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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pejibaye, Sugar Apple
« on: July 16, 2012, 03:21:03 PM »
This weekend  I was able to try two fruits I have not tried before.

My small balcony Sugar apple tree, produced 1 fruit this year, I picked it on Saturday, and gave it a try, it was sweet and tasty,  my fruit was very small, and had a lot of seeds.

The biggest surprise was the Pejibaye or peach palm, ( Bactris gasipaes ).

I had no idea what to expect with these, thoughts of stringiness or sour / sweet maybe.

This is how they were prepared, after they were cut down off a tall tree, the fruits were sliced open length wise, and seed removes, they were then placed in boiling water for about 40 min. salt added when they had 5 min more to go.

So what did they taste like? drum roll please, ........buttered corn on the cob !

they were great.  the buttery taste must be from the natural oils, as none was added. I ate them skin and all,  no stringiness, just nice firm flesh that was smooth.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bad weather brewing
« on: June 23, 2012, 11:44:58 AM »
We are getting close to that time of the year,  peak hurricane season. I see a storm forming in the Golf, 90% chance of becoming a TS.

What have you done in the past to prepare your trees for a hurricane? please share your experience so others may know what works what doesn't.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Rootstocks and stuff
« on: June 22, 2012, 03:17:00 PM »
In Florida it has been mentioned many times that "Turpentine" is the preferred rootstock.

In my continued research ( I often have a lot of time on hand ) into rootstock, and trials done on them.  I have come up with this information.

Gomera-1 is suspected of being turpentine.   ( further research has shown they are not the same )

Mangoes grafted on Gomera-1 are a bit more cold hardy, and can tolerate winds better, they will produce more fruit , but the fruit will have less weight compared to Gomera-3. Gomera-1 is also has shown better salt tolerance.

Gomera-3, has the advantage of producing bigger trees, and larger fruit.

In other research,  Olour and Muvandan have showed best results for Alphonso in terms of production and salt tolerance.

Vellaikolamban rootstock is dwarfing and recommended for high density planting. ( Something i was looking for ).

I am also a believer in using beneficial fungi etc on plants. so I also went looking for information on beneficial strains.

Gigaspora margarita is what you want to sprinkle on your roots or mango seeds, which will give you higher graft success and more productive trees, inoculating your rootstocks with G. margarita will cut the time needed before you can start grafting on them.

Anyway i am just throwing this information out there, in the hopes it may be its useful to someone

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Earliest mango variety?
« on: June 14, 2012, 03:37:13 PM »
I am writing up plans for a future project, and I am trying to find Early/Mid/late commercial type varieties.

Mid and late are easy,  but I am having a hard time finding an Early variety that has these features.

*Very early
*Medium to large fruit size
* Color / attractive
* Disease resistance
* Excellent taste
* Decent shelf life.
* Productive.
* little to no fiber

In the new super list being made, mangoes are only marked as Early,  Early -mid etc. But no specific months,

So far the only one that gets close to the above requirements is the Glenn,  any other suggestions?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Nam Doc Mai Diet
« on: June 13, 2012, 04:45:02 PM »
First there was the "African Mango" diet pills, what's next?  How about the Nam Doc Mai, or Irwin mango peel diet?

Quote
Australian researchers found that the skins from two common mango varieties, the 'Irwin' and 'Nam Doc Mai' mangoes, contain high concentrations of bioactives that inhibit development of human fat cells.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120601/10123/mango-peels-obesity-fat-adipogenesis.htm


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fruit Photography
« on: June 05, 2012, 01:08:40 AM »
I came across this wonderful site with tons of beautiful fruit photos from the CRFGs, its a fruit lovers wet dream. many of you probably know about this site, anyway here is the link just in case you haven't .

http://www.crfg.org/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=9385

http://www.crfg.org/g2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9508&g2_serialNumber=2
http://www.crfg.org/g2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=8587&g2_serialNumber=2


Mod edit: I had to remove the links because the pics were being hotlinked.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mystery of the Mulgoba
« on: June 01, 2012, 12:23:07 PM »
Whats interesting is that even the "Mother of all mangoes" in this chart , the Mulgoba may not be a Mulgoba :

THE MYSTERY OF THE MULGOBA:

http://www.google.com.do/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CFcQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fshs.org%2FProceedings%2FPassword%2520Protected%2F1960%2520Vol.%252073%2F309-311%2520(WOLFE)1.pdf&ei=uOnIT8rpIKbv6AGCuN0K&usg=AFQjCNHiMhNQrGOaraMzf1AVELZzRlb_qw&sig2=otzVogKg5sDOwbwYcu4p7Q

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Inarching mango to induce flowering?
« on: May 31, 2012, 05:14:28 PM »
I blame Zands, for getting me all curious again, after seeing a post he made regarding double rootstocks for mangoes, and came across this old 1962 paper from the Florida State Horticultural Society

I find this technique interesting for those that just HAVE to know what their mango tastes like. I can see this very useful for those trying to breed new varieties.

Basically you inarch a flowering branch with that from a grafted/seedling, the flowering hormones will cause it to then flower.

www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1962%20Vol.%2075/410-412%20(SINGH).pdf

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Thieves, What would you do?
« on: May 11, 2012, 03:47:56 PM »
I was cracking up while watching this video, here we have this guy venting his frustration over mango thieves in Florida, while playing a video game. 

How many of you can relate?

COD MW3 - Mango Thieves

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Festivals and such.
« on: May 08, 2012, 07:43:57 PM »
Now that most of us are getting close to the peak of the mango season, no doubt that many are excited about  going to a mango festival / expo etc.

I have never had the opportunity to go to the Fairchild, or Fruit Spice Park,  mango gigs,  because I am never State side, when these events happen.

I have been to the local one, held in Bani, Dominican rep. which is the "Mango Capitol" of the country.
this year will start on the 13th of June. I will be taking videos this year, have a nice HD camcorder so I expect to get some nice clips.

I noticed that some of the Mango aficionados in the forum sometimes get together, and do some taste testings etc. those sound like a lot of fun. 

With a large group, I could see it getting organized where one could hold a big get together, where everyone brings a box of mangoes from their own trees, and eating them, taking notes, giving advice, meeting other members and all that good stuff.  Still Id be in the boonies, but sounds like a fun idea.
 
What events are you looking forward to this year in your area , not just in S. Fla. ?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Luau video
« on: May 02, 2012, 07:16:02 PM »
Not sure if this was posted here before, came across this clip while surfing on youtube.

Video Bite: Mango Luau at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / No flowers?
« on: April 11, 2012, 02:36:17 AM »
Arrived in Fla this weekend to visit my mother, and noticed that our huge Valencia Pride did not flower this year. which is odd.  has anyone else had mature  mango trees not flower this year ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Atemoya or Cherimoya?
« on: April 01, 2012, 10:05:54 PM »
I will be visiting Florida in about a week, and was thinking about picking up a Annona,  Atemoya or Cherimoya

I see some of the nurseries have cultivars of Atemoya, and have read they do better in hot weather,  but would like the opinion of those in the forum.

Whats better tasting? Atemoya or Cherimoya,  which would do best in the humid Caribbean?  also from my understanding Atemoya and Cherimoya are not very good at self pollinating, although some cultivars are said to be better at self pollinating such as the "Gefner" atemoya.  advice?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Poll on the CC mango
« on: January 30, 2012, 08:03:03 PM »
I have found very little documented information on the Coconut cream mango. so I created this poll, in the hopes that people that are familiar with it can vote in the qualities of this variety.

Note: you can change your vote at anytime, add or subtract.  over time, I believe this will be a better reference for this fruit than similar charts in other places. because it will be from the experts in this forum  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Giant Papaya Tree
« on: January 18, 2012, 10:46:32 PM »
Originally I posted this on GW, but want to try the video embed feature here.

Giant papaya tree

Easier than I thought....very nice!

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