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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Mania at Xain's June 21
« on: June 22, 2025, 08:18:31 PM »
Quote from: Calusa on June 22, 2025, 12:43:56 AM
Quote from: Coconut Cream on June 21, 2025, 11:10:17 PM
What a great time. Xain's dad made barbecue sandwiches, yucca, rice, beans and mango salsa. They served drinks and tons of mango samples with a nice variety. 0-15, Super Julie and Ice Cream were standouts for me. Xain brought out a Cempedak fruit for sampling but I couldn't hear exactly what it was.

I met all kinds of cool people and it wasn't very crowded at all. They even gave out free mangoes near the end, everybody got at least one.

Sounds like it was a really nice event. 👍
It was!  ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 22, 2025, 07:19:28 PM »
Mahachanok gets my vote for most beautiful mango.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 3rd Annual Mango Mania
« on: June 22, 2025, 07:08:27 PM »
Quote from: MountDoraOllie on June 22, 2025, 05:43:33 PM
Wish I had seen this sooner! There's no shortage of Floridians looking to taste new mango varieties, so I hope they do this again next year.
It looks to be an annual event.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 3rd Annual Mango Mania
« on: June 22, 2025, 01:23:25 PM »
This was a stellar event.  Just the right size crowd even though it was located at the western fringe of West Palm Beach, more than 30 minutes from downtown.  Plenty of mango samples--15 to 20 varieties?--and no limit to how much you could sample.  A much better tasting in every respect than the 2024 Mango Fest.  The standouts for me were Super Julie, O-15, and Ice Cream, but the best example of an average variety is always better than a poor sample of an outstanding variety.  There was other food to purchase and eat, as well.  Rob and family (great people) did an absolutely awesome job! ;D  Kudos.  The attendees were a mellow and polite group of people of all ages from infants to "old folks."  No pushing, shoving, rioting. ;)  And no, Paul N. did not show up to make a video.  Sabbath?  Forgive me for not taking pictures.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 10,000lb of Hass
« on: June 19, 2025, 11:03:36 AM »
Quote from: K-Rimes on June 19, 2025, 12:55:05 AM
Quote from: CherimoyaDude on June 18, 2025, 09:08:10 PM
How many people were needed to pick those?

Just 5 guys. They picked all that in around 7 hours.
And Mexican, I'd bet.  God bless the farm workers!  No one works harder.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Season 2025
« on: June 06, 2025, 06:38:20 PM »
It was raining lychees today!  My neighbor was hitting the branches with the long picker pole, and they were so ripe that they detached and fell easily.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 06, 2025, 12:51:58 PM »
Some good news.  (And I do hate the pigs, as I hate the local iguanas.)  I ate my first ever Cecilove this week.  It was a milder version of SweetTart, fiber-free with great color and high brix.  Is it a "top-tier" contender?  The best versions of it could very well be.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Honey Kiss Hasn't Flowered
« on: June 04, 2025, 07:44:15 PM »
My Honey Kiss had 2 mangos last year as a 3-year-old that was re-located.  This year it's about 10 ft. tall, blossomed twice, and is loaded with fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White sapote cultivar reviews
« on: June 04, 2025, 06:31:45 PM »
Quote from: Julie on June 04, 2025, 09:42:28 AM
Quote from: dorian on June 03, 2025, 04:13:01 PM
Anyone around Miami have some white sapote fruit for sale? I'd like to try one but I can't really find it for sale.

Fruit & Spice Park has multiple white sapote trees
He should go there, for sure!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Heading to Florida. Any great mango places to check out or experience?
« on: June 04, 2025, 06:26:42 PM »
Quote from: shaxs on June 04, 2025, 12:17:08 AM
Quote from: Julie on May 22, 2025, 02:28:28 PM
Fruit and Spice Park

Went and had a great time. Thank you!
Did you find any additional mangos in the area or anywhere else?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dwarf Avocado Hybrid Dwarf from Home Depot identification?
« on: June 04, 2025, 06:24:26 PM »
The picture doesn't show Wurtz avocados, for what that's worth.  Not very helpful of them!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Dupuis Avocado Scions?
« on: June 01, 2025, 09:25:04 AM »
Does anyone in this neck of the woods--M/D, Broward, PBC--have this tree?  ( And how much do you love it? ??? :) )

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving Avocado Trees
« on: June 01, 2025, 09:22:24 AM »
Quote from: Julie on May 31, 2025, 09:25:40 PM
I’ve heard about removing the canopy when the roots are disturbed/damaged. We do this with mango trees that are downed in hurricanes. My keitt mango tree never recovered but avocados are stronger trees
I've always thought of mangos as being stronger, more resilient trees, but I guess they have to be healthy and have all their needs met.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving Avocado Trees
« on: May 31, 2025, 04:33:18 PM »
Quote from: K-Rimes on May 31, 2025, 02:08:25 PM
Removing the same percent of canopy as roots has been a pretty solid plan for all my transplants. Man, I severely cut some trees back in my move, both roots and canopies. The vast majority of them made it. So sorry you have to take your plants out :(
Thanks, Kevin.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving Avocado Trees
« on: May 31, 2025, 01:22:48 PM »
Quote from: Avofan on May 31, 2025, 11:14:37 AM
I moved some 6 ft tall trees it was kinda hard because you need 25-45gal pots to keep the rootball mostly intact and then it’s very heavy
I know trying to keep a rootball is important.  That's where I might have some difficulty.  I'll instruct my son to bring the largest pots he has available.  I'm not so concerned about the mango trees.  It seems next to impossible to kill a mango tree as long as you're minimally conscientious.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moving Avocado Trees
« on: May 31, 2025, 09:32:16 AM »
Quote from: sc4001992 on May 31, 2025, 02:48:37 AM
Easy, just dig around it to where you get 90% of the roots since it is a small tree.

I just dug up a small 8yr old avocado tree last year from a guy's yard ($60) that wasn't looking to healthy, wimpy, leaves looked like they were not healthy and small. Took 10 minutes to dig up, didn't have many roots at all. I stuck it in a larger pot (free from my nursery buddy) and now it has recovered and doing well. Planning to graft it up with Seedless Krueger and make it worth money ($200).
Great!  Thanks for your help.  (You, too, Eric.)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Moving Avocado Trees
« on: May 31, 2025, 12:38:03 AM »
What do you think the success rate is for digging up and re-planting three-year-old avocado trees of the West Indian race?  Any special instructions to improve chances of success?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why don't mexican avocados get much love?
« on: May 30, 2025, 09:18:41 AM »
Quote from: spaugh on May 29, 2025, 07:19:50 PM
Quote from: johnb51 on May 29, 2025, 06:04:03 PM
Probably has to do with the Mexican cartels putting bullets in the heads of people.  Favorite targets: politicians, journalists, environmentalists, farmers.

I think he means mexican vs guatemalan vs west indian avocado.

My personal opinion is guatemalan is much better than mexican avocados.
I know, but I couldn't resist.  Mexico has a President for the Distrito Federal (Mexico City), but the rest of the country is ruled by the cartels.  At least the corruption in our own country doesn't usually involve killing people--stealing from everyone yes, but killing no!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Why don't mexican avocados get much love?
« on: May 29, 2025, 06:04:03 PM »
Probably has to do with the Mexican cartels putting bullets in the heads of people.  Favorite targets: politicians, journalists, environmentalists, farmers.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Yard 2022
« on: May 28, 2025, 07:53:21 PM »
Kevin's avocados are unbelievable.   Thank you, Kevin.  (Sorry for using the wrong knife and not making a clean cut.)





Oh yeah.  His cherimoyas are out-of-this-world also.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Season 2025
« on: May 26, 2025, 09:58:34 AM »
It's so strange that the birds and squirrels around here don't touch the lychees.  As stated, the only problem is that most of the fruit is at 25-30 feet.  I ate about 15 this morning.  I can't say enough good things about this fruit!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Season 2025
« on: May 25, 2025, 05:51:05 PM »
They're still coloring up, but I managed to get a bowlful.  Man, they're great.  Juicy and refreshing.  The last good crop was in 2021, and the tree survived LEM last year.

I need a picker that cuts the branches, which I don't have.  Locals, let me know if you can help me.  You'll be rewarded with lychees!  The fruit is mostly at 25-30 feet.  I have a regular ladder, not a tall one.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Season 2025
« on: May 17, 2025, 05:13:17 PM »
I tested a few for ripeness on Saturday May 17.  Maybe another week to go?  Still lacking full color and sugar content.  But the tree is just too damn tall to pick them easily!

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Looking For Lychee Fruits (Trade?)
« on: May 17, 2025, 04:53:08 PM »
Do you happen to have a Dream atemoya plant?  I would try to send you some lychees in exchange for that.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Is Angie a Top-Tier Mango?
« on: May 17, 2025, 10:48:34 AM »
Did I really start this thread ten years ago??  I came to appreciate Angie over time, but I moved from that house, and the tree is long gone, as are all my trees replaced by a swimming pool and deck.  It was valuable real estate down by the beach!  I would still not call Angie top-tier.

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