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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Fest 2025!!!
« on: April 27, 2025, 09:01:53 PM »
WOW! Gratitude Garden Farm looks amazing. Never heard of them before, definitely worth checking out.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / American Mango Story with Dr. Campbell
« on: April 26, 2025, 05:08:56 PM »
I really enjoyed this video, and wanted to share with the community. Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nlNaDnwL7M
More videos:
https://www.mango.org/origin-stories/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nlNaDnwL7M
More videos:
https://www.mango.org/origin-stories/
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 26, 2025, 03:10:16 PM »
I love watering plants and finding stuff:
Blue Vex 2nd season blooming, hopeful to finally sample
Blue Vex and Pitomba, w/ friends
Gotta lot going on in the pic. In addition to BlueVex and pitomba, there are noni, atemoya, Ceylon cinnamon, and others photobombing.
mmm4s
Move over Peaches n Herb, we got Pineapples n Herb!
E. Cap (1 seed, many sprouts)
Another E Cap sprouting
Blue Vex 2nd season blooming, hopeful to finally sample
Blue Vex and Pitomba, w/ friends
Gotta lot going on in the pic. In addition to BlueVex and pitomba, there are noni, atemoya, Ceylon cinnamon, and others photobombing.
mmm4s
Move over Peaches n Herb, we got Pineapples n Herb!
E. Cap (1 seed, many sprouts)
Another E Cap sprouting
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 26, 2025, 03:03:09 PM »
=)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: April 26, 2025, 11:22:26 AM »
Beautiful Kevin! How old and tall is that Grimal? Mine has been in ground for years, finally starting to grow more.
Must be nice having some machinery to help with moving and planting. Reminds me of driving the tractor on the farm with my Grandad, some of the best memories.
Must be nice having some machinery to help with moving and planting. Reminds me of driving the tractor on the farm with my Grandad, some of the best memories.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 26, 2025, 08:32:12 AM »
I have a sweet pitangatuba. Only tried 1 fruit off the tree. It was sweet and sour and complex, but a little overripe. It is flowering now, as is Topaz. About time to get a brix meter.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Huge Cedar Bay Cherry Fruit
« on: April 25, 2025, 07:12:42 PM »
How was your fruit?
My tree is about 5-6 feet, in a 7g. Fruits have a very mild flavor of berries, but very little sweetness. More like a subtle aromatic and pleasant flavor that you have to meditate on to notice. I had one today that was juicy and actually sweet, with a stronger berry flavor. Was going to sell the tree; not anymore.
My tree is about 5-6 feet, in a 7g. Fruits have a very mild flavor of berries, but very little sweetness. More like a subtle aromatic and pleasant flavor that you have to meditate on to notice. I had one today that was juicy and actually sweet, with a stronger berry flavor. Was going to sell the tree; not anymore.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 25, 2025, 06:59:26 PM »
Got a few garcinias tucked in amongst the bromeliads and whatnots. The bigger one is achachairu (in-ground), the 2 in pots I'm not sure about, improved intermedia and brasiliensis? One of them makes orange fruits with a nipple.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 25, 2025, 06:54:27 PM »
Passilfora pentachrista
This fruit is really good! Small, but definitely a treat. Sweet with a little complexity, very little sour.
Tried a few p. elegans fruit. Had an off-flavor to it that I just can't enjoy. Tried different levels of ripeness, to no avail.
This fruit is really good! Small, but definitely a treat. Sweet with a little complexity, very little sour.
Tried a few p. elegans fruit. Had an off-flavor to it that I just can't enjoy. Tried different levels of ripeness, to no avail.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 25, 2025, 06:52:00 PM »
Mangoes are coming along nicely:
OS
Kesar
mmm4
Sien ta Lone aka Guava
Edward
Sweet Tart
Glenn
OS
Kesar
mmm4
Sien ta Lone aka Guava
Edward
Sweet Tart
Glenn
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 25, 2025, 05:43:16 PM »
More jabo fruit!
...still a bunch on the tree.
...still a bunch on the tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Not successful in growing mangoes?
« on: April 25, 2025, 05:31:31 PM »13
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone have experience with Lara farms mamey tree pre orders?
« on: April 25, 2025, 09:27:43 AM »
CC's graft died, presumably due to old grafting tape not being removed. Can blame whoever.
I agree, well healed grafts with several flushes are ideal for buyers, but maybe not for sellers with limited stock of varieties in high demand. Lots of things can go wrong with grafts in the first months and year or so. Realize there are risks involved.
I had 2 established (5 ft) grafted citrus (kumquat and finger lime) recently die above the graft, with rootstock still thriving. Still don't know what happened.
Personally, I am grateful for Lara Farms selling these varieties via waiting list VS hearing he released a few dozen at one time and they all sold out. I am after genetics. You are not going to find a nice 3 or 5 or 7 gallon G1, G3, or Jamaican mamey for sale unless you get supremely lucky.
I agree, well healed grafts with several flushes are ideal for buyers, but maybe not for sellers with limited stock of varieties in high demand. Lots of things can go wrong with grafts in the first months and year or so. Realize there are risks involved.
I had 2 established (5 ft) grafted citrus (kumquat and finger lime) recently die above the graft, with rootstock still thriving. Still don't know what happened.
Personally, I am grateful for Lara Farms selling these varieties via waiting list VS hearing he released a few dozen at one time and they all sold out. I am after genetics. You are not going to find a nice 3 or 5 or 7 gallon G1, G3, or Jamaican mamey for sale unless you get supremely lucky.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone have experience with Lara farms mamey tree pre orders?
« on: April 25, 2025, 07:47:48 AM »
I waited 3 months for the tree I bought on a waiting list. More than reasonable.
Maybe some grafts didn't do well, and had to be redone. Who knows. I hate waiting too, growing fruit has made me more patient.
Maybe some grafts didn't do well, and had to be redone. Who knows. I hate waiting too, growing fruit has made me more patient.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone have experience with Lara farms mamey tree pre orders?
« on: April 24, 2025, 06:57:16 PM »
Guatemalan #1 arrived today, was ordered in January of this year. Expertly packed and looking good from what I can tell. Grateful to be adding to my collection. Also ordered G3 last night, and some fruit. Gotta add Jamaican now too, lol, and then that's it, I think...
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: April 24, 2025, 12:28:07 PM »Sein ta lone is a variety known to be extra prone to potassium deficiency. I have also heard this about son Pari.
If you are seeing brown/necrotic leaf tips on your tree, it could absolutely be a potassium deficiency.
Lots of burnt leaf tips on mine, that could be the issue. Potassium sulfate dosing came perhaps too late. Will keep lower part of tree and see if can get it producing next season. thx for the info!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 24, 2025, 12:26:02 PM »Love your optimism. Variability sure, but no detectable sweetness and sour like a lemon? What are the chances the reviewer got the worst selection of this fruit?
Probably pretty low. And what are the chances I have a tasty excellent one? Probably even lower. More open-minded than optimistic =)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 24, 2025, 11:56:28 AM »
Thanks Rain! She's a good one. Planted as a 45g in early 2016. Got blown over by a hurricane or 2, but that doesn't stop the fruit. She just grows at an angle.
Best flavor on Sabara I've had yet. Fert must be helping fruit quality.
Thanks Janet! yes, in ground for a while and over 10 feet, but not straight up, lol.
I have:
Fruiting red hybrid, much smaller (5 - 6 feet), in ground.
Flowering smaller Sabara (5 - 6 feet), in ground.
Barely flowering m. vexator. Bushy and around 6 feet, in ground.
Nice potted m. restinga, about 4 feet.
2 foot Spirito Santensis (potted).
Also have either a AxP or Z4, forget which one bit the dust. Probably another couple around here somewhere.
...the little plastic container with fruit was 1 lb, 9 oz. Lots more on the tree.
Best flavor on Sabara I've had yet. Fert must be helping fruit quality.
Thanks Janet! yes, in ground for a while and over 10 feet, but not straight up, lol.
I have:
Fruiting red hybrid, much smaller (5 - 6 feet), in ground.
Flowering smaller Sabara (5 - 6 feet), in ground.
Barely flowering m. vexator. Bushy and around 6 feet, in ground.
Nice potted m. restinga, about 4 feet.
2 foot Spirito Santensis (potted).
Also have either a AxP or Z4, forget which one bit the dust. Probably another couple around here somewhere.
...the little plastic container with fruit was 1 lb, 9 oz. Lots more on the tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pics from the garden
« on: April 24, 2025, 10:27:51 AM »
Sabara is popping with ripe fruit! Hard to pick it all.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 24, 2025, 09:25:47 AM »
Not expecting great flavor, but who knows. There can be a lot of variability in fruit quality of eugenias. Imagining if I stopped trying mangoes after the 1st bad one.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
« on: April 23, 2025, 08:32:24 PM »
E. Anthropophaga set fruits this time! Woohoo!!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Organic scale control
« on: April 23, 2025, 01:26:17 PM »
this gal!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Importing Mangifera species legality
« on: April 22, 2025, 04:14:01 PM »
Which species are you interested in?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Importing Mangifera species legality
« on: April 22, 2025, 10:50:59 AM »
Much of the work has already been done. Lots of mangifera species in the US, along with hybrids. No need to import.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: M-4 mango
« on: April 21, 2025, 08:12:02 PM »
Mine grows slow and produces well. Maybe being in the shade of a giant pongam tree has limited its vigor.
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