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

📚 Learn more:

• 💙 Sclerochiton harveyanus - Mazabuka, or Blue Lips blooms with quirky blue-to-purple flowers that really do look like lips. And in the tropical plant world, blue flowers are rare. And they are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!
• 💙 Even better? It's a total shade lover. No need for blazing sun - this beauty is happy to bloom in the cool, leafy spots of your garden.
• 💙 Loved by bees and birds, and just the right mix of weird and wonderful.

📚 Learn more:

• Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?
• Surprising Violet fragrance of the Blue Lips

🍌 Why every garden needs a banana tree (or three!)

• 🍌 Peel this: Banana secrets revealed.
The truth about bananas is - Bananas are everyone's favorite snack. Sweet, nutritious, and loaded with potassium. They're great for muscle cramps, post-workout recovery, and quick energy. But did you know you can grow your own bananas, even in a small backyard or container?
• 🍌Banana Trees (Musa x acuminata) are:

• 🟡Super easy to grow
• 🟡Fast-growing and low maintenance
• 🟡Clumping and self-reproducing
• 🟡Beautiful and tropical-looking with their big, tropical leaves and showy, exotic flowers

• 🍌Dwarf varieties fit in tight spaces, and rare types like Red Bananas or the creamy Banana Ice Cream bring flavors you’ll never find at the grocery store. Plus, your own bananas are organic, fresh, and way tastier.
• 🍌 Start your banana patch today - and enjoy your own homegrown fruit all year long!

📚 Learn more about Banana varieties:

• The best varieties of edible Banana to plant
• What banana fits anywhere - Banana Truly Tiny
• How to double your banana crop without extra space - Banana Double Mahoi
• Which Banana has red fruit and leaves - Banana Bordelon
• Why everyone wants Banana Lakatan - Banana Lakatan
• Is Blue Java Banana really blue? - Banana Blue Java Banana (Ice Cream)
• More about #Bananas

🌱 Variegated Chaya - beauty meets nutrition

• 🌿 Variegated Chaya - Variegated Maya Spinach Tree or Cnidoscolus aconitifolius variegatus - is a showstopper in the edible garden. Its heavily cut, creamy-white variegated leaves look like they belong in a tropical ornamental bed, but this beauty is also a powerhouse leafy green.
• 🌿 Native to the Yucatan Peninsula, Chaya has been a traditional food for centuries. Younger leaves (and a little stem) are cooked like spinach, simmered for at least 5-15 minutes to neutralize toxins, then served with butter, oil, or in soups. Once cooked, they’re loaded with protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C - a true garden superfood.
• 🌿 Fast-growing and low-maintenance, Chaya can reach 6-8 feet and thrives in full sun or partial shade. It's drought-tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds with its white flowers, and grows easily from cuttings. Perfect for food forests, permaculture gardens, or anyone wanting beauty and function in one plant.

📚 Learn more:

• Bright, bold, and edible: Variegated Chaya
• Chaya's health benefits: a must-have tropical leafy vegetable for sustainable gardening