The Tropical Fruit Forum

Sounds like making stock from bones.

Why do you need to peel the outside layer, is it bitter?

This year I ended up with 13 lb of jelly palm fruit. I froze it, then thawed and tossed in the food processor to make seed removal easy (last year with a smaller crop I used a knife to peel off flesh). Followed https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_07/butia_palm_jelly_powder.html just for the juice part, but I repeatedly kept having to strain out pureed pulp that settled to the bottom.

Any easier way to process given the large seed? Do any juicers work? It crossed my mind an apple press on the food processed pulp might work.

Quote from: vall on August 30, 2021, 05:13:40 PM

Is p. decaisneana supposed to be self fertile? I have pollinated 6-8 flowers so far and none have set fruit.

Hi Val,

Congratulation you succeeded to root the cuttings.   Yes, it is self fertile.  You were not the first person to ask me this question.  Fruits mostly will drop if the vine is in container.  You have to put it in ground.  If the vine is the ground and not strong, fruit will not be set.

Hoang

Thanks for responding. It's in the ground but perhaps a bit small still. I'll keep trying.

How are you failing? Do they die or do you not get fruit? Curious because I'm moving near you (Vero) and want to continue growing blueberries.

In CA I don't bother putting them in the ground, the soil is wrong. As other people said there are Florida varieties, some of which I have here thriving in peat/pumice mix in half wine barrels. Add sulfur once a year and acid fertilizer as needed, I don't adjust my water pH (it's 7.5-7.8 ).

Thanks guys. I do want my well(s) to be permitted so I might ask for more details when I get there. I'm buying 5 acres on a former citrus grove in Vero Beach and I close at the end of the month.

Quote from: vall on August 04, 2021, 02:00:20 PM

I'll be bringing stone fruit, melons, papaya, and maybe blueberries.

Are you bringing blueberries just because you think you need to show proof of Vaccinium?

I refuse to do that ever.

In truth I'm not sure if they're done for the year. Still some berries on the plants but not ripening, I'll check tomorrow.

I had given up on the seeds I planted in November, in a greenhouse. Started watering again once I saw this thread - and I have a sprout, finally. 8 months.

I'd be surprised if your numbers are quite that high, gophers don't like each other. I only have two at a time on my half acre unless they are breeding.

It helps to collapse any tunnels you find, too. Not only is it a highway for future gophers, it can route your irrigation away from trees.

  (How do low-chill FL peaches do in SoCal?)

I've been told they don't taste great, by the coast anyway, due to May gray/June gloom. Later peaches ripen better.

Good book about Fairchild and the plant material he sent back.

How long do seeds keep before you have to plant them? Assuming they are cleaned of all pulp.

Yep, no papayas right now. It's a great nursery but their inventory is tight this year just like everyone. Normally they have about 9000 varieties of pepper and tomato and it was down to slim pickings. The Nata was 5 gal, nice looking tree, and they had quite a few other varieties too. Don't remember the cost but it was reasonable and they gave a discount to anyone attending the annual CRFG meeting.

I bet they are denser than an in-ground orchard would be, that would account for the extra yield. California figured out the best way to improve avocado yields was to decrease the spacing between trees.