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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Quiz: Can you guess my name 2?
« on: July 28, 2012, 07:59:34 PM »
Some type of mulberry maybe ?

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This reminds me to check the local trees ..
And to Har : something similar happened at the orchard with and excellent fast bearing avocado hybrid , not even mentioning other grafted seedlings that were mowed down with the grass cutter...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mulching Fruit Trees
« on: July 28, 2012, 07:38:05 PM »
Btw, we buy agave syrup here as a sweetener. It is very good tasting. Is that made from same agave as is used for making tequila? Is the agave syrup a by product of the manufacturing of tequila?

Not sure Oscar , but I don't think it is from the same plant ( the blue agave ) Lots of different agave growing here...

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My biggest plant ( seeds from Australia ) is 1,5 meter tall and wide , produces in abundance over several months , fruits are not bad at all when they fall by them self , not before .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Getting Jackfruit latex off of things
« on: July 28, 2012, 02:59:12 PM »
Almost no latex left when the fruit is very ripe .
I know it is not the best/healthiest thing to use but thinner works perfectly , I wash my hands and knife a few times when I am done...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mulching Fruit Trees
« on: July 28, 2012, 02:51:42 PM »
The only mulch that is available and free here is the left overs from processing the agave plant to make Tequila , my idea is to cover the whole orchard with it to keep humidity in the ground and maybe keep the weeds a little under control . This mulch has a sweet sugary smell ( maybe it is sweet but I am not gonna taste it ) . If there are sugars in it , how would this affect the soil and plants ????? I did a small part as a test , so far nothing negative happened besides some white fungus growing here and there , will take a pic and post later....

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moringa oleifera - tips?
« on: July 28, 2012, 02:25:30 PM »
I have one in the ground for a few years now , not doing well due to too much shade , would transplanting kill the tree ?
Was never successful with cuttings and seeds , probably too much water...I'll never learn....

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: hand me down Garcinia hombroniana
« on: July 26, 2012, 09:18:46 PM »



Another G. hombroniana collected in Lancetilla , Honduras.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My trip to Belize
« on: July 26, 2012, 08:53:11 PM »
Not sure if anybody id'd the last pic , I did not go trough all the replies , to me this looks like a Tabernaemontana , psychoactive additive to Ayahuasca . Also used in combination with Virola .

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grumichama
« on: July 26, 2012, 08:00:27 PM »
You must be doing something right Mike !!!!!

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These are wild Canistels ( leaves removed for the pics ) growing right next to my house . Iguanas love them and do a good job cleaning the seeds , ready for me to plant ...pics taken today 26/7/12

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon / Yellow strawberry guava
« on: July 26, 2012, 06:58:49 PM »
OK , got it , now I'll have to find the tree to check the leaves . A local old timer brought the fruit for me to propagate it . Thanks for the info guys.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon / Yellow strawberry guava
« on: July 26, 2012, 05:33:49 PM »
The seeds are really very tiny , neglect-able when eating the fruit , one of the best guavas I had so far.
I have them on my list as Psidium littorale ????

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Lemon / Yellow strawberry guava
« on: July 26, 2012, 03:26:12 PM »
Can anybody give me the correct scientific name of this one , pulp is yellow .
There is a round 1 " and a pear shaped one , are they the same .....

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: July 26, 2012, 03:08:26 PM »
Hi Richard,

Glad to hear that Mexican Garcinia has reached your corner of the world too. If that plant could speak it would say "Veni, vidi, vici".

Tomas

Too bad I didn't keep track of all the seeds I mailed out over the years , but they are growing in all continents except Antarctica

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grumichama
« on: July 24, 2012, 08:32:51 PM »
The E. itaguahensis also fruits a lot faster and a lot smaller , started to fruit this year at 50 cm tall , just a few fruits though and the birds got them....so I cannot comment about the taste.
Now waiting for the copacabana , not holding my breath according to Harri and Marco's comments , but then again , Marco told me the neonitida was his favorite Eugenia and for me it is way down the list.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: July 24, 2012, 08:19:26 PM »
It would be great to be there in Santa Cruz when they have the fruit festival , their president is kicking Coca Cola out of the country which is a good example for the rest of the world , but....unless he is gonna make his own using the original ingredients....I really don't trust his " good " intentions , and how am I gonna make a Cuba Libre when I am there....

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Mike T ,
 
They love being pruned .  Can you tell me more about this pruning ?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why on earth......Marang vs Jakfruit
« on: July 24, 2012, 07:26:09 PM »
That's the one Oscar !!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: July 24, 2012, 07:19:18 PM »
Achachairu is one of the easiest to ID from the leaf , long and narrow...
A few years ago I talked to a Bolivian guy from the main achachairu area , Santa Cruz , don't remember his tittle but was in the plant field , a scientific guy . He said that over there they have a lot of different achachairus , they categorize them in 2 , the acid/sour and the sweet ( more or less )  All are called achachairu with the addition of big - medium or small .

So the one that the Australians planted by the 1000 ands would probably be the " medium , sweet achachairu " translated from Spanish , he also told me there was no agreed scientific name .

 


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: July 24, 2012, 06:21:06 PM »
To BMc : May - June

To Cyclonenat : Yes I can ship to New Zeeland

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why on earth......Marang vs Jakfruit
« on: July 24, 2012, 05:57:21 PM »
No Oscar , Ken mentioned it , he thinks it's a great fruit ......

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Thank you Adam.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: July 23, 2012, 05:53:26 PM »
Garcinias in general Adam , I still have several Garcinia ( tags got lost over the years ) in nursery bags and was considering planting them.

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5 years...then mine are due....a little disappointed by the resinous skin , is it like the latex in the caimito skin Adam ?

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