Maha, from many discussion I have read, seems to have a long harvest,  or variable.   Kesar here in the DR tropical weather,  is very erratic,  I have seen many trees  with fruit, flowers at the same time on the same tree.   even fruit in varying stages of development.  which is excellent for a back yard grower.

The same thing is for me. Mango seasons all over the calendar. Even now mango season is in full swing despite being in nother hemisphere. Since you are in Venezuela, similar latitude to equator, trees could behave differently as far seasonality is concerned.  Therefore I wouldn't put too much emphasis in selection trying to sync with FL season.

Also you may want to add one of the everbearing mangoes. In your area it would probably behave close to its name.  Thai Everbearing had some good reviews. Alternative to much disliked Chok Anon.

Rob, I'm aware that consecutive seasons generally will reveal true quality rather than judging the first crop, but at the moment I have nothing else to go with. S. FL season is still many months away. I'll also  try obtain some seeds from FL this year. Last year I missed golden opportunity by refusing seeds from top quality fruits.
My hope and enthusiasm is partially explained by Sleepdoc post. I think he mentioned that his first year fruiting Berry seedling may have been his best jack last year. That says a lot coming from jackfruit fanatic .

Let's say a seedling from awesome jackfruit turns out just ok, than can a seedling of a new parent have a good chance to revert to a grandparent greatness?

I'm scraping my plants for certain areas of the farm due to drought flare ups in the last few years and now just want to fill up the area with jackfruit seedlings because it is plant and forget it kind of tree. I'm in need for top quality jackfruit seeds,  and so it happens couple Amber seedling fruits are ripening. If they turn out just so so,  not sure if I should be proceed with seedlings. Don't want to fill up entire area with junk. Any ideas?

Just a quick note on my posts above. My broadleaf did start holding fruits after 15 months or so constant flowering, doing nothing and being written off as ornamental. Now it's a fruit pumping machine. For some reason it took some time to get going.

They are both the same durians, no matter color of the netting or a bunch of new names that are generated when things get lost in translation. Most common two names are Mao Shan Wang and Musang King. They are used interchangeably. First name is more common in Chinese majority Singapore.
Putting aside exterior pics or taste descriptions, two combined factors that make them undoubtedly Musang King. That is tumeric yellow color and shrunken/shriveled seeds. There are durians that have either one of these two factors, but none other both combined.
It's not surprising they taste slightly differently. Musang King is often sold by grade with pretty steep price difference within the same variety. Many environmental factors will effect the taste, won't go into that. Generally I find Musang King one of the most reliable durian varieties. You always get what's expected. Only once for me it did live up to its standard.
While Musang King is a rock solid choice for durian, I'm not sure if calling "holy grail of Durian" is the right wording . Advanced durian aficionados usually place Musang King one or two steps below whatever their favorites are. Even among general public seems like Musang King is being dethroned right now, and I believe rightfully so.

Quote from: DurianLover on September 26, 2016, 05:08:32 PM

Chempedak is taking a hit on a reputation here , I have to respond to defend it . Fruit in a picture looks like one of those plentiful and easily available varieties in Malaysia. Basically one has to spit nearly entire flesh after extracting flavor.  Good jackfruit is better than this. However if one comes across exquisite chempedak variety than chempedak vs jackfruit debate ends very quickly. Think creamy yet juicy orange sherbet goodness with world's highest brix for common fruits (32-35 range). In the words of David Chandlee : "Chempedak made us forget entirely about Jakfruit because it was sweeter and richer in flavor".

Yes, have been to Malaysia and totally agree with you. They have some really excellent improved cultivars of chempadek. Main problem is getting access to their dozens of grafted cultivars.  To be clear, my review was only of my tree, and of first fruit off that tree, not to all chempadeks, like you seem to have concluded.

I know you are on the "good side" having said previously that good chempedak is better than good jackfruit. My response is basically to another person's post, because someone might get wrong impression after reading this thread that chempedaks are basically not as worthy as jackfruits.

Chempedak is taking a hit on a reputation here , I have to respond to defend it . Fruit in a picture looks like one of those plentiful and easily available varieties in Malaysia. Basically one has to spit nearly entire flesh after extracting flavor.  Good jackfruit is better than this. However if one comes across exquisite chempedak variety than chempedak vs jackfruit debate ends very quickly. Think creamy yet juicy orange sherbet goodness with world's highest brix for common fruits (32-35 range). In the words of David Chandlee : "Chempedak made us forget entirely about Jakfruit because it was sweeter and richer in flavor".

Root competition depends on a species.  While there are species sensitive to competition, many will go far, around and between to establish themselves. For those ones  growth rates seem to be hardly effected compared to stand alone trees with nothing around.
In my garden I have 3 really tall ( rough estimate 60 feet) and fat trunk jackfruits that are probably world record holders in a made up category: "3 jackfruits by a tree mass in a smallest amount of space". Just 2 and 3 feet apart from each other.

I was wondering what causes this and see if there is a treatment option? The tree is chempadak but I guess any jackfruit treatment in similar situation should work.

Standing water is a big problem. If you could take care of that with improved drainage or slope planting my first choice would be cherimoya. Quick web search reveals they fruit ok where you are on North Island. Although -3 C is too close to comfort.   Second choice would be persimmon. Long harvest season, very prolific and high demand in Asian countries. As a huge bonus you will be fruiting them when they are out of season in northern hemisphere. Chile is a competition for both when they fruit in southern hemisphere, but their export quality is not good. Chilean exported cherimoyas are basically inedible.
As far as vegetables, narrow specialty would be my choice. Like pak choi for Chinese community??? That's for you to see local trends.
And this is not an advice. I don't want to responsible for any bad investments  .

I was joking, tried to indicate with smiley faces. Obviously PR is wet ultra tropical. I guess you were not up to date on the forum while you were gone. Cacao and its climate has been shall we say very hot topic here lately.

I wonder if Puerto Rico is tropical enough to grow cacao? 

Thank you for your writings!

so far... I've been surprised by:

dot
Juicy peach
pina colada
and a butter cream mango (34-12 ? ) that I sampled at zill's.

What is flavor profile of butter cream?