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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First ever Cherimoya
« on: May 08, 2023, 12:20:46 PM »
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I'll agree with those who said canistel. While they aren't all dry, they do all taste "off" and the dry ones are like eating an old dried out hard boiled egg yolk. A friend of mine in Miami tried to convince me there are good ones and let me try one of his favorites when I was visiting a few years ago (I don't remember the cultivar), and it still was gross tasting to me. I have had good smoothies that mix it with other things.
Black sapote, on the other hand, is one of my favorite fruits, so I'm surprised to see so much hate here. I like to just eat it with a spoon when properly ripened, but it's also good in a smoothie even when not perfectly ripe. I'm eventually hoping to try to hybridize it with D. texana, which at least has the same chromosome count so might be able to cross (I couldn't find any research papers where it was attempted, though). I have a bunch of texana seedlings I'm planning to trial outside here, and plan to add a grafted black sapote to my greenhouse in a year or so.
Noni. Smells like yak hork. I don't know why some people grow it.
correct me if I’m wrong but the fruit isn’t that crazy; I mean visually sure it looks amazing just not a lot of flesh. I’m pretty sure people use the leaves of the tree as a vanilla substitute
edit: wait I'm confusing the vanilla substitute with pandan
Using correct common names or better yet latin names is all we have to make sure we are are talking about the same species . There is only 1 mangosteen , the others have their own common names and species names.
Fff has the couple Garcinia growing that do okay in a snap freeze. There are probably 100 + different Garcinia cultivars to grow and a couple are suitable for florida and pretty much none are suitable for anywhere else in the lower 48 as CA is too cold and not humid enough .
Mis identification can prevail for many years and is a huge pet peeve and turn off for many.
As much as this question comes up the answer is always the same, not really.
I’m not sure why people have started attaching “mangosteen” to every Garcinia. Power of association?
No one is being picky by stating this fact: Garcinia mangostana is the one and only Mangosteen.
Surely you’ll see it if you’ll be all over Oahu. It is a weed tree in Hawaii, not worthy of propogation by a nursery.
Thanks! I will be driving across the entire island so I am hoping to be able to spot it. Was there a certain area that you've seen it in (if you've been)?
Surely you’ll see it if you’ll be all over Oahu. It is a weed tree in Hawaii, not worthy of propogation by a nursery.
The tip burn isnt from thrips. Have you fed the plant? what kind of water do you use? Looks like salt burn or wrong ph more than likely. I wish iv never delt with thrips they are a nightmare! There top most wanted in my garden lol.
The reason that the perched water table did not last long in poncirusguy's containers, is because he sucks it out with a vacuum cleaner.
The other option that probably works best, but costs a little more, is buying predator mites and letting them go crazy.