If I were you,  I'd not be eating star apples from Vietnam.  Some one just shared a video of maggots or parasites found inside the star apples from Vietnam on Facebook. H/she bought it from Little Saigon's. The video posted on California Tropical Fruit Growers.

Awesome, bon appetite.

I find that hard to swallow, since maggots or parasites need dead flesh to host their pupate stage.
Even at home with all the fallen fruit and dog $#!+ everywhere I've never seen anything like it in fruits.
It's possible it may be caterpillars of some sort?

The source she received it from probably had poor handling, but I've bought a box, consumed half and haven't seen anything but delicious white milky flesh. Would I still eat it if maggots appeared? You bet! It's a stellar deal to get protein packed in your fruit!

Best way to eat it, refrigerate, roll around with pressure on flat surface, make a incision on the center all the way around the fruit and pry open. It'll come out perfectly and easy to eat with a spoon or just invert the skin to devour. Add condensed milk and crushed ice to preferred amount.

How do they taste, that’s the real question lol!
Is it worth the drive!

The ones I tried weren't great, but one was sweet.  Hope to find some scion wood and see if I can fruit these with a indoor/outdoor arrangement.

It’s possible but difficult without the proper environment.
Mine are flowering right now but really not a good idea to let them fruit.

The thing about Star Apples is they bloom during winter and you’ll have to have a controlled microclimate to make them happy until warmer weathers in spring.

I have purple, green and some other varieties all are grafted or air layered.
Couldn’t figure out how to post my picture on here with my phone sorry.

You're very welcome, it wasn't a big problem.
No worries about the Pandan.

That big mound in your driveway, was there something burning inside because I saw smoke come out of the center.
Your home looked like a nursery lol with all the stuff growing.

Feces doesn't get sucked up roots; it doesn't work that way    The risk of fecal contamination of fields is that it gets onto the harvested portion.

That's good to know, I heard human matter is composted to make ultra grade fertilizer too.

How easy or difficult of a process you have to go through ordering from them.I saw that Tahoe Gold is listed but do not know if it is available. Never order from them before.

There was a $#!+ ton at the store, they had over 10 varieties to choose from including Yuzu Hybrid.
I realized there were serial varieties of yuzu, thick rind, thin rind, low seeds.
At home I currently have 2 varieties, maybe 3-4 so I'm not sure which is these Japanese variety anymore.

You may want to wait around spring time, when they ramp up their garden collection.
Many great things to buy, including Japanese Maples, citrus, flowers, palms etc.
Custom service should be able to order it for you too, but probably back ordered until it arrives in spring and ready for you to pick up.

My feral cat ate one of the dropped fruits and defecated in the pot.
I'm no vet, but she seems to be ok. Not even sure if I want to dig her poop to see if the seed is there.

On another note, is it safe to eat from the tree if poop has been buried in it along with cat urine?
I dug out as much as I could, all the rain caused her to find alternate locations to do her business.
The longan pot is a kohala and 20 gallons, might be a pain in the ass to replace the soil, tree will also go into shock.

I'm guessing it's no different than rat fecal matter and urine in farms that grow our food, or lord knows what else is dropped on the fields and watered.

Wow, very nice!

I had a massive harvest this year, but they were all gone before I got to them.
Discovered there were rats and squirrels in my yard that eat mandarins.

I was so upset, but now I have 2 feral cats I've trained to hunt.
They're doing such a great job, it's unreal how much of a different they made.

I had a serious rat infestation, couldn't prevent it because there were 3 storm drains around the sidewalk.
We requested the city to close off the drains with a metal screen but they refused due "obstructing" flow.

Also, have you seen the other variety of dragon fruit grown in Thailand?
It has very long fins, no spines like the ones we've seen imported here commercially.

Basically like the common red/white but yellow/white.
What's your thoughts on that in regards to taste, quality, production?

Thanks, sounds good, going to add to my meager collection. Have 9 varieties now,will check with that address and see if they have that one.

Wow, happy looking citrus!
Didn't know they would do so well indoors, thought they do better outdoors needing the cold to bloom.

I'm growing one myself, fruits very heavily.
Picked mine up from a local Costco during their sale, 18 bucks a 5g citrus, maybe 3 I forgot.

LOL This is entertaining, do you have a youtube channel?

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Quote from: joehewitt on December 28, 2017, 11:55:24 PM

I've been playing with Green Sapote in the 9b San Jose area. Last year I had a tall spindly one in the ground that was killed by frost, but it was a weak plant with foliage only at the top, planted in an open area at the bottom of a slope. This year I planted another one near the top of my slope under the canopy of a big oak tree. It's not the sunniest spot but it's got frost protection. I also have a few more Green Sapotes in pots which are currently in an open area. We've had such a mild winter there hasn't really been an opportunity to test their hardiness yet.

I should also note that 4 of my potted Green Sapotes flowered like crazy this year but there was no fruit set. It could be that being pots was a factor in that, or it could be that our cold summer nights were the cause.

My Sapote's are all potted, and they're doing well.
Only issue with potted plants is they need to be beaten up once in a while or provided with plenty of worms.

Sue/Ver Sapotes grow very easily here in our area Bush, take some of my fruit if you'd like, not many of us eat it anymore.
I was thinking about grafting the Green Sapote on half of the tree since it's growing so vigorously and very cold hardy.

Hell, I can give you scions if you'd like.

Are Sue/ver bitter nearby the skin, waxy?

Given the time to ripen, they aren't bitter near the skin, more waxy than anything.
Still very edible, tastes like a sweet avocado!