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Tropical Fruit Discussion / spondias purpurea
« on: March 30, 2018, 06:28:26 PM »
Bought this off ebay listed as a spondias purpurea, just making sure are these the right fruit and right time of harvest





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Check it
« on: August 25, 2017, 09:17:45 PM »
Took some pictures today of my front yard, pretty cool.


Noni

Marang about 6 feet tall



Manini

Red plantain









Theobroma bicolor



Black pepper on the tree



Kapok

Don't wait to transplant because it just gets harder the longer you wait, 50 Limoncillo growing in the ground.





Moringa

Inga spectabilis

Guaijilote

Geffner Atemoya

Soursop over 8 feet in a 25G pot

Perfect canopy



Patio

Backyard

Check out my Langsat


I'll take pics of the back some other time

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Is this Ilama Ripe
« on: July 30, 2017, 02:46:49 PM »
Found this cracked on the tree, it just about fell in my hand when i picked it. I thought i had a red Ilama but this ones white. Is it ready?










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Its been a year still no sprouting on 18 seeds, just curious.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Clove tree flowering
« on: July 03, 2017, 04:55:29 PM »
My 3 year old clove tree is flowering, Ive heard that they take 6-12 years to flower in the tropics. I was pretty surprised






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Help ID malay apple
« on: June 15, 2017, 04:30:10 PM »
I bought 5 white malay apple seeds from fruitlovers a few years ago and 1 looks different than the other 4, I have a red malay apple and it looks similar but i don't think its a red, when i bought the seeds they had purple malay apple seeds available also so maybe a purple was put in with the white, which would be cool.

The one i think might be a purple flowered for the first time also. I will be planting them in the ground soon and i wanted to put the red, white and a purple next to each other, wanted to make sure it was properly ID

This is the one that i think is the purple, The color at the base of the leaf is darker than the red.



This is a red



This is a white


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Anyone have cuttings of these
Passiflora alata
Passiflora ligularis
Passiflora maliformis
Passiflora quadrangularis
Passiflora tripartita mollissima
Panama red

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / ID and update
« on: June 05, 2017, 10:35:02 PM »
Picked up this coconut palm for $25, Just checking to make sure its correctly ID, it looks like my red dwarf, wanted to make sure.





My neighbors brought me this fruit, it stinks but it taste pretty good, the shell is tough and the inside is powder, i forgot the name.


This french peanut is growing into the ground so i was just going to cut the pot and leave it alone, think it will produce in such a tight space right next to my magnolia tree?



This avocado seedling looks like its throwing out a flower, anyone know what its doing?



Updates on some trees

Purple forest guava produced 2 fruit, pretty stoked



My Kepel tree from Excalibur i picked up last year didn't look to good when i picked it up, it was in a perforated 7 gal pot and around 8 feet tall so it was a bit neglected being a long taproot tree. It lost all its leaves when i transplanted it and cut the pot from the roots and i didn't know if it was going to make it, I put it into the richest soil i had and added every microbe and bacteria to it, 8 months later it started growing new growth but all the leaves kept dying and falling off, its doing great now and exploding with new growth

When it lost its leaves




its crooked in the pot from wind, didnt stake it but i didn't want to mess with it so i leaned it against my fence



Ilama is fruiting again, hopefully it will produce a mature fruit, last couple years the fruit kept falling off. Its in a 45g pot


Geffner Atemoya is fruiting for the first time


Surinam cherry decided to fruit also for the first time, trees about 5 or 6 years old, Their pretty good, I also saw a black surinam cherry on a 2 year old plant, it didn't fully develop and was musky.




My Jamaican cherry is really starting to produce heavy, the fruit is so good, im going to try and make juice.
Ive been picking this amount daily for the past couple weeks


I bought a noni tree a couple months ago around 8 feet tall, Produced its first fruit and i have to say it really does smell like stinky cheese, Didn't eat it yet, just savoring the smell ;)



a bunch of plants are flowering like acerola, peanut butter fruit (B. armeniaca), jackfruit which has fruit now forming, random guavas and passionfruit, a bunch of citrus is flowering and fruiting, papayas, bananas, various eugenia, some inga trees, candle stick tree, annatto, sapodilla (molix), Guarana and a few others. Im stoked ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Help ID this MaNgO
« on: March 01, 2017, 08:22:56 PM »
Picked up a bunch of mangos yesterday and one was not labeled so the guy sold it to me for $10 8) Does anyone know what variety it is.










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Citrus General Discussion / Help ID Citrus Fruit
« on: February 11, 2017, 10:42:04 PM »
My neighbor brought me this fruit from another neighbors trees, it taste like an orange/lemon mixed with grass, not the best fruit but maybe it can be improved.







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / new varieties of mango trees
« on: January 29, 2017, 10:14:36 PM »
I see there are new releases of mango trees, orange essence, cotton candy, and phoenix are they available now or being released in waves? I was going to have a nursery go pick some up for me so just curious.

Any other varieties that were just released as well?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Whats up with my pickering mango
« on: November 26, 2016, 12:44:06 AM »
Curious what's going on, it looked fine until a month ago when leaves started falling off the top branches and some burning and yellowing showed but Most the leaves look great. Haven't done anything different so figured i would seek help. Just watered it with micros, kelp, humic acids and yucca extract so it would help the nutrients absorb better.











Also the tree is growing mostly to one side which was facing the sun, how should i balance it out with trimming or will it balance out on its own.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Will this Ilama ripen
« on: June 27, 2016, 06:57:29 PM »
My Ilama fruit fell off the tree today and its still green, Will it still ripen and will the seeds be any good?



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Help save the Rainforest
« on: May 23, 2016, 09:53:04 PM »
My friend Dada on this forum is trying to do what he can to help save the rainforest in ecuador. He started a fundraiser for everyone to help get it started. If its something you can afford to contribute to every contribution helps. Please share this to as many people as possible.

Here are the details https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/let-s-save-the-last-biodiverse-rich-rainforests--2/x/13504584#/

We must all do what we can before there is nothing left to save. Its a start to saving the sacred rainforest for are future generations.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mouriri sp.
« on: April 16, 2016, 12:12:35 AM »
Just got this one to sprout, it looked dead because it sprouts black. Seeds from Fruitlovers.





Anyone growing this one, i have no idea what the fruit taste like, anyone try it before.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Anybody growing manilkara kauki
« on: April 09, 2016, 10:46:10 PM »
Whats the fruit like? I read you have to keep it stored for a week to let the latex break down.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Lepisanthes alata
« on: April 08, 2016, 12:37:39 AM »
I can't find much info on this species, anyone have experience with this plant. What are the growth characteristics? do they like sun or shade? water thirsty or can it stand drought? anything to know more about this tree.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Planting space question
« on: April 06, 2016, 11:39:40 PM »
Could i fit 3 or 4 jaboticabas (sabara, red hybrid, white, grimal or trunciflora, havent decided) in this space thats 2 feet wide by 14 1/2 feet long. I dug it 4 1/2 feet deep and filled 4 feet with compost and 1 1/2 feet with garden soil.

There is also an itchy ball tree on the other side of the fence but i completely removed every root on that side.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Salak Question
« on: March 21, 2016, 08:20:02 PM »
Are any of these salaks dioecious

Pondoh
Gading
Gula Pasir
Bali
Madu

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Germinating mango seed question
« on: March 14, 2016, 10:47:35 PM »
I had a delicious mango my friend brought me and im unsure of the variety but im trying to germinate the seed. It sprouted a root but i checked on it today and half the root was brown, am i under watering it or over watering it? i water when the soil dries out. Do you think it will still sprout?

I throw mango seeds in my yard all the time and they seem to be growing everywhere but when i try to sprout one i find it more difficult.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Opinions on a custom soil blend
« on: March 07, 2016, 07:17:11 PM »
Im ordering 20 Cu.yards of a custom soil blend and i just wanted to get opinions from the professionals if it will be a good neutral soil for a variety of trees.

It consists of 30% peat moss, 50% 3/8 inch pine bark, and 20% cedar sawdust. PH 6.0.

What do you think, it will be used in pots from 1 gallon to 20 gallon and the remaining will be thrown in my yard.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Tovomita longifolia (Estrellas)
« on: February 28, 2016, 07:33:54 PM »
I cant find much info on this plant, Anyone have any knowledge of growth habits, Fruit review, or anything else interesting about this tree. Im going to order seeds from http://www.fruitlovers.com/seedlistUSA.html so i wanted to get more info on it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / question on kepel planting distance
« on: February 19, 2016, 10:24:58 PM »
I have a great spot for my kepel tree but its 7 feet from a magnolia tree, is that too close. The magnolia is trimmed straight up so its like a canopy tree completely open. Just making sure before a plant the kepel, anyone know if it will be fine

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Succesful Trip to Excalibur
« on: February 17, 2016, 07:59:16 PM »
I ended up renting a car for the day and decided, im going to Excalibur :D About a 3 hour trip, I made it there 25 Min before closing but spent over an hour going through all the plants as im not going to make another trip down there anytime soon. That place is GREAT, its like a tropical fruit jungle, i felt right at home. I recommend anyone that wants to get a good collection of exotic fruit trees to check it out, all the trees look great. The staff were very helpful and showed me around the whole nursery, I got to try soursop for the first time, took home some black sapotes, and bought a few dozen malaysian coconuts.   Thanks to Rob for helping me out with picking out the best trees, I ended up with

mangos
Venus
Mahachanok
Pina Colada
Fairchild
Lemon Zest
Keitt
Sweet Tart

Jackfruit
Excalibur Gold
Dang Rasimi
Krunchy Lemon
Mai1
Mai3
and thanks to Sayyid (as this trip was last minute and unplanned) who brought me a Red morning and Excalibur red last week, I got every Jackfruit i wanted from there except the J31 but im good without ;D

I also got a Red Lime thats already fruiting, key lime, Fairchild and Trompo canistel, Green sapote, Abiu, Malaysian coconut palm, african gold guava, A beautiful 7g custard apple, Black Sapote, and i would have to say the best deal most awesome tree a 9 ft Kepel for $65 ;D ;D ;D ;D

So i would have to say it was a successful trip, Filled the van to the Max.

That place gets a 2 thumbs up rating from me. Its definitely a place to visit.

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