34:03 PM
Taste is much better than a store bought Cavendish. Darker flesh and richer flavor,sweeter too.
 Only disadvantage is they are about half the length. I wait until each hand of bananas starts to turn yellow and then cut off one hand at a time since the plant is not too tall.
Taste should appeal to most people,it is not a strange tasting banana.
Sweetheart is not the absolute best tasting banana but it is the best overall in my opinion.
I think the Mysore type bananas taste a little better but can't take the wind or the poor soil at my place.

I do the same with harvesting my sweethearts, last bunch had a couple weeks wait between the upper hands and the last 2 hands on the bunch.  Fhia-03 is tasty. my mother plant produced about 5 pups surprisingly.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon Zest
« on: June 02, 2020, 12:49:27 PM »
Quote from: LEOOEL on June 02, 2020, 02:56:47 AM
This is the very first one, ever, ‘Lemon-Zest’ mango fruit of my tree (the sapodilla beside it is a ’Hasya’)

The tree was planted ~4years ago at ~6ft tall. Now it’s ~17ft tall.

Since it produced just 1 fruit, I picked it off the tree a bit early & not at peak ripening — I didn’t want to lose it to anything or anyone.

I tasted the pleasant lemony flavor. Good to great eating quality with only an insignificant amount of fiber near the seed.

The size is a good Medium sized fruit.

This is the only Indian (elongated) type mango that I have. I enjoyed it. So, so far so good.
Hopefully the tree will produce more than 1 fruit next year and I’ll leave them on the tree until peak ripening. At which time, I plan to do a more precise report (God Willing)


That sounds awful, A grafted tree of that age and size should be much more productive.  Unless its a seedling, which wouldn't be a "lemon Zest".

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit thieves rant
« on: June 02, 2020, 12:33:39 PM »
Game Cameras. (animal trail hunting cameras). easy to place several around the yard.. even the cheap $25 ones we have work pretty decent.
Simmons makes a 4 pack for 90-150 dollar range depending on sales.
 


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help me ID these mangoes
« on: May 21, 2020, 01:34:03 PM »
Type# 4 looks alot like my Alphonso fruits. Which is an early season mango and ripening up here soon, its Green until ripe and turn to yellow. Small, no fiber. same shape as your pic

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Carambola tree, is this an iron deficiency? Pics included
« on: May 19, 2020, 10:36:27 AM »
Look for new flushing leaves, leaf drop winter in fl is pretty normal for carambola's.  All my trees look the same but have lots of new growth coming on this time of year also.. as long as you see new growth the tree is good

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Will my HomeDepot-purchased monstera deliciosa produce good fruit?
« on: May 18, 2020, 08:35:24 PM »
Quote from: pineislander on May 13, 2020, 08:24:47 PM
I too bought from HD two pots which had a dozen baby plants in each. I grew them out and within the 3rd year they flowered. I'm waiting till the fruits ripen they the plants can live for years. Just today I planted 20 more small ones the nice thing is they can occupy the shady places under established fruit trees and make more fruit.

Got any babies you'd sell? I need to run down and check out a mango grove there sometime soon anyways.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Prince peaches in Central FL
« on: May 18, 2020, 07:57:53 PM »
Have 1 here in 10a, had issues first few years with fungus spots.. But with some mulch and food it's been pretty good the past 2 years. lots of fruits but they are small... birds tend to like them a lot also! We bag them as much as possible.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Alphanso Seedling - started fruiting after 10 years
« on: May 18, 2020, 07:55:03 PM »
I've had a decent fruiting Alphonso mango tree for 4 years now. in zone 10a Florida. Very tasty and no issues with it to date.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Banana identification?!
« on: May 01, 2020, 11:42:42 AM »
What is the height at the crown? (where the stem of the fruit bunch is coming out, that height)
Looks pretty tall in pics

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: check for me on youtube, Flying Fox Fruits, daily live streams, rants, and fruit
« on: April 06, 2020, 03:51:43 PM »
Quote from: Viking Guy on April 06, 2020, 01:08:39 PM
Quote from: murahilin on April 04, 2020, 09:17:38 PM
Is there any way to stop the rats from getting your fruit other than picking them early?

Right now, I'm dealing with human poachers.

The struggle is real.

get a multi pack of trail cameras (aka game cameras). when bought in bulk they can be as cheap as $20 each. put them all around, camo and hide them as best as possible. good luck

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Top Tropicals Inconsistencies
« on: March 19, 2020, 04:23:39 PM »
I've noticed a bunch of places and persons trying to push out grafted trees to soon recently.. I guess the demand is so high they just keep pushing them out the door as quick as possible instead of letting them take and grow more.   I even see newly grafted trees with the grafting tape still on them being sold online now.
 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Keeping potting mix acidic?
« on: March 04, 2020, 03:58:50 PM »
look up water jetting a well point.. (ground water 10-20 ft down over here on gulf coast of FL 10A)
Sand is fairly easy to jet down into and its actually not that bad of a DIY.
and the plants love the well water!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: anyone used this grafting scissor?
« on: March 02, 2020, 08:57:07 AM »
I think I got a 2 of 3 success on a top work avocado experiment, but the blades are pretty crap and cuts on the softer scions is iffy at best.. Gonna stick with the standard knife grafts.

think i paid like $15 on amazon

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Junglesop (Anonidium mannii) About time we dedicated a thread to this one!
« on: February 18, 2020, 01:34:09 PM »
Holy tap root!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which fresh mulch for mango tree?
« on: January 13, 2020, 07:48:21 PM »
I have areca palms spanning about 150ft of my property line. all were planted as 3 gallon 3-5ft high plants and spaced a shovels length apart which was about 5 feet. 2 years later they are 5-9 ft tall and i will say clean up of dead fronds is a pain in the butt. I do wish I would have bucked up for the 6-7ft potted plants from the start.  Mine are not irrigated and I never gave them any magnesium until about a year ago which does help them grow from what I see.
 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Sweet Tart is pushing new leaves!?
« on: December 22, 2019, 11:12:03 AM »
many mango varieties are pushing out flower panicles now, if that's what you mean... 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Carambola Juice
« on: November 17, 2019, 08:30:08 PM »
Also did it once when I had more than I could eat, very tasty indeed.. will try a combo mix next time good idea.

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