The Tropical Fruit Forum

My question: Does soursop have a short season?  From my tree about a dozen are ripening in the space of a week.  (Going to have to freeze the pulp!)

Quote from: skhan on June 19, 2017, 08:56:18 AM

Here an update on my fathers seedling soursop tree.
Its doing really good. So far this he picked 4 this year
Probably another 40 more


Around 2.5 lbs each

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Here is the tree, about the size of a single story flat.
Second year fruiting

Congrats, that's a whole bunch of delicious fruit! Any chance of teaching him to hand pollinate so he can get some real whopper sized soursop?

ha nutty. Where did you track down the golden queen?

Quote from: skhan on September 21, 2016, 11:40:13 AM

First time I had a Jin Huang (golden queen) mango. A nice balance of sweet and acid, and had a hint of the "cola sap" aroma permeating the flesh.
The texture is firm with a good bit of pectin. (Not as high as manilita)
The one i had was the size of a big Valencia Pride but with more of a NDM shape.







Over all, i like 

Quote from: willowwater on May 25, 2017, 10:35:59 PM

Taking the chainsaw to mine this weekend. I too believed the hype. Lousy bearer, vigorous leggy grower, and a total waste of premium yard space. Condo mango my big toe. As an experiment a few years ago, and before knowing any better, I top-worked a seedling tree in my neighbor's yard with Tommy Atkins, Lancetilla and Keitt on separate but equally spaced branches. The Lancetilla outgrew the Tommy Atkins by leaps and bounds and periodically had to be chopped back to control growth. The Keitt branch was left in the dust.

So to top work, what do I do and when.
I know I will cut it down - how tall of a stump?
I know there will be regrowth - is there a best time to cut so the regrowth can be grafted on to?
I assume I can get bud wood from some here but when typically is scion material available?
I will like to put two or three different cultivars on if possible, is the a compatible set of good mangoes with similar growth characteristics?
If making a cocktail three can they bear at different times?

So many questions so little time

All suggestions welcome.

I was there. Since this one today, the only other one I had been to was Broward back in 2012 I think. The facility was big enough. Saw some big names I'm familiar with like Going Bananas, Hopkins, Wayne Clifton, and Flying Fox Fruits. When I saw Adam there I remembered the thread about where is Adam and why isn't he answering messages . He was busy and at one point he had to control the crown of poeple that started grabbing his yellow pitingatuba fruits in the trays he had on the front desk. Was hoping Toptropicals would be there too and to my surprise they were supposed to be but they had some mechanical problems and were delayed.  I left at around lunch time so I do not know if they made it. Went there solely for mulberries and got four different types and some jabos I didn't already have. Spent just under $300. I was surprised to see how many Cotton Candy mango plants different nurseries had. I think Wayne had the most. Also saw multiple Edgar , CC, Kathy, a lone Orange Essence. Pickering seemed to be the star. Chatter heard when walking through the crowds near the mangoes were about Maha Chanok and Kesar. Also saw some carambolas I havent heard of like Red Dumpster and some other one whose name eludes me now (Possum Gold?). Kajang carambola still eludes me. Saw "B-10" and apparently this is not "Bell" but a much older variety (close to 40 yrs old). Saw lots of Luc's garcinia seedlings for sale at this one stall for $50 (?) a pop about 6" high with 2-4 leaves at best. I hope the mulberries I bought turned out to be what the label says. When packing my "Giant" in the car, I only then noticed the pot had Perv. written on it. LOL.