The Tropical Fruit Forum

Very nice!

I was just out pruning my in-ground in-greenhouse trees and my kwai muk has similar flushes at the end of every branch.  I actually tipped a lot of them because I want it to crate more forks. 

Also, I notice that kwai muk makes really densely spaced lateral branches.  I've been cutting off every other one to let more light in, as the top would otherwise shade out the lower branches.  Like this:

I'm in same area as you, I have a bunch of citrus trees but only a few that have enough excess growth to take cuttings.  If you are looking for a particular cultivar you can check UCR budwood program (not cheap) or MadisonCitrusNursery often sells scion in addition to their grafted plants

Is this first fruiting?  That looks like a big tree!  How long did you have to wait?

I have absolutely no idea, sorry.  It could be the graft, it could be disease, bad luck, who knows.  But when a limb gets wilty like that, and it isn't a lack of watering (which clearly it isn't as the other half is happy), I've never seen one come back from it.  I hope I'm wrong and yours does.

Nice!  How similar would you say it is to pitangatuba?

you know what, that might just be sunburn from coming out of the greenhouse. Only the top is purple, the other side is bright green.   And there's another bright green fruit the same size so I should find out soon enough!

Do you all go through the same thing where they seem to shed last years leaves pop after a good rain?  It's been dry here until over the weekend... expecting it to look like a completely different tree over the next couple of weeks.

My kwai muk doesn't seem to shed leaves overall, but dieback of entire branches is common.  It seems so healthy otherwise, though, I guess I will just tolerate it.

Thanks! What kind do you have?  Do you like it?

I was looking online and I found cuttings of a type called 'Octoberfest'  https://www.etsy.com/listing/1779870690/two-cuttings-of-the-tastiest-strawberry

Im not a huge fan of this genus, but I was impressed with the Giant Lau Lau at F&SP.   The fruit was tasty and the flower droppings under the tree was an impressive site. 

I really liked this one too!  I was one of the few fruits that was available when I was there a few years back, and I like the "rose marshallow" flavor & texture.  It is the reason I bought a rose apple (couldn't find a giant lau lau).  This is actually the only syzygium I've tasted, now that I think about it. 

I also have syzygium cumini (jamun) and syzygium malaccense (malay apple) seedlings of good size, both hopefully will start flowing soon.  The jamun grows like a giant weed, which matches its reputation.  The malay apple is more compact and bushy, and fussier.  It often gets leaf burn similar to jaboticabas, and branch dieback isn't uncommon.  I'm going to try watering it with rainwater instead once I get to collecting it.

poncirsguy, your trees are so nice and dark green, its reminding me it is time to fertilize

I had noticed that red mombin seeds have gotten very cheap. Now I know why.

Darn, I got a airlayered red mombin and it is fruiting for the first time now.  I had heard it was good.

I thought these were difficult to grow from seeds?  Maybe I'm thinking of another mombin type.

Custard apple (annona reticulata) doesn't make anyone's list?  I've never had one, just curious. 

-Right now my favorite annona is farmers-market soursop.  I hated it at first, but now I find it excellent.  My tree only made one so far and it wasn't properly ripe.
-I've only had grocery store cherimoyas, they were decent
-My own Geffner atemoya I really like, more than the grocery store cherimoyas
-I've only had a couple sugar apples and they were scrawny little ones, but still decent.
-Never tried pawpaw, but I just planted a few in my yard - I am at the top of their native range.
-I got one rollinia from my tree, tastes good but I hate the texture.  I'll try jaboticaba45s suggestion to pick it half-green next time.
-Never had illama.  I have tried growing a few but they always die within a year or two with blistered leaves.