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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pineapple slips
« on: January 14, 2023, 03:07:35 PM »
I call the next pack
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with locked account
« on: January 14, 2023, 03:06:26 PM »I created this account because that happened with my last one, and presumably I'll need to create another account if I get locked out of this one, since the password reset emails never go through. It would be nice to fix that feature, though!I haven't had a password issue, but the email features don't work for me either.
None of the other email features work for me either (email notifications, for example).
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the undisputed, hands down, BEST mango variety?
« on: January 08, 2023, 10:34:50 AM »There are hybrids coming out that are fantastic. I'm really excited to get to eat them again when they come back to HEBWhat about setting up a World fair and have a real fruit tasting!
Then it all will be settled!
Jet fresh fruit from all the world.
Durian
Mango
Lychee
Citrus
JackfruitFIFATFF World Cup 2030
Crystal Palace, 1853
Nectarine, apricot, pluot, and sweet cherries deserve a place in the world champion fruit taste test. I know with certainly they're light years better than citrus. Mango not sure. As with any fruit it's all about growing condition and peak ripness. Getting all the best together at once will never happen.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the undisputed, hands down, BEST mango variety?
« on: January 07, 2023, 09:12:34 PM »
A good sweet green mango is my favorite.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 04, 2023, 02:33:47 AM »Your Cara Cara should have had a variety/rootstock tag on it when you purchased it.It should be trifoliate like the rest, but it is super slow growing.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 03, 2023, 05:54:53 PM »Thanks for the clarification. I suspected FD was flying dragon, the dwarfing root stock, but didn't know it's also trifoliate. Is there a way to tell if a plant accidentally got put on dwarfing rootstock? I wonder about my Cara caraPT is trifoliate BUY it.Oh, then what does p stand for?
Additionally, "FD" is Flying Dragon, which is a dwarfed variety of poncirus trifoliata. So both are poncirus, it's just PT is straight-species and FD is a varietal.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 03, 2023, 02:45:30 AM »Generally you can harvest Early St. Anne from September to mid October, Miho and Brown Select from October to November, and Owari from late November/December to first freeze.Perfect. I'll plan to get all of them 😊 thank you!
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 02, 2023, 08:41:16 PM »The other candidate that would've been readily available at that location two decades ago would be Brown Select. But you said it ripened in January, so it was likely Owari.Thank you. Yeah I would love to have a long harvest. So you're thinking Owari, Brown, Miho, and Early St. Anne would give me the best harvest?
You've mentioned having room for more. I'd try to spread out the harvest periods with something like Miho and Early St. Anne.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 02, 2023, 01:30:20 PM »Um, I am in Houston as well and had a large grapefruit and blood orange diagnosed with HLB by Texas A&M a couple of years ago. Harris County is in the quarantine zone for greening and while the trees you buy may not have the disease the Asian psyllid is here and can infect your tree as it did mine.Thanks for the info. That's really heart breaking to hear.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 11:39:03 PM »PT is trifoliate BUY it.Oh, then what does p stand for?
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 10:50:40 PM »Your owari must be on the right rootstock for great flavor. The tree also must age a good few years before it will produce excellent fruit. It should do well on PT or FD. Seville sour is great if it is compatible.Thanks. When I go next I'll see what they are on. Most of what I see here is on trifoliate.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 09:05:17 PM »I have no concerns because I'm getting mine from a local nursery. So far as I'm aware the disease isn't here yet. They have about 10 varieties in spring, so there's a good chance they'll have any varieties people suggest here.Probably an Owari, but not sure.Thank you. That's one I was thinking to get, so I'll pick one up and try it out. I've got room for a couple of types, so hopefully others chime in with guesses.
Hi Rispa,
If you don't mind my asking, where are you going to get one and do you have any concerns about buying a tree infected with HLB?
There are two nurseries, JRN and JRN2 that are my go toes. There is another farther away with good varieties called Arbor Gate. Nature's Grower Nursery has less variety, but sometimes gets oddball varieties of other plants, so I'll check them out too. There might be one or two more nurseries with checking out, but those that I listed always have what I'm looking for and more.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 01:07:54 PM »Probably an Owari, but not sure.Thank you. That's one I was thinking to get, so I'll pick one up and try it out. I've got room for a couple of types, so hopefully others chime in with guesses.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 01:07:04 PM »Try this: http://idtools.org/id/citrus/citrusid/index.phpVery cool site. Thank you for sharing
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Citrus General Discussion / I need help determining a mandarin variety
« on: January 01, 2023, 05:06:09 AM »
A friend in Lafayette has the best Satsuma mandarins I have ever had. The trees are quite large. He bought them from Home Depot at least a couple of decades ago. They are very sweet and the fruit is ready in January. The skin completely separates from the fruit when ripe. It is definitely able to survive freezes.
Anyone have any idea what variety this could be? Or another worth trying? There are so many varieties at my local nurseries I don't even know where to begin to try to get the same one.
Anyone have any idea what variety this could be? Or another worth trying? There are so many varieties at my local nurseries I don't even know where to begin to try to get the same one.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: happy new year
« on: January 01, 2023, 04:55:10 AM »
Happy new year!
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles - Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: WTB UBE BULBILS
« on: December 29, 2022, 08:16:44 AM »
Why are you buying them from someone instead of buying them from the store? Hong Kong Market and Heb have them. If you want to grow them they have been treated to not sprout, so you have to deal with that. I'm trialing a vitamin c (ascorbic acid) bath before planting.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: December 29, 2022, 03:49:44 AM »
I had issues with some really nice tasting and textured white skin, purple flesh sweet potatoes going to must. That's when I found that out. My first try at elephant garlic was a mess too. Here are pics of the difference between the two elephant garlic pots.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: December 28, 2022, 01:49:14 AM »
Did you figure out how to manage tubors treated to not sprout? I'm really hoping I did it right this time by soaking them in water with ascorbic acid added (vitamin c capsules). The elephant garlic is definitely growing and very obviously doing well compared to the one I just soaked in water. No sign of growth from the purple and white sweet potatoes though.
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: At my wits end with these two citrus trees
« on: December 28, 2022, 01:36:00 AM »
There's some hope for a cure. I wonder if you grafted a resistant plant onto an infected one of it might pass on immunity. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-australian-finger-lime-could-save-american-citrus-180975434/
Another idea. Plant Melaleuca alternifolia and calendula very close by since their oils are antibacterial and see if the trees absorb some of the oil and if it helps.
Another idea. Plant Melaleuca alternifolia and calendula very close by since their oils are antibacterial and see if the trees absorb some of the oil and if it helps.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pink pineapple experience
« on: December 28, 2022, 01:29:38 AM »
I got one recently for the same reason. It was not so good that I fussed with trying to save the top, but it was a nice pineapple.
I do have the seeds in water though to grow them in case I win the lottery and get a spectacular and pink fruit
I do have the seeds in water though to grow them in case I win the lottery and get a spectacular and pink fruit
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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Christmas
« on: December 24, 2022, 09:29:06 PM »
Merry Christmas!
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Temperate Fruit Buy, Sell, & Trade / Re: Iso Indian juicy jujube
« on: December 20, 2022, 10:29:01 PM »I brought 2 Indian Jujubes from a private collector this year and they are fruiting right now.
From what I were told, Indian Jujube fruit is remain green, sweet, crunchy and crispy. The size is like an egg or bigger if fertilizer right. Required heavy pruning after harvest the fruits which around April because flowers come from new branches. Flowers season around Oct.
It is very hard to Air-Layer, best graft on a rootstock.
Here is a pic of my fruits as today. They are in a 7 gal now.
I found a nursery with a tree. They added me to their list, but said 1 out of 50 take when grafting. For yours why not grow from seed? Or are there names varieties you want to maintain?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: With the holidays coming, let's do a secret santa christmas gift exchange!
« on: December 16, 2022, 09:20:08 PM »Shoutout to Nate for sending me a super cool davidsons plum!
Rispa, enjoy those z-4 jaboticaba! Kinda hard to find still and they are superior in every way to the red from what I’ve heard from my source!
Also thanks tru for setting this up! It was a lot of fun!
Woo-hoo! Got them right before the cold hit thankfully. Thank you so much!
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Fresh Kecil Wax Jambu Seeds
« on: December 15, 2022, 11:27:19 AM »I am not selling fruit by the pound. I am selling fruits for $2/each in order to get the freshest seeds to those who want to grow them. Each fruit has 1-3 seeds in it so its a good deal if you want seeds.
I want some! I've been wanting to try this fruit
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