The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thanks Mike

Will start the search for a good tree down here. If you keep any seeds next time from that friends good tree let me know

Quote from: Ulfr on January 29, 2021, 04:32:47 AM

Quote from: spaugh on January 27, 2021, 11:16:08 PM

How do you guys rate pink mamoth and tropic sun compared to Lisa? 

On page 48 or the ag guide you will see ratings given for flavour, texture etc. of various cultivars grown commercially here.
http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/1653/5/4keycus.pdf

The information linked to is more than 20 years old and doesn't cover newer varieties.  I wonder how they stack up against these industry standards of 1998 and what percentage of the commercial crop is now devoted to each variety.  Is Tropic Sun mostly a home gardener's variety?

I was answering Brad about Pinks Mammoth and as Gefner and AP are both listed and a point of reference I thought it worth sharing. Tropic sun is supposed to be good but killed mine before fruit it was developed for commercial production I believe but don’t know if it ended up being productive enough, it’s pretty low vigour. there are some others coming that are meant to be good to but yet to see them on the shelves.

Bit more info here that’s interesting but more about where they came from/how they were bred rather than flavour.
https://www.horticulture.com.au/globalassets/laserfiche/assets/project-reports/cu11000/cu11000-final-report-complete-2.pdf

That is a tough one. I seriously get near 100% take with cuttings the width of your finger just stuck in pots out in the open. I take all the leaves off.

I usually avoid the middle of summer and winter but I’m not even sure that matters.

I get light frosts most years (very brief here) and it seems the flowers are only damaged at the same point the tree/foliage would be.

Never had cores in mine like Brad has, that’s a bummer Brad . I rate them as a backyard banana.

I see it a lot but I wonder if a lot of the disappointment is due to the hype and other name of ice cream banana. They are fine to good tasting here and productive. My only gripe is having to stake the plant.

I use chickens and worms (big wheeled garbage bins for the worms).

I used to use a big cage for composting but I was lazy turning it so it took too long and fed the rodents.

My brother has an old tree in what would be the equivalent of 10b or 11a. It fruits, but the fruits are not super great. I don’t know if that’s a product of low chill or just a poor cultivar/seedling.

Good to hear Mike and thanks for sharing.

This is by far the most common cultivar is see in nurseries now but I’ve never had one. I grow Maher here.

Quote from: Ulfr on September 11, 2020, 07:33:37 AM

Quote from: Nyuu on September 10, 2020, 06:58:17 PM

Issue with Pickering mango seed is at it monoembryonic seed so there never be stable you need find a polyembryonic seed a stable rootstock

That is the idea though. You need variation to find something new. Once you find it grafting gives you the ability to propagate, no need for ‘stability’.

Good luck I don’t know how many seeds you’ll need to plant to find something worthwhile but interesting project.

If you're planning to use this rootstock you need to be stable
If not stable you can never guarantee it's going to be a dwarf

Future is talking about a dwarf cultivar not rootstock. Scion can provide the dwarfing characteristic, you don’t need a dwarf rootstock.

Is humidity a factor in pollination? It is with some other trees.

Good to hear you are back Mike mk2! Or is it mk3 now?!

Mine is still here and healthy but seemingly grows slower than its neighbours (at least while small). Could be the spot, time will tell! If it doesn’t speed up this could be a very manageable cultivar (similar to my wai chi).

I haven’t tried many but I don’t mind black gold.