Author Topic: Harvest from my yard in San Diego (Read 9615 times)

simon_grow · « **on:** October 30, 2015, 02:37:24 PM »

Here are some fruit I harvested from my yard recently, most were harvested today. Booth and El Bumpo Cherimoya, Simons Purple, American Beauty, Halleys Comet, Vietnamese, Yellow Dragon and Frankie's Red Dragon Fruit, Maha Chanok Mango, Angel Red and Parfianka Pomegranates, Meyer Lemons and Kohala Longan.

Ripe on the tree but not shown in pictures are Carrie Mango, Key Lime, Tango Tangerine, Eureka Lemon, Miracle Fruit, Seedless Guava and Asian Black and San Diego Yellow Sugarcane.

Ripening soon are Behl, Dr White, Selma, Honeyhart and more Booth Cherimoya, Golden Nugget Tangerine and more Maha Chanok Mangos and some nubbin Lemon Zest Mangos that taste tangerinish and very sweet although they are only the size of Manilla nubbins.

This list does not include any fruit that I planted in my friends, family nor neighbors yards.

Simon

xshen · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:48:46 PM »

Nice fruit haul Simon. It's nice to see you're still enjoying kohala longans this time of the year. Is the flavor washed out?

NewGen · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:50:01 PM »

Simon,
What is the name of your family fruit market? Surely that's where you sell these. All kidding aside, what an awesome haul. They all look yummy!

sapote · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:04:10 PM »

Simon, great looking fruits!!! I'm wondering why the Pomegranates look a bit dehydrated and shrink. Too much strong sun? I find the best time to harvest pomegranates is around Thanksgiving time when they are at their peak, in So Cal. A peak fruit has the pink or color "papers" inside instead of yellow or white, and the rind is less dense for easier to open.

Sapote

knlim000 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:05:02 PM »

can you show us pic of your mahach mango tree. I like to see how big tree is with the fruit on. Thanks

wslau · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:08:59 PM »

Nice fall harvest Simon!

starch · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2015, 03:10:07 PM »

Dang man, nice harvest!

simon_grow · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:08:26 PM »

Thanks everyone!

Xshen, the Kohala are very very sweet this year. My tree only had a partial bloom this year so there was very few fruit but each fruit is larger and sweeter than last year. There is still some green on most the Longan and if I leave them for too long they will get washed out in flavor as they approach golf ball size. The largest fruit are smaller than a golfball right now.

Newgen, I'm not at that point yet but in 5-10 years, I may have enough fruit to open a stall at the farmers market. I also raise my own jumbo quail for eggs and meat.

Sapote, the Pomegranates were harvested a few weeks ago. I leave them in the fridge to mellow out as I find the flavor much more pleasing. Similar to what they do with Dekopon Mandarins. My small trees produced way too much fruit so the size is much smaller than what I'm used to. My 5 foot tall bushes produced so much fruit that many branches bent and snapped. I had several clusters with 4+ fruit on one branch.

Simon

simon_grow · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:19:53 PM »

Knlimooo,

My Maha Chanok is one of my slowest growing trees and has trouble up taking nutrients from my soil. It is on Turpentine rootstock and only gets one growth flush a year. I was about to rip it out but decided to keep it and plant newer varieties right next to it. It is about 3.5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Here is a picture of the tree.

Thanks wslau and starch!

Simon

simon_grow · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:27:42 PM »

This was the second crop on my Maha Chanok and these fruit are much larger, longer and more curvy than the first crop. The first crop were not curvy and very short. Here is a picture of the fruit I just harvested, there is one really large fruit and a medium one still on the tree.

Simon

Here's the thread with pics from the first harvest.
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=17477.msg220619#msg220619

Samu · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:31:39 PM »

Nice haul,Simon, thanks for sharing!

gozp · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:33:12 PM »

wow,

knlim000 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:45:47 PM »

thanks for the mahac pic Simon. the tree is beautiful. I can't wait to taste my fruit. How does it taste?

simon_grow · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2015, 07:03:19 PM »

The taste varies a lot. The first fruit from my tree was somewhat sweet but the flavor was so light that it was not impressive. I've also had fruit from other people's trees and they were sometimes very good and other times bland. The last Couple Mahas from the first crop were sweet and very complex. The fruit tasted like it smelled, amazing. I prefer Lemon Zest and Sweet Tart over Maha but I would still rank it as a top tier fruit.

Simon

ben mango · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2015, 07:43:27 PM »

nice variety

Bhkkatemoya · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2015, 09:52:17 PM »

Wow! That looks amazing Simon. Looks as if you're in Asia.

Rnguyen · « **Reply #16 on:** October 31, 2015, 02:18:50 AM »

Nice harvest! I like the variation of colors. Hoping to have a harvest like that in a few years.

JF · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2015, 09:46:45 AM »

Nice haul Simon let us know how the moyas tasted.

yonip69 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2015, 10:57:57 AM »

Excellent fruit haul Simon.

Gene

simon_grow · « **Reply #19 on:** October 31, 2015, 01:18:32 PM »

Thanks everyone!

JF, the Cherimoyas are amazing this year. I had a lot of sunburned fruit and the wind has knocked off about 75 fruit already. I should have thinned the fruit more to increase the size and quality. As you can see in the pictures, the fruit are relatively small and my only complaint is that there were a relatively high number of seeds compared to edible flesh. If I thinned more, there should be an increase in size of fruit with the seed count remaining relatively constant thus yielding more edible flesh per fruit and increasing the overall fruit quality.

El Bumpo is normally my favorite fruit but this year the Booth is slightly better in terms of flavor because there was more acidity in the Booth and the flesh was smoother. The quality of Cherimoyas in my yard are much better this year compared to last year, perhaps because my trees are more mature.

This year, I started composting my Quail poop and adding it as fertilizer to my trees and all fruit seem to have an extra umph of complexity and sweetness although it could also be due to weather, age of trees and Placebo effect.

Simon

JF · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2015, 03:02:02 PM »

Quote from: simon_grow on October 31, 2015, 01:18:32 PM

Thanks everyone!

JF, the Cherimoyas are amazing this year. I had a lot of sunburned fruit and the wind has knocked off about 75 fruit already. I should have thinned the fruit more to increase the size and quality. As you can see in the pictures, the fruit are relatively small and my only complaint is that there were a relatively high number of seeds compared to edible flesh. If I thinned more, there should be an increase in size of fruit with the seed count remaining relatively constant thus yielding more edible flesh per fruit and increasing the overall fruit quality.

El Bumpo is normally my favorite fruit but this year the Booth is slightly better in terms of flavor because there was more acidity in the Booth and the flesh was smoother. The quality of Cherimoyas in my yard are much better this year compared to last year, perhaps because my trees are more mature.

This year, I started composting my Quail poop and adding it as fertilizer to my trees and all fruit seem to have an extra umph of complexity and sweetness although it could also be due to weather, age of trees and Placebo effect.

Simon

Good to hear. I haven't had such luck my Moyas are dropping small and some fermented but Birula s and Calistro are small but sweet complex and floral flavor

ClayMango · « **Reply #21 on:** October 31, 2015, 04:44:37 PM »

I'm so jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!

knlim000 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:05:16 PM »

how old is your mahach tree?

Delvi83 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 31, 2015, 05:44:03 PM »

Nice harvest.....nature can give us big satisfaction

simon_grow · « **Reply #24 on:** November 01, 2015, 12:30:30 AM »

Quote from: knlim000 on October 31, 2015, 05:05:16 PM

how old is your mahach tree?

I can check tomorrow, I believe it is around 4 years since I've had it. I believe it has been planted in the ground for three years. I removed all fruit from this tree for 3-4 years but the tree is very slow growing, especially on Turpentine rootstock. This variety flowers and sets fruit readily but with only one vegetative flush a year, it has not really grown much in size. I have a Maha Chanok I just grafted onto a single Kent seedling and it has already flushed twice in about 2-3 months since I grafted it.

This Maha Chanok was part of my innarching experiments and for about one year, it had two rootstocks. I added a Manilla rootstock to this tree but the additional rootstock died after one year. This tree very likely has Manilla genes in it due to horizontal gene transfer at the graft union. The fruit smells amazing!

Simon

gozp · « **Reply #25 on:** November 01, 2015, 01:04:11 AM »

Hi thread starter, is it ok with you to see your honeyheart cherimoya variety? I will appreciate a photo. Thanks

Jackfruitwhisperer69 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2015, 05:28:20 AM »

Great harvest, Simon...very colorful.

JFranco · « **Reply #27 on:** November 01, 2015, 05:51:34 AM »

Great looking harvest! Love the yellow pitaya and longan!

João Franco

simon_grow · « **Reply #28 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:14:25 AM »

Thanks everyone!

Gozp, I will take a picture of my Honeyhart fruits when I get off work. There are no bumps on my fruit and the skin color is slightly more yellowish than other varieties.

Simon

gozp · « **Reply #29 on:** November 01, 2015, 11:34:06 AM »

Quote from: simon_grow on November 01, 2015, 08:14:25 AM

Thanks everyone!

Gozp, I will take a picture of my Honeyhart fruits when I get off work. There are no bumps on my fruit and the skin color is slightly more yellowish than other varieties.

Simon

Awesome, & i forgot to mention the honeyheart tree.. lol

simon_grow · « **Reply #30 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:26:40 PM »

Gozp, I gave away my Honeyhart tree last year. I currently only have two branches of Honeyhart grafted onto my multigraft cherimoya tree. Here is a picture of my Honeyhart branch and two fruit still hanging. These fruit are not ready yet, they will turn more yellowish in color when they are ready.

And here is a Behl Cherimoya showing good size

Here are a couple of small Dr White. These fruit are all on the same multigraft Cherimoya tree. The Dr White is one of the latest varieties to ripen and they won't size up till late in the season. The good thing about having multigraft trees is that you can add on additional early, mid and late season varieties to extend the season.

MangoFang · « **Reply #31 on:** November 01, 2015, 11:43:35 PM »

Nice job, Master Simon! My 2nd Maha tree flushes 3-4 times a year, and my original one about 2 times per year. maybe they like heat!
Now if only my 2nd Maha lives up to the Maha hype that my orig. Maha couldn't.....

Gary

simon_grow · « **Reply #32 on:** November 02, 2015, 10:39:26 AM »

Thanks Gary!

The Mahas are so variable, these later Mahas are much better tasting but I would still say a refined palate is required to fully enjoy the Maha Chanok Mango. Half the enjoyment of the Maha is the exquisite smell of the fruit. This fruit was left to ripen on my counter and my entire kitchen smelled of sweet tropical tangerinish mangoey goodness.

I prefer to eat my Mahas still slightly firm. It is less sweet but has more tangerine flavor. If I let my fruit ripen fully, it gets sweeter but looses some of the tangerine goodness. This fruit was at 21% Brix, if I let it fully ripen, close to the seed you can see it is fully ripe, the Brix should get to 23%.
Simon

JF · « **Reply #33 on:** November 02, 2015, 12:39:05 PM »

Quote from: simon_grow on November 02, 2015, 10:39:26 AM

Thanks Gary!

The Mahas are so variable, these later Mahas are much better tasting but I would still say a refined palate is required to fully enjoy the Maha Chanok Mango. Half the enjoyment of the Maha is the exquisite smell of the fruit. This fruit was left to ripen on my counter and my entire kitchen smelled of sweet tropical tangerinish mangoey goodness.

I prefer to eat my Mahas still slightly firm. It is less sweet but has more tangerine flavor. If I let my fruit ripen fully, it gets sweeter but looses some of the tangerine goodness. This fruit was at 21% Brix, if I let it fully ripen, close to the seed you can see it is fully ripe, the Brix should get to 23%.
Simon

very sweet and fragrant this years Maha. As you mention, they were at around 23 brix with excellent taste. I wish I had a few of those left I have some mango but few

simon_grow · « **Reply #34 on:** November 02, 2015, 01:27:39 PM »

JF, nice spread you got there! Some of my nubbin LZ Mangos fell off the tree green and I set them on the counter not expecting much but they turned out really sweet and flavorful. I still have some hanging on the tree and they are not sizing up but at least I know they are still tasty as nubbins. The seed is paper thin. The coming years should reward everyone with a more bountiful and tasty harvest as our beloved trees mature. I can't wait!

Simon

SamiC · « **Reply #35 on:** November 02, 2015, 02:12:04 PM »

Looks amazing Simon. Good work!!

JF · « **Reply #36 on:** November 02, 2015, 10:22:35 PM »

Quote from: simon_grow on November 02, 2015, 01:27:39 PM

JF, nice spread you got there! Some of my nubbin LZ Mangos fell off the tree green and I set them on the counter not expecting much but they turned out really sweet and flavorful. I still have some hanging on the tree and they are not sizing up but at least I know they are still tasty as nubbins. The seed is paper thin. The coming years should reward everyone with a more bountiful and tasty harvest as our beloved trees mature. I can't wait!

Simon

I have 3 LZ left. my anonnas seem to be late can wait for the cold rain it's going to plum and sweet my anonnas. you've been bless with early sweet anonnas. here are pix of LZ and anonnas

simon_grow · « **Reply #37 on:** November 03, 2015, 04:11:37 PM »

Beautiful LZ and annonas JF. I really love LZ, I hope my fruit will size up in the coming years. My first crop of LZ sized up but the second crop are all nubbins with paper thin seeds. I've still got 7 nubbin LZ hanging on the tree and they all have lenticils. A couple are very round.
Nubbin LZ

My last Carrie, almost fully tree ripe

Here is a picture of my largest Simons Purple Dragonfruit. Looks to be around 1.5 lbs

Simon

simon_grow · « **Reply #38 on:** November 03, 2015, 05:11:43 PM »

Leo's lumpy mango

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