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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cherimoya pollination question
« on: May 11, 2014, 09:00:15 PM »



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / How will Durian do in my climate?
« on: May 11, 2014, 08:56:03 PM »
I'm looking at property around this area, el pangui,  and wondering what others think about the lack of a defined dry season, and the volume of rain.

http://en.climate-data.org/location/25400/

Some small durian from ecuador!




Thanks for any helpful input!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian: Smells Putrid...Tastes Awful!
« on: December 24, 2013, 09:00:37 PM »
If u aint got nothing nice to say, stfu and pass the durian my way hahaha

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian: Smells Putrid...Tastes Awful!
« on: December 24, 2013, 03:42:07 PM »
Could have been a bad one, how long did u thaw it for? Ive heard of people thawing it for a couples days which obviously leads to it going bad before they taste it. Also it isnt usually a first taste fall in love from what ive seen, first its like.. wth then2 or 10 later your addicted like a crackhead.. personally Iive oonly had frozen and ive had maybe 300 ofthem and maybe 50 were terrible enouh not to eat, some stiff u ripe flesh so e tasted bad some tasted awesome. Id keep em in my fridge and thaw them on a fan for 2 or 4 hours when I wanted one. Also id tend to buy a small golden bulgy durian before a massive one or one thats overly brown or expecially green. Justt my 2 cents.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Watering Jaboticaba with aspirin ?
« on: December 16, 2013, 08:46:53 PM »
Cant get enough drugs in our environment without putting them on our fruits. I think viagra would work better.. someone should consult their licensed physician.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best arid climate fruits?
« on: December 16, 2013, 09:17:50 AM »
So you are obsessed with durians, searched so long for a land in a country that has areas suitable for durian growing and at the end purchased worst possible land for durians :o ???. (hopefully its not true, but clearly it is the impression I get) How much money will you be spending to keep water flowing all year? Durians do not need just water, they also need pretty high humidity to thrive. I agree with Oscar. Say good bye to durian, hello pitaya. You are too obsessed with high acreage, and I think it was fatal mistake.

dont assume so much man, its only 12 hectares.. I dont exactly see why durian wont grow because it has been grown in arid climates like india from what ive read and it might also benefit the flowering stage and hopefully produce fruit at different times than other more normal climate properties. I wouldnt say ive been searching that long yet. The irrigation is 10usd per month so 120 per year, not too bad imo. High acreage is more like 1000hectares to me. Definitely not fatal but also maybe not the best choice. It has some perks though like I can swim to peru and have unlimited coconuts! And can grow things that wont grow in humid areas due to mold and bugs. I love pitaya too!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best arid climate fruits?
« on: December 15, 2013, 07:32:40 AM »
He property is already purchased, there is other land also mainly this is for coconuts , tomatoes, peppers and hopefully dates and other things that wont grow in the more tropical area. There has been a history of goats and cows so what ever did grow was eaten quickly,  not that much can grow but the entire place has he ability to be irrigated from 3 of those irrigation boxes,  building the soil will be the first thing to do the past owners seemed to try and discourage soil building by removing the palm fronds and grass frequently. I still would like to try and grow durians and other unusual things and eventually build a zigzag swale trailing the water throuh the property, I can tell you the soil test would result in sand and rock and nothing more in 75 percent of the land the already irrigated area has maybe 10 percent loam and 5 percent clay.

thanks a lot for your input, I know its not the best but I think it will be fun to see what can happen with it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best arid climate fruits?
« on: December 14, 2013, 04:49:43 PM »
Excellent thanks saltcayman ill get to work on photos, jk haha thanks! Im looking through them checking em twice!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best arid climate fruits?
« on: December 14, 2013, 04:17:40 PM »
Cereus sp.
Opuntia sp.
Parkia biglobosa
Corryocactus Brebistylus (sanky fruit)
Tylosema esculentum (marama bean)
Goji Berry (still experimenting to see if it will set fruit without much chill hours)
Fig
Pomegranate
Tamarindus indica

Some others that I have not thought of yet.


Thanks a lot! Update if u remember more please!
heres some photos I had to check out n figured id share here,
Cereus peruvianus..


Opuntia sp. Aka cactus pear I think



Corryocactus Brebistylus,  looks great!



Parkia biglobosa, makes me wonder about icecream bean, but I read it like humid climate..



Tylosema esculenta, This one is more of a nut? Have u tasted it before?



Pitaya, sells for 50c to 1 dollar most places here in ecuador, I think its delicious!



Dragon fruit, kinda common in asian stores in usa, also delicious to me.



Styrchnos spinosa aka monkey orange, anyone know the taste?



Ziziphus mauritiana lam. Or cactus apple? Anyone tried it?



I think most people knowwhat figs, tamarind and pomegranates look like but those are great ones!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Best arid climate fruits?
« on: December 14, 2013, 03:25:55 PM »
Hey everyone what are your thoughts on best fruits to grow in a arid tropical climate? Temps are 70to 90 f nightto day all year, feb to april it rains a little .. about 160mm.. http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Zapotillo-weather-averages/Loja/EC.aspx

so far I figure cactusfruits like dragon fruit, pitaya, culmnar cacti, black sapote, white sapote, sapodilla? Dates? Monkey orange? Any oother suggestions are very appreciated!

For a clearer picture ill include this video, here is gravity irrigation hence he cocos and mango tree, that irrigated area will grow various stuff but this thread is more aimed towards the non irrigated areas, the soil is like crumbly slate volcanic rock, barely any loamy,  or clay content the rock is brittle enouh to dig into fairly easily which is entertaining to me also the whole project being so artificial in he environment. I am planting other hings in the irrigated area like jackfruit, durian, rambutan, bananas and other stuff soon.

here the video.0, feel free to ask for more info!
Cocolandia


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Allan White new zealand fruit breeder
« on: December 14, 2013, 03:09:02 PM »
Found nothing upon searching here and little on google, I read he has breed some impressive fruits such as Kohala lognan, seedles guava psidium guajava, bettina drawf papaya,  musa sapientum, grey abiu?

can we talk about this?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My addiction
« on: December 11, 2013, 08:12:35 PM »
Luckily
My name is Jason, and im a proud fruit addict!

Are you looking to get 20-200 acres for yourself or share with other "nuts"? I would absolutely advise you against getting anymore than 10 acres in wet tropics (if its just yourself).  For example it has been raining at least every week in my farm this year. I come back after some absence to find impassible 9 foot tall wall of weed trees.  The jungle will crush you. If you get 50-200 acres and don't hire any workers, than you may never set a foot on some parts of your property for the rest of your life.

how much annual rainfall are you dealing with?

im planning to have multiple people involved and id like a barrier from neighbors. Leaving areas untouched doesnt bother me so much as not having enough room for new plants in 20 years. Im aiming for only 2000mm annual rainfall so itnot super wet but wet enough for almost all plants I want to grow. Also likely to have much larger sized areas in diff climates.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian in California
« on: December 08, 2013, 12:01:38 PM »
Every day this week durian would suffer slight damage at these temps in san diego. 8c is minimal for durian, you could make in ground greenhouses with heating though. Water tanks with water heaters work well so do solar heated black water tubes and in ground air circulation. Its not impossible but its not easy either.

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Lol I got your durian in vilca now ready forpick up, so ironic!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My addiction
« on: December 08, 2013, 08:55:59 AM »
Luckily my addiction started withthe taste and nutrition status of fruit so im taking my time gwtting into the cultivation, trying to give myself an ideal place with at least 20 acres in a tropical environment,  in ecuador. Right now I have a dozen baby durians and a rambutan I took on a 3 day bus trip, various buses and they still dont have a home but will soon. Ive got fruit seeds taking up a third of my backpack space and the only food I buy is fruit, I just bought 23 mangoes for 4 dollars and 40 bananas for 2 dollars at a market this morning. Yesterday someone stole a bag of mangoes I left sitting out, nothing has bothered me so much in months! Only 2 dollars but what kind of person steals a bag of fruit on a couch!?! A hungry person I hope.. there is not enough addicts like us imo.. not enough, thats the only problem I see with this addiction. My life is revolving around finding ideal land to buy for growing fruits, filling 20 to 200 acres and maintaining it will be my life story, and that sounds good to me any day. Some peolle ask how ill make a living doing this, I want to ask how working for moneykilling our planet and dying unhappy is considered living.

My name is Jason, and im a proud fruit addict!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What artificial light would you recommend?
« on: December 01, 2013, 12:50:32 PM »
400watt hps is my vote or move to the tropics! Hahaha we will have baby durian fields and durian parties before too long!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Gray abiu
« on: December 01, 2013, 12:04:09 PM »
Anyone know where to get gray abiu? Do seedlings not produce similarly?

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Jim west doesnt deal with new people anymore ive heard, I know there is jackfruit growing east of quito just down from the mountains near la concordia, alibaba would be the place to get bukk durian. I think getting quality cultivars of most fruits would be best done in the usa mail from people like fruitlovers etc. Then bring the seeds in you luggage, carry on or check in baggage.

I have noticed lots of sugar cane, mangoes, bananas, golden berries, various veggies, and greens growing in vilcabamba. So somewhat dry climate medium tempurature fruit can do well there id say. Thing like durian and mangosteen would want it wetter like zamora possibly by pińas west of vilcabamba also.

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Looks great!

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I think the pulp is much less acidic and I think I prefer it when the pod is greener shortly after its yellow or off the tree it gets like a iffy melon, but I did really like the flavour of some that ci had. The smell of the shell is wonderful also and the shells look awesome!

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Is there a big differenc, id think so but I cant find much info on trees just tomatoes, vft and mostly small herbs.. in ecuador itseems to be mostly cloudy and things grow very well but do certain species anyone knows of specifically hate a majority of cloudy days and are the main negative effects simply less production and growth? Also Iif I can squeeze in another question, how detrimental is moss growing on trees? Epiphytes stealing light etc.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Retarded Epical Growth
« on: October 16, 2013, 08:47:06 PM »
Might it be from the power lines? Are you pulling the branch to the right in the first photo away from the power line or was it the old epical stem by chance?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian smell
« on: October 16, 2013, 08:18:04 PM »
I think the little red pran ones smell the most.. just going off second hand word and bad memory haha

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I will possibly try some other kind in a week or so if its fruiting and some guys place, n learn if it tastes better or worse and ifIit looks different.. maybe this was the product of natural breeding or manmade between annonia already o.O

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You can graft cherimoya or other annonaceae s onto pond apple? Or no?

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