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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical Storm Fay, Gonzalo next?
« on: December 31, 2014, 04:40:05 PM »
I believe Hannah and Ike hit the turks & Caicos the same week in 2008 but not sure
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...and mangoes grow and fruit very well in high ph soils (in my SoCal desert experience anyway), so I would say don't do out of your way to acidify the soil in the mango grove....
....and like Murahlin said there are MUCH BETTER choices out there for mangoes.....
Gary
oscar,
Do you eat the very outer layer of the flesh? I'm sure the texture of Durian is much different from the fresh ones we get, but I'm not fond of the some times chewy outer skin of the flesh.
Yes eat the outer part of the segment. It's not chewy at all. Very soft and creamy, just like interior. Sometimes you get a segment that is not properly developed and very small, or under ripe, and that will be chewy. That gets tossed away. But i'm thinking that in the processing factories the whole kabootle gets tossed in and frozen.
need marula seeds
I bought some a few months ago from stuartdaly88
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Here in Florida it is commonly grown as an ornamental, under the name "Geiger Tree", in honor of the Key West captain who introduced it in the 1800's.
The fruits are not desirable fresh, but they are delicious when prepared like figs by boiling in sugared water.
Here in Santo Domingo Cordia sebestena is a common ornamental - plant looks fairly similar - fruit are white however. I could collect seeds by the kg in case someone is interested.
yes edible - raw somewhat boring - I'll try to boil some
Imbu or umbu is widely found in markets in northeast Brasil. If the fruit is picked early, it is very sour. The ripe fruits are very delicious, and taste sweet and slightly acidic. The flavor of ripe imbu is hard to describe.
As Noel mentioned, John Painter fruited imbu, in Pine Island, near Cape Coral. Currently, e fellow fruit collector in Naples has a tree that flowered this year, but did not set fruits. Maybe next year it will hold fruits. If I am not mistaken, his tree has been in the ground for approximately 14 years.
In northeast Brasil, once in a while, people dig up the roots and make a special dessert using the juicy roots. The roots swell up and store water/moisture to supply the tree during the dry season. That's why the specie is called spondia tuberosa.
Imbu fruit pulp is mostly used to make juices, Popsicles, and ice creams.
Explain this one. I have two of these I planted from seed two years ago and raised them in a pot for a year and planted them last fall. Over the year leading up to summer they did well, both gained about a foot and a half height, maybe a little more. I sprayed them bi-weekly with liquid fish or liquid seaweed, and had no pest issues. Well summer kicked in and I expected them to kick ass given their home environment. But alas they have been yellowing and many leaves have fallen off and growth aside from some replacement leaves has been zero. The tall slender one is about 3 foot tall and the shorter bushy one is about a foot and a half. Why would these guys be having difficulties? The are planted in sandy soil, I pulled the mulch back when we had heavy rains back in August to keep them from staying wet.
Try Magnet B.
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