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Has your cotton candy berry tree fruited yet?

oh yes, it shut down over the "cold" months but it produces oodles of berries. You can't really see in the pic but there's hundreds of developing berries that are sure to ripen daily with this warmer spring weather. It was fruiting when I planted it around a year ago and has ever since, and has also triple or quadrupled in size during that time. Impressive trees. My son (18 months) even learned to pick them once he learned how to walk, and knows to get down on low and look up for red berries.

edited to add: I know it's hard to tell from the pic but it's actually around 6 foot tall with a 5-6 foot spread.

How old is the tree? Do you think it could fruit in a pot?

Quote from: Felipe on April 03, 2013, 04:46:30 PM

C`mon son! That's an easy one 

Sandoricum koetjape 

You broke my akee breaky heart! 

HAHAHA

Wow! But it would still take about 4 years to produce? (and just to confirm, they are self-fertile, right?)

Do you have any experience with that seller? Don't want to get scammed 

The very stinky artocarpus looks like chempedak to me. Artocarpus Integer

Sigh... Wish I could try one. Ever been fruited in Florida?

Oh yeah, if there is anywhere to get the fruit in southern FL, tell me about that too.

In The Fruit Hunters, Gollner mentions a fruit called a "magic bean." I've tried googling that, but the only things coming up were about Jack and the Beanstalk    anybody know what he's talking about?

I believe that the mushroom it's talking about is just the scoby...

I sadly have no info on this 'shroom, but kombucha is some fun stuff! It was my dad's hobby but he eventually stopped. Not sure why. I think he said that with each batch it tasted worse. He liked adding ginger and black currants to it. Plus, you can take the SCOBY (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast) and make candy with it! If you're considering starting a kombucha culture, I say go for it. Will try to find out about that 'shroom for ya though!

You can find these fruits in Sierra Leone
Damzon(Dacryodes trimera )
Dita(Detarium senegalense)
Black plum(Vitex doniana)
Botlem(Omphalocarpum pachysteloides)
Finger fruit(Uvaria chamae)
Monkey finger(Uvaria afzelii)
Try these two: Thaumatococcus daniellii(Ketenfe)
and Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Serendipity berry)

Roy

Wow, I haven't heard of any of those except for black plum, serendipity berry, and katenfe!

Oh, yeah. I forgot: I'm vegan. Well, sort of. Only when at home. When at a restaurant, I can eat whatever I want.