The Tropical Fruit Forum

anyone got some willing to send to Australia?

langsat i also found reference to that same disease in SE asia but like you say it kills them quickly where as mine is going on 3 years old still alive. Sounds like we have the exact same issue on opposite sides of the world!!!

Shot that could be a great idea so approach grafting onto the marcott as long as you leave the growth only above the marcott should keep the same tree right ?

Mike i believe my tree actually came from your yard !!!!! got it from steve. I read about corky bark but that dont seem to be the issue, like you say it must be an issue with the roots just like some durian remain stunted and dont grow due to failed root systems.

Cassowary we will have to agree to disagree. I never once saw durian for $15 or $20kg last season always minimum $25 at local market and local road side market
Nth of Mossman.

Also very aware of trees from Mareeba myself and at least two others have purchased these trees (I know where they come from and who grafts them) unfortunately near all our trees from
This source have either died or remained stunted !!!!

All other grafted trees from sources I know are now $175 a tree minimum. Your experience may be different you may know different people to me. Hell if you can get durian for $15-20kg help a brother out and let me know where ?

Cassowary I would personally like to see the import of fresh durian from malyasia and thailand increase 10,000 fold.  The durian industry in Australia is a racket, people think it is normal to pay $25-40kg for what would be "kampung" durian in Malaysia what a joke they would have the hardest laugh at us from over there.  Those who are selling fresh durian in Australia who currently have a stranglehold on the market are able to charge what they want, they will cry poor if fresh imports start flooding in about how the aussie consumer wont support local farmers.  Maybe if they didn't rip people off.

Musang king trees selling here recently for first time for between $1000-1500 AU per plant depending on size what a joke and there are buyers who are buying them and think its ok !!!!!! what a dire desperate situation the Australia "durian industry/racket" is.  Even common red prawn and monthong grafted trees now selling for minimum $175 and people think thats normal and ok!!!!! Luckily i have moved to planting seedlings only and have a long memory of all the people currently taking advantage of others.

Have seen many people here advocating for root hormone gibberellin, so why such reaction to this compound (gibberellin antagonist of organic origin)? Am i missing something?

Think its mainly a US thing the paranoia with placo, it is used widely in Australia in the commercial mango industry and others as well as throughout SE asia.

Peter your "isla" tree sounds awsome I would love to get that here in australia, I have heard from others who have tasted your isla who rate it highly as well.

Cassowary Iknow its not apple and apple comparison because you are talking about seedling tree but my biggest grafted tree P88 (D178) is 3 years old and i measured the trunk diameter the other day at approx 150mm above graft union as done on the zappala study (so not the base) and it is 80mm. The tree has some thick laterals which i didn't measure but can if you want because i have topped the tree multiple times sometimes quite severely it is only about 2 metres tall.  Im still hopeful of getting some flowers before the wet season but could be wishful thinking time will tell.

1. Durian
2. Durian
3. Durian
4. Durian
5. Durian

If forced to choose something other than durian

1.Durian
2. Rambutan
3.mangosteen
4. Mango
5. Abiu (outrageously productive year round)

Quote from: Gone tropo on August 28, 2024, 09:48:16 PM

Quote from: Rob From Sydney on August 28, 2024, 08:40:30 PM

Here in Australia, Kensington Pride is the preferred variety, and is the most planted.
Is Kensington Pride (Bowen) a thing in Florida?

Rob to answer your question no KP is not a thing in Florida, Americans don't rate KP mostly if you read through this forum. There is a huge cultural element here and Aussies generally like our mangoes and the Thai SE asian ones Maha, NDM etc

Do American Mangoes taste different?
If so, how?

Yeh mate the old Florida varieties that we have in Australia such as keitt, kent, pearl, Palmer, brooks etc all have a chemical aftertaste which I believe is referred to as turpentine taste in America. Aussies don’t seem to like it. In saying that I have a Palmer tree because of the beautiful colour of the fruits and productivity of trees around here.

There are the new Zill varieties which some are in Australia however very few reports on them.

cassowary great question and I think you are correct with your thinking,  I have a grafted tree that must be a bit over 100mm trunk girth I was really really hoping for flowers in the recent dry spell but so far none. I see a seedling tree up the road with trunk girth of 150-200mm and it doesn't have flowers either.

Seems there is plenty of flowers on trees around cairns.

My red prawn is about to die same as my D190 neither have grown a single leaf in 18months, seems rootstock is very important with durian. A few others who got trees from same source have also had trees die. I’m done with buying expensive grafted trees. I think cassowary and other growers in the area who only use seedlings are onto it. Some of the grafted trees do good here and are mostly Thai varieties.

Mike interesting on your comments re p88 and Monthong and gumpun a few years back you favoured p88 over these Thai types

Peter a kradumthong was fruited here recently at 760m In nth qld think that’s about 2500ft pretty impressive at 17 south

Bump anyone know anything about if Keledang will
Set fruit on its own ?