The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: 00christian00 on November 03, 2018, 09:10:02 PM

Quote from: Caesar on November 03, 2018, 07:02:19 PM

The Hodgsonia vine is finally putting on some growth, I was beginning to worry.

When did you get your hodgsonia seeds? Mine in the summer still have to germinate, I think I have screwed up something.

Mine arrived on August 6. I think they took a couple of weeks to sprout, but then they spent a very long time in a weird state, with long-ish ground-hugging woody-seeming stems and strange growing tips that almost looked fasciated (and often dried up). This is the first time I've seen one sporting a proper vine (spotted it last week), and it's the only one that's done so thus far. Out of 6 seeds, 4 had sprouted. Not sure how many remain alive, I stopped digging around in that tub once the Jarilla grew bushy.

Damn, mine must have gone bad. Pity, they costed a lot and was looking forward to them

went on vacation and my sister in law watered while I was away... Lost all but a few of my sprouts and they're looking pretty sad...
One yellow .. had about 10. probably down to about 5 reds

I had tons germinate too and a huge mortality.
The only one who look healthy are the one completely sealed and in a rigid container.
Every form of stress kill them temp change, a little breeze, moving the soil, etc.
Try to cover them with kitchen plastic wrap tightly and open them every day for a second without moving them and seal again. The temperature should always stay high.

I got some Marula seeds, but I haven't been able to understand how to find these eyes.
The seed look roughly the same everywhere to me. I tried to pull randomly and nothing popped.
Can anybody explain how to recognize the eyes? Do you just go by shape of the seeds pulling the angles?

I tried the bleach solution, but today after 1 month of treatment I found a banana weevil larvae digging the corm, there must have been an egg somewhere or the larvae was already born.
So it doesn't seem effective.

Right now, I've already selected names for them, after their original sources. The one from India would be named CV-Sativa, for Chandramohan, who sent me my first bulbils (and confirmed it as nameless). The African variety might be named SENA, for Stephward Estate Nursery, Africa (they shipped it labeled as "Edible Air Potato", no varietal name or anything). Does that sound ok to you 00christian00? I know you got the same bulbils as well, so you oughtta take part.

Fine for me.

The name given on that link is "Giant Kumquat (Fortunella margarita Nordmann seedless)"  so i assume it is the usual nordmann seedless which I've never had seeds show up in.  The fruit is elongated just like that.

Unless there is a giant version of nordmann I'm unaware of I believe this is just being embellished a bit in Italy

Strange, that's the same website where I took the picture and there was no mention of Normann seedless in the Italian version. Lol, damn Italian.

I like Kumquat a lot, they are a easy and fast snack.
On the contrary to most I like the normal small variety, exactly because it's more juicy.
I got a Meiwa, around 2 years ago and I didn't like it much because it was way too dry.
The first batch which came from the nursery was completely dry, like zero juice. The second batch was slightly better but I still prefer the juiciness of normal kumquat.
Plus mine was terribly full of seeds, like 2/3 of the fruit so not so enjoyable.
I have some giant kumquat which is similar to Meiwa( sweeter and dryer) but at least that has few seeds.

One of my favorites is the Orangequat variegated(which looks very similar to the centennial, not sure if they are same), very sweet and tasting like an orange.
The only drawback here is that peel is harder than normal kumquat, and although it's not unpleasant it ruin a little the enjoyment.

Its a shoot! It may be okay if you leave it that way, but I would gently remove it and replant it face up.

Very awesome! I just recently found what I think is a mountain yam. I will post some pictures once it grows a little more.

Thanks, I reoriented all the one that sprouted.

What's a mountain yam? scientific name?

Is this bump a shoot or a root? I put it downside but I'm worried it could be a shoot.

I believe they need light to germinate.

Direct sun or just lots of indirect light?
After they germinate they can stay in the sun or they will sun burn(I doubt,but you never know)?

Post some picture. I have found jackfruit very easy to grow.
It's very important to have two things:
1-Very tall pot, they grow the taproot very quickly and if they cannot go further they get stunted.
Ideally 25cm at least from day 0.
2-Very light soil. Since I switched to coco coir and perlite for all my tropical I never had any issue.
Use like 40% perlite and 60% coco coir, without compacting it, you will see the roots grow at incredible speed and fill the bag in 6-8 months.
If you want to go extreme use even taller pots. I use poly bag for this reason, I stack them when the roots have reached the bottom.
Mine were 4 feets tall in few months.

Quote from: 00christian00 on September 05, 2018, 10:40:56 AM

Hi Raul, always forgot to ask, do you eat the skin too?
The skin has any flavor?

There are no more seeds I bought 800 of them and they are gone, next year they will be more if my inlaws help,
CHRIS- Skin is imperceptible, no flavor, very thin to notice, yes don't need to peel...

Good to know, I hate peeling fruits. Eat almost everything with the skin if edible.
My seeds have just arrived Italy, let's hope they pass the customs or I'll have to wait next year!