Starfruit- Anyone Growing It ? It is a very fragile fruit so all of it that gets shipped are picked hard green. That is why storebought fruit has very poor flavor. The ripe fruit is good. One of the largest producing farms is just down the street from me. They pick green fruit daily for many weeks but eventually the fruit on the trees gets too ripe to ship. At that point they pull all the ripe ...
Lara and B10 carambola starfruit (B-10) (star fruit) Not much here (archives) or on the internet about these. Is anyone growing them and like to comment on them? To compare them to the better known varieties such as Bell and Kari) I have a Lara and can get a B10. Is fwang tung worth it? For me I prefer sweet carambola, not the tart varieties The more the carambola produces in fall-winter ...
Suitable container size for long-term growing of starfruit and jackfruit I am planning to repot my starfruits and jackfruit into large containers permanently. I am aware that seed grown trees like starfruit and particularly jackfruit have long tap roots which won't like being constrained by the boundaries of a pot. However due to circumstance I have no choice. Does anyone know a suitable ...
Who has StarFruit (Carambola) scions for sale? Quote from: MadFarm on , 11:50:21 AM Lara, Golden Star, B17, Sri Kembangan. Yes I have multigrafted but hadn't had good luck. It can be done if managed properly I suppose Difference in growth vigor between scions and rootsstock and delayed graft failure/drying out