The Tropical Fruit Forum

'Yehuda' and 'Turkey' now. (FL 9B)

Red or pink guavas for me. I've grown em most of whats available in FL and they are not as sweet as I'd like to be worth growing- plus I get that vomit vibes when eating it lol. I enjoy the asian white types wayyy more as they are firm when ripe and the fruit size is almost double. There is a white 'pear shaped' type that I really love but its production is sparse. Starwberry guava (Psidium cattleyanum) is where it's at. Beautiful lush ornamental tree, evergreen in my zone, with delicious bit sized fruits that are enjoyable at various stages of ripening.

Old thread but information related to loquat var 'Pupello'.

I have a plant obtain from JF&E that's been in the ground maybe over 1.5 years. First time it held fruits till they ripened orange. Tasted very sweet- almost syrupy, with no acidic component. "Sweet tangerine or citrus" flavors I got with other cvs didn't come to mind when I tasted these last week. Just syrup. Fruits were on the small side though. Tree is barely 3 ft tall.

^^^ Good nursery. Bought from her a couple of  times. Very responsive on FB messenger.

Keep em. They are salvageable and will bounce right back if given shade at that young stage. I have 2 in ground with irrigation, not getting any direct sunlight that were burnt to the ground from back to back days of frost this year from 3 ft tall. I thought they were dead but they bounced right back at almost 1.5 feet with wide dark green leaves.

How much direct sunlight do they get? Give it some dilute (~ 1/10 strength) liquid fert with micros and observe for a month. I transplanted a large yellow type trunk that was severely root pruned to a new location and it took 4-5 months before it  leafed out. Is the bark still green when scraped? Potting up might induce some vigor.

Psidium cattleyanum. I have a 12ft tree that's into it's second week of fruit ripening right now. It did not even flinch with the back to back sub 25 degrees F my FL 9B zone in early February 2022. Everything else that was exposed was fried unless during that time it was dormant. These are so flavorful and easy to eat! One or two seeds can be big versus the bunch so be careful when chewing. But most of all the skin isn't as off putting to me like Psidium guajava. Just get a handful and pop em in your mouth like peanut M&Ms.

Julie .

Coons. They will tear up green mangoes. Especially young ones. Squirrels nibble in the areas where there is a hint of ripening.

I'm interested as well.

The fruits I got from you last season were amazing and got me interested in Loquats immediately.

Had an opportunity to taste some fruit from var. "Oliver". They were school bus orange ripe. Very sweet and carroty with an average brix of 19. Though fruits were on the small size, they were delicious. var. "Barbie" has continued to impress me. Juicy, citrusy, and sweet- akin to eating Trinidad "Portugals" (citrus deliciosa). The fruits are big too.

I recently got a hold of 2x 7 gal size loquat trees var. "Ray's Fav". They had fruit of them of different stages of ripe. I tasted the deep orange fleshed ones first....and oh my- delicious. First bite was very sweet with the overwhelming tone of coconut :O first followed by carrots. It was delicious. Caveat...the plants were in pots for a while with a bit of dry soil. But damn...they were delicious!

Among my young in ground trees that are holding fruit, var. "Barbie" are the first to flower and set allot of fruit in my area. Been enjoying ripe fruit of different stages the past 3 days and they are satisfying. Sweet...lemony...very juicy...the size of a med/large egg.

I'm in Lake Placid. Yeah....this winter sucks. 29 and 32 F expected sat / sunday. 1-2 punch KO. But its not as traumatic for me as the Frost of 2021. Bananas, papayas, sour sop, jackfruit, suriman cherries are gonna look shitty in the cold weather regardless. Young Jacks will die if exposed. If you have large oak trees on your property...start planning to plant under the canopy especially on the south and west side facing areas. Learned allot from 2021 Frost event, and so far it's paying off. Planted, so far, 12 of my fav mango cvs. there beginning in October and its looking great despite the frost/ ice we had sunday/monday. Loquats, grumichima, and barbados cherries are doing great even though they're exposed. Longans and Lychees are exposed- longans took more of a beating but both are alive. Guavas are gonna look crappy like last year after this sunday.