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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Blacklisted: Beware sending seeds to this person
« on: August 13, 2014, 03:43:13 AM »
I don't know if this person is a member of the forum - he contacted me. I suspect he might be. The amount is small, but that's like 250 baht or 25 RM. That's a night at a hotel, or my food for a whole day, or a 5 hour bus ride.

So far, 98% of people pay me back and it is a wonderful thing to see that most people are good at heart. I think I'm mostly irked that this guy would not reimburse me such a small amount and should have refrained from posting about it.

Anyway, if he asks you for seeds get the money from him straight up. He told me his seeds arrived, but when I reminded him about reimbursement he stopped replying.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Blacklisted: Beware sending seeds to this person
« on: August 12, 2014, 09:50:37 PM »
So, I send out a lot of seeds to mostly strangers who contact me under faith that they will pay me back. I don't usually make a profit, although I very much appreciate tips. Recently there have been a few people who have not paid me back, and have since gone MIA (ie, not responding to their email)

I understand if the Mods on this site don't think this is appropriate, but I thought it might be helpful to create a sort of public blacklist if someone doesn't pay you back for sending them seeds and then stops responding to messages. This way other people don't lose money and effort as well.

This is NOT about if there is a disagreement over payment or condition of seeds. Just pure dishonesty.

First to the list for me would be: Jose Luis Glez Garcia from Spain, who owes $8.38.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How cultivate Durio oxleyanus and others wild Durio
« on: August 11, 2014, 09:10:43 PM »
Mike do you know if durian seedlings are similar to their parent fruit?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mold species on seeds
« on: August 11, 2014, 02:40:27 AM »
Okay thanks for the tips. I do use a 3% hydrogen peroxide wash for all seeds I pack.

Actually I just made a video for youtube about how I wash and pack seeds. Any feedback is really appreciated :)

How to Send Durian Seeds to Friends and Family At Home




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durio Graveolens with Red Husk? Extremely rare durian subspecies?
« on: August 10, 2014, 03:58:38 AM »
Also the color of the flesh is wrong, it should be more pale/cream.

I've seen pics of these in Bangyuwangi, Java. Might be a different species? It's been suggested as D. excelsus or D. oblongus. I believe D. oblongus is rather reddish on the outside.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I Found a Garcinia - What is it?
« on: August 09, 2014, 08:22:24 PM »
That looks exactly right. I did find it growing near the beach - thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / I Found a Garcinia - What is it?
« on: August 09, 2014, 01:40:24 PM »
Today I found what looks to me like a Garcinia of some kind. It was growing in the National Forest in Penang, Malaysia. What do you think it is?


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durio of exquisite taste
« on: August 08, 2014, 08:23:24 PM »
Durio kutejensis still has a smell its just not very...durian-ey. More fruity.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mold species on seeds
« on: August 07, 2014, 08:48:38 AM »
I've been using hydrogen peroxide rather than bleach as it doesn't break down into trace toxins that might damage the plant.

If anybody has any good resources I'd love to see them!

Maybe Mike T has some good info, he seems to know a bit about everything :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mold species on seeds
« on: August 07, 2014, 03:42:19 AM »
Sometimes when I send clean seeds, they still develop a mold. I've seen a few types now, and I'm wondering if anyone knows what they are. I think it would be helpful to understand the molds (life cycle, where they come from, etc) in order to keep them off the seeds.

Mostly I see a black fuzz, a white spot, and something that makes the durian seed develop black spots.

Much thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thailand phytosanitary laws
« on: August 07, 2014, 03:36:38 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on August 06, 2014, 06:39:18 PM
Quote from: durianwriter on August 06, 2014, 10:01:49 AM
Hey guys -- I've been sending a lot of seeds out of Malaysia recently and realized I don't actually know what the laws  are here.

What do you guys know about sending seeds out of Malaysia? Okay or not?

I just want to educate myself about the actual risks of what I'm doing - can I get in trouble? Google searching hasn't turned up anything useful regarding the seeds.

Much thanks!

Awesome to know. So what happens if you get caught? Who would be the "catching" agency?

I've heard from lawyer friend living in Malaysia that it's totally verboten. Legally you're not even supposed to be collecting seeds without a government permit, which is extremely difficult to obtain. There are laws even against collecting seeds, which they deem to be "biopiracy". Similar situation to Brazil.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thailand phytosanitary laws
« on: August 06, 2014, 10:01:49 AM »
Hey guys -- I've been sending a lot of seeds out of Malaysia recently and realized I don't actually know what the laws  are here.

What do you guys know about sending seeds out of Malaysia? Okay or not?

I just want to educate myself about the actual risks of what I'm doing - can I get in trouble? Google searching hasn't turned up anything useful regarding the seeds.

Much thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First Buds on Durian Trees
« on: August 01, 2014, 05:48:31 AM »
Very cool! Congrats :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Durio of exquisite taste
« on: July 30, 2014, 11:18:12 PM »
That's totally oxleyanus. Is that the one Peter Salleras found? The first oxleyanus was actually recorded in Penang so it makes some sense to find it on the mainland.
 
I actually don't love this durian as it is very very sweet and I typically prefer more bitter.Still very excited to see it though and we're going to go look for them next week :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Black Thorn durian. Currently the most hyped durian in Malaysia.
« on: July 30, 2014, 07:26:54 AM »
Quote from: Triloba Tracker on July 29, 2014, 04:11:12 PM
Ok Lindsay, is that a Durian backpack?!? :o
Sorry your Nonthaburi Ganyao wasn't quite ready. Thanks for the video link. Mark is hilarious (in a good way, of course)

Yes the backpack is my favorite fashion statement :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Black Thorn durian. Currently the most hyped durian in Malaysia.
« on: July 29, 2014, 08:14:13 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on July 27, 2014, 04:23:35 AM
Is there something special about Nonthaburi Kanyao durian? Had Kanyao many times in Thailand and they were more expensive than other durians, but not nearly as astronomically expensive as you say: $300. :o
BTW, i really liked kanyao. Just the opposite of tasteless, durianlover. It has a very strong taste. My friend was not too fond of them because he said he detected a kind of  strong vegetable taste to them. But i didn't find that to be the case. I think it's a bit of an aquired taste, even for durian fans.

i think what separates a Nonthaburi durian from the rest is the way it is treated - it's grown 100% organically and really pampered. I found that it did have a stronger, richer, and creamier taste/texture than other Ganyaos I've had, but I don't think a Nonthaburi durian tastes substantially different than any other Ganyao that is grown organically, fertilized well, and picked very close to ripeness.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID Jungle Artocarpus from Penang, Malaysia
« on: July 26, 2014, 05:13:50 AM »
Thanks for looking out for me, Oscar :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID Jungle Artocarpus from Penang, Malaysia
« on: July 26, 2014, 01:08:47 AM »
Quote from: bangkok on July 25, 2014, 12:10:05 PM
Quote from: durianwriter on July 25, 2014, 11:13:10 AM
Quote from: fruitlovers on July 24, 2014, 08:38:50 PM
Quote from: durianwriter on July 24, 2014, 08:23:13 PM
Monkey jack is the same thing as badhal/lacucha, right?  It is quite definitely not Lacucha.

Monkey jack = Artocarpus rigidus
Lakoocha = Artocarpus lakoocha


Art 2 definitely looked like pics I'm seeing on google of Artocarpus rigidus. Good eye!

Btw, wikipedia thinks lacucha is known as Monkey Jack  ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artocarpus_lacucha

Today I went to the botanic garden where we found Artocarpus elasticus. But they didn't know what the other two Arts were :(


You are so lucky that you can taste them all. Which one do you like the most?


A. rigidus was very good, but Art 1 was not entirely ripe. We saw pieces of other ones smashed on the ground and the flesh was bright orange, similar to the A. rigidus, so I think it would have tasted much better if we got a ripe one.

Do you think Art 3 is a terap or a cempedak relative? I think terap, just because of the way it tastes. They had some at the botanic garden, but the woman giving us a tour thought they were A. elasticus and a quick google search reveals them to be something different, although we did find A. elasticus in the botanic garden as well.

I did save all the seeds, I'm trying to get to all your messages about that now. Just for future reference, it's a lot easier for me to keep track of and answer questions about seeds in my email: durianyear at gmail.com. Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana
« on: July 25, 2014, 11:14:39 AM »
This is so cool!

I just found out this year that there are persimmons native to North America, how many species are there?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID Jungle Artocarpus from Penang, Malaysia
« on: July 25, 2014, 11:13:10 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on July 24, 2014, 08:38:50 PM
Quote from: durianwriter on July 24, 2014, 08:23:13 PM
Monkey jack is the same thing as badhal/lacucha, right?  It is quite definitely not Lacucha.

Monkey jack = Artocarpus rigidus
Lakoocha = Artocarpus lakoocha


Art 2 definitely looked like pics I'm seeing on google of Artocarpus rigidus. Good eye!

Btw, wikipedia thinks lacucha is known as Monkey Jack  ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artocarpus_lacucha

Today I went to the botanic garden where we found Artocarpus elasticus. But they didn't know what the other two Arts were :(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Black Thorn durian. Currently the most hyped durian in Malaysia.
« on: July 24, 2014, 08:26:45 PM »
I've seen (and eaten) Black Thorn between 28 Rm/kilo an 48 RM/kilo, so it is about the same price as Longlaplae (150 baht/kilo - 300 baht/kilo) and Linlaplae (400 baht/kilo, but can sell for as high as 800 baht/kilo)

The Nonthaburi Ganyao is far, far more expensive than any other durian, except maybe the 1,000 baht/kilo durians being sold in Rayong.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: ID Jungle Artocarpus from Penang, Malaysia
« on: July 24, 2014, 08:23:13 PM »
Monkey jack is the same thing as badhal/lacucha, right?  It is quite definitely not Lacucha.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Photo of a 3yr old Durian tree with a fruit on it
« on: July 24, 2014, 08:17:07 PM »
Quote from: Mike T on July 24, 2014, 01:56:27 PM
Heya Lindsy, tes D.kinabaluensis would be interesting to try but I was thinking about the 3 or 4 Durios with good fruit that range to higher alts.Red Prawn is the Penang anomaly that performed very well on a farm where low winter minimums had no adverse impacts copared to many other clones and still were flushing new foliage.

kinabaluensis is the highest alt with good fruit that i know of - what are you thinking of?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Photo of a 3yr old Durian tree with a fruit on it
« on: July 24, 2014, 01:03:41 PM »
Good luck getting a linlaplae seed, I tried this year and no luck. Those little buggers don't have any seeds!

Mike T, what do you think about D. Kinabaluensis? It's high elevation, probably relatively cold tolerant?

I'll be taking a trip to the post office soon, if anybody wants Red Prawn durian seeds they should contact me now at my email address, durianyear@gmail.com

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Black Thorn durian. Currently the most hyped durian in Malaysia.
« on: July 24, 2014, 12:59:12 PM »
Hey guys!

I recently bought a Nonthaburi Ganyao for ..drum roll... $300. Yup. I'll let you know when I have money to buy new shoes.

But hey, it was worth $600, so sweet deal right?

Here's Part 1 of a 2 series article I wrote about the experience: http://www.yearofthedurian.com/2014/07/the-most-expensive-durian-in-world_8.html

You can also watch this cool video my friend Mark did about our trip to Nonthaburi.
Amazing DURIAN at a Fruit Farm in Nonthaburi, Thailand (นนทบุรี)


Also, here is a sweet pic of a Black Thorn :D



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