The Tropical Fruit Forum

FYI.  Just contacted the Miami-Dade 311 and they were very helpful, I was able to successfully report the issue and they said it would take up to 30 days to resolve.  Seems hopeful that it could be fixed.

Wouldn't the better plan be to actually relocate to florida? Maybe it's unattainable now, but if you start saving now in a separate account, you can get a second job and maybe in 5 years you'll have enough money.  If you own real estate now in TN, you can sell your current property to get a property here and find work in the area.

Thank you Galatians, I will call the public works department and see if they can help. At least worthy a try.. sorry for disagreements this post has caused-I think weather is related to tropical fruits

Quote from: Julie on May 26, 2023, 08:54:36 AM

I have Maria Black and I've tasted the fruit.  The flavor was good, it was similar to Oro Negro, but matures earlier.  The tree seems healthy and growing well.

Hi Julie. Would you be willing to share some/sell some bud wood this fall? Not sure where in miami you are but I'd be happy to drive down.

Not right now. My tree is small and I’m not sure how to get budwood and currently too busy to get into it (maybe in the future), but this variety isn’t too hard to come by. My tree was grafted by Zill (from Al’s fruit trees in Miami, though ready to grow gardens has this variety also)

It is logical that the way people live, which is not aligned with nature, and is harmful to nature, it’s pretty logical that it would have consequences on the environment. Not going based off any academic studies, the media, political leaders, etc. it just makes complete sense. Yes, weather has always been unpredictable, and yes, different people in the spotlight have made incorrect weather related theories in the past.

Pollution-filling up multiple huge green trash bins twice a week is the norm. Single use everything, plastic packaging, etc. the government could actually do something to make an impact here because there are biodegradable alternatives to single use plastic that wouldn’t even disrupt peoples lives that much but they don’t

Chemicals-spraying all kinds of chemicals constantly they end up in the ocean, land, etc

Development-getting rid of green spaces can’t be good, it’s pretty well documented that cities are hotter than rural areas

Burning fossil fuels- again pretty logical that this isn’t good. If I had the money I would look more into “green tech” like solar panels and electric vehicles - I’m doing fpl solar together, not sure if this is legit but it doesn’t cost anything. I try to drive as little as possible and combine trips and using as little electricity as possible (turning off lights, etc)

Cutting down green spaces like Amazon rainforest for agriculture-etc

Im not perfect and I want to be better. But at this point it seems like caring about the planet is more of about personal integrity because the impact of one person/family being eco friendly isn’t going to make a difference because not many other people care. But still, it’s important to me and I want to continue to do what I can.

Yes, climate change weather is fluctuating weather

I’ve been trying to upload an image but this site will never let me. I do think the storm drains being clogged could be the culprit now because the water accumulation is areas of the street where there are storm drains and they are draining very slowly. Is there someone I should contact to report this issue? I don’t live in a HOA community. Yes sadly people do throw trash on my street

If only I had the free time.  I'm very busy so I need to have someone come.  Trust me this isn't the first time I had this problem.  A certified arborist is nice but for me none will answer the phone.  I've tried to make appointments with them before but they're too busy.  When I first bought my house, my first lawn guy would weed wack right next to the trunk and he killed 3 mango trees.  It's been a long time though.  I really don't think it was an animal, what are the chances an animal made that huge gash and not a sharp blade?

Exactly.  This is why I'm adding another sapodilla, and I want it to be a top tier fruit one.

I have had a Butterscotch in the ground for the past couple of years. It was small when I planted and it is approaching 6ft tall now, but still has a spindly trunk. It flowered last year (no fruits) and flowered this year again, but didn’t set any fruits. It seems to be dropping off in its flowering now. I think the tree is still too young to support a full size fruit.  I tried squishing flowers and it didn’t work for me.

I recently bought 7g Thomas and Hasya varieties to help with pollination. The Thomas and Hasya are flowering now. Seems a bit later than my Butterscotch. Neither of those have set fruit either, but I think they are still too small. The trunk circumference is similar to my BS.

I also picked up a 7g Alano and a tiny Silas Wood, so I think my sap collection is now complete. 😂

I have not tried anything other than Alano.

Julie - how big was your Hasya when it set fruit?

About 8 feet, but it only produced one fruit.  Now this year it has a gouge in the trunk so not sure how much fruit it will produce.

Rob - that doesn't mean the fruit has set.  You need to wait and see if any baby fruits start to form.

Do sapodilla require a pollinator?  I only have one and that didn't occur to me until now.

My understanding is that Haysa can produce as a single tree, but the amount of fruit you get will be much more if you have another sapodilla tree nearby.  My Haysa tree produced one fruit without another sapodilla in my yard so far.  In a greenhouse not sure how this would apply - at least you would need insects to enter the greenhouse, or do hand pollination.  I know some trees can self pollinate if you shake the branch - not sure.

I have a Haysa sapodilla and want to get a second sapodilla as a pollinator.

When does Butterscotch flower - would it be flowering at the same time as Haysa?

When does Butterscotch have it's fruit maturing?

For those who have Butterscotch sapodilla - how does it taste compared to Haysa?

I’ve had weed eater damage before and it’s always horizontal so that vertical damage perpendicular to the trunk wouldn’t be indicative of weed eater to me, but it doesn’t look like animal damage either?

It looks like you have it mulched around the tree, would they have any reason to be seed eating next to the trunk?

No he wouldn't, he goes around the edge of the mulch where the mulch touches the grass, but he's not supposed to go close to the trunk.  I find it hard to believe it was an animal that did that, and I don't have anyone else going in my fenced yard.

Ok - I saw this and I'm glad nothing bad happened - you made the right choice not to keep eating if you can't separate the fruit from the seeds - not much is known about these rare tropical fruits so you should exercise caution.