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I have been eating the non-acidic for months. Picked up some nice 2 lb fruit today.
Quote from: Pan Dulce on May 26, 2019, 12:19:32 AMI have been eating the non-acidic for months. Picked up some nice 2 lb fruit today. Where were you able to find the fruit? I live in central Florida too, and the only place I can find it is at MD Oriental Market for $9 a pound. I'd love another option.
It's a good fruit. There are 2 different types that I've seen -- the sweet + sour and the non-acidic type.
Whether or not it has any effect on cancer, you feel like you're consuming about the healthiest fruit there is--it's a life force bomb!
There are non-sour guanabanas. They are generally popular among Jamaicans (at least as far as I've seen here in FL). They seem to be true to seed as well. The one sold at nurseries is nearly always sour though. I tend to prefer the sour one myself (it's actually a good mix of sweet and sour).If you like soursop, you would die for white ilama. The white ilama has a similar flavor, just a bit more refined and with better texture. The anti-cancer thing I think is misleading. I remember reading something that indicated that annonacin is actually a neurotoxin. I would probably recommend refraining from neurotoxic tea unless I literally had no other treatment options. Just sayin...
First tree is 6-7 years old. Was severely trimmed following Irma. Second tree is about 3.
Guanabana grows great for me here, and the fruit is delicious. Tree is beautiful and easy to control. 6 nice fruit ripening, can't wait!Thinking about either grafting other varieties, or removing one of my not so great trees for another soursop. White ilama sounds good too, got a little ilama tree from Mike at TreesNMore a while back that is ready for grafting. In general, mangoes and annonas appear to be 2 of the easiest, most productive, and best fruit trees to grow in SoFl.
Quote from: Cookie Monster on June 08, 2019, 02:08:33 PMThere are non-sour guanabanas. They are generally popular among Jamaicans (at least as far as I've seen here in FL). They seem to be true to seed as well. The one sold at nurseries is nearly always sour though. I tend to prefer the sour one myself (it's actually a good mix of sweet and sour).If you like soursop, you would die for white ilama. The white ilama has a similar flavor, just a bit more refined and with better texture. The anti-cancer thing I think is misleading. I remember reading something that indicated that annonacin is actually a neurotoxin. I would probably recommend refraining from neurotoxic tea unless I literally had no other treatment options. Just sayin...Does the white Illama do well in South Florida? Productive? If yes, where can i get a grafted tree?
annonas can actually be a real headache :-). Either you're lucky or you're taking great care of them. It took me many years and many failed attempts to grow them. I found that successfully growing them requires leaf hopper control and really good fertilization and watering practices. Mango is indeed a set it and forget it type tree though... unless you get MBBS.Quote from: roblack on June 09, 2019, 09:47:30 AMGuanabana grows great for me here, and the fruit is delicious. Tree is beautiful and easy to control. 6 nice fruit ripening, can't wait!Thinking about either grafting other varieties, or removing one of my not so great trees for another soursop. White ilama sounds good too, got a little ilama tree from Mike at TreesNMore a while back that is ready for grafting. In general, mangoes and annonas appear to be 2 of the easiest, most productive, and best fruit trees to grow in SoFl.