The Tropical Fruit Forum

Tried one yesterday and it tasted just like a Meiwa. The fruit had a lot of seeds (6) and I got scratched by a thorn retrieving it. Still, I'm very happy with the tree!

Supposedly only hit 36° here in the Cleveland part of Florida, but there was significant ice on the car and frost all around. Was gonna ask if a (hopefully light) frost--or is it frozen dew, per bovine421?--will harm exposed mango trees and their leaves and unopened flowers and small jackfruit seedlings, but I guess I'll be able to answer that myself in a couple weeks . . . I think all my papayas are ruined?

I recently picked up a couple Barbados Cherry plants. The spot I had in mind for them gets the most sun in the yard, and it's also one of the driest spots. The 3 Night-Blooming Jasmine plants in that area spend many a day thirsty and drooping. I'm not the most diligent waterer. Could the Barbados Cherries go in that spot or should I look for another spot with a little more shade and moisture? Thanks!

Thank you, pineislander!

Thanks for the encouraging info, Galatians522!

Thanks, roblack, I myself don't always know what variety of fruit I'm eating, but certainly know what I like, ha! What's its growth habit been like? How tall is it? Thanks!

I'm on Google and you can access the forum by typing in tropicalfruitforum.com in the address bar. If I just search for the forum on Google, any links to the site don't work

I've read geese eat grass. I'd actually like to get a couple because I think they're neat. They can be loud, from what I hear.

We found these on the underside of a couple Strawberry Papaya leaves, and after a little help from an interwebs search, discovered they are the cocoons of a beneficial braconid wasp.

Thanks for the replies! TonyinCC, let me know if you ever have Orinoco pups for sale. Thanks!

I had thought they were more of a summer fruit? Happy to have this bunch ripening. The upper 30s/low 40s from a week or so ago didn't seem to affect them, and I'm hoping the ~40° temperature tonight doesn't harm the fruit so close to being ripe.

I have two mango trees (grafted Neelam and Coconut Cream seedling) whose new branches droop and twist and spin in all sorts of directions. My attempt to remedy this has been to stake the branches in the direction I'd like them to grow (see attached pic). I suck at this task, and with TS Eta bringing the winds, the stakes gave up and now the branches are flopping around like the arms of a drugged octopus.

My question: should I just let them flail about? Do they eventually right themselves or do they continue to grow at odd angles and directions and eventually need to be pruned off? Thanks!