51
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Summer's End: What Rare Fruits are Left to Eat?
« on: September 10, 2022, 05:01:30 PM »
Akee, Carambola, Banana, Dragon Fruit.
We are looking for Facebook editors for the forum's Facebook page.
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
This paper is describing ordinary selective breeding of that variety,no genetic modification. Mainly they were looking for a shorter early bearing and dryland irrigation adapted selection.
Hi…by chance do you know if your friend grows dwarf açaí? I’m trying to find out if the dwarf (BRS Para)is a GMO.
Which would mean it cannot get organic certification in the US.
This one is commercially grown across the Caribbean islands and central america. I have found it to be very good bears right through rains and droughts.
Heat free " Habanero" type Capsicum chinense varieties can be very productive. Anybody growing these ?
There was a large red one like a tropical capsicum. Called Choco maybe ??
any good ideas for when to pick a melon?Cantaloupe types begin to smell musky and may change to a more yellow hue, the stem pulls away from the fruit cleanly.
looking at my watermelon now
Worms, while they are good for the garden, if the get in pots, it can be a nightmare. They end up turning the bottom of the soil to basically mush. Not good for plants. I understand that it should be fine in a greenhouse, but if the pots are on the ground the worms will go into them. Here the majority that I find are actually invasive and should be killed. They do more harm than good.
I put in mango tree thinking 15ft would be ok since they dont grow that fast here but they are already getting tight.
20ft is probably better for florida.
So based off of a quick read of the article, it seems like this one was made using traditional methods instead of gmo. Looks like China is gonna be keen to not let this one spread out of the country so they can monopolize it. Even so, it would take years until it lands into the US especially with import restrictions (since this is lychee)Considering Chinas laxity about copy and patent I expect the opposite, that it will be widely copied if any good.
Unless you learn to feminize the seeds you will waste half of the acreage growing male trees. Wasting half of the planting can't be commercialized. That is why no commercial farmer would plant open pollinated papaya seeds.This one has been the best for me, but the Red Maradol has also been good. If you are growing commercial be absolutely sure to plant the professional level hybrid seeds. I believe they are specially grown so that the seeds are "Feminized". The advantage of that comes because when you plant them you never get useless male plants, plus some hybrid vigor and known fruit characteristics of size, flavor, and flesh color. As I understand it, the growers of these seeds force a female plant to make pollen which fertilizes a female flower and results in seeds produces no males. By doing this, you can reliably produce seedlings which will all make fruit when transplanted. Commercially you need to be sure there is no chance of standing water around the papaya, full sun and high fertility. Try to avoid leaning trees they bear heavy loads and can easily be lodged over or break off in wind. Pick fruit at first color stripe for shipping.
This shows a fine example of what can be achieved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ooVX7icbY
The main problem of growing fruits on a commercial scale in most African countries is getting quality propagation material. I have been collecting since 2003, and most need to be carried into Uganda by hand. So hybrid seeds will - at least in the beginning - be a one-time off, after which we need to propagate, select and try to stabilize a lineage, which we can use. Results will obviously not be optimal, but compared to the current situation - a big step up.
I have bothI did get a seedling of the yellow from you and mine made larger fruit than the red my neighbor had.
To me they taste the same, the yellow is slightly larger fruit.
I replaced the red with one that was a runner of a tree
with very large fruit. It is flowering now maybe I will get fruit this
season?
Looks like tree was beating against the stake. I saw one which was staked with a metal t-post during Hurricane Irma it beat the trunk up like crazy.
Any ideas of what may be going on with the trunk of my sugarloaf mango and what, if anything, I can do?
Since they are young and have lots to learn, maybe give them a chance by introducing yourself as someone who grows and loves fruits, and works hard to grow them, thus valuing them. Add that you have noticed that they too appear to love fruits, and you are here to help. Let them know that picking at wrong time is a waste, and that asking is the way to go. Offer them cuttings or small plants of berry vines and whatever, a little at a time. Make a relationship with them. Won't guarantee they won't steal from you, but will make it more awkward and less desired.I like this idea could be a win for everybody. It's probably a lot harder to steal significantly from a friend.