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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The battle of the mandarins
« on: February 12, 2013, 10:15:11 PM »
Quote from: fyliu on February 12, 2013, 08:22:00 PM
No, i don't see a Tango here. Tango is like the perfect mandarin with shiny smooth skin that comes off easily. It has a nice mandarin-orange aroma and is sweet. I'm not sure if it's seedy but probably not. It's actually a tangor that's being marketed as a mandarin.
If there are no Tango mandarins then it doesn't matter if Sumo or Gold Nugget win because Tango stands above all. Also tango are seedless.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The battle of the mandarins
« on: February 12, 2013, 08:12:48 PM »
Are one of the mandarins a Tango variety?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jaboticabaholics Anonymous
« on: February 09, 2013, 02:23:19 AM »
Quote from: Cookie Monster on February 08, 2013, 06:37:48 PM
wait til you hit full fledged mangoholism.
I'm slowly getting there. I've got Glenn and Timotayo mango and I'm looking at a Gold Nugget and Carrie mango tree soon. And I haven't even tried the fruits yet!!! :(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Socal Winter Haul
« on: February 07, 2013, 12:51:58 AM »
Quote from: ScottR on February 06, 2013, 10:06:40 PM
I live near the coast and we get our share of fog, I have 10 cherimoya trees all mult-grafted and I get fruit like Oscar explained, misshaped gnarly looking fruits if I don't hand pollinate. El Bumpo sets the best fruit for me without hand pollination. Other varieties one every now and then if I don't hand p.
So maybe I should get a El Bumpo then. I've got a Vietnamese cherimoya that La Verne sells but it's not looking very good at all. This is good information cause I live kinda off the coast and you live in the next county from where I live. I'd love to not hand pollinate cause I am lazy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Socal Winter Haul
« on: February 06, 2013, 01:30:35 AM »
Quote from: fyliu on February 05, 2013, 10:50:35 PM
Some people sprinkle their trees in the afternoon with water and that somehow keeps enough humidity that the flowers can self-pollinate easier. Cherimoya is self-fertile, the pistil just dry out too fast to catch any of the flower's own pollen.

Having said that, I still think a small brush is the safer way to guarantee a good harvest.
[/quote] Hmmm maybe we should grow cherimoyas near a pond or swimming pool if that is the case. We need to try this asap guys.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Socal Winter Haul
« on: February 05, 2013, 09:44:22 PM »
Quote from: NewGen on February 05, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Very delicious looking. How hardy is the persimmon tree? I planted one as a bare-root, it's been over 10 months, and nothing, probably dead. 8-)) I need to look for a replacement. Thanks,
Have you done the scratch test?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Socal Winter Haul
« on: February 05, 2013, 12:03:47 AM »
Quote from: JF on February 04, 2013, 09:54:26 PM
Pierce is self pollinated, fruits are large I had few this year near 2kilos.
Hallelujah! A self pollinating cherimoya!?! Sign me up! Know of any others cultivars that self pollinate?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Socal Winter Haul
« on: February 04, 2013, 12:30:57 AM »
How do you like your Pierce cherimoya? Do you pollinate them or not? I'm somewhat interested in getting one soon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Some Of My Trees....Photo Intense...
« on: February 01, 2013, 01:28:18 AM »
Question: Where are your loquat trees?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ice cream banana
« on: January 28, 2013, 01:56:02 AM »
Quote from: venturabananas on January 27, 2013, 11:59:58 PM
Quote from: Xeno on January 26, 2013, 12:52:19 PM
So are you saving that all the Ice Cream Bananas/Blue Javas sold at big box/local nurseries are the Namwah variety? Cause I bought an Ice Cream banana at Lowes a few months ago and I forgot which company grew them but if what your saying is true I'd be awfully mad that I didn't get a Blue Java.

That's right, given that you are in the US, yours is almost certainly a Namwah.  But seriously, it'll taste better than a true Blue Java.
:( Well I'm kinda depressed now.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ice cream banana
« on: January 26, 2013, 12:52:19 PM »
Quote from: venturabananas on January 24, 2013, 06:04:00 PM
But they are not actually the Ice Cream variety.  They are the Pisang Awak (AKA Namwah) variety sold under that name in the US.  Consensus is that they taste better than the true Ice Cream / Blue Java, so be glad you have it rather than the real deal.
So are you saving that all the Ice Cream Bananas/Blue Javas sold at big box/local nurseries are the Namwah variety? Cause I bought an Ice Cream banana at Lowes a few months ago and I forgot which company grew them but if what your saying is true I'd be awfully mad that I didn't get a Blue Java.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Should I plant an astringent persimmon...?
« on: January 26, 2013, 12:59:47 AM »
Yuck. I'm too impatient to wait for the persimmon to ripen up. And I love eating persimmons off a tree so I'm gonna say "No." to astringent. Gross. Yuck. But that's me!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 5 year old Persian Black Mulberry for sale
« on: January 25, 2013, 12:30:53 AM »
Null did you ever prune this bad boy down? I would have loved to pay for a cutting + two of your best cactus pads but sadly my credit card is at it's max.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are bees atracted more to Mexican Avocados?
« on: January 22, 2013, 11:38:56 PM »
I can't answer your question but I have noticed that bees LOVE wax apple flowers.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Post-Arctic Freeze report
« on: January 22, 2013, 11:37:44 PM »
I kinda want to go over to that carambola tree and start picking off the fruits. I know I shouldn't but THERE'S SOO MANY OF THEM!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D Mine! Mine! Too bad they can't air layer it for me. :'( I hope my starfruit makes it this winter.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouteria lucuma
« on: January 22, 2013, 11:33:33 PM »
Quote from: Tomas on January 22, 2013, 07:01:38 PM
Hi Adam,

What do you mean by "lowlands"?

Tomas
Apparently there are two different types of lucumas. The 'high' land type which has drier flesh and the 'low' land type which has a more moist flesh suitable for fresh eating.

Thanks for all the info guys. I'm kinda sad that there really isn't any good info on the web about this plant and how they grow it. Looks like I'll avoid a seedling lucuma because it takes too long to produce fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Post-Arctic Freeze report
« on: January 21, 2013, 11:47:56 PM »
Here's my update. I've noticed that my carambola has lost 85% of it's leaves just TODAY. It was a bit windy and for the past three days we've been getting hit with Santa Ana winds (hot and dry winds). The branches are browning and drying out. I'm starting to worry. Moved it under my patio and gave it lots of water yesterday. My wax apple has got leaf burn. Four leaves were distorted and dry. It's getting weird for me. I don't want to be worried about something so small but it's weird when one day you see your carambola tree with lush green leaves, the next day 85% of the leaves are gone and that a whole wax apple branch can come of.

Also I'm loving you starfruit tree JF. What variety is it?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango tree dying
« on: January 21, 2013, 11:38:30 PM »
So upon looking at the photos I noticed that it is a La Verne tree. I can tell by the bottom green part of the tag. Anywho, Alex you still have a mango tree though it is not a Glenn. You now have a Manilla mango tree. That's the rootstock that La Verne nursery uses to graft Glenn mangoes. You can still attempt to save it though I'm sure you spent more than $50 on that tree and Home Depot/Lowes sells Manilla mangoes for $23. So yeah. That's good news and some bad news. Can we get more closer photos of the trunk and more photos of the tree please?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouteria lucuma
« on: January 20, 2013, 10:51:45 PM »
Does anyone know if Lucuma can be grown in a 25 gallon container and fruit?
Can it produce fruit near the coast (I'm located 52 feet above sea level and five miles away from the beach)?
If grown by seed how long will it take to produce fruit?

I'm interested in buying a tree but I don't want to get it if I know it won't produce. I'm looking for information on how to grow this tree but there's hardly any info on the internet!!! Help me out guys please!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango tree dying
« on: January 20, 2013, 01:55:54 PM »
I was hoping you'd say Home Depot or Lowes because they have a 1 year warranty on their fruit tree. Is it a La Verne tree (meaning was it grown by these guys http://www.lavernenursery.com/)?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango tree dying
« on: January 19, 2013, 09:02:48 PM »
Quote from: awolffe on January 19, 2013, 02:25:11 PM
Before I get to the main point, I must explain about the tree. It is a Glenn mango tree that I bought in late August of 2012.
Where did you buy it at?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Another prickly pear selection
« on: January 18, 2013, 08:49:57 PM »
Quote from: nullzero on January 18, 2013, 11:16:37 AM
Thanks guys for the kind words of encouragement. Leo, I am glad you enjoyed the fruit greatly. DNT, the plant is near Calle Mayor and PCH.
In Redondo Beach? Is it on the PCH?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bought Persimmon from Home Depot
« on: January 17, 2013, 10:40:55 PM »
So I went to my Lowes and yeah, they had 3 Hachiya persimmons (yuck) and one was actually dead. I did the scratch test and yeah, it was brown. So it looks like I should go and buy that Fuyu if it's still available. I'd avoid that Bing cherry xshen. You probably won't get enough chill hours for it to fruit properly.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bought Persimmon from Home Depot
« on: January 16, 2013, 10:51:55 PM »
Old thread resurrection! So I was wondering what ever became of your persimmon trees? My local nursery should be getting in bare root Fuyu trees in soon but they are a tad bit expensive. I saw their Chocolate persimmon sell for close to $40. So I assume the Fuyus will go close to $35. I went to two Home Depots and only found 1 Fuyu bare root from Pacific Groves for $25. Wondering if I should pick the Home Depot Fuyu or not because I doubt that they will be getting another shipment in. I'm actually VERY surprised that I only found 1 persimmon tree between stores.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Arctic Freeze coming to California
« on: January 15, 2013, 09:16:08 PM »
I took a look back and noticed that I lost two banana leaves. Though they were the ones furthest to the bottom of the plant. I do find it a bit odd that almost all of our tropicals made it just fine. t was very cold out here.

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