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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa Kumquat fruit have no joice
« on: June 01, 2017, 01:30:36 AM »
Quote from: Citradia on May 31, 2017, 07:35:06 PM
My Meiwa are not really juicy either. The "Hardy Citrus for the Southeast " book by Tom McClendon says about Meiwa, "with a tender peel and very little juice." We eat Meiwa for the sweetness of the peel. I think of them as citrus gum balls. The only weird thing I find about eating the kumquat is chewing up the seeds, otherwise I find the Meiwa quite enjoyable. Maybe your fruit got some frost damage that caused the pulp inside to shrivel. I noticed one of my grapefruit had dry shriveled pulp that was dry after freeze damage.
Well I could tolerate little juice, but no juice at all and dry pulp make it an unpleasant experience very dry in the mouth.
Even an apple it's not a fruit that you would think of juice when eating it, but if it was completely dry it would ruin the flavor.
Had the same idea about frost, but seemed strange since it was from a nursery specialized in citrus.
Maybe since it is hardy it was kept outdoor to save space for other plants, who knows.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa Kumquat fruit have no joice
« on: May 31, 2017, 05:44:46 PM »
This is the inside of my fruit. I can't even see the flesh.
Was it overripe or underripe? Problem with the fertilization?
This was orange with some slightly green tint, but tasted at all different ripeness and were all the same. The only one that seemed to have a couple of drops of juice was an almost totally green one half the size of the others.


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Citrus General Discussion / Meiwa Kumquat fruit have no joice
« on: May 31, 2017, 10:54:15 AM »
Hello,
Today I just bought a Meiwa tree and to my surprise the fruit was 4-5cm and completely juiceless.
Literally squishing the fruit all I could get is half a drop of juice. Is this normal?
Yes the fruit was sweeter than normal kumquat but mostly because it had almost no pulp inside, it looked like I was eating only the peel.
Not a pleasant experience at all.
Is this normal? Is it because it didn't ripen fully ? The fruit was already orange like a regular kumquat, maybe little lighter.
Is there any way to distinguish it from Fortunella Japonica?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Think Ive been had.
« on: May 31, 2017, 03:28:10 AM »
Like this?

This is mammea, but leaves looks different.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Think Ive been had.
« on: May 31, 2017, 03:06:43 AM »
Actually it does resemble a lot a Canistel.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Chucte (Persea schiedeana) Relative of Avocado
« on: May 29, 2017, 06:18:56 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 29, 2017, 04:38:52 PM
Quote from: 00christian00 on May 29, 2017, 11:51:04 AM
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 29, 2017, 05:52:35 AM

This tree has gotten massive and produced well in 5 years time. But have yet to taste the fruits. Waiting for them to perfectly ripen.

Can you ship scions of this abroad?
Yes can send you scions. PM me for more info.
Just planted two avocado trees, I'll let them establish then I'll contact you, thanks!
By the way, the link in the first post doesn't work.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Chucte (Persea schiedeana) Relative of Avocado
« on: May 29, 2017, 11:51:04 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 29, 2017, 05:52:35 AM

This tree has gotten massive and produced well in 5 years time. But have yet to taste the fruits. Waiting for them to perfectly ripen.

Can you ship scions of this abroad?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Should I dig Up my Pickering Mango?
« on: May 28, 2017, 11:47:19 AM »
Quote from: AnnonaMangoLord45 on May 28, 2017, 10:25:46 AM
Hello, my Pickering mango is on a Turpentine Rootstock, and It seems to be suffering from some minor dieback, but is inching back some new growth. Should I replace it with a Seedling Polyembryonic Mango or a Maha Chanok on a Atualfo Rootstock?

Thanks, Matt

Before trashing it, why don't you try sowing a seed below it and try inarching it to create a multirootstock tree?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Extinct Species of Date Palm grown from 2000 Year old Seed
« on: May 27, 2017, 12:40:25 AM »
And here I am, failing to germinate few days old seeds. LOL

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 25, 2017, 06:54:16 PM »
Quote from: Grapebush on May 25, 2017, 05:13:59 PM
For a few times I left seeds in water for a quite long period, and usually they germinate well. I' done this with a few types of Eugenias, Anonas, Lucuma, Garcinia xantochymus, and maybe others, and it always went ok.
That's reassuring to hear. I am mostly interested in saving bacupari(garcinia brasilensis) ,Eugenia dysenterica and Mouriri Pusa, the others were mostly filler orders and Achacha place is being filled by Luc's Garcinia seeds that just arrived...

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: very sweet colorful tasty small mango seeds for sale or trade
« on: May 24, 2017, 02:15:13 AM »
Can you post pictures of the inside and of the seed?

Price?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: very sweet colorful tasty small mango seeds for sale or trade
« on: May 23, 2017, 04:20:29 PM »
Hi Hari, is it still mangifera indica or another species?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 22, 2017, 03:25:44 AM »
Quote from: aroideana on May 21, 2017, 07:55:09 PM
I bought a small tree from Kerrie Mac' It was blown over in Cyclone Yasi , and took a very long time to regrow .
Recently topped mulched and fed . Have had no fruit from it yet .

above pic is juv. foliage before cyclone [ 2010 ]

few years ago ..

Will take some fresh pictures soon
Does it change shape with age? The young foliage looks nicer with the 3 pointed shape.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 21, 2017, 02:59:51 PM »
Quote from: vipinrl on May 21, 2017, 03:09:24 AM
Germinated seeds will soon come out of soil surface.

Wild jacks are definitely hardier than Jacks and are very fast growing.
Thanks for the precious info!

Quote from: msk0072 on May 21, 2017, 12:34:34 PM
I had many seedlings Last winter died the last one. Temperature minimum last winter 5 degree celsius I think you need to grow in a contsainer first and protect them during first winters.
How old and tall they were when the cold arrived? But damn 5 degrees, here we get much lower :(
Well I have many germinated seeds, no harm in trying.
Will keep 5-10 in container to try again next year.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 21, 2017, 02:53:51 AM »
Quote from: vipinrl on May 20, 2017, 08:44:24 PM

The seedlings are quiet drought tolerant.  No need to water.

Thanks! How long from germination to sprout?
Do you know if it is more cold hardy than jackfruit?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 20, 2017, 08:22:18 PM »
Quote from: luc on May 20, 2017, 06:41:17 PM
I am growing mine in Full Mexican Sun , but water every 2 days . Doing fine .

Thanks Luc. So it's an heavy drinker.
Does it grow fast the first year?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 20, 2017, 11:30:42 AM »
I'll start with my experience.
Just got the seeds from harimnair2001( awesome guy super friendly) and many arrived already germinated.
I decided to try sowing some directly in ground, since I don't know the real cold hardiness of these I put them in the most sheltered locations I had.
For one I did create a wooden cage to protect from:
-my ferocious chihuahua
-wind
-cold
-strong sun.
It is surrounded by two walls delimiting the garden, that should further raise temps. The whole setup should make it easy to protect in the winter while still young.
The soil below have been replaced with some kind of gritty mix with 50% pine bark, 20% perlite, 10% pomice and vulcan rocks and the rest is regular soil. After around 50-60 cm there is the regular soil.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 19, 2017, 09:42:44 AM »
I noticed there is very few info on this plant not just on this forum but everywhere.
Who is growing it? Is it more cold hardy than jackfruit?
What about resistance to pathogens?

I live in Italy in a 9b zone, but I think our winter is longer than USA, so probably like 9a even if temps are 9b.
I just got some seeds from India and I am planning to put some in the ground. Any success stories in similar locations?
 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 17, 2017, 02:30:43 PM »
Thanks! Just needed a general idea.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 17, 2017, 09:48:52 AM »
Is this small bump on the right a sprout or a root about to come out? Pretty sure it wasn't there before.
It's an achacha seed.

By the way, is it better to give them light or put them in the dark? In general, not just achacha.


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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Garlic and Egyptian Walking Onions
« on: May 17, 2017, 02:11:23 AM »
First year having Walking onions, I am in middle Italy that should be 9b or little lower.
They shouldn't have any issue with the hot summer, they are very very rough plants that grow in any  conditions. I put even some in some super dry soil where usually weeds appear hoping to fill the place and they are growing, slowly but growing.
Did you plant them too early or too late? I noticed when first transplanted they can be very delicate, got several die due to unknown reasons( maybe cold or too much water?) since I planted them end of winter, so try planting them in a mild weather so that they have time to establish.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 11, 2017, 05:38:22 PM »
He said for national shipment(1-2 weeks) it worked fine for him and has been doing this for a long time. So hopefully some are still alive, wish me good luck.
Quote from: Tropicdude on May 11, 2017, 04:08:46 PM
Yesterday I was researching on ways to extend the life of mango seeds and maintain their viability.  if possible.  I came across this abstract from a report

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Newly extracted mango seed germinated better than dried seed either at 1,3,5 or 7 days respectively. Nevertheless, seed without endocarp also germinated faster than seed with endocarp. The highest germination percentages were obtained from seeds treated with thiabendazole packing in plastic bag at 10-15 deg.celsius during 12 weeks storing periods.

Thiabendazole  I know is a fungicide, and parasitic,  plastic,  would retain moisture preventing the seed from drying out.   so in this practice, you keep the seed from drying out, and prevent fungal rot with the powder.

would something like this have worked better Christians situation?
Are you suggesting I should have used a fungicide when it arrived? I doubt fungus is the problem here.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 09, 2017, 08:28:58 AM »
Quote from: bsbullie on May 09, 2017, 08:14:16 AM

How do you know why he did it?  How do you know he did it shipping within Brazil?  Why not ask why he did it?

Letting forum members know is not necessarily speaking bad about him but it would alert other who order from him in the future and possibly "educate" him of the potential problems doing this.  If nothing is said, you could be contributing to others ordering from him and getting seeds shilped via this method.

Cause he is a friendly person who had lot of patience with my order and he is not currently selling  internationally so should he want to start doing so I don't want to hurt his business for a mistake.
I know he did the same cause Mercado Libre(kinda like ebay) questions are all public and I saw his answer regarding shipment of certain seeds.
I already warned him of this and he confirmed he use this method for Brazil and doesn't know if it may have issue for longer period of travel.
Seeds are already in the soil since 2 weeks.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 09, 2017, 07:48:47 AM »
Don't want to speak badly of somebody not on the forum, it was an honest mistake I think. I know he use the same method to ship in Brazil, but in that case shipment time is much shorter. I found them on Mercado libre.
It is not to evade customs, they were all labeled and there were several other seeds in normal plastic envelopes.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Recalcitrant seeds stored in water
« on: May 09, 2017, 06:52:53 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 09, 2017, 06:40:05 AM
Most seeds, except ones that float down rivers, not designed to be in water for long time and still be able to sprout. Yes water is H2O, but that oxygen not readily accesible to plants designed to be above water.

So do you think they are all dead or there is chance some survived? Any of the species above should be fine in water?

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