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It’s close but I think needs Maybe 2-3 weeks. Notice how the “spikes” have started to spread out on the bottom, they will do that throughout before it is ready to pick. I would personally let it ripen on the tree before picking it. The stem will often turn more of a yellow / brown before it’s ready, another indicator that it’s ripe or close to ripening.

I remember reading before that Singaporeans eat more durian per capita than anywhere else in the world. I’ve been before and the durian definitely did not disappoint. It’s best if you know where to go as the vendors do take advantage of the foreigners by not serving them the best quality. Durian all over Asia may use this same tactic. I have a friend who lives in Singapore and he told me that Cambodia has musang king durian quality if you know where to go. The botanical garden, gardens by the bay in Singapore is definitely a must visit for any plant lover.

You want to make sure they are coming from a good selected tree. Most of the fruits I ate in Costa Rica were bland, but I have had a good one before and know they can be quite sweet

Are you sure this isn’t an atemoya? I’m used to seeing segments inside sugar apple, and also more seed. The skin looks like a sugar apple but inside it looks like an atemoya to me.

Do you think this may be considered a wetland mango like foetida and kasturi?

Peter would know. I tend to prefer Asian fruits in general. Best of luck on your project.

Everything looks really weird to me. Not how I used to see other tropical places. Totally different weeds.

What is your elevation? Do cherimoyas fruit for other people around you? I wonder if you are high enough? Coconut and cherimoya are generally not the same climate fruit, with few rare overlapping exceptions. You have them both.

I think there is little commercial potential with your planting selection. Mangoes unlikely to fruit well judging by climate alone and your soil description. Amazon tree grape is very low commercial value. No idea of Inga bean value, never seen them in Peru. . Avocados are probably only exception given right varieties.  Assuming ideal scenario, and everything grows to  a size they are suppose to, I think just about everything is planted too close. It's likely to become problematic in 5 years.  Just my 2 cents observation.

I'm big proponent of marang. I think should be planted everywhere in tropics. One of the best fruits in the world, will always have good commercial value once people get to know it in a new place. Big, very beautiful low spreading tree (with proper pruning ). Easy to collect large fruits. 3-4 years from seed. Falling leaves automatically create mulch and prevent weeds. No need to cut grass around the tree once it's big enough. You should definitely introduce some and see how they do in your place. Despite thriving in lowland tropics, I have seen them growing well as high as 1300 meters elevation.

I would try to introduce sheep instead of cows. Cows eat mango leaves and other fruit tree leaves. Sheep unlikely to do so and reach high enough. Also they are lighter animals, hooves will not make such impact in the soil as cows. Thus preventing erosion.

This is why travelling to or at least visiting some other tropical fruit farms is so important to do before attempting something like this because it’s simply a matter of him not knowing what he’s missing out on if he’s never eaten fruits like durian, marang, cempedak, mangosteen, salak etc etc. imo he would have been far better off planting 1,000 marang or mangosteen than mangoes, which as you mentioned likely won’t produce well in that climate.

let’s see some pics if they really were that big

Spent $50 on a 4lb musang king yesterday. Very bitter and strong tasting. Worth it

That’s a nice looking tree you have there. Did you get to try the fruit yet? Thoughts?

Great point. So many variables and a lot boils down to location. The whites are very good and I remember the first time eating them being impressed with concentrated sugar taste. The Himalayan reds are a top contender as well, can be very sweet and leave your hands sticky after harvesting a bunch.