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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How well does Son Pari do in South Florida?
« on: February 26, 2019, 04:50:53 PM »
Any update on taste?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: PPK vs. Orange Sherbet Shootout - and the winner is...................PPK
« on: August 07, 2018, 09:20:46 AM »It's actually backwards. It's common knowledge that one way to mitigate internal breakdown is to pick mature green. It's even mentioned in IFAS' "Mango Growing in the Home Landscape" article (scroll down to "Internal Breakdown" http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg216).
I know this from experience -- having picked mangoes at various stages over the past few harvest seasons. Flavor is often enhanced by picking mature green.
OS is one mango that is very prone to internal breakdown disorders and should be picked mature green.This picking green $hit is the cause of a lot of the tasting issues.
Sirry, I disagree 100%. Any mango picked green will hae some level of acidity that one picked tree ripe wont have. I have been picking these for many years at Walter's and have had the ability to try them at many stages. To me and most who purchase from him (and those I have personally sold to, tree ripe rules.
I have eaten a ton of mangoes picked mature green from ZHPP, totally different experience and not usually in a good way. If you look backbat many reciews on Gardenweb of the newer varieties that were numbers before they were named, the fruit were not given high praise. The Sweet Tart and Pineapple Pleasure, to name a couole, were horrid picked green. Pina Colada could have been sold to the school board as teacher's chalk.
Bottom line, to each their own...BUT...mist that I have sold to and shared with very much prefer tree ripe. These are mangoes to be eaten niw, not shipped commercially.
I have to agree 100% with bsbullie. The whole reason I started planting my own trees was that I was tired of under ripe/picked green fruit. Now I have 150 mango trees alone.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What would be a good companion for my Peach Cobbler Tree?
« on: July 19, 2018, 08:54:21 AM »
Looks like the tree was bought from Fruitscapes and then shipped to gozp.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit Cocktail aka 28-18
« on: July 09, 2018, 06:03:27 PM »
1 Sugar Loaf
2 Karin Machelle
3 OS
4 Fruit Cocktail
5 Pina Colada
Though I tried so many great mangos that night.
2 Karin Machelle
3 OS
4 Fruit Cocktail
5 Pina Colada
Though I tried so many great mangos that night.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My Zill adventure Tuesday
« on: July 06, 2018, 08:04:32 AM »
Pineapple Punch? Fruit Cocktail? Please ensure the accuracy of the names before postinv. It will avoid confusion, the spreading of inaccurate names and incessant telephone calls to a wholesale nursery that they do not want to field.
Fruit Cocktail I've seen in this post and 2 FB posts in the last 2 days. It seems to be 28-18 from zill.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=668363893519495&set=gm.1805569832870210&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1815254115206643&set=gm.1805421252885068&type=3&theater&ifg=1
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: When to pick Mallika mango?
« on: July 02, 2018, 07:18:48 PM »
Best ones I've had were ripe off the tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Citrus Mango Survey Shootout
« on: June 28, 2018, 01:01:56 PM »I will change the note here, but wonder why Peach Cobbler was not on the list. that has more citrus flavor than most "labeled orange" mangoes.
I agree with you. PC is my fav for citrus flavor. Taste like tangerine to me.
But I also have not tried orange sherbet or orange essence yet.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Teralay
« on: June 23, 2018, 10:56:33 AM »
Yeah thanks I kept spelling it wrong.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Teralay
« on: June 23, 2018, 10:37:34 AM »
Anyone know anything about Teralay.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Moved to Florida now I can grow everything... wait no.
« on: April 19, 2018, 02:26:02 PM »
Papaya tastes like barf so I can't blame her for that one.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Triple Sec mango
« on: April 13, 2018, 08:28:54 PM »
I bought 2 from Fruitscapes in 1 gal. About 40 had had just been delivered from Zill's. They had a yellow tag that said Triple sec, but inside the pot was a small square that said Seacrest. Fruitscapes confirmed it was Seacrest.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What else is a good grower in S Florida
« on: April 13, 2018, 04:27:51 PM »
Have considered dragon fruit?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Achachairu fruits for first time
« on: April 13, 2018, 09:35:36 AM »
Funny they don't show a picture of any plants.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Bud Grafting T-Bud Graft Method
« on: April 09, 2018, 08:17:05 PM »
This https://www.amazon.com/Excel-Blades-Hobby-Safety-American/dp/B0006NAU60/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1523319196&sr=8-4&keywords=excel%2Bknife&th=1
I believe it's the right one for the Schick injector blade
I believe it's the right one for the Schick injector blade
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: spondias purpurea
« on: March 30, 2018, 08:11:52 PM »
Sorry to tell you but thats ambarella.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / 0-15
« on: January 26, 2018, 02:18:22 PM »
Any one have any info on a 0-15 mango?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Australian atemoya
« on: December 01, 2017, 01:30:08 PM »It is not a geffner for sure because she has a geffner for sale.
Nah, it is a different cultivar being called Australia here. Steve said that it is a cultivar from Australia that he received from a grower in California. Tim and Australia are two different varieties being propagated by Fruitscapes. I think both came from "Tim" in California but I could be wrong about that.
I bought every atemoya Steve was growing this year and there wasnt one called Australian. He said Tim was a Australian atemoya.
Anyway I just text him to make sure and he said it's the same.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Organizing group visit to Fruit and Spice park Nov 16th, 1030-11am.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: BBQ with tropical wood
« on: November 16, 2017, 05:34:21 AM »
Citrus works too. I think seagrape also works.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Eugenia stipitata var. Sororia seeds for sale .
« on: November 02, 2017, 06:56:51 PM »
PM sent
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Whats up with Eldon mango
« on: October 28, 2017, 08:07:51 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTI16SInUi8
After watching this and hearing the description I wonder why this isn't more common.
After watching this and hearing the description I wonder why this isn't more common.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: FOR SALE: 25 gal Ugly Betty
« on: October 27, 2017, 07:48:56 PM »Hi. Just saw this. Thinking of getting an Ugly Betty. just curious - why did you sell it? production issues, size. I am in east Boynton,, just east of Congress.
Thanks,
Just taking a guess but Rob hates carry. So by his description above, it might be the reason.
I on the other hand tried it for the first time this year and I though it was outstanding.
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