Starfruit seeds popping

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:02 pm

Easy, took approx a week in water.

Here's a Starfruit tree in the Tropics.

Barb

oppalm · Post by **oppalm** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:57 pm

Great!!!! something else I can try growing. Where does one buy starfruit? I'll have to do a google search tomorrow.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:01 pm

In my area, one Safeway had it.
Probably any store that specializes in Produce.
Like the old green grocer stores.

Hope you find one Kent.
They taste like apples...yummy.
Barb

turtile · Post by **turtile** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:16 pm

They grow very fast. It seems that many food markets no longer carry Star Fruit. Not one store around me sells them currently. A few years ago, most stores had them. Even Walmart used to sell them.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:34 pm

turtile, have you eaten one?

Strange they're not available in your area any more.
Obviously people didn't buy enough to make it worthwhile for the merchants.

Glad they grow fast.
That "starfruit tree" pic I posted was only one I saw.
The other pic looked more like a strong untrained vine that resembled wisteria.
Guess it's just a matter of how they're pruned when young.

Barb

turtile · Post by **turtile** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:02 pm

Its one of my favorite fruits!

Most of them seemed to go to waste at the stores. I guess people were afraid to try them.

Here is a picture of one of seedlings I grew about 4 years ago (I forgot to take them inside and they died)

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:10 pm

turtile, thanks for digging up that great picture.

Bummer that they died.

If you want to try again and can't find Starfruit, I'd send you some seeds once weather warms.
Just let me know.
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:31 pm

Here's a cool website with pics, dedicated to growing exotic fruits.
Listed in alphabetical order.

Some bear fruit in as little as 2 years.

http://www.fruitlovers.com/fruittreedescriptions.html
Barb

turtile · Post by **turtile** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:56 am

Thanks for the offer! Hopefully they'll start to sell again.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:06 pm

While searching, found Medicinal uses for Starfruit...
"halt hemorrhages, relieve bleeding hemorrhoids, reduces fever"

Contains oxalic acid...Don't over eat.

More than I needed to know

Barb

Knnn · Post by **Knnn** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:37 pm

Barb,
Thanks for that page, looks like I'm growing Salak too

(Salacca wallichiana)

Steve

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:03 pm

Steve, the Rakum Palm fruits? Cool.
Have you ever eaten one? I've never seen them.

Many many sharp spines on that palm...you'll have to use a ladder versus climbing it.

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:49 am

Starfruit ... couple of weeks later
Getting yellowish, time for fertilizer.

They bloom FOUR TIMES a year!

Full sun, acid soil (Miracid or oak leaf compost), good in containers,
damaged by flooding (what isn't?)
Shelter from hot dry winds.
Leaves fold at night or when pot is shaken.
Light fertilizer monthly 8-4-8+Magnesium, chelated iron + trace.

Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:09 pm

This one's moved along nicely this summer.
Time to repot.

Just in time as roots were the full length of the 9-1/2" plastic cup.

Barb

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