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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atemoya pollination experts please...
« on: April 05, 2018, 10:33:16 AM »
1) My geffner does not self pollinate. Yes, the 30% are female and the fully open ones are male.  http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=5687.msg194935#msg194935

2) I would not let a tree that has only been in the ground a few months fruit. You spent a lot of money on the tree so why chance it. It should not be impossible for you to find someone selling geffner within driving distance.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Leo hybrid Cherimoya crossed with Atemoya seedling #1 and#3
« on: March 30, 2018, 10:27:31 PM »
Sign me up!

Are you familiar with Sabor? If so, how does this compare?  Sabor was my favorite from a box of Pierce, Campas, Honeyhart, and Fino de Jete because of the acidity.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Has anyone fruited Marang in south florida?
« on: March 30, 2018, 07:36:57 PM »
This marang tree as been negelected and unprotected for the last 4 years. Every once in a while, I pick it up after it has fallen on its side.  It got down to 37F here this winter.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pruning rollinia problem
« on: March 29, 2018, 10:34:21 PM »
I had to cut my big rollinia tree down by 60% to stand it up straight after Irma.  It took it ok.

These trees are touchy. Maybe this winter was a bit too cold in your area for rollinia.  Some people believe some strains can handle a little more cold but others are tropical. It may be a watering issue.  I have a vigorous tree that always has a section dying back only to come back strong and another tree that is more level headed but stays dwarfish. I had a tree at my rental property die this winter, after at least 7 years in the ground.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Jackfruit Flowers on my Seedling Tree
« on: March 27, 2018, 10:46:55 PM »
If this is one of the amber seeding that were distributed by Patrick or Sheehan, I would recommend that you put it in the ground.  These trees were distributed for free in the hopes of bringing a great jackfruit to the US. So far the results have been very good. My tree, unfortunately, is sickly.

I have jackfruit trees that have been putting out males for the last three years without fruiting.

Gnappi, taking 4 to 5 years to fruit is not a bad thing for a jackfruit tree. Small trees produce inferior fruit, fruiting puts a lot of strain on the tree, and BKL is a heavy producer.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where to get best deal on 0-0-50
« on: March 23, 2018, 10:55:31 PM »
Yes, buy the  0-3-16 plus micros from Har or Truly tropicals.

If you are dead set on 0-0-50, Helena chemicals,$26.50 a 50 lbs bag is what I paid. They sell it in a few different forms. Ask for the mini, which is granular.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jackfruit variety "Small", any info on it?
« on: March 23, 2018, 08:05:00 AM »
Not sure when this will happen again but Fairchild hosts them every once in a while.

https://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events-Community-Outreach/Events-Details/jackfruit-jubilee

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Morning Jackfruit tasted
« on: March 22, 2018, 10:01:28 PM »
Cristella is not red fleshed

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help slow release fertilizer.
« on: March 20, 2018, 11:15:03 PM »
.90% polymer coated is 15% of the nitrogen. The Helena Chemicals and Howard Fertilizer 8-2-12 formulations are 7.2% polymer coated or 90% of the nitrogen for a slow and long feed.

Quote from: Cookie Monster on March 20, 2018, 10:48:41 PM
I don't see the label, but the vigoro "slow release" stuff is likely going to be mostly water soluble with a small % of water insoluble forms of nitrogen -- and this oftentimes means milorganite (recycled biped feces) or some other cheap form of organic nitrogen (not sulfur / polymer coated).

Sulfur / polymer coated slow release (where a significant % of all nutrients are slow release) is generally quite expensive at the big box stores -- if you can even find it there. You don't really want to buy your fertilizer at a big box store unless you don't have any other options (ie, you don't have a grower's supply nearby).

Update -- I found the label. It's a laughable 0.90% nitogen. At least it's polymer coated. But that basically means that they tossed in 50 cents worth of slow release nitrogen granules to be able to woo / dupe consumers with the "slow release" label :-).

http://www.kellysolutions.com/erenewals/documentsubmit/KellyData/ND%5CFertilizer%5CProduct%20Label%5CVIGORO_CITRUS___AVOCADO_PLANT_FOOD_6_4_6_4_25_2011_11_06_00_AM.pdf

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jackfruit variety "Small", any info on it?
« on: March 20, 2018, 08:06:17 PM »
Pine Island is still labeling this as "Small". I bought one thinking it was something new.  Luckily, I didn't buy papi at the jackfruit festival because of the stupid name so at least this is not a duplicate. Really, I am not sure which name is dumber.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where to get best deal on 0-0-50
« on: March 20, 2018, 12:37:05 PM »
Yes, Helena does have a granular. I think I paid $27 a 50lbs bag.  It is to supplement my 4 doses of 8-2-12. I plant on using it in between my scheduled application of the polymer coated stuff. I will combine it with manganese sulfate and mono-ammonium phosphate because these are the elements my soil test and tree deficiency symptoms show are low.  I doubt these will be around after 4 inches of rain, which could be only a couple of days.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Where to get best deal on 0-0-50
« on: March 19, 2018, 10:46:14 PM »
0-0-50 is for fertigation and mostly sold as powder. It is totally water soluble and very little will not be retained in your soil. Buy 0-3-16 from Har or Truly Tropicals. That has slow release potassium and micros too.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are these abiu flowers?
« on: March 18, 2018, 08:18:45 PM »
Yes

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: March 17, 2018, 06:28:06 AM »
I think the ants are farming those smaller black bugs, aphids. Hose them off.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: March 14, 2018, 05:11:32 PM »
I would say those are both caimito. Black sapote leaves are waxy and the bottoms are a lighter shade of green than the dark green tops. The leaves are generally flat and caimito's have ribbing.  Caimito leaf bottoms have distinctly different coloring from the tops. The new growth on the larger specimen also looks like caimito. I am not the best at recognizing foliage though.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jackfruit Female Flowers: Differing appearance and variety.
« on: March 10, 2018, 08:21:20 PM »
Here is a female right after emerging. I pulled off the encapsulating leaves. Texture doesn't really change.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cutting panicle on young mango trees
« on: March 05, 2018, 07:37:54 PM »
Here is a picture I took on 4/14/17. Panicle sprouting secondary panicles after the original bloom did not set fruit. This was on my peach cobbler.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cutting panicle on young mango trees
« on: March 05, 2018, 11:23:29 AM »
End of March/April is relatively safe time to trim them off. There can be a lot of time between fruitlet formation and April. Mangos can be pretty good sized by then.  Either way, it will not make a huge difference as long as the tree does not hold fruit.

My Kathy tree formed buds in August or September of last year. The buds stayed dormant and did not start pushing out until January or February. They ended up being flowers.   

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: what is the best Red Jack fruit variety available in south florida?
« on: March 04, 2018, 11:22:53 AM »
From the date the female emerged, typically 5 - 6 months.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: what is the best Red Jack fruit variety available in south florida?
« on: March 04, 2018, 09:16:36 AM »
Tree looks great. I agree that the fruit might be from the rootstock. Generally there should be some fruit on the secondary branches close to the main trunk.  I could not find anything higher up.  Are there fruit in the canopy? I remember someone posting that one of their Excalibur trees was grafted around 2 ft up.  I would also thin that low cluster down to 3 - 4 fruits, one or two per stem connected  to the trunk. I cant tell the size of the tree from the picture but heavy fruiting can be hard on a 3 year old tree. The young tree can handle no more than one or two fruit on each major secondary limb.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Any drawback to Maha chanok?
« on: March 03, 2018, 08:42:05 PM »
My tree is recently planted, a little over a year ago. It broke 10 inches above the graft during Irma. Before then, it was growing nicely. I had been tipping it often and it was bushy, which was its downfall. It is coming back. The one other tree I know of sets good crops in a humid environment. The fruit seem to have a decent shelf life and hold up well with refrigeration.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Any drawback to Maha chanok?
« on: March 03, 2018, 04:12:56 PM »
MC is excellent. It must be eaten a touch green for me to enjoy it. It fruits well in my humid environment.  However, it is not in my top 5 anymore, maybe not in top 10. Pineapple Pleasure, Dot, J12(Super Julie), LZ, Sweet Tart, Seacrest, Fruit Punch are just the ones I can quickly think of. I have not tasted many of the new releases yet either.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: February 24, 2018, 07:13:55 PM »
I was great to meet the two of you!

The sprouts are part of the mother plant. I have never seen these branches grow much bigger than 6 - 8 inches. I have seen them flower rarely. I don't remember if they fruited or not. My guess is that it would be better to trim them off if they will never get sun.

Quote from: roblack on February 24, 2018, 12:40:01 PM

Jabo sprouts. Are these separate plants or are they part of the mother plant?



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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Seeking Red Hybrid Jabo Tree and other jabos in South Florida
« on: February 16, 2018, 07:22:56 PM »
I have a few 7 gal red jabo trees. Located in Broward, Griffin and I75.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Give up on/replace this unproductive Hasya sapodilla? Or stick it out?
« on: February 13, 2018, 07:37:47 PM »
My hasya tree was planted 5 years ago. I have 5 ripening on the counter and another 15+ on the tree. I ate the first of the year a few days ago and it was pretty good and only had one seed. Most are around 0.5 lbs. One on the counter is 0.85 lbs. Last year it produced a 1.2 lbs fruit.

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