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Only took 8 years or so (last year we found 1 on the tree by chance), but finally getting a decent amount of abius (seedling from Noel many years ago). This year I spotted 1, which turned into 2, which turned into a couple dozen. Difficult to spot the little buggers. Pretty good.
Sry guys forgot about this thread. It's ostensibly "good" - my wife really likes it. I'm not really sold on it. I agree on the vanilla/caramel taste. I'm just not a gelatin/melon type of guy, so I'm happy with just a few bites (whereas I can eat 4 mangoes in a row).
It is common for seedling abiu to be bland and watery tasting, which is why some nurseries only sell grafted plants. The Z varieties I’ve tried are very tasty with hints of vanilla and caramel
you are also in Australia where they developed superior varieties so that doesn’t surprise me. Have you tried eating them in South America or Hawaii? If you have then you might know there is a wide range of flavor In this fruit and they can be quite bland.
Could maybe be so up here. There is a youtube video of this man in Hawaii who says he's seedling Abius are great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOMcuJVRel4There's also good abius from 25 year old tree's further down south, idk if that was sown before someone started spreading "superior" verieties.Idk where those "superior" ones would come from, maybe from the since long gone research station in Cairns.I still remain quite certain early picking and strip picking practices is the issue of bland Abiu.But taste is very subjective so I don't want to attack anyones experince, what I find sweet might be bland to others etc A brix test would be of use since it's objective. Testing the brix of a Superior and then a random pick of seedlings.
This is a little old thread but would like some help. I planted an abiu I bought on here from HI. Seedling tree not grafted. It has flowered in my friends yard last 2 years but never set fruit. Also alot of the flowers seem to drop off any suggestions? This year he told me a bit late but been giving it some added calcium, mag and Phos and kelp. It looks very nice and green just the flowers are dropping off. Any suggestions would be appreciated.DOes it need more time to age?