The Tropical Fruit Forum

cool! just spoke to my mango guy he is making a road trip and locking in mango for the upcoming event- we are going to try to find some of the finest- several people have confirmed, will be a really fun time with lots of premium fruit and relaxed atmosphere

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Thanks Palm City and Vincent I'll look into those other accommodations tonight but some of the feedback I'm getting is some folks would like to come but Saturdays is when they sell some of their Surplus. But I'm game I'm in

Found a nice place to stay in Punta Gorda with swimming pool on roof  Wyvern Hotel

Actually if you can turn this into an annual event. Maybe get a community center from Parks and Rec I'll talk to some folks up here and a few over on the coast. One of them has a mystery machine that might be interested and in the near future I'm buying a conversion van. Punta Gorda seems like a good Midway point on the Gulf Coast

If I stretch the truth and tell him that the Bed Bath & Beyond in the mall has a pickleball court he'll be in for sure.

Interesting article

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2023/0419/The-world-sees-invasive-seaweed.-This-gardener-sees-housing-bricks?cmpid=kwcpc&kwp_0=2261763&kwp_4=6404541&kwp_1=2748828&fbclid=IwAR1K2dPXeeavywg-gLmzwD6IUQa3nmtHSTLWmtk7UkoahsvlrWyFRL5sxdw_aem_th_AUhNYK8LSycU1rkHFTmsEPUrVG9AY_1II3k9Amcy3ikIs-q9Pv3e4x8N9qQEmTy0sgn8KA6brN1J5BTGwRm02hgl

Generally there are two types of mango strains as far as seeds are concerned.
One strain produces polyembryonic clonal seed, identical to the fruiting tree. These can be identified by having multiple shoots or seedlings coming out of the one seed.
The other strain of mango produces seed with one zygotic embryo per seed, and one seedling per seed.
If your mango seed has multiple shoots, most will be clones.
If your mango seed has one shoot, it is most likely zygotic, and not 100% true to the parent.
This will vary according to the mango variety.
Recent hybrid zygotic types may produce more variable seedlings than other types.
Overall there is a fair chance your mango seedling will be in the ballpark of the fruit it came out of.

This where i get mine
https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/budwood-checklist-request

 The seed is monoembryonic.
Bailey's Marvel is an early-to-midseason mango

Come on Ah Ping be next


Zinc


White Pirie

Update on summer strawberry project Florida

Which characteristics of either/both do you wish the offspring to have.

Flavor of Bombay and the fruit size disease resistance Bloom consistency of VP

Is this even possible? I may have never had or lost my mind but fear of vegetables. When I was little my grandmother beat me with a stock of celery but I feared her much more than celery😡

Fear

 Congratulations Iceman!
 Looks as though my White Pirie is about to do something

Sounds like that this mango gives a putrid sensation 🤣

I thought you were going to report on this event, bovine.

I was giving an opportunity for someone in Brevard County to have their say. I didn't go because something more important came up. But the reports in chatter that I heard is that the mango selection was pretty basic varieties such as Pickering Glen nothing outstandingly unique. But there may have been. Some of the grumbling is the members sale was on Friday and they may have purchased some of the premium stuff. Someone did say they purchased some plumquats. So I didn't hear anything ecstatically exciting to report so I was hoping someone else may have something to report. Someone did say that the tropical fruit Club sale in West Palm Beach is 10 times better but you would expect so