The Tropical Fruit Forum

Going to eat these avocados in next day or so, if anyone wants the seeds I’ll send them to you for 20$ , available to US residents only. DM me if interested.

Thanks,
-joe

Here’s a seedling papaya of waimanolo x-77. I have two of these trees growing now and I think it’s interesting to note that my fruits are more melon shaped than the x-77 solo “pear” shape images I’ve seen online. Also my trees aren’t dwarf like x-77 is said to be. I’ve nicknamed it “tree cantaloupe” because the flesh is firmer than average papaya, like a cantaloupe , and the flavor is like a mild mango meets passion fruit sans tartness. I was also growing the sunrise solo papaya but I’ve since culled them because I prefer the x-77 seedlings.












-joe

Hey guys,

Silly question but a while back I planted out some tamarind seeds, and Royal poinciana seeds and lost track of the pots in this section of my yard for a bit. So wondering if this is a tamarind, weed, or Royal poincianna?

Thanks,

-Joe

Hey Forum,

Would like to purchase an air layered crystal seedless guava, though if have scions will consider that as well.

Thanks,

Joe

Bought this guava tree as “ruby x supreme” from the tree sale at south FL fairgrounds earlier this year. Decided to add guava to mix up the diversity and get some fruit outside of mango and lychee season. I didn’t bag the fruit so happy to see no worms, but it seems small compared to the pics I’ve seen of “ruby x supreme” will the fruit eventually get larger? I liked the flavor and was mildl sweet strawberry flavor.

Thanks,

Joe

Exploring the great outdoors today I came across this pond apple loaded with fruit and 10ft from the water in intracoastal. This is surprising to me because this is where mangroves are growing and it’s closer to inlet than say a brackish canal.

-Joe

I purchased this tree a few years ago from Lara farms and today I was able to try the Fernandez reticulata for the first time. For some reason I throw all sorts of pollen at this between it’s own, atemoya, and sugar apple and yet nothing sticks and just by chance it set one fruit for the first time this year which I think it was self pollinatied 🙈😂. I’m mostly happy to see this had red flesh (and not mislabeled) because I’ve been using the pollen the past few years to cross with other annonas. From the pictures I’ve seen of named reticulatas it is the Fernandez with reddish flesh, and why I chose to use in my crossing to try and achieve a hybrid with red flesh. The flavor was not for me though and I hope if you are into reticulatas you can enjoy the pics at least 👍

Joe

Hey Forum,

Many people grow tropical fruits for a variety of reasons and I think a common theme includes the need for nutritious food to support health and wellness. I realize that this is not directly tropical fruit related, but I still feel it’s worth sharing. Recently I found this article that ranks sources of polyphenols based on content, the table in this article is very helpful https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2010221.pdf?origin=ppub What I find interesting is that the highest polyphenol rich sources are not fruits but herbs and spices! This was contrary to my thought of blueberries, blackberries red wine ect. Here is a recipe I put together based on the article that combines some polyphenol rich sources to make an herbal tea:

1 gallon water
3 star anise “stars”
2.5 oz cloves
1 cinnamon stick
Some fresh mint

Bring to a light boil for 15 minutes and done.





-Joe

Here’s an article.....absent of any data, study design ect but purports to have found a cure for citrus greening and the rationale seems to make sense by isolating resistant genes of finger limes. I really hope this pans out and we can bring back citrus again. https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/07/07/uc-riverside-discovers-first-effective-treatment-citrus-destroying-disease

-joe

Hey Forum,

Recently acquired a pitangatuba plant though I have never tried the fruit, curious to know how this stacks up against pitomba (which I’ve had) taste wise?

Joe

Selling 4 seedling genip, plants are in 1 gallon pots. 20$ for all 4. I live in palm city fl, local pick up only. Please send me a private message if interested.

Joe

Would like to buy some fresh fruit if anyone has this or leads let me know.

Thanks,
Joe