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I had a good feast on grumixama today!
the temps are hitting the high 30s with 90% plus humidity so they are ripening super quickly.
i also went to the farmers market this morning and purchased cherries picked yesterday evening 200km inland to compare the two. They both have their own flavour, but on a day like today, a grumixama chilled for 30mins is hard to beat. The grumixamas were equal in size to the cherries and were a touch sweeter. The flesh to seed ratio was about equal, with either being a shade larger than the otehr in different fruit. the cherries tasted like cherries though, and the grumixamas tasted more, if anything, like cherry plums...
Did your wallet take a pounding 66? Mine would be on its last legs after that!
Typical asian promo-movie. I do not see the date-info and no nice views from the shops.
Bangkok has something similar at kasetsart university Saturday 26 January –
Saturday 2 February 2013
Check the date again if you want to visit this because they might change it! Welcome to Asia.
Maybe next year i will go to the Maha in Malaysia, looks fun to me.
haha!
it's happy! that's why it's peeling!
no fruity fruity until bark go peely peely!
LoL!
keep it up, peeling is a good thing!!
Faezal Donalds durians looks like a great place to go.I can get D99,D101 and D175 here so I'd be going for the D197.I bet there are some great fruit vendors around your neck of the woods that sell a range of other fruits as well.
Hmm... Clone D197 ....for local name they call it Raja Kunyit or Musang King.
Did you know that durian clones 'Musang King' (D197) or the original name 'Durian Kunyit' ( name after the yellow flesh, that its colour as same as tumeric powder colour ), originated from Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia and registered with the Department of Agriculture in 1993. Kunyit means tumeric in malay language. Mike you want the seed of D197?
Cheers
Did you ever hear that D197 come true to parent from a seed? Few growers told that is not quite possible. Anyway, next year I have to export some branded durian grafts. Do you know some good quality nurseries around KL? My Singapore friend told me that knows some top quality Musang King source, but 50 RM for a tree is a bit too much if you want a lot..
Faezal Donalds durians looks like a great place to go.I can get D99,D101 and D175 here so I'd be going for the D197.I bet there are some great fruit vendors around your neck of the woods that sell a range of other fruits as well.
Durian season starting
Oh man, I'm jealousYou live so close to SS2 heaven!
looking good!
keep acidic, and moist during growing season...reduce waterings, but never let dry out during the cold/dry season (winter)
they will enjoy full sun after about 1.5yrs of age, but iv'e seen growers put them in full sun from the start.
good luck
Sorry about the pix guys and especially the double up.I'll try again.I used to be able to take pix in a predigital age.
Recently in malaysia I ate my way thru a lot of different cvs (real cvs) of durian as well as oodles of seedlings.
Anecdotally I am going along with the premise durian from a 60 year old tree is better than fruit from a five year old tree incl red prawn
I ate red prawn...yummy but not so yummy that it is worth the price tag compared to other less expensive cvs and seedling (kampong) durian
The rival to red prawn as considered the best is one out of johore Musang something
There were several I liked as much as red prawn. As for what is the best tasting cv, with durian it really boils down to personal taste
When i was at Boa's durian farm a guy came in literally shaking with excitement as his favourite had just become available. He'd been waiting all year and the moment Bao called he got in his car and drove there to purchase. It was super-yummy.
Also Bao said go for fruit with wrinkled flesh as that is a sign it is from an older tree but post him telling me that I don't buy it.
But the age thing might be true. Went to friend's kampong outside Kota Baru and durians were falling from old seedling trees. Nothing i ate was better
in 1986 I successfully shipped out 1000 seeds of durian from bali .. so it can be done!
