The Tropical Fruit Forum

lol, just ate one super ripe miracle fruit and waited a couple of minutes and ate a Surinam cherry off our hedge; NICE! Definitely reduced the resinous taste and allowed me to enjoy the fruit more. 2 would be better I am sure, but got a couple of IPAs waiting for me.

Count me in for a cutting(s). =)

Very nicely done! You should be enjoying smoothies in no time.

This is inspiring to me, as I'm contemplating what to do with a large p. maliformis in a 7g or so, along with others. We have well over a dozen passiflora in ground, but nowhere ideal to plant more without encroaching into other stuff.

Mangoes grow roots first, when planted in ground. Can go many months, especially over winter, and not show any signs of growth above ground. Water when young, will also help wash out any excess fert.

I am growing a bunch of passion fruit, but am confused as to what "lilikoi" actually is. I always thought of it as either p. laurifolia or p. quadragularis. Quad was too perfumey sweet to me and a huge aggressive vine, so it got chopped.  But I like laurifolia and grow a few edulis and/or flavicarpa, maliformis, and others. My favs so far are the edulis/flavacarpas, being sweet and sour. Playing around with some seedlings; have sampled some fruits that are quite good, with light acidity.

I did testing during the first flowering this year using only male appearing flowers from a 12 year old tree which is female. I was not able to pollinate itself or another female using male flowers. I hand pollinated over at least 7 days of the flowering period. No set on one tree and only a handful on the source tree. The test source tree is next to another female that I was pollinating from a grafted male.  I think the handful of fruit that set were probably from bees that carried pollen from the grafted male.

 

Quote from: roblack on April 08, 2024, 03:17:43 PM

With maturity, trees appear to exhibit more diversity in flower types. When young, you may get stuck with a male or female for a while.

Important to know, thank you for posting. Glad I have 2 Luc's and some other variations. Assuming Orangey can cross with regular Luc's.

Have been enjoying some nice fruit off a seedling of what I believe came from Zill's Dark. Very sweet and sour, with complexity, and low to no resin depending on when picked. Still working on that.

Funny thing is, the hedge trees of Surinam cherry all around my house now taste good to me, even though there is resin to them. Seems my taste buds have changed, and now I am not disgusted by the funkiness. Still can't eat a lot of them at one time, but like nibbling on a few each day.

Be careful with the amount of sunlight, April seems extra bright. Burned a few eugenias recently.

I like the funky crossed flower as well. Please keep us posted on developments and other crosses.

G. de Bico seems to be a fast grower here, as far as garcinias go.

Quote from: chicomoralessxm on March 30, 2024, 07:12:15 PM

ok thanks will give them a call. Are they are pickup only not  mail order in FL

Xain doesn't ship normally.

lol, maybe he'll make the drive

Make a mound

The effects of pm and normal fruit drop are compounding to where it is clear some trees won't do much at all this season. Very sad, and will begin spraying next year. Ceci Love fruits have largely dropped, still have a decent crop if the rest hold. Even Glenn got hit harder than initially apparent.

Still, should be a good season here. It certainly has taught me a lot already.