I noticed among many fruit growers here(no offense I hope)
and also those I personally know seems to think that topping and heavy pruning to manage the height of a tree is acceptable.In addition , agricultural department in my country seems to think it's acceptable.Here fruits trees like rambutan and mangoes are heavily pruned to stimulate better fruiting and manage the tree size.However I found out the opposite is what arborist websites and channels on you tube thought about the practice.According to them topping and heavy pruning shortens the lifespan of trees.I wonder if those arborist could be wrong? Besides most of trees that they deal with are ornamental trees.As for fruit trees there's something that is called economic lifespan and therefore there is no need for the trees to live long.Any thought?

Does anyone in this group cultivate this plant or have tasted it? From what I read it tasted sweet and sour similar to a sweet tamarind.Also it grows in a swamp and enjoys being inundated and is a fast growing plant with the ability to fix nitrogen.Hopefully those who have planted it and tasted it can share more about this plant

hello does anyone here has inga cinnamomea seeds for sale? I would like to purchase

Just checking my garden this morning and picked a matured sapodilla







Here's a pisang lang which flowered in late may last month.Its a smaller variant of pisang tanduk ( rhino horn banana)

Hi there does anyone in this forum plant this tree? From the description on e-jardim it taste excellent.However i cant seem to find more info on it.Also has anyone here ever tasted it and whats the taste like?

http://www.e-jardim.com/produto_completo.asp?IDProduto=495

http://e-jardim.blogspot.my/2012/11/cherapu-brasileiro.html

Here are some red jaboticaba seedlings that i planted from seeds that i bought from Oscar.The seeds arrived on 30th September and i straight away sowed the seeds and it sprouted after ten days.http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=21435.msg261728#msg261728    .The seedlings receives full sunlight from morning to 1pm in the afternoon.Since it is the start of rainy season here i dont water them and the seedlings only receives rainwater and we receive lots of rainfall more than 3800mm a year.The pictures are taken today

Today the 15 red jaboticaba seeds that I ordered from Oscar had finally arrived.The journey from Hawaii to my hometown in Sarawak located in Malaysian Borneo island took about 9 days which is rather fast considering I opted for the regular air mail.A lot of thanks to Oscar  .By the way three of the seeds already have roots sprouting