The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: palologrower on April 10, 2015, 03:28:23 PM

Quote from: micah on September 19, 2014, 12:45:42 AM

Here is the update on our Hawaii Purui.  It was an early fruit that I noticed was getting brownish..funny cause another tree we have has fruit that are much older but still not ripe yet..  So I took inside and let ripen.  Waited for family to try, to get more opinion on it.  Wife and son and i say say 3.5 on scale of 10. To us pink limeberry, noni is a 1 on flavor. Daughter said no.  To us it tasted like a giant blackberry jamfruit, but better..without the aftertaste.  It taste like it got some good nutrients.Maybe it could be better if it was a more mature fruit.
Lots of seeds. I wonder if close to skin is edible?..it was more sourish tasting.
Does it look like a Purui on inside to the Puruiologist?
Aloha!

 

Quote from: HIfarm on July 10, 2014, 07:01:22 PM

Micah,



micah, this is the one you let me try the other month?  I got some seedlings starting and have put out a couple leaves.  it tasted alright in the beginning and then the after taste kicked in.
Just wondering, any update on your purui suspect?  Has the fruit matured yet?  Does it seem to be purui?

John

Quote from: micah on May 01, 2014, 11:41:22 PM

I forget where they came from....a friend got them mailed to her and she gave me these.   I wondered if they were Purui or a relative.  When they ripen ill get some pics.  The leaves are very smooth and shiny when wet...like in the pic it was after a big storm. Luc's look more rough leafed. 

micah, is this the one you let me try earlier this year?

Palolo! I remember your reaction when tasting...haha. It was that Hawaii look of "you eat this crap?" Haha
Yes, the one in my pic is some type of Purui sp. Luc's one seems to look a bit different.
They are tasting better to me nowadays.
I'm tripping out on how long they take to ripen on tree...maybe a year or more..still has fruits from last season and the bush is flowering again.

Micah you're wrong.   More like "I drove all the way from Hilo to waipio in the early morning to eat this?"  Hahaha.  First taste was good but after turned weird.  Hahaha

Quote from: palologrower on April 10, 2015, 04:33:26 PM

kickstarter campaign.  Start small amount or something.  I'm sure you can create something that is princely enough to encourage the right 'investment' in those that would love to see this happen. TO be able to see these plants side by side and have knowledge of how to grow them in the US has a lot of value.

thanks very much for your suggestion!

but I am morally opposed to taking any loans.

IMO using kickstarter, is like asking for a loan.

but if you notice a lot of the kick starter campaigns, the bottom tier contributions are like $1-5 bucks and all you get is like a 'Thank you email" or "High Five" for film credits. For the bigger money, it's like $50, gets you a shipped tree or something.  So in some ways, it's like not like a loan, but definitely there is a lot of information that would be great to have out there.

Here is the update on our Hawaii Purui.  It was an early fruit that I noticed was getting brownish..funny cause another tree we have has fruit that are much older but still not ripe yet..  So I took inside and let ripen.  Waited for family to try, to get more opinion on it.  Wife and son and i say say 3.5 on scale of 10. To us pink limeberry, noni is a 1 on flavor. Daughter said no.  To us it tasted like a giant blackberry jamfruit, but better..without the aftertaste.  It taste like it got some good nutrients.Maybe it could be better if it was a more mature fruit.
Lots of seeds. I wonder if close to skin is edible?..it was more sourish tasting.
Does it look like a Purui on inside to the Puruiologist?
Aloha!

 

Quote from: HIfarm on July 10, 2014, 07:01:22 PM

Micah,



micah, this is the one you let me try the other month?  I got some seedlings starting and have put out a couple leaves.  it tasted alright in the beginning and then the after taste kicked in.
Just wondering, any update on your purui suspect?  Has the fruit matured yet?  Does it seem to be purui?

John

Quote from: micah on May 01, 2014, 11:41:22 PM

I forget where they came from....a friend got them mailed to her and she gave me these.   I wondered if they were Purui or a relative.  When they ripen ill get some pics.  The leaves are very smooth and shiny when wet...like in the pic it was after a big storm. Luc's look more rough leafed. 

micah, is this the one you let me try earlier this year?

^ sad but I would have to agree with that assessment.

Sorry didn't want to threadjack evil fruits post about mango recommendations.  I'm trying to determine what mango variety I want to do in a container.  The existing options are Julie, Cogshall, Carrie, Nam Dog Mai, Kook Long Krom, and a couple others.  But as I mentioned in evil fruit's post, I was told that Imam Pasand/Himayuddin came highly recommended to me.  Would anyone even try to container grow this one or should I just give up and focus on the more traditional 'container' mango varieties?

somehow I can see this becoming a side business of sorts to be an 'agent' or 'consultant' to help would be buyers navigate the process.

but does it look correct?  I guess we'll all find out in a  few years.

Oscar, do u think it'll fruit in a pot?   Also if it's ok, can u pm me ur prices for cuttings?   If no more may just try the seeds.  Thanks!

Man everyone talks about this fruit.  Looks like I need tomgrow this one!

Anyone  ever bought kokum seeds from therealflorida101 on eBay?  Anyone in the us have kokum seeds?

awesome.  glad to hear that.  now, they just gotta grow.  mahalo mr. asaffron!   

Frankies here grafted eggplant variety to some other eggplant.

so our local bee population not up to task?  too bad.  I saw one picture of willugbheia somewhere on here or elsewhere online. some of those fruits looked pretty high up!