Hello mango fans 
Last week I bought in the local Lidl SM 3-4 pieces of a new mago cultivar for me. The name on the box was Noa.
Some details : weight about 400 - 450grs, ripe when full green, very soft and golden yellow flesh, creamy texture, tasty very sweet, flavor is rich, almost no fibers (very litle around the husk).
Here is a few pics...

The fruit full ripe


Noa and Keitt


The  flesh


The flesh inside


and the husk


Anyone else eaten it?

There have been a number of compilations done with govt funding.Pooled observations across the district provided most of the information.The largest and most formal pubication was done at the Zappala farm at the foot of Mt Bellenden Ker (1592m) with assistance from Lim and staff of the south johnstone research station like Dicsabilis.The main report has several 100 pages and is called RIRC Durian Clone Assessment or something similar.I have a hard copy somewhere that is thick enough to choke a rhino but no longer have an electronic copy.Updated observations from Tully,Mission Beach and Ingham added to the major publication.The report has sections including growth rates,cold tolerance,fruit quality,genetic profiles, first flowering and fruiting,weather details etc. and discusses diseases and cyclone responses.I believe the observation period was around 1986 to about 2000.

Thanks Mike for the scientific approach. Now I have a good starting point.
Sorry for not mentioned your name in my post.

Quote from: msk0072 on September 28, 2012, 02:54:18 AM

Quote from: DurianLover on September 27, 2012, 06:24:42 PM

If you can somehow import grafted tree, they stay smaller. Maybe your best bet for greenhouse. I heard Musang King needs higher elevations (cooler climate). It also happens to be the best tasting durian:)  Another area of concern is summer heat. It gets like +40 C in Crete? However, I have seen tropical trees fruiting in Chicago. I think greenhouse was about 25 feet tall.

DurianLover which varieties do you have?
My plan is to grow from seed until next summer and than make the grafts in the greenhouse. Grafted trees can be kept smaller and they fruit earlier. Importing trees is a big story because of EU regulations.
I am a little confused which variety is best for colder climates. Another member mentioned the D175 (red prawn) as more cold tolerant.
The summer temperatures are between 30 and 40^oC and in the greenhouse much higher, at least 5 - 10C. The weather will be a problem only during the winter months.

I just recently started my project, so durians are not fruiting yet. I will be travelling this January through Singapore and Malaysia, so I could send you from there. Same goes for cyclonenat ( don't you have customs as strict as in Australia?)

But I think you two can get the same results if ordered from Ebay. Who send you rotted seed? If it is supereuroasia, I know seller personally. Very high integrity seller, maybe just a little bit off with some descriptions:) Just ask to replace it, she will send you new ones.

Hello DurianLover. I got durian seeds of the cheap genus (monthong, etc.) from an internet shop not from ebay. The replacement was same quality. I haven't had problem with the seller. I think the way of packing was the problem for molding. From supereuroasia I ordered jackfruit seeds. He shells seeds of excellent quality with very good communication. Never had a problem with that guy. What do you think about the ebay prices, isn't high?

Maybe other members have access to  D175 (red prawn) seeds and can send me now because of very good weather?

Don't want to discourage your spirits, but there is no way durian is going to fruit in Crete. Durian is ultra-tropical and trees get very big. I hear rich folks in California growing durians in giant greenhouses. In any case, if you are still interested I can get you seeds in January.

Thanks for the offer. I know is not easy to grow durian here. It is an experiment because I love the fruit. For this I am prepared and I will use a greenhouse for the seedling and later for the tree. Which of all durian varieties is let say "gold tolerant" to have more chance?

eBay has a lot of durian seeds for sale if you are interested. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=durian+seeds&_sacat=0

I already bought seeds from internet seller. They arrived to me moldy and finaly they rot away.

Hi, thanks for the warm welcome
William
This forum is awesome, amazing interesting. Really international. Yes it will be very intereting to share my pictures and my experiences to the  forum. As soon as I feel very comfortable with posting and my English I will post pictures from my trees. My experience is not very big because I am relative new in that field.
Harry
The climate here is much more Mediterranean and subtropical than the other parts of Greece and Europe. Crete is the southest part of Europe. The only problem is the weather in January and February with temperatures between 5 - 12^oC. Some trees are very sensitive to those temperatures. My oldest trees are the avocado 4 years old planted in the ground not fruited yet. All other trees are in big pots, small pots and plastic bags 1-2 years old. I hope soon I can plant many of them. Last summer my NDM had a few mangos but the fruits didn't make it to the maturity because the tree is very young. if I find pictures in my computer I can post here.
Mike