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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: RAIN!
« on: Today at 03:36:18 PM »
Over 2.5 inches here today, over 6 in the last week. From months of drought to now more than necessary.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: Today at 03:28:53 PM »
Picked a few Glenns and Orange Sherbets today. Critters have been eating 1 or 2 Glenns per day (can't bag em' all), so picking mostly green. It's fun debating with my teen whether or not a mango is ready for picking.

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CA cherimoya is best annona i've had.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Holy Grail Varieties
« on: Today at 01:09:14 PM »
I'm on the north end of Orlando so limited in a few ways, but the varieties that do really well in my area are:

M-4
Sein ta Lone (Guava Mango)
Pickering
Honey Kiss
Glenn

I think M-4 is the one I would score highest. Honestly I could probably convince more people to grow it if it had a most descriptive name.

Tell em its, "mmmm, to die 4!"

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Didn't notice any latex, nor any bothersome after effects. Only ate 1 fruit. Chewed up the whole thing, but didn't eat the skin, which was a little tough. Took pics, but lighting was bad. Will get some today when I eat more.

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Tried e. anthro. fruit last night. Mostly sour, with some green mango lime-like quality. Tiny bit of sweetness. Zero bitter or astringency. Little bit of juice. One seed. Could see using them for flavor like lemons and limes. In fact, the flavor was better than lemons and limes. Not as much juice though. Verdict: keeping the tree! Will use fruit as garnish and to add to juices. Freeze drying could be great too. Will sample with miracle fruit, bet that is a winning combo.

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Awesome! Great job getting your tree to maturity and to fruit!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: May 11, 2025, 12:53:39 PM »
Whether you're a mother or whether you're a brother (and everyone else), Happy Mother's Day!

Did this spread for my wife, and she hit me with, "Yeah, but where's the lechon??
 


Fruit is mix from Mango Men (most mangoes and Wangoes), Lara Farms (mamey), Spaugh (cados), and our garden (coconut, tomatoes, passion fruit, saps, and a few mangoes).

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Some cool and interesting selections there BnS! You have quite a few I know little about.

Considering chomping down on one of these e. anthros and seeing what I can taste:
 




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Thanks Kevin! After my initial shock, I wanted to share with others =)

A bit like tiny jakfruit flowers. Only seeing male flowers so far. Saw another much larger and established tree the other day. It was flowering too. Gotta feeling will finally be sampling kwai muk in the near future.

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Found 1st flowers on our in-ground kwai muk =)









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I'm not much of a cado grower, but from what I know and recall, think it is a good idea to protect young trees and branches from too much sun exposure (any variety). Mostly filtered light, with some direct, is usually how I go. Spaugh and Squam would be the best people I know of to ask.

 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 08, 2025, 09:32:27 PM »
It is neither Haden nor TA. It is an older school mango, but not one of the more common varieties. He told me what it is, just don't recall at the moment.

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These:



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 08, 2025, 11:25:34 AM »
My neighbor's tree makes these super cool looking mangoes, and produces fantastically. Nice classic flavor, but always get them overripe. Picked me a green one, will see how it does.









Have green picked a few Glenns and an Edward. So nice to finally be enjoying fresh local mangoes!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How do I avoid "mango mouth?"
« on: May 07, 2025, 01:22:04 PM »
An EpiPen and ER visit are needed for anaphylaxis, not just Benadryl. Mango allergy can be dangerous and is very different from mango sap sensitivity.

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Very sad to see your Jamaica Mamey going down. Hunting that one too, can imagine the grief you are feeling. Some plants hurt way more than others.

How did the roots look when you planted it?

Thinking of grafting G1 onto 45 gallon established KW tree, as I am afraid of the same fate befalling my tree, when planted in ground. Would like an insurance policy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: May 07, 2025, 11:02:20 AM »
Lovely! It is nice to see your new place developing. From past stress you've created an even better plant paradise. Do you shade those cado grafts at all? Wondering how they handle the sun.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: May 06, 2025, 11:56:46 AM »
Thanks Kevin! Way less work this way, for a really nice product. I like the skins anyway, just the seeds that can be meh.

Damn squirrels have pushed me to up my game again. Thank you Brad, think you were the one who recommended these:

Armored Mangoes








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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I’m an idiot
« on: May 04, 2025, 08:34:40 PM »
Yeah, and got my share of "mystery" plants.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I’m an idiot
« on: May 04, 2025, 04:23:27 PM »
We all qualify as "idiots" then, lol.

Planted a 3g grumi 9 years ago, just started flowering.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: May 04, 2025, 11:23:11 AM »
Jabos were starting to get old, so my oldest kid decided to freeze dry them whole. I am shocked how good they are. Can easily eat around the large seeds, or eat the little ones. The skins are great too. Teeth end up looking like ate a bunch of blueberries afterwards, totally worth it.











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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Holy Grail Varieties
« on: May 02, 2025, 03:48:35 PM »
mmm4 and Ceci Love are as close as I've found, for my area. Delicious, disease resistant, reliable, reasonable growth habit, precocious enough, texture, different ripening times (mmm4 particularly). Love these 2 trees and the fruit they produce.

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Perhaps no one really needs to take the blame, but yeah, I usually blame myself when a plant goes down. If it is barely alive, feel I should be able to take things from there. Obviously, I don't always succeed.

I've got a complaint for Julian; ordered a grafted G3 on "reserve" waitlist on 4/23/25, and it arrived yesterday (5/1/25). What kind of wait is that!?!? False advertising, that's just a tad over a week. Also, those Pace mameys were sooo good we now have to order more. Damn you Julian!



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It really pays to support awesome forum member growers and sellers! Way back in the day (perhaps during those dark and lonely pandemic days), I became Nate's/ Wildlands Farm and Nursery's 100th customer. Found my old prize card in my everything drawer, and Nate went above and beyond and sent me these 2 passiflora adenopoda plants. Couldn't be happier with past transactions, and with Nate prizing me these 2 prized passifloras. Thank you Nate, you rock! =)




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