The Tropical Fruit Forum

I didn't exactly put mine in a prime spot, one of the lowest spots in my yard and it's doing fine.  Although, I do agree that it developed a lot of flowers, but only a few fruit.  I mainly contributed this to the fact that I received the tree in very poor condition and it's only been in the ground a few months.

I did put some Black Kow manure around the tree and lightly fertilized it.  That may make the difference here.

Seriously, I've been looking for a mangosteen forever!  But, I did want one that was larger.  Anyone know where I can find one?

I do know that some are self infertile, I just don't know if I have one of those types LOL.  I can't remember which type I have.

The flowers are VERY tiny, I was surprised at how small they are.  I know in truly tropical areas they are pollinated by a special midge or beetle or something like that.  Are they just wind pollinated then?

I doubt it was the squirrel. I don’t think he’s strong enough to carry them away. Raccoons are and they’re too smart to fall for a live trap.

I think the squirrel was framed!  When I was trying to trap my peach thief I caught several rabbits, I know they weren’t climbing a tree and carting them off.

Drop the squirrel off a few miles away and I bet the mangos keep disappearing.

Try using one of the motion detector sprinklers from amazon. Put tuna or cat food in the trap.

Hey all, I just got a box of wax jambu apples.  I've been reading and find articles literally all over the map.  An L.A. Times article said it makes them go bad faster, other articles say it makes them last 3 days, another says 7 days???

Has anyone refrigerated them, and what was the result??

Thanks!!

Definitely not Rio Grande.  I believe it is a Barbados.  Are there 3 seeds in each cherry?  Barbados has 3 seeds per cherry.  As far as "very sour"  The 2nd and 3rd year in the ground they get sweeter.  Most of that sour taste is the vitamin C.  Each cherry is about 4% vitamin C by weight, very, very high C content, I see normally it is listed as the highest C content of anything you can eat. 

The pink flowers do very much look like Barbados. 

Here is a pic of my Barbados.

The mis Labelled  tree you got is a Pim sen Mun.

A correctly Labelled tree from that establishment is probably a rare occurrence.

Stopped by there twice to look at trees.  I found a few trees that I had been looking for a while.  Hope they are properly labeled, who knows?  I was disappointed by the fact that some of their trees were heavily infested with various insects that no one but me seemed to notice or care about.  Many of their trees were just not vigorous for one reason or another. 

I did get a few trees like I said, just because they were hard to find, assuming they are what they were labeled.  But - I set them off to the side and quarantined them.  I also treated them with Neem Oil, followed by a systemic pesticide.  Even if they are improperly labeled, I still plan on keeping them, but it is doubtful I will go back. 

Copy / paste from the above document.

EPA (2000) concluded that “this plant growth regulator poses no known risks to humans or the
293 environment,” and “in animals, indole-3-butyric acid is rapidly broken down to a closely related, harmless
294 chemical that occurs naturally in living organisms.”
295 IBA occurs naturally in plants and is produced by soil bacteria, as given in Questions #2 and #3. The usage
296 of IBA is limited in amount and in location, as given in Question #5. “IBA is metabolized into IAA in the
297 human body and IAA is a common metabolite in tryptophan metabolism in human,” EPA (1992). 40 CFR
298 180.1158, given above in the “Status” section, exempts the residues of IBA (and IAA) in or on food
299 commodities from the requirement of a tolerance.
300 IBA is “not listed”, “not available”, “no NTP studies”, and “no” in the categories of “Acute Toxicity”,
301 “Cancer Information”, “Endocrine Disruption”, “Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity” and
302 “Chemicals of Special Concern” in the PAN Pesticides Database (PAN, 2011).
303 EPA, in 1992, waived all toxicity data requirements for the pesticide registration of IBA because the general
304 exposure and the dietary exposure to the products containing IBA were expected to be very low (EPA,
305 1992). EPA, based on recently available data, provided that IBA, the active ingredient in the registered
306 products, is a Toxicity Category III or IV substance, in terms of “acute oral toxicity”, “acute dermal
307 toxicity”, “acute inhalation toxicity” and “acute dermal irritation” (EPA, 2010). Two LD50 values are listed
308 here as examples for evaluating IBA’s toxicity: acute oral LD50 > 2,000 mg kg-1 (rat); and acute dermal LD50
309 > 2,000 mg kg-1 (rabbit).
310 IBA might be a Toxicity Category II material in terms of corneal involvement and/or irritation cleaning in
311 8-21 days (EPA, 2010).
312 The data requirements for other items are still waived: “90-day oral”, “90-day dermal”, “90-day inhalation”
313 and “prenatal developmental” (EPA, 2010; 40 CFR 180.1158).

At minimum I’d support that branch right away. I don’t think that’s the cause, but it needs support. I’d also consider lightening that fruit load some, look up some unripe mango recipes, there are plenty. Might be sunburn to the bark. I might prune back that branch after you are done harvesting the fruit.

http://ezfloinjection.com/resources/how-ez-flo-works/

if you read it and if it works like they say, there is no dilution that occurs so concentration stays consistent from start to depleting of entire tank, they cant claim it falsely.

EZ-FLO’s patented flow technologies effectively create an “invisible bladder” that separates the clear water entering the tank from the fertilizer concentrate at the bottom of the tank. As clear water is introduced into the tank, it arrives in a number of areas. Port water inlets at the top of the tank create a clear layer of water that separates it from the fertilizer concentrate. Additionally a micro-jet agitation nozzle at the bottom of the tank “gently” agitates the heavier fertilizer concentrate, keeping the resulting semi-dissolved solution at even chemical concentration levels leaving the tank. Because of this ‘invisible bladder effect” there is no real dilution of the suspended N-P-K in the tank through out most of the tank cycle.  Only when you get to the end of the tank contents do the NPK percentages fall off.

Sounds like a crock to me, they can claim anything falsely, who is to stop them?  It still sounds interesting to me, but I don't believe that "invisible bladder effect" crap for one second.  Ever heard of Occam's Razor??  I find that principal is almost always correct.

Good info Greenman. Thanks. I’ll contact UF to see what I can do to encourage them to reproduce.

I have considered the systemic insecticides.  The problem is I really don’t want an insecticide that is going to end up inside the fruit that I will later consume. Just something about the thought of that really turns me off to those

I thought the outside of the flower was male, the inside female, at least on the American Beauty.  I rarely have a flower not get pollinated.  I do have immature yellow and white DF, I just planted them a couple of weeks ago, so I don't have experience with the yellow or white yet.