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Nice on growing the pups, now you can see see if the first fruit was a fluke/overripe or if the great tasting experience can be repeated. Keep us posted in time.

-joep450

JoeP450, I had two plants. Another one was too young to produce fruit but did and it was 'lost' in the garden, in a small pot so the fruit was small. I didn't think it will develop at all but it did. An animal got it before me but there was a piece I could cut off and taste. The taste was the same yummy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Let's talk about pineapple again

« on: August 22, 2019, 01:03:49 PM »

These pictures were taken under the light inside and the color looks yellow. You can see that the pineapple isn't overripe.

This looks more true to the color.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Let's talk about pineapple again

« on: August 21, 2019, 11:15:54 PM »

Quote from: JoeP450 on August 21, 2019, 01:31:28 PM

Wow I’ve never seen a translucent pineapple before, looks really interesting. Are you growing those pups?

-Joep450

I haven't too. Yes, I am growing some of those pups.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Let's talk about pineapple again

« on: August 21, 2019, 11:14:00 PM »

Quote from: simon_grow on August 21, 2019, 08:52:41 PM

The pineapple looks over ripe and starting to ferment.

Simon

Simon, it was perfectly ripe. I thought so too when I cut it opened but the taste was incredible. I've tasted rotten pineapple before. I will post more pictures tomorrow.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Let's talk about pineapple again

« on: August 21, 2019, 01:20:40 PM »

I had an amazing pineapple to taste this year. Bought two plants at a Flea Market with no name tag but they looked very healthy and different from what I grow. The seller didn't know the variety name. Well, they fruited and the fruit looked long conical in shape (weird) and a bunch of pups and suckers. The whole plant looked like a bush with the hidden pineapple inside..

The taste of this pineapple blew me off. It was so sweet and juicy. It was gone in a few minutes, lol. The inside was translucent white/pale yellow. So, I thought before it was a sugarloaf but I had one before that was different. I looked it up and found a few videos on YouTube about Eleuthera pineapple and it looks very similar to what I got. Does anybody else grow this pineapple and can tell me what variety is it?

Some pics.

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: ISO Dekopon seed

« on: July 06, 2019, 03:39:44 AM »

Yeah, very rare. Some of my fruits had some seeds this year.

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Citrus Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: ISO Dekopon seed

« on: July 05, 2019, 11:50:02 AM »

I have three fresh Dekopon seeds. PM me if interested. US only.

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Cold Hardy Citrus / Re: Variegated sour orange seedlings.

« on: June 28, 2019, 01:44:02 PM »

My seedlings started nicely variegated and grew green after 5th leaf. I see the bottom leaves are still variegated. Is it normal? Will they grow variegated leaves at all? I need to give them more attention.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Is this asian citrus psyllid? What to do?

« on: June 22, 2019, 03:43:28 AM »

Quote from: Malia on June 20, 2019, 11:07:16 PM

Thank you for all the help.

Referring to your posts:
1. Yes, it is on new growth. On Key lime actually, I mixed the containers up.
2. It is a very tiny insect. The picture is 8x zoom
3. All the bushes I referred to are citrus. I bought these miniature citrus bushes to plant in planters around the house. 5 containers altogether.
4. I am afraid it is the best picture I have taken. I will try tomorrow again. Or rather I hope all bugs will be done after neem oil spray.

Malia, you can return your trees you bought from Lowe's and HD.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Greenhouse for citrus trench type. Zaporizhia, Ukraine

« on: June 16, 2019, 11:56:09 AM »

Quote from: forumfool on June 16, 2019, 09:30:42 AM

This is impressive and an inspiration to us growers in colder climates . This could be called a passive solar greenhouse as well with the long south wall and thermal mass of concrete. Looking forward to more information and pictures!

I agree!

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Marsh Grapefruit

« on: June 16, 2019, 11:53:58 AM »

I've bought a big bag of Pink Marsh. They're delicious. Two to three seeds inside. I will have to go get a few more bags, so yummy.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: How long does it take for trifoliate cutting to produce fruit?

« on: June 05, 2019, 11:22:13 AM »

I've rooted a few cuttings of trifoliata. They stayed green for a year without any growth then started to push. I believe, it had the first few flowers next year, didn't set any fruit. The following year it had lots of flowers but set only one fruit.

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