The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: Mike T on January 11, 2021, 02:58:36 AM

Did you know if a theoretical lychee addict with unlimited time and resources wanted to chase fresh lychees over the globe they wouldn't be able to get them in April and September.If they landed in Australia in October and chased the season south along the east coast until the end of March then flew to say Florida or Texas it would be May before they could get any.Then if they winged to Asia for the start of June and chased the season north, by September they would run out. I may be wrong but it looks like the emdless lychee season is not possible.

Southern Spain would be your destiny to have plenty of them in September (season here goes from Aug to Oct). I don't know if there is a equivalent for April in your hemisphere or in ours.

https://www.viverosblanco.com/en/litchi

Thats it - im buying land in southern Spain now

Can an abiu bare fruit without a companion abiu tree for cross pollination?

My tree was planted from seed about 5 years ago and I had never heard of needing a second tree but then I watched a yt video where the person planted 3 abiu together and he mentioned cross pollination so I was uncertain after that.

Given that this is the first time it flowers - I am hoping the guy in the yt video was wrong and a single tree can bare fruit on its own



https://photos.app.goo.gl/QsK8VABZxoES5YbT8

Quote from: nothingincommon on January 28, 2021, 05:58:54 AM

Quote from: Gone tropo on January 28, 2021, 12:41:53 AM

Wow i must ask are you a commercial grower or is this for your own backyard? Do you eat all the mangoes from these trees?

I must say i dont really understand floridas obsession with mangoes, maybe you have much superior mangoes than we do here in Australia?  There are many fruits superior to mangoes in my view most people with mangoes here have fruit that just falls on the ground and the rats and bats eat them.

Do you keep all these trees small?

Yes mangos are by far the greatest fruit on the planet to me. Lychees are second.  However, I have all kinds of tropical fruit trees.  I am not a commercial grower, everything I grow is for friends, family, neighbors, animals and thieves.

It's rare that I find someone who doesn't love mangos, I suppose everyone's body chemistry is different and perhaps some peoples taste  buds may sense the fruit another way. It's a shame, because you're missing out on an amazing flavor

38 mango varieties
Abiu
Avocado (15 varieties)
Meyer lemon
Valencia orange
Red dragon fruit
Mauritius, Brewster, Sweetheart, Bengal, Emperor Lychees
Longan
Banana
Barbados cherry
Cherry of the rio grande
Jujube
Wax jambu
Malay Apple
Sugar Apple
Purple passion fruit
Panama passion fruit
Loquat
Grumichama
Pitomba
Mulberry
Pomegranate
Sapodilla
Jackfruit
-Caimito
-Jaboticaba
Persimmon
Strawberry tree
Fig
Moringa
Peach
Carambola
Guanabana
Tamarind
Guava
Hog plum

Fair enough I would love to be able to try all these mangoes you have in florida, funnily enough i have been to florida (beautiful place) but that was long before i was into fruit trees.

  next time you come to Miami between June -aug.. Message me.. you'll get to try them

Since you have not mentioned spraying the pannicles to prevent disease I will assume that’s your problem.

I didn't even know that was possible.  Spray it with what? and at what stage (before the flowers open, after) ?

Does it hurt the bugs that try to pollinate?

Quote from: nothingincommon on January 28, 2021, 06:09:41 AM

Quote from: Honest Abe on January 27, 2021, 09:52:18 PM

Beautiful collection
Edward is one of my favorites, I didn’t know they flowered so heavily at a young age. Awesome.

Unfortunately, in south florida at least, edward is mostly a show er and not a grower. It'll give out tons of panicles, but it will drop a lot of fruit. I've only had this tree for 3 years, each year it's bloomed like in the picture but I'll end up with maybe 3-5 mangoes from it. Hopefully, it gets better with time, but I doubt it, even pine islands mango viewer rates it's production as poor. Delicious fruit through you are right about that.

Our Edward trees are saddened by your comments and would like a word with you:

thats actually very encouraging. I hope pine island and my very limited experience with the tree are wrong.

https://tropicalfruitnursery.com/variety-selected-name-edward-informacion-79

I fell in love with this mango after tasting it, even believing it wasnt a great producer,  i bought one anyway with hopes that it might give me some fruit every year.

maybe as it ages it will improve here in my garden ( crossing my fingers)

Wow i must ask are you a commercial grower or is this for your own backyard? Do you eat all the mangoes from these trees?

I must say i dont really understand floridas obsession with mangoes, maybe you have much superior mangoes than we do here in Australia?  There are many fruits superior to mangoes in my view most people with mangoes here have fruit that just falls on the ground and the rats and bats eat them.

Do you keep all these trees small?

Yes mangos are by far the greatest fruit on the planet to me. Lychees are second.  However, I have all kinds of tropical fruit trees.  I am not a commercial grower, everything I grow is for friends, family, neighbors, animals and thieves.

It's rare that I find someone who doesn't love mangos, I suppose everyone's body chemistry is different and perhaps some peoples taste  buds may sense the fruit another way. It's a shame, because you're missing out on an amazing flavor

38 mango varieties
Abiu
Avocado (15 varieties)
Meyer lemon
Valencia orange
Red dragon fruit
Mauritius, Brewster, Sweetheart, Bengal, Emperor Lychees
Longan
Banana
Barbados cherry
Cherry of the rio grande
Jujube
Wax jambu
Malay Apple
Sugar Apple
Purple passion fruit
Panama passion fruit
Loquat
Grumichama
Pitomba
Mulberry
Pomegranate
Sapodilla
Jackfruit
-Caimito
-Jaboticaba
Persimmon
Strawberry tree
Fig
Moringa
Peach
Carambola
Guanabana
Tamarind
Guava
Hog plum

Apologies if someone already did a thread like this - i did a search and couldn't find one.

I've got 26 varieties (out of 37) in bloom so far down here in Homestead, Florida:

Ice Cream
Beverly
Galaxy
Peach Cobbler
Mallika
Glenn
Parvin
Keitt
Edward
Carrie
Cac
Diamond
Super Julie
Pina Colada
Cotton Candy
Coconut Cream
Fairchild
Lancitilla
Dwarf Hawaiian
Choc-anon
Tebow
Valencia Pride
Orange (Essence or sherbet not sure which )
Venus
Cogshal
Pickering

How are you mango trees doing?
Edward


Diamond


Keitt


Coconut cream

You might try contacting the three gentlemen in the video.  It looks like an excellent fruit.

Thank you - I feel silly for not even thinking of that.

I had called a several farms in Plant City, FL on Saturday but no one answered.

I emailed the Dr. in the video after your suggestion. If he responds or if I find another source, Ill update this thread with the info in case someone in the future wants to do the same.

Cheers!

My neighbor has this tree.

Quote from: nothingincommon on April 05, 2020, 06:31:13 PM

Galaxy - nothing
Nam Doc Mai - nothing
Glenn - just flowering
Dwarf Hawaiian - just flowering
Choc-anon - nothing
Valencia Pride - nothing
Ice cream - nothing
Diamond - nothing
Pina Colada - nothing
Coconut Cream - nothing
Haden - every year like clockwork
Valcarrie - nothing
Lancetilla - nothing
Honey Kiss - nothing
Cogshall - nothing
Parvin - nothing
Sweet tart - nothing
Baileys Marvel - nothing
Cotton candy- nothing
Peach cobbler - nothing
Gold nugget - nothing
Fairchild - nothing
Mallika - nothing
Lemon Zest - nothing
PPK - nothing
Seacrest - nothing

All my mango trees are under 4 years old.

Your Orange Sherbet isn’t an Orange Sherbet. Could be an Orange Essence though.

probably not - which is why i got a second one from zill..

but this one was sold as "orange sherbet" and its extremely citris'y - super delicious! havent tried the genuine yet.

it will be funny if the fake one ends up tasting better lol

I wouldn't say Whitman's efforts were fake news but he spared no expense and the tree(s) still eventually croaked. The trees in the Whitman pavillion greenhouse produced for years though I have not been there in a handful of years to see what has become of them. Arctic blasts (and/or hurricanes) are the two biggest problems. I wouldn't count the lone great Bill Whitman example as "some success stories" but he reported that it was at least possible for him on his million dollar Bal Harbour lot!

it wasnt just him that i heard about though - besides - you said zero examples...

granted, i know is extremely difficult (hence why i said nearly impossible) , but you have to admit - it is theoretically possible

wouldnt you like to go down as someone that was able to get it to bare fruit? dont you think that would be cool?

Quote from: nothingincommon on February 19, 2020, 09:57:12 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/us/04whitman.html

So the Bill Whitman story is fake news?


http://rfvcbroward.org/bill-whitman

It can definitely be grown outside of a greenhouse in S FL, but it will be very difficult. I was told by a very reliable source that they saw a fruiting sized mangosteen tree growing outdoors in Lighthouse Point. The house was sold and I think the new owner removed the tree or something.

omg... i wish that person knew the treasure they had, if true. What a shame

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/us/04whitman.html

So the Bill Whitman story is fake news?


http://rfvcbroward.org/bill-whitman