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Post by Robert on Sept 8, 2007 23:40:40 GMT 8
i'm way ahead TS  ;D |
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Post by cactustts on Sept 9, 2007 9:52:35 GMT 8
Really, mind to share the growing condition? Better if you can show some pictures.  |
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Post by Robert on Sept 9, 2007 14:18:10 GMT 8
2 months ago i planted my largest and some smaller one in my dad's garden. All on clay and they look good . No pitchers at the moment. Conds are natural lowland. They will get to smell clone D24 durians the first time once the fruiting season arrived ;D
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Post by cindy on Sept 9, 2007 17:26:26 GMT 8
What? Your dad's place has got D24 durians? That's my favourite! Besides, XO. |
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Post by Robert on Sept 9, 2007 18:58:30 GMT 8
yap,that was the best clone.Many people bought and tasted only knowing the beautiful golden yellow colouration and flavour but without realising the clone.
However i planted all the neps., away from the durian trees.
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Post by tarence on Sept 10, 2007 11:11:12 GMT 8
Cindy, i love durians too...can eat non-stop until i get fever or pass out from internal heat-wave. heheh.
Robert : i hope one fine day my northiana will grow to attain a `good` sized pitcher....8" also i`m happy oredi, no need the max.
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Post by Robert on Sept 10, 2007 17:35:06 GMT 8
Robert : i hope one fine day my northiana will grow to attain a `good` sized pitcher....8" also i`m happy oredi, no need the max. yeah, we are never satisfied. Once it reached 8"length we want our northie to reach ,say ,10" or longer ;D |
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Post by isaacgoh on Sept 11, 2007 9:19:56 GMT 8
My nothie pitchers are only 1cm. LOL.
Planting on the ground? Rob did with his Rajah.
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Post by tarence on Sept 11, 2007 9:28:03 GMT 8
the longest one i have on the nep rite now is about 35mm.....but it`s pitchering quite crazily, 11 pitchers now ranging from super tiny to 35mm. well, i can wait for it to attain a good size later ......have no choice anyways, heheh.
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Post by rainforestguy on Sept 23, 2007 6:57:21 GMT 8
Without sabotoging this thread, what is D24 Durians? We have durian here in Hawai'i and I love them, although many people here hate them repulsively. We also have Chumpaduk here which are my all time favorite and will always buy them when in season. Someone once gave me five of them and I was in heaven for the next five days!
Oh well, back to nepenthes.
M
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Post by kltower on Sept 23, 2007 12:38:21 GMT 8
Michael,
Do they grow durians in hawaii or are they all imported (from Thailand)?
D24 is one of the many clones developed to bring out the best in durians. It flesh is thick and rich, the seed , generally small and the taste fantastic. Of course you have to pay more. In a good harvest, you can get 5/6 small kampung (village) durians for RM10 ($3) and the bigger ones for 2 for RM10. But for D24 and the better clones you pay by the weight. For D24, you pay RM8-10 per kg. So a D24 durian could cost you RM15 to 20. But its well worth it.
But it is better not to consume too much durians these days. For they are heavily sprayed with pesticide. In the good old days you can tell how good the durian is by the grub/worms found inside the durians.
Durians used to seasonal. But they seems to be available almost year round. The difference between Malaysian and the Thai durians is the smell. Thai durians are less smelly and they are plucked from the trees, whilst the Malaysian ones are picked from the ground (or nets around the trees) after they fell. The Thai even have developed clones with hardly any smell for the export market.
Did you know you are not allow to bring durians into planes (not as offensive weapons), hotels and public buildings?
Choong
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Post by rainforestguy on Sept 24, 2007 2:32:17 GMT 8
Thanks for your explanation of this most heavenly fruits. I must be weird because I love them almost as much as I do mangoes and mangosteens. We were on some estate some time ago and a bunch of us were walking through the large garden and we all came across this strange smell. The girls ran away thinking that it was due to some stagnant water or someone dumped some old food trash in the brush. I already knew the smell and actually went searching through the brush. It was aparent that the former owners of the estate must have brought back durian seeds and planted them and now stood three huge trees and a few smaller ones. There were ripe fruit attached to the trunk and I plucked a couple of smaller ones and showed the group that it was this fruit that the smell was coming from. They all thought that I was crazy when I said I am going to eat this later. One guy betted me a hundred dollars to eat it in front of everybody. All I can say is that I was a hundred dollar richer that afternoon and feeling so good in my tummy and wallet.
Oh well sorry for this interruption, but I will research this durian type the next time I go to the open markets, or China Town.
M
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