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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Carambola/Star Fruit Variety
« on: December 25, 2024, 11:24:31 AM »
Sounds delicious.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Mango seeds
« on: December 19, 2024, 11:14:40 AM »
Would you happen to have pictures of the mango in the woods? Is it under canopy or in the open?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Front (and Mangos)
« on: December 16, 2024, 02:02:32 PM »
Jacksonville saw mid 30's and lite frost. My mangoes powered through it. Bananas had tip burn but everything is growing. Cassava drop a lot of leaves. 70 and sunny now, Bananas and mangoes are still pushing new leaves! 
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Large Fruited Strawberry Guava
« on: December 06, 2024, 07:37:38 PM »
Most of the guavas I have germinated bore fruit in 3 years. They are typically quick to flower but the first fruits have been small and under developed. As far as production, 5 years before they have the ability to develop and hold a large quantity for quality fruit. Bare in mind, I am in zone 9 were we have frost and I may have lightly fertilized once or twice a year. Further South with mulch and good fertile soil things can happen faster.
I have not had much luck with germinating dried guava seeds. My fresh seeds germinate and grow like crazy but any I have purchased failed to germinate or struggle to mature. At first I thought I was doing something wrong, then I planted seeds from my own fruit and they grew like weeds. So do your best to get fresh seed and share what you don't have room to grow.
I have not had much luck with germinating dried guava seeds. My fresh seeds germinate and grow like crazy but any I have purchased failed to germinate or struggle to mature. At first I thought I was doing something wrong, then I planted seeds from my own fruit and they grew like weeds. So do your best to get fresh seed and share what you don't have room to grow.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: After flowering stage how many days will bananas reach maturity
« on: November 12, 2024, 08:24:57 PM »
Depends or the variety. Short cycle bananas can be as little as 60 to 90 days. Long cycle can be from 100 days to 150 days. All dependent on temperature and soil moisture as noted by Fruitnut.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best tasting cattley guavas
« on: October 29, 2024, 09:05:03 AM »
Hello, I am interested in what the consensus is here. Guava grow well in my area but I have never eaten one that I care to eat again. Top Tropicals has provided nice plants that are packaged well for me. In my experience they are dependable. Hopefully, this thread will reveal some tasty advice.
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Closed
« on: October 29, 2024, 08:38:20 AM »
I will pay postage for free scions anytime. DEAL! Thanks Kaz!
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Free Giveaway -- Contest for Peluche Loquat cutting
« on: October 25, 2024, 10:12:38 PM »
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida's Forgotten Rare Fruits
« on: October 15, 2024, 07:52:12 PM »
Looks good! thank you for sharing.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida's Forgotten Rare Fruits
« on: October 06, 2024, 11:10:30 PM »
My native persimmons do well every year. I have had fuyu for many years. Each winter we have without many chill hours they decline. I lost one this spring and the other is holding fruit but will most likely meet its demise this year...
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2023 White Sapote Taste Test - Best Ones on Your Trees
« on: October 02, 2024, 09:33:35 AM »
I believe the graft on on my Campbell is dying... It has held on for 9 to 10 months but is now loosing its color and the root stock is putting out. What are the chances of finding scion wood next year?
Catching these for sale on Lara Farms website is like trying to find Jimmy Hoffa...
Catching these for sale on Lara Farms website is like trying to find Jimmy Hoffa...
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Borneo Fruit Youtube Playlist now at over one thousand videos
« on: September 25, 2024, 11:04:37 AM »
Thank you for sharing!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Trying to figure out papaya flowers
« on: September 22, 2024, 08:57:10 PM »
Hey, I am no expert but my flowers kept falling off till the tree was about 8 feet tall. After that, the flowers stated making fruit. Good luck!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bolt Mango- UNPARALLELED taste discovery.
« on: September 20, 2024, 12:06:35 PM »
Does anyone know if bolt is mono or poly-embryonic? Also is it early, mid or late. Not only will the soil make a difference in the fruit, all environmental conditions play a factor as well. Alfonzo would be a good example of this. I am interested that if the tree may prefer some chill. More than it gets in South FL. Would love to trail it where I am, sandy loom soil and some winter chill. Anyone have seeds?
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Geffner atemoya fruit $5 a pound.
« on: September 20, 2024, 11:37:11 AM »
Got any seeds to offer?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 18, 2024, 08:52:14 PM »Yep i have flowere in zone 8a Noth Carolina but I couldn't tell you the cultivar because I'm not in front of the trees. I'm hoping my premier will do something this year.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Impressive Mango tree
« on: September 18, 2024, 09:33:11 AM »
Very nice!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 18, 2024, 09:25:28 AM »Yehuda and Christmas are flowering here, buds starting on Gold Nugget, no flowers yet on Avri or Strawberry.Great! You have a nice collection of varieties. Thank you for the update.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What are the commonly grown cultivars of Carambola in Florida?
« on: September 16, 2024, 08:04:05 PM »
I have seen some with red or orange in them but never one that is completely orange. Surely someone here has the answer.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit ID
« on: September 16, 2024, 07:59:53 PM »
Never eat your first one alone. Some people are highly allergic...
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 16, 2024, 07:55:49 PM »Oh and to bring this back to the topic, no flowers on any of my seedlings or grafted varieties, though my grafts are only 4 months and 17 months from when they were grafted, I'm not sure if loquat usually takes a few years to start flowering after grafting?
Graft of the ID tree:
Largest ungrafted seedling of that tree:
Looks like a good spot, the sun is shining on the tree and it looks happy.
Second-largest seedling:
Here's a wider shot of the largest seedling, and the small graft on that and the bark graft on the neighboring tree with paler leaves are both Peluche, no flowers on those either.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat: Big five star loquat
« on: September 16, 2024, 05:19:54 PM »
That is a big loquat. Sounded juice too.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 16, 2024, 05:11:14 PM »That is beautiful! I'll bet it rains loquats when they are ripe. Thank you for sharing.I would love to see some large mature trees. Would you be able to post some pictures?
The main one I've photographed is the one in the international district, because it is basically a solitary tree in an urban environment and therefore lends itself well to photographs. One of the other big trees has an angry sign telling people the tree is off limits, no trespassing, etc., so I don't know that I should share that one since they clearly don't want anyone to know about it. The fruit on that one is also not so great, but it's a huge tree. There's a pair of large ones in West Seattle on a more wooded suburban street, I could try to get over there to take photos at some point, I don't think I've ever taken any of those, but they both fruit well.
Here are some photos of the international district tree that I've taken over the last few years. You can't see the base of the tree because it's behind a tall fence, but the second photo is the best I've got of the trunk and branches.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 16, 2024, 05:07:45 PM »
I saw those flowers and instantly remembered the juice goodness that comes later. I say "if they hold on" because here we are wet right now. These fruits will have to hold on through dry weather and our crazy temperatures in North Florida. We are sandwiched between the tropics and temperate climates, so we get both. Wet season, dry season and the temperature swings are torturous for plants. Loquats are tough but they have many challenges between flowers to fruits.
Our chop this year was nearly washed out by rain, fortunately it stopped raining about two weeks before the fruit was fully mature and they were delicious. Quite a few split prior to ripening though. The crop was so heavy, we didn't miss them.
Our chop this year was nearly washed out by rain, fortunately it stopped raining about two weeks before the fruit was fully mature and they were delicious. Quite a few split prior to ripening though. The crop was so heavy, we didn't miss them.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Loquat is flowering. Anyone else have flowers yet?
« on: September 16, 2024, 04:48:35 PM »Yep, that is what I am seeing here as well. Thank you for the pics.
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