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Hi Adam and congratulations, can you tell us how you did the cross? which male did you use to pollinate ? how long did it take for the seed to grow and fruit? Regards Patrick
Nice big fruit Adam, but your face when eating skin was not convincing
I just noticed one of my bush has about 300 near-ripe Miracle fruit.
A bumper crop. I eat them one-by-one when I can but what to do with the hundreds of others?
Just looking for tricks-of-the-trade when you have too many fruit. I've been growing miracle fruit for about 20 years but never know what to do with excess fruit. They volunteer around the house in a couple years later I discover 100's of fruit on a new bush. Pretty bush with the red berries.
But, what to do with all the fruit?
Working on my jaboticaba collection. It’s hard when you are in college
Giant mulchi, I have 3 of these in total, the other two are just coming up. I found a mealy bug on this one today already
Novak jaboticaba. This one just came up and is showing a little new growth
Sabara. About 4 years old.
Red Jabo. 2 years old.
Cabelluda. 2 years old. I had two but the other one got root rot. The leaf size on this one is looking nice.
Just thought it would be fun to share.
That is an amazing picture! How many variegated plants have you just happend apon adam? ( im goin on 0😂) Thoes are some really cool patterns on that tuba.lol thanks i had to photoshop the frog in there!
W, I share your enthusiasm of bringing new fruits to market and enjoy most sour fruits, but the masses will struggle to adopt a sour fruit choice in place of other similar exotic choices like star fruit. Unless they contain exorbitant amounts of a certain vitamin, purchasing dried or frozen pitangatuba may not strike fire in the hearts of many.
I tried to preserve some pitangatubas in small quail egg containers to no avail. They rapidly degrade. 2-3 days is the max I could keep them before becoming overripe.
I haven't tried to dehydrate yet but will be giving that a go.
I'm inclined to believe there is potential for a small specialty market. If juiced, the taste is quite unique. Profitable, not so much unless you can get a contract for McDs new star cherry siracha burger!
Until I saw Adam's freeze dried Pitangatubas, I had not thought of it as having any potential other than as a backyard fruit for rare fruit growers like us. Now, I think it has potential as a dried fruit. I am not as bullish on its prospects as a fresh fruit, for the reasons you laid out; though, with all the seedlings being propagated and planted, maybe a few of them will have the genetics for better keeping fruit.
