The Tropical Fruit Forum

Wow those are some huge loquats, I’m growing vista white and Peluche and though my trees are tiny and haven’t fruited yet I’m even more stoked about peluche now. Thanks rain and kaz for putting this video out there!


-joe

Go to F&S park the last week of September and you’ll get a ton of them 👍 this was a birthday present to myself two years ago 👍

-Joe

Honestly I have had pretty good luck with salak and have 4 or 5 types growing. Recently I added the “gula pasir” sand sugar that Bellamy trees had posted a few months ago, every seed he shipped were already germinated and I planted them directly in 1 gallon pots in compost and they are growing well.

I feel it may be something where you are trying too hard and the seeds are opposed to maybe the heat mat or too much moisture or something? On your next seed batch take half the seeds and put them in a simple compost soil mix in small pots and water every few days and then with other half keep trying your high maintenance method and see what happens 👍.


-Joe

Hey Kaz,

Overall the reticulata (Fernandez) is a much different flavor and texture than the cherimoyas, atemoyas, and sugar apples which share similar flavors. The taste is more berry flavored imo while the texture when properly ripe is like a thick yogurt, overall it’s like a sweetened thick raspberry/strawberry yogurt with some grit. The cherilata takes the reticulata flavor and adds to texture of cherimoya which gives it firmer flesh with the berry notes. I really enjoy both fruits along with my sugar apples and atemoyas and cherimoya…..gotta catch em all to reference Pokémon 😂

-Joe

Selling scions 5$ each with 6 scion minimum and 10$ shipping. Sale ends Thursday 3/6 at 5:30pm all orders will be shipped out on 3/6 with tracking number provided. First come first served via direct message time stamp while scions last.

Trees were defoliated to stimulate bud formation, scions will be cut and wrapped in grafting tape. Scions will be pencil to 1/2 in thickness and 6in long, unless you request thinner or thicker I can try to accommodate.

Happy to answer any questions,

-Joe

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I gotta go with Carambola (Starfruit)

Don't they look beautiful covering slow and low roasting pork shoulders. Steamed in Starfruit  - I thought about it this morning. We can't dehydrate them fast enough.

Using star fruit ontop of pork shoulder looks fire! I’ve been dehydrating star fruit cut like this and they shrink up a lot and it concentrates the flavor, honestly like it better this way than fresh where it’s more tart and blander. I throw a handful of these dehydrated star fruits in my bowl of Cheerios and it gives a Raisin Bran feel with the dried fruit, but better lol.

-Joe

Hey forum,

A friend brought me some avocados on Saturday from a tree growing in WPB where she rents. Please see the pics below. They are round, with smooth and bumpy skin, the skin is shell-like and crumbly when cut, the flesh is creamy and sweet. In the picture of the two trunks it is on the right of what looks to be an oak tree growing out of the same hole, the tree looks very old I’m also curious if anyone can estimate the age of the tree?

Thanks,

Joe

My rack of maturing bananas totally rotted, what happened?

Thanks,

Joe

Im struggling here to understand, but you grafted marang to jackfruit? Can you walk me through how you accomplished this? As far as bud/scion selection, Scion preparation, type of graft, then how did you protect graft and allow to heal? I feel like marang grows so much slower here in FL than jackfruit and I can’t believe this combination is compatible though I’m willing to try it too.

-joe

Hey Guys,

Wanted to notify that on 10/17 at 7:00 PM we will be having a special speaker: Alexander Salazar from Tropical Acres Farms. He will be presenting on mangos with Title: "South Florida Mango Culture in 2024." This will cover this year's season, disease control/prevention, industry trends and more... be sure to come out for an incredible talk. You can learn more about Alex here:

 https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/about-us

About our club: Treasure Coast Rare Fruit Club

Our meetings are held every third Thursday of the month here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NEn5hRA9tuq7fFqa9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy at the Port St. Lucie botanical gardens and meetings start at 7:00 PM

The first two meetings are free and then we request that you become a paid member, to further the continuance of club activities.

Website: https://tcrarefruitclub.org/
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/tcrarefruitclub/

Thanks,

Joe

Harvest moon,

Eaten quite a few of them, they can be a lot to handle because A) it’s a just a lot of fruit given shear size 2) it’s very sweet mango where the sweetness is all through the fruit, so if you try to finish off the whole mango yourself you might feel a certain way afterwards.

I can tell you this, I made jasmine rice and when cooled I paired it with harvest moon diced chunks as a side to blackened mahi…. It was fantastic, something about the intense sweetness of harvest moon with its balance of resin/spice paired perfectly with the rice unlike any others I’ve tried to recreate. I have since tried making the rice again with other top tier mangos but it wasn’t the same the mangos (super Julie) too much resin or others mangos not sweet enough and the rice was blander.

I want to eventually grow this one, but my current yard is full of sweet tart, lemon zest, super Julie, prete, ice cream, sugar loaf…(1st world mango problems) 😂

-Joe

Really dig this thread as jackfruit is one of my favorite fruits. Ate a jackfruit today that was delicious and figured I’d share, unfortunately I don’t know the name of this one. It was unique to me because the bulbs were yellow while the rag was an orange/pink with streaks in it! The exterior was really dark almost black but wasn’t overripe or moldy. This jackfruit had zero latex in it, typically when you halve the jackfruit you see beads of latex on the core, not this one. Texture was very crispy, the bulbs were nice sized and the rag was crispy and edible. The rag strands were also more sweet than the bulbs themselves which was really interesting too. There was some acidity in some bites, but I didn’t taste any banana or juicy fruit bubble gum notes, overall delish though.










-Joe