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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc
I would LOVE some Tog! It might make me feel better when my big IC dies.
Then Harvey will say "why did you get seeds from Malaysia when you can get fruit here" LOL
OK, I'm picking on you Harvey  |
Ok, Patty, will send you some including the Pulasan X Rambutan hybrid. Btw, Mangosteen is called
Manggis here in the Malay language. Do you know what Rambutan means?
Key Words
Rambut = Hair
Hutan = Jungle
So it is literally
Hairy Jungle Fruit.
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Originally Posted by harveyc
Will it fruit before I die of old age??? I've thought about trying to grow them in my greenhouse but the humidity gets down to 30% some of the time and I'm not prepared to spend big bucks to try to control the environment in there. However, I do have a friend who is grafting a pulusan for me and I'm going to give a shot at that.
What's the name of this cultivar? I'd like to ask my friend if he knows about it.
By the way, I ate some canned mangosteen fruit with dinner tonight and it was very mediocre! I drank some mangosteen soda pop with lunch today, so you can tell I've got mangosteen on my mind!  |
Canned? Yuk! You gotta have it fresh off the tree. I don't know the name of this cultivar as it was developed by MARDI and came in with a number. I think you can get it to fruit by the 5th year or so. Francis got like a bunch of them some years ago and they fruit well each year and we don't even give it any fert. This is the only fruit I eat from my nursery and I give very specific instructions that no one gets any till I have my fill! And I can eat alot.
As for Pulasan, no one did a good job on the development of the cultivar. The wild strains are the best. They taste totally different form the cultivars. However, wild Pulasan takes at least 10+ yrs to fruit from sd, now that's in its natural environment. Can't imagine over at your place. We have the Pulasan X Rambutan hybrid which is very nice but it can't beat the original real stuff. Looks like a Pulasan but bigger and taste in between the two. Whoever claims they are selling the real deal in town, all I need is to take a bite and give the guy hell. The people now only know of it as a cultivar.
Maybe you can grow the Mangosteen for fun since it is a tough plant.