First Buds on Durian Trees (Now Fruits Also)

[fruitlovers]

Many of my durian trees now have finally synchronized their first budding:

[HawaiiFruitGrower]

Wow!!!! Congrats Oscar!!! Wishing you the best of harvest, which reminds me I still need to visit your nursery some day! Haha

[FloridaGreenMan]

Congrats Oscar! Best of luck with those Durians to come....

[Yam55Ing]

Congrats Oscar!
Durian flower bud saw for the first time.
Look like fruit, very cool.

[buddyguygreen]

NICE, wishing you all the best for a happy durian harvest

[GwenninPR]

Nice- Congratulations!

[micah]

Durio Cool,  now in waipio valley two of our durian trees have the same size buds.  For the first time i think itll set fruit for us here! Looks like they are in sinck all the way over here too!  Which i think isn't always the case.

[ben mango]

what variety? halloween durian? they look like they are gonna be pretty loaded... maybe this is a sign it will be another good year for durian ...

[fruitlovers]

Some of the durian trees have a crazy amount of flowers right now:

Hard to see how many flowers in the photo, but ground is carpeted in flowers:

Lots of buds and flowers at same time:

The flowers are quite large and have a very nice sweet lemony fragrance:

[durianwriter]

Very cool! Congrats

[simon_grow]

That's awesome,

You are so lucky Oscar. I would love to fruit a Durian tree but it is much too cold over here in SoCal. I love the sweet and creamy Durian. I've only had Mornthong and a few other Thai varieties but I really like Mornthong. Thanks for sharing !

Simon

[Triloba Tracker]

Super exciting, Oscar....best wishes for a great harvest.

How old are those trees?

[Doglips]

wow.
You going to thin them out?
Impressive.

[Mike T]

Oscar it is great to see a guy with a bunch of flowers.We are expecting a buper crop here due the ideal weather for stiulating heavy flowering in October/November.

[fruitlovers]

Super exciting, Oscar....best wishes for a great harvest.

How old are those trees?

10+ years

[buddyguygreen]

If your gonna sell the seeds, Put me on reserve please

[FRUITBOXHERO]

Some of the durian trees have a crazy amount of flowers right now:

Hard to see how many flowers in the photo, but ground is carpeted in flowers:

Lots of buds and flowers at same time:

The flowers are quite large and have a very nice sweet lemony fragrance:

Damn Oscar, I would grow the that tree just to see the flowers! unreal never seen flowers that look like fruit then open to beautiful flowers! How bad does the fruit really smell?

[fruitlovers]

I wish i could post a smell over the internet. But our technology is not so advanced yet. I don't find the smell at all objectionable. Only becomes a problem when not so savy people bring fruit into a contained structrue, that is one with 4 walls and a roof. It's a fruit that's designed to be kept and eaten outdoors.

[kh0110]

... It's a fruit that's designed to be kept and eaten outdoors.

In a Developed world, maybe. I doubt it was the Original intent.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

congrats!

I hope you get loads of fruits and seeds!

[fruitlovers]

... It's a fruit that's designed to be kept and eaten outdoors.

In a Developed world, maybe. I doubt it was the Original intent.

Yes it was original intent. The odor is to attract animals from afar to come and eat and spread the seeds. The gaseous odor wafts for long distance once the fruit cracks open. Animals don't live indoors!  This fruit was around long before humans ever existed.

[siafu]

... It's a fruit that's designed to be kept and eaten outdoors.

In a Developed world, maybe. I doubt it was the Original intent.

Yes it was original intent. The odor is to attract animals from afar to come and eat and spread the seeds. The gaseous odor wafts for long distance once the fruit cracks open. Animals don't live indoors!  This fruit was around long before humans ever existed.

I find it odd that the fleshy, substantial durian seeds are not eaten also...

[fruitlovers]

... It's a fruit that's designed to be kept and eaten outdoors.

In a Developed world, maybe. I doubt it was the Original intent.

Yes it was original intent. The odor is to attract animals from afar to come and eat and spread the seeds. The gaseous odor wafts for long distance once the fruit cracks open. Animals don't live indoors!  This fruit was around long before humans ever existed.

I find it odd that the fleshy, substantial durian seeds are not eaten also...

Might be too large for many animals to eat? Anyway, pulp is probably a lot more attractive.

[fruitlovers]

Got pleasant surprise on checking back on the durian trees:

[TropicalFruitHunters]

That's pretty awesome Oscar.  How many total fruit do you have developing?