The Tropical Fruit Forum

A QR code tagged to the tree will be sufficient.

I asked my son who is a tech genius about how I could tag trees for agritourism so that visitors could have a self guided experience using a cell phone. He quickly found that RFID tags are available for the purpose. When in proximity the phone powers up the tag giving you a website link to information.

I'm just now exploring the idea so haven't narrowed my sourcing and details etc but often see interest in tree tagging here and at this point it seems like this tech is available.

Quote from: vipinrl on June 10, 2022, 03:42:49 AM

Quote from: DurianLover on June 10, 2022, 01:45:47 AM

First year fruiting? How many on a tree?

Flowering since few years. But, male flowers only.
This is the first time I am seeing a female flower and it held.

Mine has been flowering like that for 2 years! I was starting to worry but now I feel better. Thanks for sharing and congratulations!

Welcome!

If you wait too long the fruits will fall apart before or during picking. Keep making observations so that you learn to pick before they become hard to handle. We feel that if we can pick while they are still hard and not giving off odor but ripen about 2-4 days later we have nailed it. That way the fruits can be handled, even transported.
Peter

Thank you for the valuable info.

It’s close but I think needs Maybe 2-3 weeks. Notice how the “spikes” have started to spread out on the bottom, they will do that throughout before it is ready to pick. I would personally let it ripen on the tree before picking it. The stem will often turn more of a yellow / brown before it’s ready, another indicator that it’s ripe or close to ripening.

Today, the fruit turned almost pale yellow and light brown patches started to develop. I can smell gasoline from distance. The spikes are soft & brittle and no latex oozing out when broken. I am planning to pick the fruit tomorrow. Is it the right time?

Is the fruit ready to be plucked? 2 months since setting.

Hi Rytis,

Just wait for few more years, fruit size will increase. Fruits in the mother tree weigh around 3/4kg. Thickness of flesh in arils vary from tree to tree. Taste is also not predictable in seedlings. My seedling have lots of fruit in the lower branches that I can pluck by hand from ground. Fruit size is just ok with very few arils inside! I hope fruits will be better this year.

One more thing I want to point out is that the fruit shown the picture is not fully formed. This usually happens in younger plants and in the absence of adequate pollination.

So, my point is that don't rule out your Wild jackfruit plant, if the taste is good. Taste is not going to change that much in years; but rain during fruiting season can definitely ruin the party.

I chip-bud grafted Ilama on to Soursop, Mountain soursop, Custard apple and Sugar apple.

Soursop - Good, healthy growth
Mountain soursop - Stunned growth
Custard apple - Fast growing
Sugar apple - Yet to evaluate (I think it's gonna be Compact growth)

Go for Custard apple if you live in hot tropics, with occasional drought. Soursop may be the choice, if it is possible to water the plants at least once in a week during summer (handles water logging better).

Looking for 'Triumph' Persimmon Cuttings.

Quote from: vipinrl on January 28, 2022, 02:56:34 AM

Chip budding work well in most of the seasons.

With this technique do u use only older ,hardened cuttings or green stem ones work also

For chip budding, I always use mature (around an year old) cuttings. Tender chips will dry out quickly.

Looking for Diospyros species seeds OTHER THAN kaki, virginiana, lotus, digyna, blancoi, ebenum and malabarica.
Interested in exotic tropical fruit seeds too.

Few seeds still available.

I am yet to taste the Diospyros melanoxylon fruit. Waiting to get some fresh fruits in the coming season.
My friend, who shared the seeds, said that size of the fruits varies between that of a golf ball and a medium sized Persimmon.
The skin is rougher and tougher than that of a Persimmon, which is not usually consumed though edible.
The flesh is sweet, juicy and delicious. The flesh to seed ratio is not that great when compared with Persimmon.

Diospyros, Greek ‘dios’ (divine), and ‘pyros’ (fruit), referring to the excellent fruit of the genus.

How is the fruit of this one?

Custard apple (reticulata) on Mountain soursop. Not sure about the long term compatibility of the 8 week old Chip-bud graft.