The Tropical Fruit Forum

Utilizing the term mango in this context its very confusing. Are you referring to mangifera indica? Because there are a lot of other mangifera species that are native/endemic to that region. So they are one of the places that can produce durian and mango, yet different species. I'm assuming you are referring to mangifera indica. The requirements of the trees are quite different. Durians love the rain and only need a very short drought for inducing fowering and Indian mangoes need a dry for their flowering process so the rain doesn't knock them off nor create ideal spots for anthracnose

We have them here in Hawaii. Very common. Regular snal except they are large. They are carriers of rat lung worm here in Hawaii. But you would need the disease for them to carry it.

ive noticed there are 3 scents that come from the tree. there seems to be a pre flowering scent that smells like farts, it seems to come from the leaves? there is the flower scent that smells somewhat like rubber. and then there is the fruit scent once it drops. a woman i work for has a huge druian tree at least 100 feet tall by 100 feet wide. its right on the other side of her driveway, but it is about 30 feet below the driveway with a large rock wall/barrier. you cannot really smell the duirans until you head down the path to the tree. but from down there the scent would go 80 feet easily. maybe have some sort of vegetated berm or barricade from the house so the sent wont waft that hard? our closest trees will probably be that same distance. but were not concerned about the scent. you could also plant a bunch of gardenias or something around the house to mask the scent. we want to do that along the roadside to prevent fruit theft. not sure how well that will work though

i buy quite a few things from the farm coop as well. nutrien ag is the company that brings most of the stuff in and then the other businesses sell at a higher price. the cows are definently putting a lot of weight into the soil so make sure you till when you start planting. i love my tall grasses. ive got 4 acres of guinea grass! im excited to get into it and plant my durians! lots of biomass production and soil working going on

spencerw, since you live in Hawaii, maybe you can help me identify this avocado I purchased and ate when I was there many years ago. I show the 2 Gold skin avocados next to a yellow papaya and green skin avocado.

Do you recognize this Gold skin variety, it was sold at one of the fruit stands near the road. I grew the seed and my tree is doing well and it fruits but the skin doesn't get as yellow/gold as the ones in my photo.

its pretty common for wild types to have that golden color. im not sure if its fertility, some deficiency, or genetics to make that happen. on our puna lot we had at least 5 that produced that color skin. we had reds and dark greens as well. there is a ton of variation since they like to cross breed

hakalau hawaii. 800' elevation 213 inches for 2021. 148 inches the previous year 2020. we got 40 inches in march! plants love the rain

fall/winter is the best fruit season here in my opinion. lots of artocarpus and the durians of course. its been an off year for the durians though, or the trees lost fruit during the last wind storm.

depends on what island your going to for markets. theres always stuff available in each season though. almost always soursops and rollinia season

do you know what variety it is? that will determine how long it takes to fruit. some of my bananas finish their cycle in 9 months some in 2 years. feed it more! i feed mine monthly, they end up getting 50lbs of chicken poop per year. so my 2 year maolis take 100lbs of chicken fert to make them go properly. im in lowland hawaii, bananas are really really really hungry and thirsty! as soon as that flower bud pops out give it Sulfate Potash 0-0-52. they need extra when flowering. dependent on variety will tell how long it takes from flower to fruit. my iholenas take 70 days, my maolis take over 180 days. check out my blog for details on deficiencies and fert schedules. https://tropicalselfsufficiency.com/banana-deficiencies-in-hawaii/

i harvested a 90lb dwarf maoli rack last month. and four 85lb racks.

yall know the pink glow is gmo right?

@spencerw which nuts are your favorite taste wise eaten raw? I dont cook my produce and am not interested in any that require being roasted. Mahalo

ive only eaten a few of the ones ive got growing. mac nuts and monkey pot nuts are delicious raw. ive had store bought pili that were roasted that were also really good. all the other plants i didnt have enough seeds to eat and propagate, so just propagated. cut nuts are supposed to be really good raw as well. only had the malabar chestnut cooked, pretty good but quite a bit of effort to remove the husk. sandalwood nuts are good pretty good, but best pan roasted in coco oil.

nice! i used to have two 55 gallon drums set to fill into each other off my nursery roof. we ran out a few times and had to haul down to nursery. i recently set up a 270 gallon ibc tote, im sure you can find them much cheaper than i can. got that baby filled in a few days. weve also got a 10,000 gallon tank off our barn. but the barn is quite far from the nursery. free water is the only way to go!
heres a photo of the 55 gallons. now where the second drum is theres an ibc tote.

as long as you have taro (colocasia esculenta) they all can be cooked, it just varies by cook time. the bun-long Chinese taro is known here in hawaii as one of the most favorable with the shortest cook times. can be fully edible in 20 minutes of boiling. about two months ago i was desiring leaves. i went out to some of my plants and harvested a large pot full of leaves. we cooked them for 4 hours and it still had some slight itch. we cooked it another two hours the second day and still had some light itch. nothing horrible, but enough to notice. ive decided not to eat that one anymore. most of the small sized taro corms sold in stores/farmers markets here is the bun-long variety.
if youre up on your botany you can figure out what variety you have. but being on the mainland im not sure what other cultivars you have. we can narrow things down pretty quickly here in hawaii by assuming most are local varieties plus only a few commercial non-hawaiian cultivars. heres the best site ive found for information.
http://bentut.github.io/kupunakalo/index.php/kalo_varieties/detail/bun-long/index.html
id prefer to collect a specimen from a known cultivator and be sure about variety rather than messing around with unknown varieties. but ive yet to come across for sure known edible leaf varieties. ive found other taro relatives for short cook times, but for some reason taro is a hard one for me to find. even here in the apex of ancient taro cultivation