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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Hard core fruit explorer

« on: February 28, 2015, 08:45:01 AM »

Ken Love says this guy will be a guest speaker at their conference in Sept. There are other Youtube vids as well. Pretty interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnfGd56Qkqw&feature=youtu.be

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Anyone in Thailand have plants shipped in before??

« on: February 05, 2015, 03:41:28 PM »

I've been working a little with the Thailand Dept of Agriculture on this. So far they've been a little fuzzy on a few things. At least the plants I want to ship are not on their restricted list needing quarantine and special permits. I will just need certificates from USDA. I wanted to see if anyone in Thailand has had plants shipped to them before. If so, what was the process you went thru? Thanks, J

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Pitangatuba

« on: January 04, 2015, 10:11:57 AM »

With the greenhouse temps and activity lowered for winter, I found a welcomed surprise from a small pitangatuba plant that Adam had sent me as a very small seedling a couple years ago. Not sure how the blooms will do with the temps around 55. So thanks again Adam. Hope it's a winner!

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Durian chocolate

« on: November 25, 2014, 06:57:21 PM »

Putting this here because it just didn't seem right putting it in the forum with all the political carrying on. My wife just returned from visiting the folks in Thailand and they took a short trip to Malaysia. She brought me back a durian chocolate candy bar.

Don't know if any of you have run across this in your travels but here is my take on it. Fresh durian is really starting to grow on me and well, I dig chocolate. Over the many years, there have been wonderful pairings of different fruits with chocolate. This ain't one of them. This is just downright hideous. I could start to smell it before I even tore the sealed wrapper. When I did tear it, all hell broke loose. My dogs were sitting there watching hoping to be involved. They got up and left the kitchen. I'm making all sorts of noises and faces when my wife comes out to get a whiff. She screams and exits the kitchen. It didn't even smell like bad durian. This smell had body. A presence even. Yet I still broke a tiny piece off and put it in my mouth. Maybe 3 chews later, I'm spitting that shit into the sink gagging. I began grabbing everything I could from the fridge to get the taste out of my mouth. The entire house started to reek with this smell. 1000 dirty asses couldn't smell OR TASTE as bad as this chocolate. I would eat the underwear covering those 1000 dirty asses before I'd ever eat another piece of that chocolate. Yes...I thought it was that bad.

So What, pray tell, did I do with the remainder of the candy bar? Well...what any good friend would do...I'm mailing it to my good buddy Warren down in Florida!!! LOL! We'll just see how much the boy really does love durian! Hope we can still be friends...

Tropical Fruit Discussion / June plum

« on: October 15, 2014, 09:41:00 AM »

Never had one before. Picked some up at a local grocer yesterday. Still green and hard. Will these ripen up? Thanks

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Picked my first jackfruits today!

« on: August 31, 2014, 01:30:45 PM »

Been watching the fruit closely the last month or so. Always remained hard and no detectable smell when near them. My fear was they would be ready while in PR the week before last. I was a little lazy this week and waited till this morning to inspect. I figured to remove a few of the smaller fruit as well. Soon as I got near the tree, I could smell jackfruit. The next thing I noticed was that one of the smallest fruit had rotted and fallen off the tree. A quick look revealed no flesh at all. No surprise there.

I grabbed the largest one and it was very soft. Shit...my mother-in-law would be kicking me in the ass if she were here. The other big one was much greener looking but had a split. So I cut both off. The larger one was a little over 10lbs and the other a tad over 7lbs.

It was obvious I waited a bit too long on the big one. I easily tore it open and much to my delighted surprise, it was loaded with huge, glistening carpals. Definitely soft too. Way too soft. However, the flavor was incredible and it was by far the sweetest jackfruit I've ever tasted...and I've tasted some very good ones in Thailand. The sweetness and flavor was enough to overcome the soft texture. My wife thought it was very good but she did not like the texture at all. One bonus was that all of the rag was just as delicious. It truly was 100% edible flesh. Some of this one will be used for making ice cream and other desserts. My wife has been watching video recipes all morning.

The other jack could have stayed on the tree another week at least but it had a split. The flesh was much firmer. Not nearly as sweet as the other but still very good. If I could have caught the bigger one in a stage between the two, I think it would have been a winner in taste and texture both.

As for latext? Really wasn't an issue when messing with the carpals and rag. If I got into the skin, then I could tell the knife was gumming up a bit. But not bad at all. I did wear gloves while doing all the cleaning though. To give you an idea how far along the bigger fruit was, some of the seeds had already started to germinate. Still damn good and should make some awesome ice cream...add a little coconut and...

Tropical Fruit Discussion / 2014 Puerto Rico fruit hunting trip

« on: August 24, 2014, 03:07:11 PM »

Here is a link to some pictures of our trip if interested. http://www.tropicalfruithunters.com/puerto-rico-tropical-fruit-hunting---2014.html

Fruit was rather scarce this year but it was still a great trip. My wife Bee joined me this year which was nice. Patrick(PJ) brought his wife Zena and daughter Autumn along. Harry, John, Noel, Ethan, Gwenn and some friends were along as well. Our newbies this year were Brandon, Anthony and his son Henry.

We had a much more relaxed scheduled this year for one reason or another but most everyone took advantage of this by either seeing other sites or hanging out in the pool and ocean as my wife and I did along with Brandon and Patrick, his wife and daughter. This was a first time for us. We would normally be all over the farms each day from early morning to evening. There was much more "chillin" this trip and I've got to admit, I grew rather fond of it.

The weather didn't do anyone any favors down there this year. While most of the major crops were scaled back such as mangosteen, rambutan(somewhat), and durian...others still did well such as rollinia, achachairu, baccaurea. There certainly wasn't the diversity we normally are treated with. But the company and tours themselves were still enjoyable and always a learning experience. You can't hit a home run every time at bat and everyone excepted this in good grace.

We started the trip off in Florida on Sunday. My wife and I hooked up with Warren, who could not make the trip this year for the first time in six years. We made our way to Harry's for some mango and dragon fruit tasting as well as a yard walk around. John joined us for this as well. Afterwards, John, Warren, my wife and I headed up to Patrick's place where we met up with Noel and Sheehan. A great time was had by all. We checked out all the plants and came inside to eat a bunch of fruit Patrick and Noel had for us. Patrick's wife Zena cooked us all a fine meal. A great way to start off the trip.

On Monday, we made our way from San Juan to Jardines Enaida in Cabo Rojo. Their mangosteens also took a hit from the weather. Their famous Jose Pabon and Sasa quenepas were a definite hit with the group. Most were familiar with quenepas and these two took everyone by surprise by their flavor, sweetness, lack of astringency, and more flesh to seed ratio than all other varieties. As always, we scoured the nursery portion for their very inexpensive grafted plants.

We hit Ian Crown's farm on Tuesday and Thursday. Just walking around listening to Ian is a treat. I've been coming to his farm now for six straight years and there is always something new to learn. Again...the fruit bounty was not what it was last year but we still left satisfied. We ended the Tuesday tour with a violent thunderstorm. The threat was there for another on Thursday but it stayed nice.

Juan Miranda's on Wednesday. Juan has obviously been very busy on the farm. At least three more acres have been cleared. All by hand too with only him and one other helper doing it. This was all very dense trees, brush, and weeds. An incredible amount of work. He replaced this with 300 grafted and airlayered Maruca pulasan trees. Rain was once again chased us down the mountain.

A big thank you to Ian and Juan for their hospitality. Another big thanks to Ian for coordinating our wonderful dinners each evening. This was a great way for the group to come together in a relaxed setting and just enjoy each other's company along with some great food. Also a big thanks to everyone in the group. A great time.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango reviews from conference and festival

« on: July 26, 2014, 07:43:43 PM »

Once again, I'd like to thank Rob and Sheehan for hooking me up with all these wonderful mangos. Also a big thanks to Warren for his hospitality and more during my stay. It was a great couple of days and sure did come home with a lot of good eats.

Some of the mangos were picked up during our trip to TREC and one from USDA. We came back with a huge amount from TREC and nearly made ourselves sick eating so many for breakfast. This is at Warren's place.

The Kensington Pride was pretty good. We were too busy cutting and eating so fast, didn't have time to write anything down.

There were several that were one bite and done. One of which was called Weber. Picked this up at TREC. Huge freaking mango...and horrible. Flavor? Non-existent.

Anyway, here are the ones I brought home and what we thought of them. All were very good, some great. All beat the hell out of anything ever obtained locally. There is a pretty good, unlabeled of course, mango we get from Whole Foods that we like. We rated it a 5 and based all further reviews from that. I don't have one of those highly refined pallets like some do so I cannot pull subtle flavors out of a food all that well. I just know what I like and don't like! Had several from TREC that didn't get a name put on but they were pretty good...probably more Harris.

Harris: Picked up from TREC. Need to get into this before it colors up. Little fiber. Good flavor.
Score: 6

S01: From USDA. At least I'm pretty sure this was the name. This is a really cool mango and unfortunately, all pics turned out shitty. It's a beautiful little mango. Orange with a red blotch on top like a paint brush just kissed it. Also has a little bit of a beak. Each one we found had flawless skins. Not a blemish or spot on a single one. The flesh had a little more fiber than I generally would have liked in a better mango but it was certainly not objectionable. We really liked the flavor thought. Definitely worth growing. Score: 7.

Duncan: A little over ripe. No fiber. Melting flesh. Not much of a flavor profile...just sweet. Wife thought it had a fermented aroma and did not like that. Probably much better if we tried it sooner.
Score from wife: 5, me: 6.

Alice: From TREC. Nice, intense color. Little to no fiber...more towards outside. Nice flavor. Sweet. Nothing that stands out. Score: 6.

Pickering: Zills. Nice all around...texture and flavor. Firm, yet smooth. Wife kept saying "unique". Perfect ripeness. Sweet.
score from wife: 7.5, me: 8.

Edward x Equl 15: TREC. If anyone understands this name, please chime in. Good mango. More mild than Pickering. No real fiber.
Score: 7.

Fruit Punch: Zills. First impression was "effing wow!". Flesh was melting. Multitude of flavors here like your favorite brand of Kool-Aid in mango form. Drinking Crystal Lite afterwards...the taste was bland in comparison.
Score from wife: 8.5, me: 9.5

Hatcher: Zills. Soft and melting. I've had Hatcher before and it is a good mango but was bland after eating the Fruit Punch.
Score from wife: 6.5, me: 6.

Okrung: Zills. Absolutely no fiber. Smooth and melting. Sweet. Nice flavor. Maybe just a tad under ripe. Small.
Score from wife: 6.5, me: 6.

Baileys Marvel: Zills. Big. Sweet. No complexity. Pretty much fiberless.
Score: 6.5.

Seacrest: Zills. Mostly fiberless. Citrus-like flavor. I tasted orange. Something else odd and couldn't place it. Not as sweet as others but completely different.
Score from wife: 5, me: 6.

Taralay: Zills. Nice all around...texture and flavor. Minimal fiber. Had a bit of a chalky aftertaste at times but not objectionable.
Score: 7.

Orange Sherbert: Zills. Really does taste like orange sherbert. Very smooth and only the tiniest bit of fiber. Very very sweet. Wife wasn't a fan of this flavor though.
Score from wife: 6, me: 7.5.

Edgar: Zills. Intense dark orange. More mild than I expected. Very little fiber. Sweet. One dimensional but good. I caught a somewhat resinous flavor towards the outside.
Score from wife: 7, me: 6.5.

Sweet Tart: Zills. No fiber. Sweet and tart as the name suggests. Little chalky aftertaste...another day on the table maybe?
Score: 7.

Orange Sherbert: Zills. Second one. Same as before. Intensely sweet.
Score from wife: 6, me: 7.5.

Lemon Zest: Zills. Lot of fiber near outside, the rest had no fiber at all. Nice and sweet. Hint of lemon/citrus. Close in flavor to Orange Sherbert but not as intensely sweet.
Score from wife: 6.5, me: 7.5.

Zinc(Zill Indochinese): Zills. No fiber. Nice texture. Good flavor. Sweet. Just a good mango but nothing special. I would really like to know where/how they came up with the name of "Zinc" if anyone knows.
Score: 6.5

Coconut Cream: Zills. Not overly sweet. Had nice smell. Minor bit of fiber. Hint of coconut. Not a lot of flavor. Ripeness issue maybe?
Score: 6.5

Honey Kiss: Zills. Sweet. Little to no fiber. Nothing out of this world.
Score: 6.5

Gary: Zills. Very sweet. Maybe too ripe. Flesh was melting...I mean really melting! No fiber at all.
Score from wife: 6, me: 6.5

Zill: You guested it...from Zills! Sweet. Very little fiber. Good flavor. Better than the Gary and could have had everything to do with being at a better stage of ripeness. Little more complexity too.
Score from wife: 7.5, me: 7

Lemon Zest: Zills. Second one. Sweet and tart but this one was even better than the first one. Excellent flavor. Citrus tones. More complexity.
Score from wife: 7.5, me: 8

Some miscellaneous pics of the conference and festival...

Ken Love posted this picture out on Facebook. His wife was taking several pictures for us with each of our cameras. My camera was acting up all weekend and my pic unfortunately didn't come out well at all. We're all wondering what Sheehan was staring at so intently. Scary!

Those are nice rambutans!! C'mon! On the plate!! Seriously...the rambutans! From Quatemala.

You guys are so juvenile.

Who cut the cheese??!!! Mango/habanero cheese that is! Pretty good too.

I did not take the following pics so can't take credit for the last one. First two are me clowning around with Sheehan.

Whoa! Catch the size of...the jackfruit? Yes...the jackfruit. What was I...?

Oh...yes...the jackfruit..................big jackfruit. Seriously...was a huge S.O.B....60+ pounds. Some of the young guys there were taking turns picking it up...yeah...the jackfruit. Had a hard time of it too. Really...I could go on all night! This young lady wanted to see if she could pick it up. And she did! The cameras sure came out quickly too. There were people taking pics I've not seen before all day! Kidding, but you get it. She was down from NY and really thought we'd have seen her sign up on the forum by now.

What I had stuffed in my luggage and backpack.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Fruit Punch mango - OMG!

« on: July 17, 2014, 06:51:06 PM »

Many know I am a huge believer that Florida mangoes are the best in the world. I now fly down from Ohio every year for their peak season. This year I was able to not only enjoy some of the conference, but attend the mango festival as well...sort of the crown to feasting on mangoes.

Rob was kind enough to obtain a bunch of Walter's best selections of mangoes and pass them on to Sheehan to distribute to a few of us. My wife and I have been slowly working our way thru the 30+lbs of mangoes I flew home with. Tonight, the Fruit Punch mango was cut and on the table. The smell alone was incredible. The first bite was enough to make you understand how it was named. Fruit Punch. Lots of flavor profiles. Sweet. Unbelievable. It was like having your favorite brand of Kool-Aid in mango form. Drinking Crystal Lite afterwards found the taste bland.

We made the mistake of trying a Hatcher mango next. A good mango by all rights. Bland in comparison. So to say I'm a Fruit Punch mango fan would be an understatement. A damn fine mango friends. I gave this mango a 9.5 on the small chance that one of the remaining varieties could match or surpass. Rob...thanks.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Gold Nugget Jackfruit - ready to harvest??

« on: July 15, 2014, 03:54:34 PM »

Some places have the very slightest yield when pressed upon. Most spines are flattened but still has the greenish color. Don't want to cut too early yet definitely not too late. thanks.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / grafted mangosteen replacing seedling trees

« on: July 05, 2014, 08:24:12 AM »

My wife found this real interesting video yesterday from a mangosteen research station in Chantaburi, Thailand. They have been researching the benefits of grafted mangosteen to replace seedling trees. Was pretty cool. My wife translated and I took notes the best I could. So read my notes first and then try to follow along with them with the video. So here's my notes with video at the end.

Chantaburi mangosteen research and development.

Main guy talking is head of research. Starts off talking about mangosteen export. In 2007…47,232 tons were exported. In 2011…109,200 tons. China is main customer.

Said there is not a problem marketing mangosteen…always be a market for them. Never any issues with plants or orchard.

Thailand is approximately 160,000 acres planted with mangosteen. Each acre averages 5500lbs of fruit. Enough for the demand/supply for now. More and more land will open up and demand will also rise.

Picking and labor main concern/problem. Have to climb the trees to pick the fruit. If a worker grabs a fruit too hard, it can bruise it causing the rind to harden and also lower the quality of the fruit. So their #1 focus is picking.

All trees in background are seedling trees. Tall. Normal for seedlings.

Around the 7:20 minute mark. Quality pickers are high cost. 20-25% of their costs go to labor. Very difficult to find good labor. When first wave of fruit comes on, this gets the highest price so really need to get the fruit out there. Almost like corporate headhunters for good pickers!

8:49 minute. He said he is talking to an engineer to design a mechanical picker. But in the meantime, alternatives must be found. Lower trees mean fruit is easier to pick, less money for labor.

So they’ve been researching many years on best methods to graft mangosteen. If you pick the wrong scion, the results will not be what you want. The scions must be taken from the second or third branches of a branch. See below:

Grafting with these scions will keep the tree low and spreading which is desired. Not growing up and tall.

10:00 minute. Guy asked him if there was a difference in production. They are still collecting data on this but he feels that you can plant more trees per same size of area as seedlings and yield should be the same.

10:40. Shows grafting mangosteen. The woman here is a specialist. Describes the grafted plants as growing a little more than 2 meters in height.

11:11 minute. That plant is 14 years old. Same age seedling would be around 5 meters. So much shorter. Says to start your orchard in the same manner as you would a seedling. Slopes are best for drainage.

Use 2-3 year old seedlings for grafting. Scions must be taken from a very good producing tree. My observation here: Most time we see people grafting, most of the scion, leaves and any branches coming off the scion, are removed. Here they put the whole freaking thing on!

Around 12:34. Old orchards. Asks what can farmers of tall seedlings do if they want to have shorter plants and can they do this with seedlings. She says yes but you must cut the top to stop upward growth. Pruning must be done a little at a time…maybe 20%.

She says once grafted, the plants stay in the nursery for one year before planting in the fields. Approximately 3 years to begin producing. Seedling is typically 6 years. Observation: Given that a 2-3 year old seedling is grafted. Wait 1 year before planting. Then another 3 to produce. So really the same overall time. But obviously not for someone purchasing a grafted plant!

14:00. So shorter plants are easier to pick. No climbing. Can hire older laborers! LOL! Pickers just have to wade into the plant.

14:22. This size of plant yields approximately 44lbs.

Talking about exports. Fruit skin must be very good and shiny.

15:00. This research center is to help farmers with problems. They show the area where a truck can drive between the trees and the pickers can just put the fruit in the back of the truck.

16:00. Guy in green shirt has been doing grafted mangosteens for around 30 years. At peak season, each plant will yield approximately 130lbs.

Plant and maintain grafted plants same as seedlings. They use 15-15-15 or 16-16-16 to maintain and nurture the plants. 8-24-24 for flowering. They do spray for insects. He ran into the problem of high labor costs and the research station helped him adopt this new strategy. He says now the problem is trees growing wide instead of tall!! Quality of fruit same.

19:00. Joining a fair/research place open to the puplic. Not really much after this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9coOWL_pY0

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Important info concerning Montoso Gardens

« on: July 02, 2014, 02:47:28 PM »

Many of you know Bryan Brunner either personally or thru many of our stories. Bryan's brother David died yesterday. I believe David ran much of the nursery operations. I know some of you recently received orders from Montoso Gardens. So if any of you had recently placed orders or were wanting to, please respect the family's time of grief at this time and refrain from any inquiries concerning your orders.

Bryan actually posted an announcement concerning this on his website's online store page. I'm sure he will update the page and take care of business as soon as he is able to. Thanks, J

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Jade Purse lychee

« on: June 23, 2014, 02:26:31 PM »

Was lucky enough to come across this lychee in our large Asian market this past weekend. Mainly green with just a slight blush on the shoulders. Very sweet and tasty. Small seeds and many chicken tongue. Much better than the lychees they normally get in. Now it wasn't as great as a Mauritius but pretty darn good. And the prices could not be beat at $2.99/lb. Definitely worth trying to grow.

Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Looking for Costa Rican guanabana seeds or plants

« on: June 14, 2014, 03:21:31 PM »

Friend is looking for this variety. Anyone? Thanks, J

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Greenhouse construction blog finished

« on: June 08, 2014, 03:52:02 PM »

If you are starved for some reading entertainment, please go check out my latest blog on the website. I completed the write-up on the greenhouse construction. Also added some more pics to the greenhouse and yard gallery.
www.tropicalfruithunters.com

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Anybody use this grafting method before?

« on: May 28, 2014, 04:14:41 PM »

I've seen several methods but this was a first time seeing this for me. Pretty cool actually. Video may be from either northeast Thailand or Laos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZJVD1zSLk

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Need Jackfruit experts to weigh in please

« on: May 28, 2014, 08:41:51 AM »

The tree is very healthy and always in active growth. It is also a pretty good sized tree. I have six fruit sizing up nicely. Four are coming off the main trunk and two from one of the larger branches. My question for the jackfruit "experts" is whether I should leave all six on the tree or not? A few people are telling me to remove several. The fruit came on the tree at different times so will obviously not mature at the same time. So what would be the harm in allowing all six to continue as-is? They all continue to get larger with none falling back. I would prefer NOT to remove any of them. Thanks, J

Tropical Fruit Discussion / tropical fruit conference

« on: May 28, 2014, 08:32:17 AM »

Is there a cutoff time for registration? Having never been there before, not sure how it works. I will probably only be attending Friday thru most of Sunday. Thanks

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Need cheap entertainment?

« on: May 03, 2014, 02:14:55 PM »

Finally put out another blog on the website about my greenhouse construction adventures. You might learn a bunch of "what not to do's"! Looking back at all the pics and creating the story resulted in some conflicting emotions...didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or go jump off my roof. If interested, can check out the latest one at www.tropicalfruithunters.com Jay

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Durianwriter hits the airwaves in Australia

« on: April 23, 2014, 04:50:47 PM »

Lindsay and her husband Rob are currently in Australia eating durian and got snagged for an on air interview.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-21/year-of-the-durian/5401590

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Cocktail cherimoya

« on: March 29, 2014, 10:32:53 AM »

I have a large cocktail cherimoya that is several years old and planted directly into the ground inside the greenhouse. Seedling portions and several of established grafts currently blooming. Here are the results for my latest grafting attempts...

Established: Inca Red, Pierce(2), Booth, Behl, Lindstrom Atemoya

New & pushing growth: Honey Hart(6), Campas, El Bumpo, Mcpherson(2), PPC, Elixir(2), Selma(2), Fino de Jete

New & not pushing yet: Sarteneja(2), Sabor

Failed: Sabor, Elixir, Sarteneja, Fino de Jete

16 out of 20 with 3 undecided was my best go at this plant to date. Really look forward to each one of them. Anybody ever get an aroma of a bunch of cherimoya blooms? Reminds me of a green apples. Very pleasant and unexpected from flowers such as these. Thanks Ethan for the last batch of scions.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dizon fruit trees in Philippines

« on: March 28, 2014, 05:04:50 PM »

Bernie Dizon used to have a site with a bunch of articles on fruit trees and multiple rootstock grafting. Pretty informative. Their site had been down for quite some time. Not sure when it happened, but I just tried them and they now have a new site layout up and running. There is still some good information, but many of their older articles are not available. Not sure if they ship plants to the US but if anyone is looking for exotic grafted ones, this might be the place to inquire at. http://www.dizonexoticfruittrees.com/index.htm

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Longan blooms smell??

« on: March 13, 2014, 05:47:43 PM »

My tree has bloomed and fruited now for several years but this is the very first time I've ever attributed a smell to them. It is actually very pleasant and the entire greenhouse smells wonderful. Could rival many citrus blooms. Even my wife commented on it. Wish they would stick around a bit longer.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Maybe I do know Jack!

« on: March 09, 2014, 08:07:24 PM »

Second time the golden nugget produced a female and now I have a total of 4 so far. Maybe this time around one of them will go the distance. It's still early so I'm hoping even more start to pop out elsewhere on the tree.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / My new tropical fruit hunters website

« on: March 06, 2014, 03:50:10 PM »

New Tropical Fruit Hunters website!

Hey everyone...Ohiojay here under my new forum member name. I would like to invite all of you to come visit my new website www.tropicalfruithunters.com. I've been wanting to do this for a few years now and today is my launch day. I'm pretty excited about it and nervous as hell...probably a hundred things I've forgotten to do!

I have tons of pictures uploaded of the greenhouse and past fruit hunting trips, and a blog where I will entertain the hell out of each of you with past and current adventures! LOL!

I also have shirts available. If anyone from the forum is interested in purchasing one, the first 25 members that purchase a shirt will get a $3 discount. You will have to pay the full price but just mention that you are on the forum when prompted to leave special instructions to the seller, and I will refund $3 back to you! I am only offering this to forum members.

Tropical Fruit Hunters is also on facebook, so please, go out there and put a "like" on it! www.facebook.com/tropicalfruithunters

All of this is new to me so would love to hear your feedback. I hope you enjoy it. It's been a labor... I would like to say "labor of love", but there have been many frustrating moments. Big learning curve for me and probably much more to go. Thanks, Jay