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Citrus General Discussion / Re: The Situation on Citrus Greening? Does Florida Still Produce OJ?
« on: March 09, 2023, 07:45:58 AM »
  We get our orange juice from Joshua Farms in Arcadia and it's not from concentrate and has been very good over the years, but I do taste a difference lately, I know the orange is not in season so I wonder if they source from a different source then themselves and wonder if it is from concentrate. Has anyone seen what happens to juice from concentrate? They basically boil the fruit down to a slurry of pulp, extract all the oxygen out of it, this includes all the nutrition, then store it in big vats for months on end, the slurry has no taste or smell, then when they make it into juice again they add perfume to make it taste like oranges again.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ants invasion under the mulching of lychee and avocado
« on: October 26, 2022, 03:01:09 PM »
 Diluted orange oil works well. I heat up a solution of warm water mix in orange oil and pour on the mound and have had no issues with any of the trees we pour this solution by.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango tree flooded for 2 weeks
« on: October 26, 2022, 02:57:48 PM »
 Your mango tree will be fine. We have a few planted in an area where it floods and the water sits for a few weeks and we have had no issues, the trees have been planted there for over 6 years and produce great fruits.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Free Thai Dwarf Cuttings -While supply last
« on: April 20, 2022, 11:54:32 AM »
  Nice post, Kaz. I am looking forward receiving my order.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Search for the Best Tasting Mulberry ???
« on: April 13, 2022, 05:47:04 PM »
Quote from: sc4001992 on April 12, 2022, 07:40:55 PM
cotter pin, if you don't know how to graft yet, you can root the following mulberry varieties pretty easily:

- Thai Dwarf
- Black Pakistan
- Shangri La

If you want to try rooting some Thai Dwarf, I will send you some cuttings, you just pay for the shipping cost ($10-$12) depending on the size of the box I use to ship it priority mail.
  For sure, let me know the best way to contact you. Thank you.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Search for the Best Tasting Mulberry ???
« on: April 12, 2022, 05:24:52 PM »
Quote from: sc4001992 on April 12, 2022, 03:08:43 PM
cotter pin, I'm surprised to hear you are growing the Noir of Spain from seeds. You must have a lot of patience to try to grow out the seeds and wait for it to fruit.

Isn't it much easier to just graft a cutting, then you will have fruits in 2 years. How old is your white pakistan and red himalayan tree/plant? If your everbearing tree is large enough you should graft a few white pakistan and red himalayan scionwood that was cut from a fruiting tree. If you don't know if your trees have fruited before, send me a PM and I have large fruiting white pakistan and red himalayan trees and I will give you a good deal for some cuttings.

 When I purchased the seeds at a seed exchange, I was thinking 5 years to fruit, but the more I read into them, I now know they they may take up to 10 years. They are still too small to use as a scion/bud wood for grafting at this point. I purchased the red Pakistan about a year ago it was about 5' tall in a 3 gallon pot and put it into the ground right after I purchased it and it is about 8-9' tall now. And, the white Pakistani and Tice I just purchased and put into the ground about 3 months ago. I have actually eaten fruits of of the Tice, only a few... but it's pushing fruits.
  I do not know much about grafting mulberries at this point, but if I need some cuttings I will defiantly be in touch with you. Those Thai Dwarf's are off the chain crazy with production! Looking good! 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Sebastian Pineapple Ranch Images - April Update
« on: April 12, 2022, 11:34:37 AM »
 I have grown quite a few pineapples just from the tops, it's amazing how many people just take off the tops at the grocery store and just leave them there, so when I see this I take them home with me to plant. I also came across this type of pine apple at a yard sale, it's a miniature one that seems like it stays white, it's so small but getting ready to try it soon.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Search for the Best Tasting Mulberry ???
« on: April 12, 2022, 11:12:11 AM »
 I have 10 Noir of Spain (M. Nigra)  that I started from seed last year they are currently in 3 gallon pots. They seem to be slow growing, they get watered often and I keep them in my pool area because when they were under my oak tree seems the squirrels and rabbits would just bite the trunk in half. I'm hoping to get fruits eventually. The mix I used to pot them in is 50% compost with biochar and 50% peat moss with a little  bit of perlite. My everbearing cuttings have far surpassed the M. Nigra as they are already in the ground and fruiting.
 I do have a Tice we recently purchased and am hoping to get fruits on it soon and still waiting on our white and red Pakistani's to fruit.   

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What do we do now if our Mango trees were frost damaged?
« on: February 15, 2022, 08:00:48 PM »
 We feel your pain, CarloGolfer. We are located in PC and our Mango Trees look like hell and had a small Fruit Punch that is totally brown even though it was covered with a heavy blanket, we're thinking it was as low as 28 degrees, even our Jackfruit trees that were covered in blankets are all brown and possibly slowly on their death beds. I think I saw a post on the local news that we have not had temps this low since '76. We even had cold tolerant Avocados that look like toast and expect to loose 1 or 2, hopefully not but time will tell.
   I would hold out until at least mid March before cutting any dead wood, just water for now every so often and give them time to recover. Check out Dr. Campbell, Mango Men, on how he prunes his Mango trees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyjkl9Fzzs4

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: South/Central Florida Cold Fronts
« on: January 31, 2022, 06:49:11 PM »
 On Saturday, here in Charlotte County, we were below freezing, possibly on Sunday night as well. Trees look like they were torched, we covered them and we will see what happens in the next couple of weeks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Our freeze event for Jan 30
« on: January 31, 2022, 05:31:04 PM »
 Here in Charlotte County I believe we got as cold as 31 maybe even a little lower. My Jackfruits trees hate it, along with my Bignay, Guava and Soursop trees. I covered them but unfortunately some of the trees came uncovered through the night on Saturday, the 2 Jackfruits our of 4 lost their coverings so I hope they make it, I buried the grafts and a few inches above with composted soil, but time will tell as even the 2 that were covered look like hell as well. The Bignay I thought was pretty tolerant of cold but you sure cant tell by looking at it, all the leaves are brown, it was covered as well. I hope you all did not receive too much damage further North of Charlotte County.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit event -sampling fruit, fruit and fruit trees for sale
« on: January 21, 2022, 04:40:23 PM »
 I'm in, I am marking it my calendar.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Hawaiian Avocado?
« on: January 20, 2022, 08:15:53 PM »
 Thanks Pine Islander. However, I did not see " Red Hawaiian," but, the varieties on this page are so many that I have not heard of, which is mind blowing. I may just buy it to see what it turns into. I picked up an expedition at Echo last year, just out of curiosity to see what it becomes. So far this year it has had great growth and just after the rains here it started to bud, but I may break them off to give the tree some more time to establish itself.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Hawaiian Avocado?
« on: January 20, 2022, 07:59:16 AM »
 Thanks for the replies. I will call Fruitscapes and ask them about it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Freeze Dried Red Jaboticaba Pulp Tasting Video
« on: January 17, 2022, 04:07:45 PM »
 Great video, FlyingFoxFruits...sharing the love! What skatepark were you at?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Red Hawaiian Avocado?
« on: January 17, 2022, 03:09:55 PM »
 Anyone heard of a Red Hawaiian Avocado? Seen one at my local nursery and can't seem to get any info on it. Taste? Cold tolerance, etc.? Could it be mis-labeled? 

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