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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #50 on: December 30, 2015, 04:52:14 PM »
Thanks Oscar...

I have already eaten about a dozen of the fruits!

They are excellent!!  Much like the lemon drop, but larger, with better flesh to seed ratio, and less acidity.

some fruit set...about 30% of the flowers held fruit....




Great! Hope you are giving us a taste report soon.  8)
OK thanks Adam. That's good to know.
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #51 on: January 27, 2016, 02:13:03 AM »
patiently waiting for these to ripen up!  Have about 15-20 fruits that set on the tree.

about the size of a nickel or quarter now...still have a while to go, probably 30-40 days, depending on weather.

I'm going to eat most of them, and plant the seeds, but I'm probably going to mail a couple to the internet's most famous fruit taster (Jared, Weird Fruit Explorer).

I know he's tasted more fruits than me, but I don't think he's had that one yet!

I believe achachairu was one of his favorite fruits, so it will be interesting to see how he rates this one...some people prefer gardneriana to the achach.
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #52 on: January 27, 2016, 02:29:29 AM »
How long did your plant take to fruit.

By the way the one you gave me is growing great.

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #53 on: January 27, 2016, 02:40:10 AM »
How long did your plant take to fruit.

By the way the one you gave me is growing great.

I think it took about 6yr
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #54 on: January 27, 2016, 01:20:52 PM »
 Adam can I buy seeds from you?

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #55 on: January 27, 2016, 06:03:54 PM »
Adam can I buy seeds from you?

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Eventually I think so...but for now I'm planting them all!
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #56 on: January 27, 2016, 10:21:38 PM »
beaugart!  :o
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #57 on: March 25, 2016, 02:19:03 PM »
the first decent crop awaits consumption!

one thing i'm starting to realize about this fruit...it's very easy to accidentally pick it too early...they turn yellow, but aren't ready yet...at this phase they are quite tart, but still very pleasant.  You must wait for them to turn orange, and the flavor sweetens up considerably.  I guess it's similar to a loquat, in terms of color phases, and ripening.











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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #58 on: March 25, 2016, 02:21:17 PM »
Nice crop, looks like a tasty fruit. Can you add me to the seed or seedling waiting list  ;D.
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #59 on: June 28, 2016, 04:50:53 PM »
showing Garcinia gardneriana vs. G. intermedia

(intermedia was grown in ground, gardneriana was grown in a pot)


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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #60 on: June 29, 2016, 08:44:00 PM »
the one seedling I got from you adam is still alive, but it just sits there.  can't complain. at least he/she/it is not dead.   :o

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #61 on: June 30, 2016, 02:16:02 AM »
the one seedling I got from you adam is still alive, but it just sits there.  can't complain. at least he/she/it is not dead.   :o

This seems to be a Garcinia standard ha ha!
Just when you start wondering if the thing is ever going to do anything ever it puts out a new set of leaves. Seems to slowly get abit faster I think. I cant wait till they are large enough to get some stronger sun. gardeneriana has done nothing for me since initial growth months ago. Is two birth leaves are all that it has :(
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #62 on: June 30, 2016, 02:39:11 PM »
the one seedling I got from you adam is still alive, but it just sits there.  can't complain. at least he/she/it is not dead.   :o

This seems to be a Garcinia standard ha ha!
Just when you start wondering if the thing is ever going to do anything ever it puts out a new set of leaves. Seems to slowly get abit faster I think. I cant wait till they are large enough to get some stronger sun. gardeneriana has done nothing for me since initial growth months ago. Is two birth leaves are all that it has :(

I think you're wrong. I wonder...nothing happens.  I have to look away and move on at least 2-3 times before it even thinks to do something for me.  what a tease.   :P

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #63 on: February 08, 2017, 01:26:38 AM »
How do you compare the sweetness of garcinia gardneriana to purple mangosteen and achacha?

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #64 on: October 09, 2020, 12:07:54 PM »
Finally a fruit on another Garcinia.  It has a very pronounced nipple that broke off, it looks like it will be much larger fruit than G. intermedia. 





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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #65 on: October 10, 2020, 06:38:10 AM »
showing Garcinia gardneriana vs. G. intermedia

(intermedia was grown in ground, gardneriana was grown in a pot)



Adam is this G. intermedia and G. brasiliensis?  Is G. gardneriana syn. for G. brasiliensis?  Even though I’ve been growing these for at least 8 long years I am still learning.
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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #66 on: October 10, 2020, 09:17:23 AM »
I received brasiliensis, gardneriana and intermedia from a grower in Rio about 7 years ago. A garcinia enthusiast friend planted a few of each and they are all fruiting now. The trees were very similar with gardneriana perhaps a little more compact. The brasilensis had the smallest fruit and they were. They were a little bigger still than the standard brasiliensis people already had around here. The intermedia had fruit a little larger and had a thicker skin but similar bunching habit with fruit. The gardneriana had fruit a little larger again with many fruit nippled but some were spherical. Gardneriana had a better yield than the other two and intermedia was maybe a little more acid.

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Re: Garcinia gardneriana
« Reply #67 on: October 10, 2020, 10:12:04 AM »
I received brasiliensis, gardneriana and intermedia from a grower in Rio about 7 years ago. A garcinia enthusiast friend planted a few of each and they are all fruiting now. The trees were very similar with gardneriana perhaps a little more compact. The brasilensis had the smallest fruit and they were. They were a little bigger still than the standard brasiliensis people already had around here. The intermedia had fruit a little larger and had a thicker skin but similar bunching habit with fruit. The gardneriana had fruit a little larger again with many fruit nippled but some were spherical. Gardneriana had a better yield than the other two and intermedia was maybe a little more acid.

Thank you Mike.  I guess I got my G gardneriana, intermedia and some others about 6 or 7 years ago as tiny plants. Some were in pots some were dug up and moved here when I started FVF almost 5 years ago. I had been assuming I was going to wind up with all G. intermedia even though they were labeled different.  The G. gardneriana has a little darker new growth than intermedia on our plants.  We still have a Garcinia tree I don’t know what it is but it should be fruiting soon. 
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