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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit Punch or Fruit Cocktail mango?
« on: August 09, 2022, 08:25:56 PM »
Did you read Alex's descriptions? Different flavor profiles. It seems we've heard more about Fruit Punch than Cocktail. Most people like it, but Alex says it BBS-prone.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best mangos of this season
« on: August 09, 2022, 02:53:10 PM »Mango manor said Fruit Cocktail.Who's "mango manor?" Never mind. I found his YouTube channel. He puts rocks around his trees. That's weird.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 09, 2022, 02:01:44 PM »
So what I have may not be the polyembryonic clone. We'll see over time. The good news is that the leaves smell citrusy. I wanted to graft some LZ on it. If I have to graft OS, too, so be it!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 09, 2022, 01:59:42 PM »Is orange sherbet a vigorous tree like VP or PPK?They say it's more manageable than PPK or LZ, but not dwarfish. You can see how Vic's tree looks--bushy, not tall.
Does it have a manageable growth habit?
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 🥭 Mangos for sale
« on: August 08, 2022, 10:37:37 PM »A few Honey Kiss and M4s would still be hanging, however, the critters whom have been feasting all year are zeroing in on the last of them, and now safe on the counter. Additionally, within the last week harvested Lemon Zest, Pickering, Sweet Tart, and Cotton Candy.Whoa, Pickering had a long season. What a champ!
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 🥭 Mangos for sale
« on: August 08, 2022, 05:08:18 PM »Finally sold out of boxes. Only mangos left are for personal consumption. Thanking everyone for their orders + nice feedback.Gotcha, so what are your late varieties still left on your trees?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 08, 2022, 05:02:54 PM »My orange sherbets new leaves tend to come out light yellow.So not brown, like mine?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why Are So Many Seed Vendors So Dishonest?
« on: August 07, 2022, 11:57:48 PM »Oh God, killed by terrorists?? Where did this happen?Are there any seed vendors you can totally endorse?
If they still exist, Silverhill Seeds. They were great. The owners were killed by terrorists a few years back, so I'm not sure they're still around. But when the original owners ran the business I had so many good purchases from them. They were one of the few I recall that were honest about the viability of their seeds. Once I inquired for a certain species of Tabernaemontana and they told me that the seeds they had were already too old, and they would have to take another botanical excursion to collect more. They explained they would need to be express shipped, since they were recalcitrant seeds. I ordered a ton Sclerocarya birrea ssp. caffra seeds from them once, and the huge box of seeds made it to California without any hiccups. Excellent germination rates. Lots of other things from them that I ordered seemed to always have good germination rates.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 07, 2022, 11:52:56 PM »Yes the leaves look the same.Thanks, Vic. And the new leaves of your grafted trees look like this at first? https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=48319.msg467107#msg467107
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 07, 2022, 07:35:13 PM »Smell the sap in the leaf petiole.They have that strong citrus fragrances.Yes! Even more so than PPK.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why Are So Many Seed Vendors So Dishonest?
« on: August 07, 2022, 04:43:43 PM »
Are there any seed vendors you can totally endorse?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Overhyped avocados
« on: August 07, 2022, 01:53:12 PM »RT ticket to Peru included?i think you are right, reed is slightly better than nabal.
GEM, lamb, sir prize are all inferrior to regular hass and gwen. Just my honest opinion.
GEM is a nice tree and makes loads of fruit. BUT once the fruit sits on your counter and gets soft they look terrible and then you eat it and oil level is just not there and the flesh color is slighty off. Soes not have the same nice green color of hass.
im going to do a video where I show these trees and I chop them all down.
I definitely need you to come do a tasting in ten years or so when all my seedlings are producing. You're like a restaurant critic, but instead of restaurants it's just avocados that you criticize.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Seedling Orange Sherbet Mango Tree
« on: August 07, 2022, 01:46:01 PM »
Does my seedling OS tree look the same as a grafted tree? It's supposed to be a polyembryonic variety, but the leaves seem a little delicate to me, unlike any other mango tree.
(I know it's too close to the house, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do in this seniors' community!)
(I know it's too close to the house, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do in this seniors' community!)
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hall Avocado
« on: August 07, 2022, 11:13:27 AM »Denise sounds interesting, how big is the mother tree? This could be a winner for me if the tree is not terribly cold sensitive.Yes, I'd like to know more. Also, Carlos, do you think Monroe would be a good pollinator for Dupuis?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best mangos of this season
« on: August 07, 2022, 10:51:57 AM »
I added up all the votes, and it looks like the big winners for 2022 were CAC and Orange Sherbet, followed by perennial favorite Dot and newcomer Sugarloaf.
(A personal note: I tasted CAC from two different locations this summer. One was very good, and the other was outstanding. You can call the dominant flavor "parsnip," or you can call it "cola" or "floral," but it was present in both, as in a lot of SE Asian/"Indochinese" mangoes.)
(A personal note: I tasted CAC from two different locations this summer. One was very good, and the other was outstanding. You can call the dominant flavor "parsnip," or you can call it "cola" or "floral," but it was present in both, as in a lot of SE Asian/"Indochinese" mangoes.)
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: 🥭 Mangos for sale
« on: August 07, 2022, 09:55:10 AM »
What do you have left, Frank?
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: *Los Angeles* 36 tropical fruit trees FREE
« on: August 06, 2022, 06:38:54 PM »
And you get to meet Bruce Willis, too!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Overhyped avocados
« on: August 06, 2022, 02:43:51 PM »im going to do a video where I show these trees and I chop them all down.Woo-hoo, sounds like fun!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Top 5 favorite fruits (including non tropicals)
« on: August 06, 2022, 09:59:38 AM »Yeah, can you tell us why you don't like mangoes? Deep mystery. Are you allergic? I mean, dragonfruit and black sapote over mango? That's a distressing concept.almost 10 year update...
tropical/subtropical
1-cherimoya
2-biriba
3-litchi
4-avocado
5-pitomba(talisia esculenta)
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6-citrus,7-wax apple/syzygiums,8-sapote & canistel,9-dragon fruit, 10-black sapote,11-soursop,12-cashews
Hey Digi! You gotta get to SoFL summertime and try some of our old school and designer mangoes. Curious as to how mango didn't make your list at all.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pinks Mammoth X Phet Packchong Atemoya
« on: August 06, 2022, 09:54:19 AM »
Is it a cultivar that's been propagated, or just a hypothetical cultivar?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which species or type of bird give you a headache in your Grove
« on: August 06, 2022, 09:51:53 AM »
Flying squirrel.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Overhyped avocados
« on: August 06, 2022, 09:46:46 AM »This thread is a nice break from the norm. GEM has been so heavily hyped and after trying the fruit many times, I've never seen the reason based on flavor and texture.So you're saying that GEM fruit is definitely inferior to original Hass? For all the effort they've put into creating an improved Hass, they just haven't been successful?! But isn't GEM supposed to replace Hass commercially?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Vent Session - Tree Trimmers
« on: August 04, 2022, 09:58:39 AM »
Tree trimmers really screwed up the mango trees in common areas in our community. Their contract was to trim the lower branches on all trees so for them that meant the mango trees, too! Absolute morons.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: Mango scions - Ceci Love and Super Julie
« on: August 03, 2022, 09:37:24 PM »Didn't know that. Thanks.There's always Tropical Acres Farms if no one else can help you.
yeah, i tried, they only sell grafted plants and you have to wait 6-12 months after you make a request. I just want scions to topwork a tree.
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