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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Can you please help ID this plant
« on: October 22, 2022, 02:09:58 AM »
Definitely not Junglesop, as it has all the leaves growing on one side of the stem, until the plant begins to branch.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Unable to attach images while sending PMs
« on: October 17, 2022, 06:27:57 AM »
I do not find a 'Add image' icon while sending PMs.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Garcinia ID
« on: September 13, 2022, 06:09:01 AM »
Can you show a seed? It is definitely not G.cowa.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Pitomba harvest begins!
« on: June 05, 2022, 02:04:12 AM »
Thank you, K-Rimes.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Pitomba harvest begins!
« on: June 02, 2022, 01:29:49 AM »
What sort of Ph does Pitomba need? And what fertiliser does one use?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Pitomba
« on: June 01, 2022, 08:39:36 AM »
Mine tasted like a well ripe Apricot. I love the fruit!!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pitomba
« on: June 01, 2022, 08:34:03 AM »
What sort of Ph does Pitomba need? And what is the best fertiliser?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Pitomba
« on: May 30, 2022, 10:40:46 PM »
Mine is in a container.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Pitomba
« on: May 30, 2022, 12:52:37 AM »
My tree is about 4 years old. It is about 5 feet tall but not very lush.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / First fruits on my Pitomba
« on: May 29, 2022, 04:43:03 AM »
These are the first fruits on my Pitomba plant. Thanks to 'achetadomestica' for selling me the seeds. I find the fruits very nice and sweet when they are harvested when they are Orange in color. I am very happy for having got a nice fruit! I had tasted some Pitomba at Fairchild Botanical Gardens and had found the fruits to be mediocre. But the ones I tasted in 'Kampong', Fairchild's old home, were large and excellent.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: identification please
« on: May 16, 2022, 09:09:10 AM »
No, it is not Bael. Bael has Orange like seeds.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Ice cream bean
« on: April 22, 2022, 11:22:29 PM »
My tree is three years old.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Ice cream bean
« on: April 22, 2022, 12:52:01 PM »
How to know when the bean is ready to be plucked? Are there any external indicators? Thanks in advance.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: February 09, 2022, 08:29:06 AM »
I dug up these Dioscorea esculenta tubers today. Tubers from this vine is what Caesar has.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: January 30, 2022, 04:40:54 AM »
This bulbifera tuber I had dug up yesterday and it weighed 4.756 kgs or about 10.5 lbs. After boiling, it was soft but not mushy and slightly sweet! Much better than the arial tuber.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Annona conica plant.
« on: January 27, 2022, 10:16:52 PM »
At last the remaining fruit has softened. It is sweeter than Rollinia with a nice flavour, but very little to eat.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Unable to add image
« on: January 09, 2022, 02:44:50 AM »
Today I tried to send a message, but I was unable to add a photo as there is no 'Add image'. Thanks for any help.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Your 2021 Rainfall totals
« on: January 01, 2022, 10:29:32 PM »
In my farm, I got 4872 mm or about 190 inches. There was'nt even one month without some rain. Due to lack of sunshine, my plants are suffering.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Luc , the Mexican Garcinia guy , remember ?
« on: December 29, 2021, 11:52:04 PM »
How can we forget you? Welcome back, dear Luc! Sorry to hear about your son, my heart felt condolences! Wish you good health and a prosperous New Year.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jaboticaba
« on: December 28, 2021, 11:47:21 PM »
That is not Sabara!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Causes for palm weevils.
« on: December 11, 2021, 10:56:14 PM »
Did the beetle have a 'horn' like a Rhinoceres?
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: November 30, 2021, 12:47:22 AM »
pineislander
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That is fantastic. How long has the mother root been in the ground?
I got the same bulbifera from Caesar and they have grown very well. I moved mine this past year and it slowed down the production. I hope to have some larger like yours some day.
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The mother root has been in the ground two years. Every three years I dig up the mother root to boil and eat, as it is tastier than the arial tuber. I plant a new one in its place.
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That is fantastic. How long has the mother root been in the ground?
I got the same bulbifera from Caesar and they have grown very well. I moved mine this past year and it slowed down the production. I hope to have some larger like yours some day.
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The mother root has been in the ground two years. Every three years I dig up the mother root to boil and eat, as it is tastier than the arial tuber. I plant a new one in its place.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: November 27, 2021, 11:34:48 PM »
About 3 months back I found this Yam growing on a tree in my farm. It looks as if I had planted the tuber two or three years back and had not noticed the vine.
The vine is different in that, it has 6 ridges and not 4 as compared to other Dioscoreas I have, and there are small thorns in the ridges.
Last week when I checked on the vine it had dried up and the seed tubers were falling down. So yesterday I decided to dig up the tuber. Initially the tuber appeared the thickness of a thumb but as I went deeper it became thicker, but it is so tender that the slightest pressure on the soil would break the tuber, as you will see from the no. of pieces! Finally after a depth of about two and a half feet, the tuber had grown into the root of the tree and I had to abandon my attempt.
After boiling the tuber, when I tasted it I got a surprise! It is the tastiest Yam I have eaten! It is very creamy and unbelievably 'White' !!
The vine is different in that, it has 6 ridges and not 4 as compared to other Dioscoreas I have, and there are small thorns in the ridges.
Last week when I checked on the vine it had dried up and the seed tubers were falling down. So yesterday I decided to dig up the tuber. Initially the tuber appeared the thickness of a thumb but as I went deeper it became thicker, but it is so tender that the slightest pressure on the soil would break the tuber, as you will see from the no. of pieces! Finally after a depth of about two and a half feet, the tuber had grown into the root of the tree and I had to abandon my attempt.
After boiling the tuber, when I tasted it I got a surprise! It is the tastiest Yam I have eaten! It is very creamy and unbelievably 'White' !!
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: The Yam Checklist: Starting a Backyard Dioscorea Germplasm Collection
« on: November 27, 2021, 10:53:16 PM »
I harvested this Air potato two days back, it weighed a whopping 3.1lbs.
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