The Tropical Fruit Forum

@johnb51 just because it is not for you or the people you know doesnt mean ya need to share your perspective. Like, if YOU had attempted to go live that dream and were sharing personal experiences thatd be more helpful, not just conjecture based off of somebody elses experience. Just sayin

Dwarf honey tangerine. Loaded with fruitlets currently and produces amazing fruit.


My unknown jaboticabo. In ground 2 years, stands 4 feet tall.




My gifted mystery mango is also the largest of all the trees we have planted. It was in a pot for 5 years in someones driveway prior to being rescued. It supposedly is a variety that will set flowers in my wet puna climate and the parent tree was a good producer.. Those leaves tho!! Is 18 inch leaves a dead giveaway for variety? None of the other mango trees i look at have leaves anywhere close to this size. Any ideas??

Some other dragonfruits



This is my most healthiest dragonfruit grouping. A young rollinia to the right that was topped and pruned heavy during the winter. Filling in quite nicely now. Hoping for first fruits this year

Yeah the initial strategy was to fill the natural depressions or pukas of the lava flow. Now we are building up growing spots and holding together with logs. I intend to have waves of large truck fulls of wood chips brought in after i grade the property with cinder. Gonna get that humus buidling up and connecting all my trees to one another! All in due time.. Still building out the homestead as well, but eventually will be putting my all into the land

My large abiu tree! Planted 2 at the same time from same nursery and one of them grew twice as big.. Anyways, tall one has hundreds if flowers right now!


Mangifera Casturi tree. Very excited for this one. Close relative of mango but bears prolifically even in rain. Supposed to be the most reliable mango in our wet climate here. In ground 1.5 years. Stands 4ft tall

Peanut butter fruit tree is going off this year. Loaded with flowers, like 10 times as much as last spring. In ground 1.5 years. Stand about 7 or 8 feet.

Thought it would be fun to share some pics of some of the trees around my property. I live on the east side of the big island Hawaii on 2 acres. 2nd acre is only recently cleared and not planted out. Ive been here for about 3 years.

This is my gorgeous emperor lychee. In ground 1.5 years, 4ish feet tall


This is my ma'afala breadfruit. In ground around 2 years. 10ish feet tall after topping



Here is my unnamed chocolate sapote. In ground 2ish years, stands about 3.5feet after topping this year. Has first flowers on it currently


This is my first soursop tree. In ground almost 2.5 years and produces amazing fruits in winter. Stands about 12 feet at tallest branch. Has been topped





My black gold jackfruit tree!! In ground around 2.5 years and producing delicious fruits. Harvested my first ripe one about a month and half ago. It was ugly, black exterior, about 40lbs, and incredibly delicious!! It was also my wife amd my first real experience with fresh jackfruit. I started 4 seedlings from it and also have a chempadek seedling in ground and a dwarf pink ziman jackfruit planted. Looking forward to the next round of fruits! More to come...

Oops.. Thats the only ppk ive ueard of until now haha

Kona side gets better results with most mangoes, figs, and dates. Also havent seen productive pomegranates in hilo side

@Mick Mick maybe try reading posts. The OP has stated several times that he is sold out and will have more in some weeks potentially.

Your website says no seed orders until the 12th, i was curious if you had any annona seeds or seedlings available. I can meet locally to pick up. Mahalo

Very first jackfruit harvest from my 4 year old (I think) tree. I believe it is the 'Black Gold' variety, but not sure. It was very tasty, and crunchy. My first fresh experience so not much frame of reference but thoroughly enjoyed it. Weighed at least 50 lbs.

Aloha, I have to say you are misinformed about the mangoes. There are in fact several varieties that will keep flowers even if rainy. A close relative to the mango 'mangifera casturi' is our absolute best mango option here in puna, they sell them at gaia yoga nursery. There is another relative i havent been able to find yet in person that will do well ' mangifera lalijewo'.
Lastly at least 2 standard mango varieties are said to do well in our region: fairchild and nam doc mai. Really want to find that lalijewo tree, they are known as honey mangoes in se asia with green skin and bright orange not fibrous flesh amd incredibly sweet.
Happy growing