My Mini Tamarind Have Lots Of Fruits
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45156)
Philippines
October 17, 2017 9:53pm CST
This is the third year now my mini tamarind is bearing fruits. The tamarind is the sweet kind. Many people are just so amazed everytime they see the fruits hanging.
I bought this 4 years ago and the seller said its grafted and instead of planting in open space I decided to put it in clay pot.
And now the small is giving fruits.
I have my kids won't pick the fruits just like the previous years. They were tempted to get the fruits even if its not ripe.
My photo of my plant
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16 responses
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
@ilocosboy i love to see an acacia bonsai with all the roots coming out and the trunk of the tree bent forward.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
21 Oct 17
Oh really that must be beautiful, I have never seen acacia tree bonsai
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Yeah i think its a bonsai. And the fruit is sweet.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Well, I will need bigger and more trees of tamarind to sustain the demand of the buyers. Nice business ha
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
yes, this one is the sweet kind, not good for sinigang but best when you eat as a fruit.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
18 Oct 17
@ilocosboy
How about making it a candy? We used to buy Tamarind and cook it, sell it after.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Tamarind is one of my favorite fruits. Please send me some!
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Ha ha, come and pick, too bad you have to lay down when you have to pick the fruit because its too small.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
this one is perfect for Amp Girl, this is a sweet kind of tamarind.
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@Eyesclosed (162)
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18 Oct 17
Where can you buy those? Do they have one for mangoes?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
a mini mango tree would be heavenly!
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
@Eyesclosed away from neighbor's reach!
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@averagejane (448)
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18 Oct 17
amazing! I heard there is also a mini calamansi tree..
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
my mother doesn't seem to have success growing calamansi.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Oh yes, the easiest for the grafted trees to bear fruits. Actually you can buy seedlings of calamansi in the market which are already having fruits.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
@hereandthere oh you don't need to grow them, just buy grafted seedlings in the market, so many, well as much as our place is concern.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
The fruit is brown when its ripe or not yet but inside its green/white but changes to brown when ripen.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Oct 17
@ilocosboy t ajks IL wish i could find some of them
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@prashu228 (37521)
• India
18 Oct 17
Is it bonsai? That's a super cool plant , so many tamrinds hanging...
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
I don't really know if this can be called bonsai because its a little bit larger than bonsai.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
we had a tree when we were kids and i loved climbing it.
i didn't know you can grow tamarind trees from grafting.
since you put it in a clay pot, does this mean it will never grow taller?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Yeah, it will not grow tall. But when you plant it in open space it will still grow, but maybe just 3 meters, more or less.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
This one is the best prize for our patience, and it comes in a handy form.
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
I re-read when you mentioned that it's a sweet kind. Couldn't figure it out, if it's a bonsai, they bear sweet fruits?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
I don't if its the proper term, bonsai, so I used the mini word because its just small kind. But yes, the fruits are very sweet, not suitable for your sinigang dish.
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@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
@ilocosboy Wow. Not all tamarinds are sour. I learned something new today.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
sweet like a honey, no more sourness.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
sour tamarind is not intended for eating, it is intended for cooking sinigang.
@YrNemo (20255)
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19 Oct 17
@ilocosboy wow... that is special then. Someone gave me some once, dear god, I don't want to taste that sour fruit ever again.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
18 Oct 17
oh, I haven't seen these before.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
19 Oct 17
@ilocosboy well, I didn' t know whether I have tasted or not.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
that is why I got angry to them, the fruits are not yet ripe and then they just pick it because they just wanted to pick, oh my, now they know I don't want that to be harvested.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Oct 17
I have a small kumquat tree that bears every year, sometimes twice a year. But if I don't watch carefully, the caterpillars will eat the flowers and I get no fruit.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
Is kumquat somewhat similar to tamarind, the problem with tamarind is the insect we call "aplat" a very cotton-like insect that cover the fruits until it die down.
@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 17
That's amazing. The tree is so small but it's bearing so many fruits.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
yes, this is the benefits of grafting trees.
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