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J starts with ... Just wanted to find out if anyone has had any luck ripening green or unripe tamarillos off the tree. Had about five fruit fall off one of my tamarillos that is loaded with fruit, but I'm not sure if it was birds or just the wind. Either way I'd rather the fruit get to me rather than pests so if they can be ripened off the tree will green that would be great. Wikipedia says " Premature harvest and ethylene induced ripening in controlled-atmosphere chambers is possible with minimal loss of fruit quality." Has anyone tried this as well? | About the Author J upwey, Melbourne 1st April 2012 11:48am #UserID: 2954 Posts: 397 View All J's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 1st April 2012 4:07pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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J says... Hi snottie and everyone, Just an update: Out of the 5 green tamarillos that fell off my tree and that I sealed in a plastic bag with 2 apples, 4 ripened to perfection. They turned orange not red like the fruit are doing on the tree but still tasted just as good. I'm going to try this again but it seemed to work. | About the Author J upwey, Melbourne 18th April 2012 8:48pm #UserID: 2954 Posts: 397 View All J's Edible Fruit Trees |
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craftkrish says... Hi,Yes they do. My first experience with Tamarillo. So many flowers and fruit at different stages. Quickly threw a sheet over due to Melbourne 40+ day. Wind blew up. Snapped 15cm from base. Still watered.....little branches and fresh leave appeared and growing rapidly. Most green fruit went into compost. Then I saw bright yellow in mulch. I ate 3 little ones, which were so immature when they fell. So I searched for more and have the seed. I find the Tamarillo incredibly interesting. I love it. Maybe the new growth will fruit in time. I feel it may.
| About the Author craftkrish Bundoora 13th February 2014 2:17pm #UserID: 9490 Posts: 2 View All craftkrish's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Cagey says... Best to take Cuttings from August to November ( southern Hemisphere ) - 30 cm. Facing "preferably " East ( South. Hem. ) and if possible against a wall. one of mine is 3 M. tall Seeds unreliable. Frost tender & Heat sensitive. Needs staking as you have found out especially if they get past 1 M. Try the "paper bag & APPLE or Banana". More ORANGE than RED. Ken | About the Author Cagey Mordialloc 11th February 2016 4:31pm #UserID: 13290 Posts: 1 View All Cagey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Bill phillip island Phippi island 9th April 2019 5:58pm #UserID: 20090 Posts: 1 View All Bill phillip island's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Adrian says... Growing Tamarillos in cool climates such as in Canberra and Melbourne, in my experience, allows only the very early set fruit to mature to ripeness on the tree. So the tips mentioned above about ethylene induced ripening will help me a lot with getting the most out of my unripened Tamarillos, now that frosts are about to hit the southern inland regions (Canberra especially). My ripened fruit has been absolutely superb, but the purple-red fruit needs to develop an orangy backgound colour to mellow the extremely tart impact of unripe fruit. Thanks to all! | About the Author Adrian Campbell 12th May 2019 3:52pm #UserID: 11973 Posts: 7 View All Adrian's Edible Fruit Trees |
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