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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I'm 4 Imbe
« on: March 04, 2012, 10:10:43 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on March 04, 2012, 09:45:38 PM
Yup can see the hermies very clearly amongst the males. Picture is clear enough. Think those trees would be worth propagating clonally. Are your plants from seeds or how were they grown? If you plant from seed you may or may not get same high percentage of bisexual flowers.
Oscar

Thanks for words of encouragement Oscar.

They are all seed grown. 

and as for seeds of hermies being true to type, read lost crops below:

There is also, however, the possibility that imbe is one of those rare plants that can clone itself through its own seeds (a process known in botany as apomixis). In various places several generations of trees grown from seed have yielded plants exactly like their parents…with no apparent variation among all the progeny. Also, it is said that female flowers that have been bagged (to keep all pollen out) can produce normal fruits and set viable seed.3 This pollenless fruit production obviously has important implications for selection—some trees will produce apomictic seeds, which grow true-to-type, while other trees produce sexual seed, which express various gene blends. The apomixis would greatly aid selection and virtually guarantee clonal purity. In addition, male plants would not be needed in any planting"


I have some seedstocks that I will graft some onto. and will attempt airlayering this year.

Maybe we can make a horrible name for the cultivar?  Like "Ru Paul"  ;D ;D ;D

Watch out!  If I ever get to name a fruit it will be a disgrace!

LOL

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I'm 4 Imbe
« on: March 04, 2012, 09:34:55 PM »


i count 3 androgynous flowers, in the midst of all of these males....this is one of my trees that sets fruit by itself.

they are hard to see with my phone picture, but they have a green ball that is to become the fruit, and a white tip, and or brown tip (depending on age of flower)  One has brown tip to upper left, two have white tips, one in middle, and one to lower left..all are hard to spot...I will have to get better pics for the folks who are going to debate me...but please remember the abiu flowers!  I'm not wrong...there are both male and androgynous flowers on these plants, I am 1000% certain...Ive eaten fruit from them!





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I'm 4 Imbe
« on: March 04, 2012, 08:43:42 PM »
All 4 plants I have make both male and female flowers!  How could I get odds like that??  Mine did come from grimals estate I believe...but i have to confirm this with my source...I know grimal had an eye for the  best of the best varieties of all plants he grew!!!  Hope mine are special!!!  They seem to be, ive seen them set fruit by themselves. 3 of 4 so far.  One just bloomed heavy last year for first time, hope it sets more now that i have more trees and flowers...bees love em.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I'm 4 Imbe
« on: March 04, 2012, 08:08:40 PM »
My trees make both male and female flowers, 3 of 4 have set fruits in past, 2 of those made hundreds!! Imbe usually makes male and androgynous flowers on same plant...have never seen a plant with only male flowers.  All of mine have both.  Maybe I'm mistaken,or lucky...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Clausena lansium (wampee)
« on: March 04, 2012, 06:48:54 PM »
 :o :o :o :o :o :)

 I can never find those! only the brown turd ones! :) :-X :P

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Clausena lansium (wampee)
« on: March 04, 2012, 06:45:30 PM »
pink one right? I hope it is!

The brown one is good but can only be eaten dead ripe!

The pink one looks amazing pink like a dam gumdrop from willy wonka.

I hear you can eat at three stages, and this wampee type is rare if you can find it.

I've only tasted the brown one, and its was very nice.

Hope I can taste them pinkies this year.

PS

Your grafts take so well, if I ever burn off my skin, I'll have you just do some grafts to heal myself rather than go to a Dr...cheaper, more painful, but I think you've got the skills to graft anything! even skin. ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / I'm 4 Imbe
« on: March 04, 2012, 06:38:14 PM »
Imbe is what it's all about! Underrated garcinia fruit, with nice sweet sour taste, and takes cold, drought, flood...and I love the way they look!, I know Ohiojay thinks they look like a mess! LOL ;)

they set fruit when isolated, but not as much when together.

I will have loads of fruit if I get luck!  I have 4 nice flowering trees!!!

Anyone else enjoy these fruits? or grow them?

PS don't look too far into the background! you'll see my arsenal of jaboticaba soldiers!  All pruned to fruit to the moon! LOL











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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cactus fruits that taste good (sweet), other than Dragon Fruit/Pitaya
« on: March 04, 2012, 05:58:28 PM »
I want to increase the diversity of my diet, while also being the grower of the food I eat.  I think each family of fruits has its benefit, and you will be healthier if you just eat a little fruit from each family, year round, even if you eat BK and Mickey Ds a lot.

Cactus fruits have been devoid in my garden, and I'm ready to find the new rage! other than dragon fruit, which is so saturated of a market place, with limited range to be commercially and casually grown.

I will find one that is special I'm sure! it just may take 2-5-10 yrs or more! I've got nothing better to do than discover new stuff to eat and grow. ;)

Quote from: Pancrazio on March 04, 2012, 02:41:36 PM
I have had some very good fruit from Opuntia ficus-indica, my favorites are the green ones (here they are called "bianche" which means white). They are both very sweet and crunchy. Hard to beat when chilled, in my humble opinion, during an hot day in august. I know that the numerous seeds are disliked by many peoples, but the taste alone, is, in my opinion, very good.
I haven't tasted many cactus fruit, aside from these, but the cactus family has usually very small seeds, so, excluded the pricky pears, they shouldn't be a problem.
Cactus anyway have some great advantages. At least in the south of italy they are effortless to grow (literally effortless). They don't need water. You can plant them in any arid soil and forget about them all year long, except for picking the fruits. And are easy to reproduce - very easy. They ship well.
Well, yes, i'm with you adam, i think they deserve to be grown more, at least in places with water shortage.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical fruit's that can be grown in Pot's
« on: March 04, 2012, 12:55:19 AM »
Click the link below that I provided in an earlier post!  Or once you join look I the photo albums you should find it there!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Picked a Rollinia today
« on: March 03, 2012, 11:56:37 PM »
if they can hybridize why not lump them? can they hybridize? i thought so?? but who knows???


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Picked a Rollinia today
« on: March 03, 2012, 10:36:31 PM »
x

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / giant sugar apple?sweetie sugar apple hybrid? papaya tree nursery?
« on: March 03, 2012, 10:08:24 PM »
i want scions of these bad!

wonder how it does in FL? it looks like a darn cherimoya!

sweetie sugar apple hybrid?
Giant sugar apple?

http://www.papayatreenursery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2031

http://www.papayatreenursery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2027

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: sapodilla...you gots any?
« on: March 03, 2012, 10:06:45 PM »
great sense of humor jeff!

 :)

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
« on: March 03, 2012, 10:06:00 PM »
some of the ones I got from you are sprouting well!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ross is the boss.
« on: March 03, 2012, 10:05:05 PM »
Oscar, and Jackfruitwhisperer

Pourterias are notorious for not fruiting but flowering profusely for the first few years of blooming...I have a few that do this, and know of others who've experience the same thing.

It could be poor timing for flowering near Jackwhisperer to.  They like pronounced dry season followed by good watering and drainage.

At least that's what I've been told ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Picked a Rollinia today
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:54:43 PM »
i know its' vein to name one after yourself, but I'm naming it after the Adam from the bible..not me...LOL ya right.

I have a few seedlings of 48-26, possibly fruiting for the first time this year, hopefully they continually make unusually high quality fruit without pollination, at a young age...you will truly see some "adamoyas" if it happens!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: fruit you are dying to taste
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:51:45 PM »
Quote from: Jackfruitwhisperer69 on March 03, 2012, 09:43:28 AM
Here's my list:

1. Durian- several species Durio zibethinus, D. testudinarum, D.dulcis...
2. Cupuaçu-Theobroma grandiflora
3. Pequi-Caryocar brasiliense
4. Achachairú-Garcinia humilis?
5. Bacuri-Platonia insignis
6. Biriba-Rollinia mucosa
7. Abiu-Pouteria caimito
8. Marang-Artocarpus odoratissimus
9. Marolo-Annona crassiflora
10. Mamey sapote-Pouteria sapota

Hopefully one day I will taste them all :)

NICE LIST!  I like your taste

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical fruit's that can be grown in Pot's
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:50:39 PM »
Quote from: Berto on March 03, 2012, 09:44:37 PM
Anikulapo,
My cousin Silva is located in Madeira Island!  Great guy, my buddy Steven Silva (all Silvas are related...ahhaahahahahahah)

thats why I liked him from the get go!  Amazing you can tell who is a great guy when you meet them , even on the web! ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dream Cherimoya, a variety that fruits in FL ! Introduced by Wayne Clifton
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:42:34 PM »
saw another fruiting cherimoya tree near tampa, that made satisfactory fruits only about 4 per year, without hand pollination,and not too large of fruit, size of large sugar apple.

so more people fruit them than we think.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: anyone growing Myrciaria dubia? camu camu
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:40:03 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on March 03, 2012, 09:34:09 PM
Quote from: Anikulapo on March 03, 2012, 01:44:47 PM


but of all the crazy fruits i have tried tamarind is the only acid fruit that it doesn't quite sweeten.

Miracle fruit doesn't work on bilimbi either.
Oscar

it did for me, I loved it!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pitomba Eugenia luschnathiana, anyone anyone?
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:39:32 PM »
Quote from: jb_fla on March 03, 2012, 08:02:38 PM





I have one too!!  This pic is from last year, its a bit bigger now.  I have mine in a heaviley watered area with thick mulch.  Mine flowered for the first time last year but did not set fruit.  Its just waking from dormancy now.  For flowering contrast, my CORG and surinam cherry has many flowers but the pitomba and grumichama are still dormant.

Eugenias and pourterias seem to not set fruit first few years of flowering

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Recipes / Re: My Secret repicee, Avacado garlic cheese crisps
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:36:25 PM »
Quote from: bsbullie on March 03, 2012, 09:34:25 PM
Quote from: Anikulapo on March 03, 2012, 09:33:06 PM
he says if you buy hass in stores 6 months of the year they are watery and low in fat...what have you taught me?

He illustrated my point to u! ;)
This is what I was pointing out:

"The fact that it does taste the best 6 months out of the year is phenomenal"

don't forget you seemed confused when I said hass is watery...besides for my recipe you want a larger avocado any way..they are easier to load with cheeses and spices, and press flat.

try the recipe any way you like!! but if you do let me know how you like it! :) ;)

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Recipes / Re: passion fruit shooters!
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:35:03 PM »
Quote from: bsbullie on March 03, 2012, 09:23:29 PM
Why not strain the passion fruit pulp, add a simple sugar syrup and mix in a shaker with the Goose (yes, leave the miracle fruit out)...seems like a cleaner and better tasting drink

WHy use sugar if you don't need it?
why use a mixer?

Why not use the shell of the fruit as the cup, and just add vodka or whatever, and kick back..crunch up seeds, or swallow them...

its natural and easier to do it my way I believe.

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Recipes / Re: My Secret repicee, Avacado garlic cheese crips
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:33:06 PM »
he says if you buy hass in stores 6 months of the year they are watery and low in fat...what have you taught me?

He illustrated my point to u! ;)

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Recipes / Re: My Secret repicee, Avacado garlic cheese crips
« on: March 03, 2012, 09:29:12 PM »
Quote from: bsbullie on March 03, 2012, 09:26:30 PM
Choquette  and Brogden are not that great either.  I would go with a Lula, Wurtz, Wilson Seedless or a Day.

2 each their own!

Now we know not to trust each others judgment! ;D ;)  Our taste buds are conflicting I believe.

At least we both like good fruit and grow good plants!

 ;) ;) ;) :)

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