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Tropical Fruit Discussion / ID assistance please
« on: January 16, 2015, 04:45:10 AM »
Hi,
Can anyone ID me? I was labelled as mulchi, but images I've seen have looked more like Plinia edulis than this one. Can anyone confirm or deny it as mulchi and hopefully point me in the direction of an ID?
Thanks!





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Mangoes Headed to the US
« on: January 16, 2015, 03:55:18 AM »
Calypso is quite reasonable if you get it straight off the tree at peak ripeness. However, it looks great months before its best and its at this stage it is harvested for transport. So you very rarely see anything like it peak unless you find a good farmer.

I was not a fan of Pearl at all. Reminded me of Keitt and I couldn't eat my bag of three mangoes. If you like Keitt you'll probably like Pearl, though.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Celebration of Tropical Fruit
« on: January 15, 2015, 08:16:15 PM »
This is the main one that happens annually in FNQ. http://www.feastofthesenses.com.au/content/
The one Mike posted about seems to be an inside RFA and friends type event?

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Re: Spicezee
« on: January 15, 2015, 07:07:16 PM »
Its pretty incredible. I put one in two years back. Fruited well first year and nothing held this year. Conflicting reports on its chill requirements have led me to give it a go. If I don't see decent fruit next year I'm gonna have to dig it up. Its vigorous here, but is not attacked by the same pests as peaches and nectarines, so its almost perfect if the whole fruiting thing works out...

I hope yours bears in abundance!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian Mangoes Headed to the US
« on: January 15, 2015, 07:04:16 PM »
Oscar, its likely they will be dirt cheap as Australian produce is invariably cheaper after export than anything we find here. International trade is a funny thing.
I'm certain the KPs in the US will have been picked early and taste as zesty as a lemon!
They may just end up shipping the rubbish old Florida mangoes back to the US as mangoes like Keitt, Kent, Brooks and TA just sit shrivelling on supermarket shelves here.
Worst case scenario is you get Calypso, which will enchant buyers with their looks, but taste like freshly moistened newspaper...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How to identify South East Asian Artocarpus.
« on: January 14, 2015, 05:57:52 PM »
Quote from: Mike T on January 13, 2015, 05:28:26 PM








Looking at the guide and then the fruit in the first 3 shots which I am eating right now, nothing seems to fit.A sharp but loose spined fruit of this size and shape with a citrus tang (quite delightful), with yellow moist rag and the rest of the characteristics you can see falls between the described species in the descriptions.There is a chempadak taste that reminds me of the leopard chempadak in the final picture.


Hi Mike, you wouldn't happen to have any spare seeds of that one? If it is hirsutus, it should grow well down here. And if I can't get Marang growing then perhaps anjili will be a reasonable substitute?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How to identify South East Asian Artocarpus.
« on: January 14, 2015, 05:16:50 PM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on January 13, 2015, 05:22:13 PM
Mike, thanks for posting that. You've posted it before but good to have a reminder. Whatever happened to David Chandlee? Is he still in El Arish?


David Chandlee is reportedly getting back into the swing of things. He has been putting in tatura trellises for Landsat and the like so he doesn't have such devastation of his orchard in the future. He is the president of the RFA. Here's a bit of info from last year. http://www.rarefruitaustralia.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Grapevine-2014-June-MID-RES.pdf

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Rare fruits from Sarawak
« on: January 14, 2015, 02:04:28 AM »
Quote from: Soren on January 14, 2015, 01:09:42 AM
Quote from: DurianLover on January 13, 2015, 10:19:53 PM
By any chance you have picture of open Willughbeia?

And a description of the taste...

He described as apricot marmalade...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: watering papayas
« on: January 14, 2015, 02:03:14 AM »
Maybe someone from Southern California could offer advice, as Perth is pretty similar. Here, I plant them in early autumn, which usually dwarfs papaya. They put energy into root development and never need water. They like lots of compost and manure.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best and/or most distinctive pomegranates?
« on: January 12, 2015, 05:52:26 AM »
Lechwe is a Spanish one that is good. I like Gulosha Rosavaya. I am growing Ben Hur, which is supposed to have fruit up to 1.5kg. Plant looks a lot like Wonderful. I grew the tropical Vietnamese type, which was a heavy cropper, but not great..,

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: longevity in Achachairu seeds!
« on: January 07, 2015, 07:34:37 PM »
They can live for months on an exposed countertop under a deck where they receive no water whatsoever. They are so tough I'd suggest they have weed potential in many places, as they come up wherever the seeds drop.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jaboticabaholics Anonymous
« on: January 06, 2015, 09:56:06 PM »
Does anyone have any ideas about how big a Coronata v restinga might get? I'm trying to figure out how close I can plant to a retaining wall?
Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropic Sun Atemoya
« on: January 06, 2015, 05:41:14 PM »
If it hasn't already, I'm pretty sure it will arrive fairly shortly.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Where to buy Simarouba glauca or Paradise tree in australia
« on: January 06, 2015, 12:44:33 AM »
Seed only is legally allowed, unless you arrange through AQIS and Quarantine to have living plants or corms brought in. And you have to check that it is allowed via the ICON Query page: http://apps.daff.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_querycontent.asp

In this case Simarouba is not listed, so is not specifically permitted entry, but Quassia amara is listed...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Holiday durian harvest, Dec. 2014
« on: January 04, 2015, 11:03:09 PM »
Man, Durians are ugly! Deliciously ugly...

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Prainea Limpato seeds for sale. Very rare, fresh seeds, limited number available
« on: December 31, 2014, 03:39:02 AM »
I found one little plant today when looking after a storm had passed. Even if I only get the one up I'll be happy, after all previous attempts (from very reliable sources) failed completely. Now testing their cold limits here will be the challenge. Thanks DL!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Awesome Yellow Dragonfruit hybrids
« on: December 30, 2014, 04:28:35 AM »
Are they interested in selling cuttings? 😀

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Yacon corms available
« on: December 29, 2014, 03:10:38 AM »
I'm after the sweet orange or purple ones if anyone else has them!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Passiflora similiar to P. ligularis
« on: December 27, 2014, 03:35:24 AM »
Gotta graft up the feral self seeded panama golds with super sweet 96A soon and get more of those growing up the crepe myrtle. Pancrazio, have you thought about using a hardy passionflora as a perennial rootstock and grafting onto it? Something like Nellie Kelly can take a few frosts, but they prefer soils not to get too cold. If you can keep a scion plant in a green house you could also try to graft from it onto hardy rootstock when the temps get high enough.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: broadleaf Papaya Update
« on: December 26, 2014, 03:39:37 AM »
The one I tasted at mikes was a very good red. Not quite as sweet as a southern red, but as good as the Hawaiian bisexuals.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: broadleaf Papaya Update
« on: December 26, 2014, 03:34:36 AM »
My broadleaf is a beast. Leaves about 2 foot long and wide. Fruit mass is hectic, but has only set one small fruit. Have hit with sulphate of potash and will add organibor tonight. Hoping to get more from this beauty this season!











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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB: Paradise Nut (Lecythis zabucajo)
« on: December 25, 2014, 05:18:01 AM »
I've got two in a pot. Need potting up. They didn't seem to be too bothered by winter. I did lose one in the dry spell in spring though. One just emerged a full year after the other. You are welcome to them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: what variety is this dragonfruit?
« on: December 23, 2014, 07:07:45 AM »
Did I ever send any up? Looks just like the one I have from red fox. They didn't label it Aztec gem back when I got it, but it looks the same. Rixford has just had its first flowering. Hope it sets.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself
« on: December 21, 2014, 06:11:32 AM »
Quote from: Majime on December 21, 2014, 04:05:57 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm a graphic designer living in Japan.
I started growing tropical fruits about 20 years ago, by planting the seeds of every exotic fruits I could get my hands on, just wanted to see how the tree looks like and it soon became one of my main hobbies, the other are cinema and travel.
English is not my native language, but I'll try my best.

Welcome Majime. I remember Wakayama fondly from a week I spent in and around Iwade when I was about 16. Beautiful place.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Variegated Jaboticaba?!?!
« on: December 18, 2014, 06:16:57 PM »
A grower here has a nice seedling variegated jab. There are plans to propagate it now. Does anyone know if the variegation harms the production of the tree?
I may grow a few on if they go for US$700 a pop!  ;)

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