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Date: 17 Jul 2024

Mango Rainbow tasting table: whats the taste of that Mango variety?

Mango Rainbow tasting table

🌈 Mango Rainbow tasting table: what's the taste of that Mango variety?

🥭 We just had a mango tasting table of a few early and mid-season varieties and here is our impression:

🟠 Tommy Atkins (purple) - the earliest variety, sweet a juicy, but a bit fibrous. The fruit is super colorful! The tree is an excellent producer, vigorous and problem-free.

🟠 Haden (red) - a full sweet flavor, less fibrous than Tommy. Very colorful, large fruit.

🟠 Florigon (yellow-green, round) - completely fibreless, sweet and flavor is somewhat mild pineapple-like.

🟠 Baptiste (bright yellow) - very sweet, firm flesh, good flavor.

🟠 Val Carrie (green elongated) - reminds large Asian mangoes, with firm flesh, very sweet, fibreless and juicy. It is a cross between Valencia Pride (large fruit) and Carrie (excellent flavor). It took the best from its parents. Very aromatic flesh has no fiber at all.

🟠 Kent (large green-and-red) - excellent flavor, large size, and very little fiber. Eat before fruit gets too ripe.

What Mango varieties have you tried this year?
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📝 See also earlier posts:

🔸 5 most Favorite Mango Varieties
🔸 Top 10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango
🔸 Top 5 vigorous growers and reliable producers
🔸 Top 5 exotic Mango varieties for rare fruit collection
🔸 How to grow a mango tree
🔸 How to protect mango fruit from rodents

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Date: 2 Jul 2025

How to grow tropical fruit outside the Tropics

Tropical fruit trees grown in containers

Tropical fruit trees grown in containers

🥭 How to grow tropical fruit outside the Tropics



👨‍ Can you grow tropical fruit in colder climates? Absolutely! The key is growing them in containers so you can move them indoors during cold weather. With the right plant selection, a bit of motivation, good plant food, and a little love, you can enjoy a delicious harvest of exotic fruit - enough to treat your family and even share with friends. Here's everything you need to start your own Tropical Fruit Garden in containers.

🏆 Top tropical fruits and expert tips for growing in containers



📌 Top 10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango, great for container culture
📌 What are the Condo Mangos - a practical guide
📌 How to grow cold-hardy avocados
📌 Avocado everyone should have: dwarf Condo Avocado
📌 What is the best Avocado variety?
📌 The best tropical fruit tree for container: Annona.
📌 How to grow your own Carambola
📌 Tropical Cherries: Eugenias
📌 Peanut Butter Tree and Blackberry Jam Tree produce right away
📌 How to grow a Guava Tree: practical guide
📌 Coffee as the best Gift plant
📌 Top 10 fast-fruiting trees
📌 Three must-have fruit for every tropical garden
📌 What Fertilizer to Use Now and How?
📌 How to make plants green quickly: Green Magic - the fertilizer that truly works

🛒 Shop top picks for your container tropical garden:



🥭 Condo Mango
Cold hardy Avocado
🍒 Tropical Cherries - Eugenias
⭐️ Carambola (Start Fruit)
🍉 Guava
🍈 Annona
🍍 Pineapple
🌶 Herbs and spices - tropical edibles right away
🕙 Fast-fruiting trees
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Date: 19 Jul 2025

Mango Tebow

Tebow Mango

🥭 Tebow Mango - smooth, sweet, and melting.
Mango Rainbow🌈


🟡 Mango Tebow is Kent x Edward hybrid, an excellent late season variety. It is a Florida-born favorite named after Tim Tebow.

🟡 Fiber-free, smooth orange flesh with a sweet, tropical pineapple-coconut twist. It's juicy, fragrant, and just melts in your mouth.

🟡 A compact, heavy-bearing tree - perfect for home growers.

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📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try

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Date: 1 Aug 2025

We Cut Open a 37 lb Jackfruit - You Wont Believe Whats Inside!

🍈 We Cut Open a 37 lb Jackfruit - You Won't Believe What's Inside!



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🍈 Cutting into a 37-pound Jackedak Jackfruit with Chiane and Ashley!

🍈 Join us at Top Tropicals as we explore one of the largest fruits on Earth - the mighty Jackfruit. From sweet, tropical fruit to edible seeds and even a meat substitute known as the "rag" - this fruit does it all!

✔️Learn how to cut and clean a jackfruit
✔️See which parts are edible (you might be surprised!)
✔️Discover why it's a favorite for vegan pulled pork
✔️Hear our taste-test reactions: bubblegum, custard, pineapple?

🍈 Whether you're into exotic fruits, cooking, or growing your own tropical trees, this is one tasty experience you don’t want to miss.

🍈 Want to grow your own Jackfruit? We’ve got you covered

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Date: 24 Aug 2025

Before eating ice cream, try this fruit from a house plant

Swiss Cheese Plant - Monstera deliciosa

🍨 Before eating ice cream, try this fruit growing on a house plant!

🍨 Most people know Swiss Cheese Plant - Monstera deliciosa - for its big holey leaves, but here’s the wild part: this jungle climber also makes fruit. Real fruit. And it tastes like pineapple mixed with ice cream.

🍨 Have you tried Monstera fruit? Will you eat it again?

🍨 This plant grows in the rainforests of Mexico and Guatemala, where young seedlings crawl toward the shade until they find a tree to climb. Yes, they grow in the direction of the darkest area, not just merely away from light. Interesting, ah?

🍨 In time, it sends out a green, cone-like fruit nearly a foot long. It takes a while to ripen - about a year - and only when the scales start to lift can you peel them back and find the creamy pulp inside. Ice-cream sweet and tropical.

🍨 One catch though: never eat the fruit unripe. The pulp contains oxalic acid that is generally harmless but will burn your mouth. Best trick is to let it wrinkle a little, wrap it up, and wait until the scales loosen on their own. Then it's ready.

🍨 And for collectors? The Thai Constellation, with its cream-splashed leaves, is the crown jewel. Some specimens sell for thousands. Not bad for a "Swiss Cheese Plant"!

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How to harvest and eat Monstera Ice Cream

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