The Tropical Fruit Forum

I've looked at leaves online but don't feel confident I've made a match. Seeds were from Fruit & Spice Park, but I planted so many different things and lost labels in the storm. Is anyone growing Bael Fruit? Thanks!

Awesome photos! I need to get a macro lens, and I need to actually start using my digital camera. The cellphone is just too convenient though, when out working in the yard:







roblack, when I sent my friend pics of my first Passionflowers, he asked if they were real. After confirming they were, he dubbed them the Drag Queens of Flowers. I thought it a fitting epithet.

This is on some Sugarloaf fruitlets. Not all, thank goodness gracious. What is it and should anything be done? Thanks!

Too funny about 25 to Life, Jabba the Hutt! I wonder how a lawyer would handle the case if one was facing that? Would the people/business that sold the Coconut Cream Mango to the seed planter bear any responsibility--seeing that the patent information was not disclosed at the time of sale?

To perhaps add to the confusion, I believe I read somewhere within the TFF that there can be differences within "clonal" seedlings--if I remember correctly (and it's a big if), they'll have the same genes, but they can be expressed differently? My brain doesn't understand scientific things, so apologies if I misread or misremembered this. Regardless, drymifolia addresses this by noting applicable propagation methods (rooting, grafting, tissue culture).

Galatian522, my planting Coconut Cream seeds was not meant as an affront to the hard work of the Zills.  I originally didn't know it was patented (didn't even know there was such a mango until 2017 or 2018). The 2018 seedling I have flowering has leaves that smell like what Alex calls Indian - Alphonso. I do not like this type of mango. If it holds fruit, I may need to enlist someone who like Alphonso-type mangos to rate its quality.

Flies working the seedling Coconut Cream's blooms. Fingers crossed . . .

I'm confused -- I thought you could plant seeds of Coconut Cream? Because it's polyembryonic, you're not necessarily creating a clone in the way grafting a scion would? Help clarify for a Coconut Cream seed planter!

We're hoping too, shot . . . Through your farm, we've been able to try for the first time: Black Sapote, Ross Sapote, Canistel, Ice Cream Bean, Rollinia, and probably a couple other things I can't think of now, as well as top tier Mangos and Jackfruit and Sapodilla and Longan and Lychee picked at the perfect time. It's been our go-to for the best fruit fix. Looking forward to future visits.

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This seedling Zill's Dark fruited for the first time a couple months ago and is now loaded with flowers. Fruit were dark and in line with the parent, but what excites me most is that this seedling stands at only 3 1/2' tall.

I'd like to change my answer to Spangled Flower Beetle at this time.

In spite of subsequent cold (but not as cold) nights and really windy days, my two seedling Soursops are rebounding. Hopefully other people's are, as well.

Dang, that's huge! What was the flavor profile? Did it have fiber? Did it ripen evenly? No clue as to what it could be, but it's impressive looking--it looks like it has muscles!