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  • #1

    Miracle Fruit

    Hi,
    I'd love to try growing some Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) as a bit of a curiosity after seeing a bit about it on the web in the last couple of days. Does anybody have any experience growing this plant? Can I buy seeds, seedlings or cuttings from a reputable source?

    It sounds fantastic, would love to be able to demonstrate the very strange qualities of the fruit to guests who haven't heard of it before.

    Thanks.
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    Why would you want to, unless you eat or have access to a huge amount of lemons and limes?

    Seems a bit of a gimmick to me, the benefit of basically paralysing your tastebuds into believe something is sweet when it is actually bitter sounds like a heston blumental sort of recipe.
    Last edited by Mikey; 29-04-2008, 11:38 AM.
    I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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    • #3
      Thanks for the constructive reply Mikey, I really appreciate it.

      Just to reiterate I would quite like some as a curiosity, a talking point if you like, you could even use the word gimmick if you prefer. Is this not a valid reason for wanting to grow something? I ackonwledge this is not one for the fruit purists maybe but very interesting in it's own right I feel.

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      • #4
        You can buy them here:
        Sorry don't know how to add a link so you'll have to cut n paste!


        Miracle Fruit UK

        Well b***er me if I haven't added a link!!!! Clever Peanut!!!
        Last edited by peanut; 29-04-2008, 12:52 PM.
        Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs! https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif
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        • #5
          growing something is by definition being curious isn't it ?
          for the shape, the color, the taste doesn't matter!
          I read that it takes many years to bear fruit...and it doesn't tolerate cold...maybe as an indoor or heated greenhouse shrub ?

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          • #6
            Sorry cockadoodle, I wasn't trying to be unhelpful, I guess I am a bit of a purist at heart. I put little energy into growing anything that is either non edible or is not a natural benefit for other edible produce. You go for it chick.
            I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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            • #7
              I saw that story about miracle berries ... the outrageous big sugar agriculture b*tds stomped on it 40 years ago, and now yanks bottoms are too big to fit in an opera house seat. Absolute tragedy.

              BBC NEWS | Magazine | The miracle berry
              Last edited by axj; 29-04-2008, 05:21 PM.
              AXJ Another Xtreme Jardinero

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              • #8
                I bought mine on ebay from a seller called SiamPalm. He has got miracle fruit seedlings for sale all the time. Shipping them from Thailand to Belgium took about 7 days, I suppose it wouldn't take much longer to ship them to the UK. They're the same kind of seedling you get at Miracle Fruit UK but at a substantially lower price.
                Last edited by Teknoman; 24-05-2008, 05:47 PM.

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                • #9
                  Never heard of them!!!!

                  Tell me more!
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Having read the blurb, I wish I had heard of this stuff 18 months ago, when my poor mother couldn't eat anything for it tasting of broccoli Anything which can help chemo patients has to be worth a try.

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                    • #11
                      Sounds fantastic!!
                      I'd love to grow a few BUT....it's an indoor plant....they would have no chance with me
                      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                      Location....Normandy France

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                      • #12
                        Just read the blurb, want some too - ooh if lettuce tasted like chocolate cake! Would be interested as to how to grow them over here though.

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                        • #13
                          Well, there is an interesting guide on how to grow them from seed over at Instructables - The World's Biggest DIY & How To Show & Tell :
                          Growing Your Own Miracle Fruit - Instructables - DIY, How To, green, food

                          There's also a forum about miracle fruit at: Miracle Taste - Index

                          I planted mine in Substral Bonsaļ soil as it was the only soil I could find with a low enough pH. (Miracle Fruit needs soil with a pH between 4.5 en 5.8 , the lower the better).
                          Last edited by Teknoman; 26-05-2008, 12:50 PM.

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                          • #14
                            We have a limited quantity of fresh Miracle fruit seeds available at CRSeeds - Tropical and Exotic Seeds From Costa Rica
                            Harvesting and shipping daily until complete yield is sold.

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                            • #15
                              Well I have just read the blurb and having lived in Africa most of my life I can only recall one tree which looked like this and that was beetle nuts. Does anyone know what it is called in Africa? That may help me remember. I remember years ago reading about a firm who developed lefthanded sugar from a plant. I wasn't sure wether it was a wind up? Perhaps it was this plant?

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