Seeds available right now: durians, mangosteen, pulasan

[DurianLover]

This offer now expired. Do not order
Selling:

Super grade Musang King (mao shang wang) durian seeds. From a shop that specializes in very high quality Musang King
$12 for 4 seeds

Red Prawn. Sooo....smooth!! Like whipped cream. Very different from peanut butter sticky Musang King, but both durians just as good.
$12 for 4 seeds

Mangosteen seeds from very high quality fruits. Biggest size I ever seen.
$15 for 8 seeds

Seebabat pulasans. So much better than rambutans.
$12 for 5 seeds

Shipping $10, additional items ships free. I'm travelling, you only have 24 hours to order!
Make a paypal payment to: rytis @ inbox dot com. ( sorry, I have to write email this way to avoid spam bots)
Once you pay, send pm with header "order placed". If you are late making a payment, full refund given next day.
Not responsible for long transit time, or customs confiscation.

[RICBITAR]

Doubt
Seebabat pulasans is the black pulasan?
Thanks

RIcardo

[Mike T]

DL that is a great selection.
 I can answer that Ricardo, they are different in colour and taste.

[RICBITAR]

DL that is a great selection.
 I can answer that Ricardo, they are different in colour and taste.

Thank you Mike
What is the better taste
Best regards
RIcardo

[Mike T]

Taste is subjective Ricardo but Sibabat is the most popular and widely grown in peninsula Malaysia and black is recognised as a good quality variety also.

[RICBITAR]

Taste is subjective Ricardo but Sibabat is the most popular and widely grown in peninsula Malaysia and black is recognised as a good quality variety also.

Thank you

[DurianLover]

Black pulasans from Borneo are smaller than dark red Seebabat pulasans, but bigger than most rambutans. Pulasan has thick skin, so when you open black pulasan, you end up with pretty much the same amount of flesh as most rambutans.

[DurianLover]

I'm sorry mangosteens will not be available. I screwed up. Yesterday I was too stuffed with durians to start messing around with my 4kg (9 lb.) bag of mangosteens.  I posted this thread and went to sleep.
Today I realized that I actually have elusive "mangosteen master" (a.k.a. Japanese mangosteen) variety. When I started eating there are virtually no seeds!! Seeds are so soft that you can eat them. Almost impossible to eat without damaging very soft seeds. If I do find some a bit harder jelly seeds, flesh is inseparable so seeds will start rotting while in transit. Out of 4 kg I only extracted 3 seeds that are hard enough to clean them completely.
Those who ordered I can refund, or send another even better mangosteen from Borneo.
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=4093.0

Mangosteen master and regular mangostten are not different in quality in my opinion. However eating experience is better with "mangosteen master". Fruit is bigger than regular one. ( My hands are already big to start with )

[RICBITAR]

DL

Your account paypal is rytis@inbox .com ?

Best
Ricardo

[fruitnut]

DL

Your account paypal is rytis@inbox .com ?

Best
Ricardo

yep.

[fruitnut]

DL

Your account paypal is rytis@inbox .com ?

Best
Ricardo

Sorry, no spacing between letters.


yep.

[jcaldeira]

Selling:

Super grade Musang King (mao shang wang) durian seeds. From a shop that specializes in very high quality Musang King
$12 for 4 seeds

Red Prawn. Sooo....smooth!! Like whipped cream. Very different from peanut butter sticky Musang King, but both durians just as good.
$12 for 4 seeds. . .

Durian seeds are notoriously short-lived.  Most will not germinate after one week, even with the best care.  I recommend sending the fastest way possible, and immediately after being removed from the fruit.

John

[Mike T]

DL I had the same seedless mangosteen problem with the big pointed borneo mangosteens last year. I made promises and then 150 fruit later I could only get 2 seeds.
The life of durian seeds can be extended to at least 6 weeks with the right preparation and packing. Some sprout really quickly and others take more time.

[jcaldeira]

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The life of durian seeds can be extended to at least 6 weeks with the right preparation and packing. Some sprout really quickly and others take more time.

Mike, please explain how life of durian seeds can be extended to 6 weeks or more.  Any references/resources describing this would also be greatly appreciated.  My sad experience has been similar to what others describe on short viability.  Thanks.

[Mike T]

John, I find many references are pretty poor with seeds viability and I don't have any. I just practice with spare seeds at home with optimal cleaning, drying and packing moisture levels.There are no special tricks.

Thicker skinned durian seeds last longer. Clean and dry them well as soon as possible after removal. Pack in only slightly moistened sphagnum or peat moss in a clip lock bag with breathing holes. Mail asap.

[DurianLover]

DL I had the same seedless mangosteen problem with the big pointed borneo mangosteens last year. I made promises and then 150 fruit later I could only get 2 seeds.
The life of durian seeds can be extended to at least 6 weeks with the right preparation and packing. Some sprout really quickly and others take more time.

Let's see: big fruit (check), pointed (check), virtually seedless (check). Sounds like the same variety Mike!! How many mangosteen varieties are out there? Just a few. So really nothing to choose from. I guess you call it one name, other call it different name.

[DurianLover]

As far as extending life of durian seeds I don't have many tricks. My experience has been that they sprout in just few days and only concern is damaging ever growing sprout while in transit

[Mike T]

DL Master seems a little different as the borneo in the pictures has a very small star and stronger point.I had one that was 200g.

[fruitlovers]

As far as extending life of durian seeds I don't have many tricks. My experience has been that they sprout in just few days and only concern is damaging ever growing sprout while in transit

Here are some tricks:
1) use as little moisture as possible in the medium as that will make the seed sprout slower.
2) try to send if possible when temperatures are cool. The warmer it is the faster they sprout. Send the seeds right after taking out of the fruit. If you can't send them right away keep the fruit unopened. After taking seeds out keep them in a cool dark place.
3) wrap them very carefully so that when seed starts to sprout the delicate sprout doesn't break. The seeds shouldn't knock around inside the package, so use padding inside the package. It's best to wrap each durian seed individually. Use one small zip lock bag per seed. Put some cardboard around seed, like toilet paper tube, so seed has room to expand as it sprouts. Around the seed put some slightly moistened gauze or cotton. If you have sphagnum moss that is the very best medium due to very low pH.
4) always opt for EMS (express mail service). From Asia regular air mail takes 14 days. After 14 days they usually will be good for composting only. With EMS you can cut it down to 5 days. After 5 days all should be viable and happy.

[Ethan]

In my experience, after eating the durian fruits, if the seeds were cleaned pretty well then rolled up in moist (not wet) folded paper towels and placed in a zip top bag they were fine.  A couple of nights later, before leaving, the seeds received another thorough cleaning with water to remove any remaining flesh.  Then they were rolled up in a clean moist folded paper towel, placed in a clean zip top bag and I squeezed all the air out.  That zip top into another and squeeze the air out, box it up with some crumpled news paper, add import papers and mail them off.  Rolling them up in the moist paper towels adds extra padding in case they sprout.  I've seen them last 9+ days like this out of the fruit and in the mail and they probably could have taken more.  Upon arrival the were just starting to sprout and this is during warm weather.  Dont try to put too many seeds into one zip top bag, maybe just 4-6 per quart size, adding too many will cause excess moisture and most likely rot.

Good luck!

[RICBITAR]

I'm sorry mangosteens will not be available. I screwed up. Yesterday I was too stuffed with durians to start messing around with my 4kg (9 lb.) bag of mangosteens.  I posted this thread and went to sleep.
Today I realized that I actually have elusive "mangosteen master" (a.k.a. Japanese mangosteen) variety. When I started eating there are virtually no seeds!! Seeds are so soft that you can eat them. Almost impossible to eat without damaging very soft seeds. If I do find some a bit harder jelly seeds, flesh is inseparable so seeds will start rotting while in transit. Out of 4 kg I only extracted 3 seeds that are hard enough to clean them completely.
Those who ordered I can refund, or send another even better mangosteen from Borneo.
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=4093.0

Mangosteen master and regular mangostten are not different in quality in my opinion. However eating experience is better with "mangosteen master". Fruit is bigger than regular one. ( My hands are already big to start with )

In Brazil we have two regions that produce mangosteen, northern state of Para and in the state of Bahia
The produced in the Pará, all fruits have one or two viable seeds, are smaller, and more fungi, due to the heat, when  is cold in Pará, is 28 degrees celcius
The produced in Bahia, the fruits are larger and have almost no viable seed, there is almost no fungus, winter temperatures reach 15 degrees celcius or sometimes less
In my opinion, is not the fruit that is different, which influences the quality of the fruit mangosteen fruit, is the climate .

[Mike T]

The 2 varieties in my hand were from the same farm with rows of each alternating. They have different foliage, tree shapes, fruit and seasons on the same farm. At my place my large leaf mangosteen is very different from the thai mangosteen.
It is not just climate changing their expression. there have been a number of links posted before of mangosteen genetic diversity. There have been a number of hombre x malaccensis hybridizing events creating mangosteens not just one.

[RICBITAR]

The 2 varieties in my hand were from the same farm with rows of each alternating. They have different foliage, tree shapes, fruit and seasons on the same farm. At my place my large leaf mangosteen is very different from the thai mangosteen.
It is not just climate changing their expression. there have been a number of links posted before of mangosteen genetic diversity. There have been a number of hombre x malaccensis hybridizing events creating mangosteens not just one.

thanks for explanation

[DurianLover]

Oscar and Ethan: are you trying to prevent me from screwing up your Borneo durian orders??

[fruitlovers]

Oscar and Ethan: are you trying to prevent me from screwing up your Borneo durian orders??

That would be nice!    Durian is one of the hardest seeds to mail succesfully. So if you can manage that one you can probably do any seed.
I intended the advice for anyone mailing durian seeds in future, not just you, but yes especially you!