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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Multiple rootstock grafting
« on: January 25, 2012, 12:36:31 PM »
So when can we expect the new attempts to begin??  Your past efforts are about as impressive as your anecdotal reports.....and that's pretty darned impressive.  So.....get going man....you aren't getting any younger!

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Insects Are Hungry!
« on: January 25, 2012, 12:24:59 PM »
I can't help with the ID....but I can confirm having seen this before.  I have had good success with Neem Oil spray to control it.  Mango trees of any size won't really be adversely affected by this. But if you have a young/small tree, it can prevent the tree from thriving.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Harry's Fruit Stand
« on: January 24, 2012, 07:50:50 PM »
Your purchase would provide us hours of interesting analysis.  Think of it......really knowing what is the sweetest.  How ripeness affects sweetness.  Keeping records from year to year to see about the consistancy of the comparative sweetness.  Yes.....you must buy one immediately!!

Harry

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Its very manageable.  My largest tree, which has been in the ground for about 17 years, is about 10 feet tall.  And,  it can be kept smaller than that with additional pruning.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Harry's Fruit Stand
« on: January 24, 2012, 05:36:37 PM »
Sorry guys, I've been asleep at the switch here in not responding.  I have never shipped carambolas and I don't think they would get to their desitination in a condition that one would want. I like Sri Kembangan, Thai Night, Kari, Bell and Possum Trot all about the same.  On a given day one might be sweeter than the other based upon level of ripeness.  I have never done a sugar content analysis on these and would like to do one one day to settle this issue. Black sapotes could be shipped and I generally charge $4 per pound, plus shipping....which is in a USPS Flat Rate Box.

Harry

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Pickering or Angie would both due and you'd be very happy with either of them.  Of course, my personal favorite should also receive consideration.  That would be Maha Chanok.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Palm Springs Wind from Hell
« on: January 24, 2012, 03:08:50 PM »
You ain't just whistling Dixie, Gary.....another hurricane here like Wilma and I could be out of the tropical fruit tree growing hobby.  I should fish out some pictues and video of my yard after the storm.  About 80% of the trees were uprooted and toppled over.  Very sad memory. 

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why everyone moved to this forum?
« on: January 23, 2012, 09:37:00 PM »
Samuel.....well what would you expect.  Like the license plates say.....Je me souviens........she remembers from where she came!

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jobe
« on: January 23, 2012, 09:33:05 PM »
Well.....I suppose its good for the shareholders of the parent company that makes the Jobe spikes.  I suppose that sticking them in the ground, out of doors, around a large tree could be ok.....but I always prefer a granular that can be broadcast aound the entire drip line of the tree.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why everyone moved to this forum?
« on: January 23, 2012, 08:42:51 PM »
And my in laws come fully equipped with their VR....or as we call it, RV. :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why everyone moved to this forum?
« on: January 23, 2012, 08:39:33 PM »
Of course she speaks French like the native she is.  She left Quebec at age 12.  Every Sunday when the in laws come over....its French, French and then some more French.  I am getting a few words of vocabulary by exposure but am a far distance from being able to converse. I do understand more and more from 20 years of marriage. However,  I do much better with Spanish....which I sometimes lean on as French speakers can sometimes be better communicated to with Spanish instead of English.  You know it is a Romance language thing.

Harry

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Never tried it, but Murahilin and I tried grafting lots of really excellent mangosteen scions onto both G. intermedia and also G. Livinstonei.  Some of Murahilin's intially looked like they were going to take.  Mine all died straight away. His were not far behind though.  Not sure if the issue was grafting expertise (or lack thereof more precisely) or excessive heat or something else.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why everyone moved to this forum?
« on: January 23, 2012, 07:18:17 PM »
Samuel....well....being in South Florida I have had my experiences with Quebcois and the swarms of them that invade us every winter.  Frankly they can drive you a little crazy.  So crazy....that I had to marry one!  She's from Sorel.  Her family moved to South Florida in the mid 1970's.

Harry

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And FYI Gerry....its not Possum Arse carambola.  It's Possom Trot.  There is, or at least was, an old time nursery in Miami called Possum Trot Nursery.  This was a seedling selection of carambola that was made by the folks at that nursery.  Its a pretty good fruit and nicely sized and shaped.  Many people that have tasted it have said that it compared favorably with the best carambola fruit they have had.  Possum Arse.......lol...indeed.

Harry

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Are all the pink fruits Lisa (48-26).  Mine, when I had a tree, never looked so good.  How did you rate Lisa in comparison to Gefner and Pet Pakchong?

Harry

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So let me say that Tony, if you have experienced rotten taste when eating black sapote, then the fruit was probably rotten.  The fruit that we ate when Lycheeluva and Murahilin were over was a small fruit and despite apparent observations to the contrary, it was not fibrous.  The taste was not like mango bloom.  It has a mild sweetness and rich sort of vibe which is somewhat piudding like.  I have two trees.  This is from the larger of my trees and was an airlayer that I bought at one of the Broward Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council sales about 17 years ago.  I have no idea where the original plant was from which it was layered.  However, this fruit does have a representative quality in flavor and texture is better than some I have tried.  I also have a small tree of the Joyner Everbearing (a graft that I did myself from material I got at Gene Joyner's place).  I have to agree with Oscar that Black Sapote is worlds more flavorful than Coco Plum.  Although I have some Colombian friends that swear that there are sweet ones, I have never encountered any. They are grown in landscapes all over our area and I have literally tasted thousands of fruits, both dark and while skinned.  The best ones are like sucking on bland gelatinous cotton....if there were such a thing.  However, I keep tasting. One day I might be able to report a finding of something better.

Harry

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Does anyone know what Sherry had for us to taste in Puerto Rico.  What I have been calling langsat is sweet with a hint of grapefruit taste.  Very nicely flavored, actually. Jay has raved about Longkong.  Oscar says it is much quicker to fruit.  I assume it is still ultra-tropical...right?  The seedlings that I have from the seed from Puerto Rico have grown about 2 inches in two years plus.  Oscar, how much faster does longkong fruit in relation to the run of the mill langsat?  Are Longkong seeds available, and if so when?  Thanks.

Harry

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Murahilin tried to get me interested in cherries for my yard.  He claimed that there were these new, low chill varieites.  Frankly, he severely tempted me as I would kill to be able to grow cherries.  I am very interested in seeing how you do with these.  I will appreciate some photos updates....when you get the chance. From what I have read, however, I might as well try to fruit durian as the least of the chill requirements for these cherries seems to exceed the meager chill hours that we get in Zone 10B.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: jobe
« on: January 23, 2012, 05:52:33 PM »
I would be very, very hesitant to use a Jobe spike in a potted plant.  Much too risky in my opinion.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why everyone moved to this forum?
« on: January 23, 2012, 05:49:27 PM »
Bien venue, Samuel.......check out this new forum with all of its new, much more up to date options and fomatting and you will see why this is light years better than the old Garden Web Forum.

Harry

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Rob:

Lula is, without  question one, of the best later season avocadoes here in Florida. I grew up with one in my backyard here in So. Florida and do agree that oil content-wise, it is the best.  As Alex points out, the large seed and relatively scant flesh in comparison is its only drawback.  It also seems to finish its crop well before my Monroe tree does.  So, as of the moment, Monroe is king in my yard.  I would never throw a good Lula off the tasting table though even when up against a Monroe....especially if oil content and being "Hass-like" in flavor are important for you.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: what species you've airlayered?
« on: January 23, 2012, 06:27:52 AM »
Gerry...my apologies for the mistake.....but the beauty of this new forum is that you can edit your posts after you post them.  So I did.....now you can delete your post, if you so choose. :)

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: what species you've airlayered?
« on: January 22, 2012, 08:19:17 PM »
I've airlayered lychee most frequently.  Longan second most.  I've found them both to be about the same level of difficulty.  I have done mango once.  A Maha Chanok mango was the subject of the attempt.  I did four and one took very nicely.  Not sure why one took and the others did not.  Lycheeluva is now the proud owner of that Maha Chanok airlayer. I have also done mulberry quite a few times.  Most are easy to propagate this way.  Pakistani is the exception.
 
Harry

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I still have lots of Monroe avocados on my tree.  Excellent avocado....one of the best later season Florida fruits.

Harry

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ)
« on: January 22, 2012, 08:11:06 PM »
Dan:

The mango I am using as my avatar is a fruit from one of the three Maha Chanok Seedling trees I planted in one hole and which all fruited for the first time this past year.  This was obviously the best looking of the three.  Frankly, the picture doesn't even do it justice.  Perhaps I'll do a summary thread of this project here in the new Forum as I do want to document the fruiting this year  to see how the fruits changed or remained the same in their second year.

Harry

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