The Tropical Fruit Forum

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Caesar, this line of discussion is liable to fall under legal restrictions, with all due respect.

In my area of California, figs have been grown for generations, in part, due to the importation of  individual caprifigs, from overseas. When I researched this on Youtube, they were hand carried, from orchard to orchard, and hung by a string, like necklaces, on trees, which needed to be pollinated. There is no need to have an entire tree, per se.

I am not formally educated about this, but, to the best of my understanding, the harder, small figs, with gnat-like insects, do occur in the driveway, near my house, without any human intervention.

A local store sells 'Turkish Smyrna' figs, which are white, but this alleyway tree has purple-skinned fruit with red flesh.

So, I am assuming that the variety does not strictly have to be Smyrna, in order to bear caprifigs.

Do any kind of domestic figs, at all, grow near your house?

My ordinary fig seedlings developed fruit without any extra effort being taken, on my part.

I have an interest in Bible plants and have come across a potential, alternative method, which may have been used on sycamore figs.

You see, they apparently stay hard, on the tree, just like what you are describing. The pollinator is not known to exist in Israel, at least not today.

It used to be considered among the humblest of jobs (for someone like Amos) to repeatedly prick, bruise, or oil the skins of these figs. This would apparently cause natural ethylene gas to be trapped inside of the fruit, resulting in something more palatable.

Hawaiian type sandalwood, Santalum paniculatum, also has edible nuts. I've never eaten them as i still consider them too rare to do that. But once in a while i collect them and send out to people to plant. The paniculatum has blue/purple fruits when mature.

I understood that they are hemi-parasitic.

Did you go out of your way to train this, next to another tree, or does this happen without human intervention?

Prices are very reasonable, here. I only wish I had more room and more money.

The beach cities sometimes have interesting selections at farmer's markets.

It seems that sufficient stress in some plants causes them to bloom.

  Hello.

Would you have more colors available, later on?

I am excited to try this but already have a few seedlings from a pink variety.

Cashews are tough plants , hard to kill and drought resistant ( here at least ) Seeds are easy to grow , no special treatment . In season now here in Mexico .

Is the shipping rate agreeable, between Mexico and Southern California?

These are heavily planted, in my city, for shade, with no particular care given as to the variety, or whether it is fruitful. They are typically pollarded, sometimes, even twice a year.

I don't have any firm figures but believe that the wood has to be several years old, in order to be productive. If you prune, the new growth on a large tree will be useless, but little clones wills be fruitful, on account of their age.

I have seen all different kinds, except for the long, Pakistan one, which seems to be more expensive.

I have just learned of a pink one and will harvest some, tomorrow. There is a pink one, growing in a yard, then, within eyeshot, out of a crack in a parking lot. I can image where it came from, as they grow spontaneously, along fences, and my drip line.

I felt that the under-ripe black ones had a pleasant tartness to them, when still a little bit red-colored.. The older ones , which stain, were somewhat vegetable-tasting and bland. They were good in sour-flavored jello, baked with added sugar, and might benefit from some lemon juice.

I am curious as to what effect cross pollination may have, if from the fruitless male. They seem to have very long inflorescences, full of pollen. I have not created a successful graft.

Seems to be somewhat tart. They are mostly skin and peel, making it impossible to get edible quantities, without a stockpot or a steam juicer. 

The blossoms contain detectable amounts of clove oil, and are distilled with the juice for a flu tonic.

But, the stems and leaves are reputedly poisonous.

These grow wild, in my area, but mainly around stream beds. In my experience, trees of this nature will tend to have shallow, ranging roots, meaning that they find sewer lines. To stay on the safe side, I planted mine in containers, on top of sheet metal. The roots found their way to the ground...

Some yards get very parched. The trees still survive, but in ragged condition, and with fewer, smaller, harder. blacker berries, which hold on for years.

Well watered berries take on a sort of transparent quality, and get a whitish coating, and are prone to fall off, before becomming fully developed.   

Also, the fruit seems to develop much faster, at lower elevations, and sets later, as you travel into the mountains.

Is the root structure of the cashew similar to the shape of the crown, and should the shape of the planter accommodate that?