The Tropical Fruit Forum

Interesting, at $14.28/lbs of that edible durian in Hawaii; is that make it the costliest fruit in Hawaii, or anywhere,
I wonder...? And you ate how many durian fruits per sitting? Wow, looks like you live lavishly...Oscar! 

For comparison, this morning at the "Superstore" in Westminster, SoCal, the whole frozen durian fruit cost $1.69/lbs
and the frozen seedless pulp in packages is $5.49 a pound.
So, if anyone don't mind eating defrosted durian, -which is just fine to me- seems like the frozen ones are a bargain.

Oscar, you are so lucky (and good!) to be able to grow durian in the big Island.
Where I am in SoCal, I just have to fill my craving with the frozen ones...; and
only one kind: "Monthong" variety; which to me is very good already.
 I really never tasted the fresh one here in US; in one rare occasion, my sister
found and bought a couple, but they were terrible, maybe picked too young?

Even though TopTropicals sells Durian in their website, I wonder if anyone can
grow Durian in California successfully (able to bear fruits)...or in Florida?

Sorry, never knew of "Wani" from Bali is, even though I was raised in the neighbor island
of Java for 28 years.. But, at that time, I was not particularly paying much attention of the many varieties
/qualities that were available on mango or any other fruit for that matter.

But 2 varieties seem to stand out to me; those that being grown by Squam: Harumanis (I believe
the local name is "Gadung") my number 1 choice; and "Golek", my number 2...until a few weeks
ago when I got an opportunity to taste some NDM I bought from a Vietnamese fruit vendor (thanks to Osito
for posting their address -on another tread-);
NDM reminds me of Golek, in their shape, color, smooth; fiberless and sweetness, even the taste, but NDM
is got slightly stronger (desirable to me) mango  flavor.

So, so far in my limited exposure to mango, my favorites are in this order: Harumanis, NDM then Golek.
I am growing young Golek and NDM, but still searching for Harumanis scion...

Alexi,
Thanks for your valuable advice; I will definitely cut that middle branch.
I guess there is no issue when to cut it right? (before or after planted in
the ground).

"Leave a bit of slack to allow the tree trunk to sway a bit to promote trunk strength and growth width-wise".
This is something I never knew before; this is what that tree needs the most correction, I think.
Really appreciate you sharing the knowledge!

StPete, it's encouraging to see that after only 1 or 2 Summers your mango plants already start to bear fuits!
How tall was your NDM when you planted? I am curious of how long I need to wait on mine, since
it is only 22 inches tall from the bottom of the pot.
Congratulations! Great looking NDM you have in the palm of your hand!

Interesting article Simon, thanks for sharing.
Please let us know the result of your experiment; if successful, I will try this method
someday when my young Cherimoyas trees start flowering...

Thanks Simon for posting those varieties of Cherimoyas in pictures.
I had this Cherimoya tree I bought some 24 years ago from Mimosa Nursery,
it had been a consistence producer with excellence taste every year; but I never knew
what the variety is.
Can you or anyone help ID it? I no longer own this tree, since we sold
the property last June; so this info is just for my own information.
(Photo was taken Jan. 2014.)

Looking at photo #3, photosynthesis is pretty compromised - not good.

Imidacloprid is my pesticide of choice for complete leaf miner kill.  Yes, at any stage, bearing or not.

Mark

I guess it's too late now to save the existing "adult" leafs, right? Seems that most -if not all the leafs
except the newly sprouted ones- were already affected. So, I'll start looking to get those
recommended cure to be use to protect the young and the upcoming leafs...
Thanks Mark!

Ok, Leaf miners; thanks "jeg" and David!
(Obviously, I had no idea before).
I'll do some search on this.

Very interesting post, thanks for sharing this with us. I too, have had many failures with Avocado trees, I currently have 3 avocados plants in pots (2 out of 3 are in half whiskey barrels) from store bought about 3 years ago, and none of them produces any fruit! I thought growing avocado from seed takes many years (like 7-10?) before it starts to bear fruit, but I see your method is different.
So, I will plant those seeds in the ground (not in the pots, right? Why?) and hopefully will be ready to graft unto it next year. By the way, do you use the seeds from market bought avocados?

Thanks again, Simon!

Hello friends,
A newbie here, glad to find this site, been reading a while and learn quite a lot; thank you!
And this is my first post; start with a question, please.

I have a 6 foot tall Manila mango as a result of air layering from a Home Depot's bought plant
some 3 years ago or so. The fruits that I tasted from this "parent's plant" (I have since planted
this in our daughter's back yard) didn't taste good  and has lots of fibers; no where near the store
bought ones. So, I just wonder if it is ok to graft scion(s) unto the air layered plant; or should
I buy another one and use it as a rootstock?
Sorry if this has been covered before in this forum, but I just can't find it.
Thanks! Sam.