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Posted by farmfreedom (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 06 at 15:27
| Who grows : star fruit , mangosteen , tamarind , monstera, durian fruit, mangos, pomellos, coco de mere , and other tropical fruits in Hawaii ? Which ones have I left out ? |
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RE: tropical fruit trees
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| I have star fruit, lots of monstera, no pomello, it's too wet here in the rainforest to get good fruit-too watery and bland. No mango, it's slow growing hardwood and gets very large, takes up too much space. Same with durian and mangosteen. My neighbors have a coco-de-mer, but no nuts yet. On my lot I've got coconuts, avocados, cacao, ice cream bean, tamarillo, malabar chestnut, coffee, tea, miracle friut,(a shrub) 2 kinds bananas, plantain, papaya, several type citrus, strawberry guava (an invasive pest tree, the fruit is resinous-tastes like turpentine) Ti, not really a tree, but gets 15' tall, not edible either, but used as wrapping for baked meats and fish, adds a very good flavor. Would love to have more things, but I only have an acre, much of it covered in large ohia trees I want to keep. What most people do here is swap the excess of what they have with others growing other crops so we all get some without growing everything. |
RE: tropical fruit trees
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| Aloha. We have mangos, pumelos, figs, star fruit, coffee, papyas,guavas,pomegranites, sour sop, cherimoya, passion fruit, oranges, limes, avocado and coconuts growing in our garden. We also have some weird things that I don't know the name of - a type of cherry that has high vitamin C and also a type of peach (or at least it looks like it, but tastes kinda sour. This year we are going to try to put in mangosteen and a lemon. |
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