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starfruit kembangan ?
« on: February 06, 2016, 08:46:00 PM »
is anyone interested in starfruit seeds. i think its kembangan. pm me. i took a video of the tree as it was quite an impresive fruiting. Watch "starfruit carambola kembangan" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/5CYCY5fKtXc
« Last Edit: February 06, 2016, 09:17:13 PM by Joshua »

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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2016, 09:44:47 PM »
Are you wearing a shirt this time Josh? Hubby finds it weird watching me watch shirtless guys in youtube.   ::)
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2016, 03:30:46 AM »
Are you wearing a shirt this time Josh? Hubby finds it weird watching me watch shirtless guys in youtube.   ::)

Angelica, there are so many girls in bikinis on YouTube, that we might as well see a shirtless guy once in a while.  LOL

How does a starfruit really tastes like?  I tasted one a few years ago, bought in a supermarket.  It was almost tasteless.  My mom also mentioned the starfruit a week ago, saying the same about the one she tasted.

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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2016, 05:33:36 AM »
The ones I've had even from the farmers market tasted like sour cardboard! Fresh off the tree they have this very faint citrusy aroma, texture is somewhat like celery? Depends on how ripe it is it's either lemony green apple cross or lemony pineapple cross? I have had fruits from just one tree though an old native "Belimbing" (the small crunchy Starfruit usually found growing wild in the Phils). I haven't tried the named cultivars which usually have larger fruits.
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2016, 05:43:02 AM »
Sliced Starfruit, sliced strawberry and whole blueberries and occasionally sliced kiwi and some cherries drizzled with some honey and lemon juice - the colour combo makes for a very girly looking fruit cup which appeals to fussy nieces :) good way to get them to snack on fruits instead of chocolates or chips.
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2016, 06:38:56 AM »
I had a friend tell me this one tastes like Fanta.!!. He is far off of course but also there deffinatly is aspects of Fanta taste with this one.

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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2016, 09:00:43 AM »
Mmm, I think I will still skip planting any starfruit.

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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2016, 09:53:29 AM »
It is totally worth planting one tree. It would be even better to multigraft it. One tree that is kept pruned small will pump out more than enough fruit for a household. I don't know the cultivars outside of FL but some of the best I have tasted here are Red's Dumpster, Kari, Sri Kembangam, Fwang Tung, and I just got a Lara tree that is supposed to be excellent.
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2016, 01:41:23 AM »
Do someone perhaps know the nutritional value of starfruit? 

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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2016, 02:50:29 AM »
IMHO I think nutritional values are for best case scenarios - organically grown and tree-ripened? So the plant has a decent intake of trace elements and all that jazz translates to fruits with good levels of what they measure for nutritional values - not fruit from trees pumped with chem ferts and constant irrigation to force heavy fruiting.
In any case store-bought Starfruit would prob have less of everything?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/moiun4yuufvboeq/Screenshot_2016-02-08-15-45-46~2.png?dl=0

We are conspiring to convince you to grow your own ;) well its just one conspirator atm.
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2016, 04:04:31 AM »
Thanks Angelica.  :) I thought it would contain more vitamins.

Except that it seems that it bears a lot of fruit on one tree, I need more convincing.  Sorry  ;D

How long will it stay fresh after you picked it?

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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2016, 04:17:59 AM »
Personal exp 2-3 days, then they start to get mushy :(
I have a reputation for having an unbelievably one tonne capacity tummy and a metabolism to go with it - so whatever gets picked off a branch finds in way into mouth.  8)
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2016, 05:06:50 AM »
Same here, nothing better than picking ripe fruit and eating it on the spot.

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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2016, 05:48:24 AM »
Okay, okay...After reading a bit on the internet about the starfruit, I think I am interested.

I've read these two websites:
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/star-fruit.html
http://foodfacts.mercola.com/star-fruit.html

The first website gives a more detailed overview about the nutritional values of the starfruit.  It sounds more impressive than the info that Angelica gave.  ;)

But yes, you were able to convince me.  :D

I mean, I can always get rid of the tree if I don't want it anymore.  I think it is worth trying.  I learned this season that between stamvrug that I buy and stamvrug that I eat directly from the tree is a huge difference.  I also think that the starfruit that I ate, were imported, therefore the taste wasn't really interesting.

I also like the low calorie count - LOL.  They say that it has fewer calories than any other tropical fruit per serving.

They only problem I face, is that it is not raining enough where I live.

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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2016, 06:43:40 AM »
Potted might be easier to manage but I think a younger plant usually wants watering everyday. Not sure how much water it really needs tho I just water everything every morning out of habit, maybe we should the other TFFers.
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Re: starfruit kembangan ?
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2016, 09:38:27 AM »
I've read on one of the websites that the tree bears fruit twice a year.  Is it with all starfruit varieties?  It will be an extra bonus to have one more tree that has fruit twice a year.

We again, prefer watering late afternoon or early evening.

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« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2016, 09:48:42 AM »
It blooms and fruits continuously in a pot with my usual feed weakly, weekly routine but will stop flowering and fruiting once the weather gets too cold for it - it will usually start dropping leaves if it thinks its not warm enough. I've had one die on me when I quit watering it when it started shedding (I thought it was just going thru a dormant period) but the next one I kept watered using hot water from the tap even during shedding season is still doing peachy up until the present :)
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