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Tastes disgusting .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: "pumpkin pie" dwarf mamey
« on: January 08, 2022, 04:37:37 PM »
Local had a mamee with small fruit . Sadly he has sold property .. small fruits would be worthwhile trying to propagate as the fruit is usually a bit to big. Constant pruning would keep trees small.

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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: Propagating Malanga
« on: July 27, 2020, 09:50:36 PM »
Mature stem can be sliced into discs and then cut in half .



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: cola acuminata germination time?
« on: August 03, 2019, 04:07:11 AM »
Alan Carle has a few vars of Cola . mate gave me a tree he sprouted from seeds bought in a shop in France !
My tree has only given me fruit 1 time .. and never found it after it must have dropped off . Flowering very well almost all the time with large flowers .
Another tree in town of the smaller flowering C acuminata has never fruited either.
pretty useless fruit tree if we are honest ;) except if you want to make the old recipe coca-cola

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: California cashews?
« on: August 03, 2019, 04:01:31 AM »
There are lots of cashews growing in sub-tropical Childers in SE-Qld . A tree was found on an old homestead dating back 100 years ago. Local experienced avocado grower had one near her house .
Lots of lychees and macadanmias in the deep red soil there . I bought a seedling to wet tropical Tully and it lasted about 5 years .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Slow-growing Marang (Terap)
« on: July 01, 2018, 10:42:19 PM »
In wet tropics with regular pruning we are getting fruit in 3 years .
A few cvs with more entire leaf have proven pretty reliable .

I have been calling this BB1 [Brightons Best] , pic of Kerry McEvoy in front of Bob Brightons back yard tree.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Historic marang
« on: May 15, 2018, 08:35:41 AM »
Looks just like cv. that has proved to be very fast bearing here in tropical north Qld .
Keeping trees short has proved to help speed up and ease harvest ..

3 years is about right ..

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Innisfail Feast of the Senses
« on: March 25, 2018, 06:57:49 PM »
Had a great talk to Ken when Trina dumped him  at my place while she got her hair cut.

I paid way to much for the Durio dulcis at the auction .. man it smells awesome

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sex and the Salaks . . .
« on: March 25, 2018, 06:54:32 PM »
Would not be easy removing suckers from a salak

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Interesting Pineapple shoot
« on: March 01, 2018, 06:58:37 PM »
cristate/crestate common


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Clove tree flowering
« on: July 04, 2017, 12:03:26 AM »
Mine has been planted out for about 3 years . It is now 2m easy . Foliage looks a little different to yours .
Leaves do smell strongly of cloves and flush red with new foliage . Fingers crossed for flowering this spring .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: E.stipitata
« on: June 21, 2017, 07:52:15 PM »
recently added Araca pera to a banana bread recipe , was delicous
will try  Araca boi in same recipe today

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Blue Java banana experiences
« on: June 12, 2017, 07:09:42 PM »
Really worth the effort to grow Java Blue , BUT make sure to de-sucker and shift every few yeas as it is very prone to the rootborer . You will have to prop up . Very distinctive colour of the fruit make it easy to id


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please Help ID this Banana
« on: May 30, 2017, 08:26:01 PM »
Show a mature fruiting plant for any chance of id please

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« on: May 26, 2017, 08:41:26 PM »
Sorry , my images are of A. rigidus , a very similar sp.
It has not fruited for me yet .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Growing Artocarpus Hirsutus
« 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


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Mango Turmeric , or Curcuma amada is very pale almost white .
Above pic shows it compared with orange and yellow turmerics I also grow .
I have made a delcous relish with it just grated with lemon juice chilli and salt


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian and Breadfruit hardiness
« on: May 19, 2017, 03:52:32 AM »
Good luck Ziggy .. Most of my fruit trees got a sever cyclone prune after the Debbie scare

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Papua New Guinea fruits
« on: May 19, 2017, 03:42:58 AM »
I have a mate over there now also . He has access to lots of land and has been over several times taking seeds . He has been volunteering at David Chandlees & Kerry Macevoys so is learning heaps . Lots of Barringtonia edulis in the area and I have offered him $2/ seed .. Hope he can bring lots back . Unsure if it is in cultivation in Australia , I have seen a yellow flowering Barringtonia but cannot confirm if it is edulis .

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Recipes / Re: Soursop Drink
« on: May 19, 2017, 03:25:05 AM »


I bought a good quality mouli/food mill , was able to process 3 litres of pulp in only 10 minutes . Luckily these fruits had very few seeds . Mate has hundreds of trees and some fruits get attacked by local forest critters .
My breeze block wall has a perfectly positioned hole to place the handle and this stabilises the tool for much easier processing. 

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