The Tropical Fruit Forum

I bet it will hold one or two fruits if you let it!

Give it a shot! You may never get to taste the fruits otherwise.

And if you intend to keep it in a pot, why not get it used to fruiting at a young age in a pot, like its supposed to do? (if you want container grown tree).

I hate when people are growing a condo mango, or a container tree, and they snap off blooms to encourage new growth (vegetative).  If your tree fruit at a young age, yes it may stunt its overall growth, but it will fruit more, and as a smaller tree in the long run.

Growing in the ground has a different approach altogether, where some might argue to snap off blooms on even a dwarf fruit tree...to each their own!

Good growing!

x

Oscar,


In past this hermie tree has made a few fruits, but not loads...all by itself.

Mine doesn't have 100% hermies, but a large percentage of flowers are androgynous, and some are male.

I'd rather that, than just a regular old male!!! SO maybe that's the only selling point?

Booo HOOO!

 

I tell u this!!!

I have intermedia, and what I have in question, is not that. No question.

but seriously thank you for bringing to my attention that the madruno is not what they say it is at daileys possibly!

So here is the update on my imbe trees.

There are two that are flowering (about 10yrs old each) that were definitely acquired at Adolf Grimals property in the Keys.

One of these trees produces all male flowers (I have yet to see a hermaphrodite flower), the other one produces almost as many hermie flowers, as male flowers (and I've had it set some fruits without a pollinating partner nearby.

I have two other large imbe trees from another FL grower (which I purchased recently) one produces only androgynous flowers (almost 100% set fruit), and the other produces mostly male but also has a fair share of androgynous flowers as well!

So I don't think its that rare to have a plant that has male and androgynous flowers on the same plant..

I have two out of 4 that do this!

and two of four come from grimal estate, others origin is unknown.

here another link to what looks like same leaf!

http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Wlj&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1013&bih=601&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=XgjPCG6YahiUgM:&imgrefurl=http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/plant/Madrono.htm&docid=6c08fGFSHUSopM&imgurl=http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/i/b/Madrono.jpg&w=671&h=1189&ei=ZhJfT7fYII3qtgfJ_Mz7Bg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=278&vpy=111&dur=845&hovh=299&hovw=169&tx=90&ty=148&sig=115099592437118773346&page=1&tbnh=122&tbnw=86&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0

thanks oscar!

If u look at my photos, the new growth branches are angular...much more than others I grow!

Hope this is it! 

I'd love to eat that one!

thanks

x

oscar,

the marks on my seeds were much more defined,,,it looked like a computer chip almost...why are yours worn down looking?? almost like an old coin?


thanks for posting pics!

West viginia / Virginia , south Carolina north Carolina , I can never get it right.  Including north vietnam and north Korea.

Native to north Vietnam

Sorry for mix up

ya i have some.

It's invasive species, and native to North Korea. (Vietnam not korea! Sorry!)

I want to eat fresh, but people keep saying this isn't the way to eat it...

any one eat the arils fresh? like momordica charantia (balsam pear)?  its very nice tasting and similar in appearance to Gac.  I think you can eat gac fresh, many people just don't do it though.

Why do you care about this one FLGreenman?

Tim,

Thanks for the very kind statements!
Whenever I have guest in my garden, I always tell them not to touch any fruits!

They are like walls of a cavern!  If you touch them, the bacteria and oils on your hands make them look like crap!

That's why my fruits look so good, I never touch them until harvest time.