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Seen in the market before but also just simply known as Lamyai Daeng, Red Longon.
Read was somewhat fickle to weather more suited to higher from the equator. I’m down in NST near the equator and weather is never cool, except for the brief windchill that comes from rain and heavy wind.
I’m in Mysore on business and want to locate a rare fruit market. Any ideas! What do you think I can find here this time of year? I’d like to try to find something exotic, not mango or jackfruit. Sanrio, durian, mangosteen, etc. On the slim chance that someone has been here, any recommendations? Also going down to Ooty for a day. Thanks! -Jon
Have you tried to grow date palm ?.
I'm literally surrounded by thousands of medjool, barhi and deglet palms. We have 8 medjools on property.
Edit: I know a date farmer who has a barhi seedling that has a red blush to it with fantastic size and super sweet taste. If I add one more date palm that would be it. But I doubt he will be selling any shoots any time soon lol
Temp fluctuations are quite small in Borneo but in the dry season ( they call it summer) its supposed to be hotter. And Rundum is very wet.
I would not give up on the ultra tropicals, though. One example: in Germany Eryobotrya usually comes from the Mediterranean. Trees fruit once in about 10 years and freeze once in about 10 years. There is a pretty large Eryobotrya tree in Heidelberg that fruits every year. When i asked the owner where its from he said from Brazil.
Coconut trees are common in the Canary resorts but fruit are often small, sometimes without flesh or even a hard shell . The tourists pick the ones on low trees while unripe.
Loquat in Heidelberg? I have also heard of pommegranates and figs acclimated in Germany.
I agree that you have to try. To be honest I have been surprised several times because ssp could get acclimated to our region. for example Anacardium excelsum from the swamps of Panama. I will keep on trying with new things, but not waste more time with durian, mangosteen, etc..
Felipe,
Did you manage to fruit chupa chupa tree at your location ?. I remember you posted a picture of this tree long time ago and I'm wondering how the tree is doing right now.
BTW, have you tried to grow Pometia pinnata (Fiji longan/matoa) and Xanthophyllum amoenum ?.
Sorry but I removed the tree, despite it was growing well, because of three reason:
- the plant was terrible afected by Aleurothrixus floccosus. no chance to control this awfull fly on the tree
- the mother plant was decidious, so my tree was probably either male or female
- the fruit of the mother plant was rather bad
I have already written in this forum that I had the chance to eat many kilos of excellent tasting chupa chupa in the Peruvian Amazon (they call it sapote). It is still in my top 10 fruit list (or even top 5), but my tree had no good genetics. If I get one day again good material, I would try again.
I once ordered Pometia pinnata seeds, but they unfortunatelly did not grow. I think this sp. should do fine in the subtropics.
Regarding Xanthophyllum amoenum its the first time I hear of this sp
Do you have experience with any of those?
Yes, g. Xanthochymus and livingstoneii for example fruit well here, but not others like mangosteen..
In rundum day temperature around 11 celsius?! Wow.. that is the lowest i have ever had.. well but there are other factors. IMO the most important factors for ultratropicals are high temperature and small fluctuations, high humudity and low ph. Probably the climate in rundum is very humid, right? Its the opposit in my location..
Very cool. Taste good?
I want a large flavorful fruit that in non astringent.