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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mabola plum - Parinari curatellifolia
« on: October 09, 2016, 10:58:57 AM »



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mabola plum - Parinari curatellifolia
« on: October 09, 2016, 10:52:41 AM »
Don't know why but I load the image then it comes back and the post is blank????

The fruit tastes good. It is not juicy. It tastes like a less pasty high quality mimmusops but to me also has a slight durian taste. An Indonesian friend also says something reminds him of a durian flavor.

It is becoming increasingly scarce in the wild as medicine collectors ringbark it

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mabola plum - Parinari curatellifolia
« on: October 09, 2016, 10:35:45 AM »
Got to taste some of these fresh harvested in the veld/wild.
Surprising good!


They smell abit like brandy pudding:)
Thin easy to peel skin.
I'm struggling to add the other pics I will try in a new post


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Annonacin amounts in Annona fruits.
« on: October 07, 2016, 02:03:12 AM »
I wonder if the soursop leaves cure cancer folks will soon be telling pol to eat more pawpaws.

We need a scientific-base evidence to conduct this whether it does cure or not.

We use the leaves for tea(guanabana in the Philippines).


The power of BigPharma are suppressing all the natural cures/ treatments in exchange of using their synthetics.
There are many holistic doctors out there had found a cure for cancer, hiv & etc.

All the holistic doctors are being-killed by the Oligarchs. Greed is playing a large role.

One of them was Dr. Sebi.
I think you underestimate the power behind "big herbal" for lack of a better word.
Where there is money there is corruption and lies, there is a lot of money in so called natural cures

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Soaking seeds in gibberellic acid
« on: October 03, 2016, 11:57:11 PM »
Depends on what seeds you intend to use it for. What seems to kill some seeds is way too weak for others.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Green monkey orange (strychnos spinosa).
« on: October 02, 2016, 03:41:37 PM »
Got what I think is a spinosa fruit from local botanical gardens a couple months ago. It was completely green then but has been sitting in the fruit bowl and gone nice and yellow.


Even unopened the shell has an amazing floral smell.

The shell is hard but easy to open with a serrated knife.
Inside the enticing smell was stronger


The pulp surrounds smooth flattens kidney shaped seeds. It was abit tart. Nowhere near face puckering tart but not really much sweetness. The flavor behind the tart is really nice and difficult to explain. I wonder if fruits ripened for longer on the tree would have more sweetness?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How long for Jackfruit Trees to fruit?
« on: September 29, 2016, 04:39:19 AM »
If two to three years from grafted then how long abouts for a seed grown tree?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Germinating Ilama seeds
« on: September 27, 2016, 01:44:28 AM »
I think there are few threads on this already if you try the google search:)

Ilama seeds can take a really long time and with paper towel you would have to keep on replacing it. I have had great success with cocopeat in a ziplock but I can also imagine that germinating in the pot it will stay in would be benificial.

I have also found with many seeds that roots get stuck in the paper and it is hard to remove without damage.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durian tasteoff: Chanee vs. Monthong
« on: September 23, 2016, 06:46:58 AM »
Looks delicious! Iv only tried Monthong and having a more creamy butterscotch version of that sounds incredible!!!!!!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Contest: Name all the fruits Win $20
« on: September 22, 2016, 08:45:46 AM »
Well done :D
You did very well also! I think you only confused Pachira as papaya, otherwise got them all correct.
Thanks!
Yeah I was unsure about it but would have neve known to guess Pachira  :P

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Overproductive Fruit Trees... As fodder!
« on: September 22, 2016, 03:15:06 AM »
Humans can eat grape leaves too! Dolmades are made with grape leaves and are delicious :D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Contest: Name all the fruits Win $20
« on: September 22, 2016, 12:41:08 AM »
Well done :D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Contest: Name all the fruits Win $20
« on: September 21, 2016, 05:48:45 AM »
First person to name all the fruis in this photo i just took correctly wins $20 gift certificate for any item on my website. Answers must be posted on this thread. Don't PM me or email me.




Yum that looks like a very nice feast!
I will give it a go  ;D
Banana
Durian (Monthong?)
Papaya
cempedak
Mobolo
Starfruit
garcinia prainiana
Plinia edulis
Mangosteen
Campomanesia phaea
Red Rambutan
Yellow Rambutan
Avocado


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help! Scales infestation on soursop
« on: September 20, 2016, 02:02:06 PM »
Scale seems to love soursop:(

Best for scale is to manually remove but this can be hard on a large tree!
Then fertilizer and keeping the tree nice and strong.

Im sure there must be some kind of poison spray available at nurseries ?

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Not sure but some African species can take years! I had Marula take 2 years before!
Dont worry though if you have no luck I will send you more in season of the mongongo :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What tree do I have?
« on: September 13, 2016, 11:59:17 PM »
Could it be black sapote?
Wait for a more expert opinion but looks like it :)

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Feel the Bern...I mean....burn
« on: September 01, 2016, 09:14:00 AM »
I was told you shouldnt put cigarette ash near tomato because it can spread a kind of tobacco virus this made me think that burning could spread viruses better as ash is so light?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: air layering question
« on: August 26, 2016, 07:44:56 AM »
I've tried a few ways to air layer.  The one I find most success in is soaking the sphagnum moss in the water for about 30 mins, wound the spot about an inch, rub rooting hormone or honey on, use a plastic bag to wrap the sphagnum moss around it, make sure to squeeze as much water off as you can, use black electric tape to seal both top and bottom from letting water in, seal the vertical line of the plastic bag as you close it, then use foil paper to wrap it again one more time to tighten everything. 

Other things to keep in mind are the time of year (preferably summer with strong heat) and branch out in the sun instead of inside the canopy.  I've been able to do quava, plum, wax Jambu, lemon, orange, and cherimoya with this method.  I normally give it 3 months for the weather here in San Diego.  Good luck.

You can use honey instead of rooting hormone?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seed viability
« on: August 25, 2016, 01:17:57 PM »
Several times I got the seeds, which were wrapped in some silver flakes. Could anyone advise me what it is?
That sounds abit like vermiculite

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This is the temperate buy/sell/trade.
You will have much better luck in the tropical one :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seed viability
« on: August 25, 2016, 04:33:15 AM »
For me Coco-coir dust has been by far the best medium even had mangosteen last well over a month.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seed viability
« on: August 24, 2016, 03:43:21 PM »
If packed really well in a moist mold resistant material then even extremely recalcitrant seeds can last longer than you would expect!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Update on "ultra tropicals"
« on: August 19, 2016, 01:54:47 AM »
What about those misters you get in outdoor resturants?

My dad used to breed tropical parrots and had those misters on the top parts of the very large cages running all day in summer months and made it very humid. Think its the same as sprinkler system just with different heads placed sporadically on the pipe.

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I thought it was a durian, it doesnt have very many moves ha ha ;D



Yeah, i give up.  On first look on my phone I thought it was a soursop.   When I went on my tablet, was evident its a durian (agaon, do they not kniw what is native to Brazil?  Someone get them Lorenzi's new book....).

Ha ha ha that would be great!! but if they can't even get lychee and rambutan right :p

It would be awesome if they could do more Brazil native fruits, maybe its because the games brings people from around world so the fruit games bring fruit? ha ha ha I dunno

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Oh I see they even give each one a wright up! They really look like they confused lychee and rambutan somehow! Which confuses me because isnt lychee a very common fruit? Who doesnt know lychee?????

Here is the durian doodles wright up lol:

"The crowd falls silent as Durian takes the horse. “You either love ‘em or you can’t stand ‘em,” says one audience member. Popularity aside, this complex fruit brings some stiff competition, moving through the first half of the routine with savory swing. Tight turns and a steady tempo—this is definitely not Durian’s first rodeo. But is this king of fruits all it’s chalked up to be? Wait for it...woah! What a handle on that husk. Going, going, and Durian sticks the dismount without a thorn out of place. Ladies and gentlemen, this fruit just gave “in season” a whole new meaning. Ah, the sweet, strange smell of victory."

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