The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have also successfully used last year's pollen. Air dry in a coffee filter and store in the freezer like matty suggested.

Today I ate a very ripe Colombian yellow dragon fruit (the small ones) and it tasted strongly of lychee instead of the usual sweet but nondescript flavor. Normally these start to turn yellow in November and I pick in January, but they are so small I hadn't bothered. I finally picked it today because it was getting sunburned. I suppose I should let them hang longer in the future, the critters don't touch them since they are covered in thorns.

Not my post, just stoked to see it https://old.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/tfywbx/after_2_long_years_of_a_losing_war_against/

Mine get clogged with goop every once in a while. It is caused by iron eating bacteria living in the lines.

If your primary goal is to eliminate sugar -
I have canned kumquat preserves (cut in half, squeeze out seeds) on the stove with no added pectin and half a cup of sugar for 6-7 pints. Might be able to eliminate that entirely for your diet. Kumquats are naturally high in pectin, not sure if NZ lemonade is too but it's worth a trial, I think. After cooking/canning the fruit isn't complete mush and it's a good alternative to jam.

 I should be moved out there before July, and in need of trees

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.