Rare Artocarpus in Bris. American Paw Paw (Asimina Triloba), Tasting Brazilian Cherry. Quick figs.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- An update on some of the marginal plants here in Brisbane, in particular the Chempedak, Cheena and Marang. A look at the American Paw Paw (Asimina Triloba). Tasting the Brazilian Cherry. A brief look at some figs.
Your yard is looking great. I look forward to your fig video 👍
As your aussie mates said that Brazilian cherry needed way longer, if its a black variety it will turn close to black when it's ripe. Best to bag the next one to save it from the critters
Apparently pawpaw do very well in the Mediterranean so you might be fine with it there. They don't need much of a rest in winter and they like summer warmth and to be well watered. You'll probably need to hand pollinate BUT that variety is not considered to be self fertile so you might havecto squeeze in a seedling or another named variety 😁
One time where the excess flies down under might be a benefit 😂
They’re a unique taste, I’ve got a standard red variety and the fruit was sort of resinous taste to it. Interesting taste, but there’s many better fruits! It never earned a spot in ground so it’s neglected in a pot atm!
The Brazilian cherry should just come off in your hand when you go to pick. I am not a fan of the black beauty variety, pulled mine out but the zills black are very nice. Have a bunch of seeds from my dads tree will keep one seedling for you. Also the subtropic fruit club is meeting this coming Thursday night if you are free.
Also cheena chempejaks grow well here, mine is putting out male flowers, hoping for its first fruit this summer. I have killed chempedek and marang but you never know, you might get a tough one.
I was hoping to get along to one of the meetings a couple of months ago, and keep getting caught up at the last minute. I have another no-named variety which has a green fruit on it now, will definitely wait until it is finger loose before taking off. I'll try my best this week to get along, and if not now, definitely one day :)
I dont know why I am always drawn to the fruit that dont easily perform. I hope that being very protected and surrounded by dark concrete the warmth will be enough to keep the chempedak and marang going, but only time will truely tell. If you get your cheena fruiting would love to know.
That’s amazing the triloba flowered up there, you need two different genetic trees to get any fruit unfortunately
I’m curious to see if it’s flowers next year also, it could be possible it clocked up a few chill hours before you left Canberra 🤷🏻♂️
Pitanga looks good
As you figured and Doug said it’s not quite ready but I’ve also heard they are best refrigerated before eating, maybe that’s just if there is a strong latex taste
I moved in March so definitely before any chill hours, but I did consider that as well. I think more likely it is just highly stressed from the transplant and it triggered flowering. 12 months from now will be the real test, although with the warm year we have predicted it might take a few years to really determine one way or another. Did any of yours set fruit?
@@LiveLoveCanberra haven’t noticed any set. There was tiny flies around them
It can take a few years for pawpaws to recover from transplanting. My brother did and saw no regrowth for 3 years I believe and then it started again.
I have heard similar, and the one that I have that is just a stick still has bright green under the bark, so its just sitting and waiting. Whether or not it will eve be able to fruit here is another question....
@@LiveLoveCanberra I think it's possible. I know of people growing apples in Indonesia and the Philippines, Nigeria and Brazil. You might have to remove leaves to induce some sort of hibernation state as they apparently do with Apples. Since pawpaws belong to a family of mostly tropical fruits I think you could try to make selections or try to graft on say cherimoya rootstocks. I would definitely try.
@@kristofp72 apples in Indonesia, if that's possible I should be able to get paw paw to fruit! The often punished cool hours is around 400, I think my area is more like 200, but you are right there are ways and methods
@@LiveLoveCanberraI believe they're grown in the highlands though. The Dutch introduced it in Indonesia. So the climate is colder where they grow those but Brisbane isn't Darwin either. I believe it could be possible.