The Tropical Fruit Forum

way to go brian!

another winner- btw what ever happened with those Uvaria chamae flowers?

Thanks!

The uvaria chamae hasn't set fruit, but it is still alive and growing slowly.  Every winter it looks like it will die, then it bounces back very slightly bigger in summer.  Much like the mouriri, I suspect they are both sensitive to overwatering when not actively growing.  I have tried putting them in extremely free draining soil, and as little of it as possible to contain the roots.

I'm actually eating a farm-grown fully yellow on the plant pineapple right now, and there is a yuuuuuge difference in flavor intensity and sweetness to the store bought product. It's almost like a different fruit. Would that put pineapple in the high disparity category?

Agree. Pineapple should not be in that category. Huge difference.

Thanks for the kind words Jeramyl!

I just added a new variety but it is a different price and I only have a very small quantity of seeds.

I have high Brix early Hermaphrodite seeds going for $5/ seed
This variety has a limit of 5 seeds maximum per order. This variety had the highest Brix reading out of all my Yangmei in the last two years and it produces male pollen and can fruit on its own. This variety has the strongest Sandalwood smell/taste out of all the varieties I grow.

Same rules as my original post. Thanks,

Simon

Only Marcus Pumpkin from Dan's tree, and it is good, like a Reed to me but much larger

I had one more Fruit Hunter's Giant today, ten days of ripening with the last few on the windowsill. It was soft and squishy and wrinkled up, a lot more golden in color. Xain said at his talk that chlorophyll makes the skin bitter so I thought maybe leaving it in the sun to ripen would help. The flavor, sweetness and bitterness all improved somewhat. However, the obvious off odor and the impact on flavor did not disappear completely. I knew as soon as I cut it. The trick must be to let it ripen as far as you dare - then close your nostrils and think of England.