Nangcem(orange flesh) seeds added

Thanks for the ID Moh'd.  I just cracked open 3 stones and got 2 whole seeds.  I hope they are not damaged.  I have placed them on top of the soil as Useful Tropical Plants say it needs light to germinate.  If they germinate successfully, I might try to exchange them with other members, instead of trying to send whole stone 

Quote from: EvilFruit on August 09, 2018, 04:38:38 PM

Quote from: achetadomestica on August 09, 2018, 12:09:18 AM

Oscar
How are the seeds doing of the Tadal.
I was too late last year to order direct and I asked you if you had any and
I think you told me you already planted them? Isn't this rambutan suppose to
be able to handle frost and is from N India?

Another Nephelium species that might be interesting is Bulala. Oscar, should give you more info.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=15363.0

Oscar,

When are you going to re-open your store ?.

Bulata (Nephelium phillippinensis) is indeed vigorous, but i doubt it is cold hardy. But not sure, i could be wrong. BTW bulala is good rootstock for pulasan. So that might be better tried in Florida for pulasan. It's hard to get species that are compatible with pulasan.
Good news! Looks like the eruption in our area is over. Working on reopening the seed page right now. Will be for sure done by tomorrow, maybe earlier.

That's pretty much the story I expected, I always suspected seedspirates are classy operation.  Seems they tried to do they best drove around looking for specific seeds,  put additional seeds instead hoping to please customer, and than have them to be blasted like that is just cruel. I just did not expect Malaysian post office to confiscate package, but anyone ordering seeds from overseas should accept confiscation possibility.  Malaysian post office refused to accept my durian seeds package because of "smelly" possibility, I had to go to another office and not mention durian.
Durian seeds will still be a bit smelly even if you clean them very well. I suspect smell started to seep out from that many seeds, no matter how well it was packaged. That's when Malaysian post office decided to step in and destroy the package.
Also Americans have naive concept that things like vermiculite and peat moss are available in other countries. There is simply nowhere to buy such stuff in Asia, travellers like seedpirates have to improvise to the best of their abilities.
Anyway, I hope seedpirates will not burn from such experience and continue with their offerings. Good luck to you.

Natural Range

E. Asia - China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam

I think chemical kill will trigger a neighborhood war. Using coconut beetle (Rhinoceros) will ensure a slow but peaceful death. Drill some holes in the tree's trunk and put some in.

I didn't post about it cause it was too depressing watching all the plants go down hill. A combination of SO2 gas + acid rain (sulphuric acid) + very little sunlight, meaning very low photosynthesise levels, created havoc with most plants. It started with leaves getting burned along edges, some in middle, curling up, and dropping off.  Even some large trees, like the santol, became totally defoliated almost immediately.
The big worry was that this eruption would go on, as the USGS put it, for many months or years or even decades! Fortunately they were wrong. The negative effects were cumulative, so the worry was that a couple more months and most plants would be either dead or beyond recovery.
The amazing thing was once the black eruption plume cloud disappeared, and sunlight came back, almost all plants in ground immediately recovered. The santol, which was totally leafless for 3 months miraculously not only releafed, but started at same time blooming. Heaviest damage were to potted plants, especially the smallest ones. I should have put all potted plants under plastic cover. But i was busy trying to save my house and all my belongings in case of forced evacuation.
Good news is that it seems like some of the most noxious weed trees here, like strawberry guava, suffered the most, and most are dead. The state has been for decades trying to figure out how to get rid of them. Seems like all the myrtaceas are particularly susceptible to SO2. I had to cover some of my rare jaboticabas as they were getting totally defoliated.

Moh'd, could it be like most other fruits that are bland and tasteless when store bought, but sweet when self grown?  I've not tasted it, but the aroma from the raw fruits makes me feel it might have some taste to it.

The reason I haven't tried it is because I was unsure whether it was edible or not.  Also, since certain plant have parts that are toxic when unripe, I didn't want to take any chance. 

Yes, these raw fruits are really a gluey mess.