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How Mangoes can help with diabetes

Colorful Mango fruit on a tray

❤️ How Mangoes can help with diabetes
  • 🥭 A new study shows that eating fresh mangoes may support better blood sugar control. Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology found that overweight adults who ate mangoes daily experienced significant reductions in insulin resistance - a key factor in preventing type 2 diabetes.
  • 🥭 Mangoes also improved beta-cell function, helping the pancreas produce and release insulin more effectively. After just four weeks, participants had noticeably lower insulin levels, with no changes in the control group.
  • 🥭 While mangoes are naturally sweet and rich in fiber, portion control and balanced carbs are still important. But when enjoyed as part of a healthy diet, mangoes could be a tasty way to support blood sugar balance and metabolic health.


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🛒 Plant a Mango tree and grow your own healthy fruit

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What are the best varieties of Pineapples?

White Jade Pineapple (Eleuthera)

White Jade Pineapple (Eleuthera)

Florida Special Pineapple

Florida Special Pineapple

Sugarloaf Pineapple

Sugarloaf Pineapple

SUNSHINE Ananas - Pineapple and Bromeliad Booster

SUNSHINE Ananas - Pineapple and Bromeliad Booster

🍍What are the best varieties of Pineapples?
  • 🍍 All the Pineapples (Ananas comosus) are easy to grow, virtually carefree plants. You you plant a few - you will always have the benefit of fresh delicious fruit on the table.
  • 🍍 Our top 3 pineapple plants - beauty, flavor and backyard bragging rights!


    • 1. White Jade Pineapple (Eleuthera) - Hawaiian luxury in your yard! Ultra-sweet white flesh, edible core, and spineless leaves for easy handling. Doesn’t ship well - because it's meant to be grown and enjoyed fresh by you!

    2. Florida Special Pineapple - A golden-fleshed classic! Bred for Florida by the Libby fruit company, this variety once covered 240 acres in Immokalee. Sweet, flavorful, and tough - ripens even after chilly nights in the 30s!

    3. Sugarloaf Pineapple - Sweet, Juicy, and Totally Unique! Also known as Kona Sugarloaf , it is a low-acid, super sweet variety originally from West Africa. It's famous for its creamy white flesh, mild flavor, and edible core - yep, even the core is tender and tasty! Grows tall, slim, and heavy, with dark green skin that stays green even when ripe. It can reach an impressive 10 pounds! The plant itself is just as striking, with a large pointed crown and smooth leaves edged with fine serrations.
  • 🍍 Make sure to feed your pineapples what they crave - sunshine and nutrients! Boost their growth with - SUNSHINE Ananas - Pineapple and Bromeliad Booster. This special formula gives your plants the energy they need to thrive and produce tons of sweet, juicy fruit just for you!


📚 Pineapples from previous posts:
How we ate all pineapples from that ugly corner
The most luscious Hospitality Fruit: Pineapple
Three must-have fruit for every tropical garden

🛍 Enjoy the benefits of Pineapples - make your yard useful!

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This is how a young Loquat tree is fruiting

A young Loquat tree fruiting

🙂 This is how a young Loquat tree is fruiting

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📚 Loquat in previous posts:
🎥 YouTube video about Loquat
📁 Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes (PDF)

🛍 Shop Loquat Trees and enjoy fresh fruit benefits

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What is fruiting in March?

Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)

Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)

❤️ What is fruiting in March?

🍊Loquat trees (Eriobotrya japonica) are loaded with fruit right now at Top Tropicals Garden! We've started picking them and have already made some delicious preserves - you can only eat so much fresh. Loquats continue fruiting through April and May, making them one of the most rewarding, easy-to-grow, and productive fruit trees of the Early-Spring season when other fruit are not ready yet.

See fresh fruit in previous post⤴️

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Enjoy Loquat fruit fresh out of hand in early season

Loquat fruit (Eriobotrya japonica)

🙂 Enjoy Loquat fruit fresh out of hand in early season

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🛍 Shop Loquat Trees and enjoy early fruit

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How to have fruit year around: Everbearing Mulberry

Everbearing Mulberry

😎 How to have fruit year around: Everbearing Mulberry
  • 🍇Mulberry is very cold hardy and can grow in wide range of climate zones, from USDA 5 to 10. Everyone knows this sweet, tasty, juicy fruit.
  • 🍇The fast growing tree or bush will produce right away, you will see fruit the next year after planting, or even the same season!
  • 🍇Mulberry trees take poor soils and grow well in almost any conditions once established.


📚 Mulberries from previous posts:
What are the best Mulberry varieties
Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #7. Mulberry
How Mulberry fruit helps with diabetes

📱 High quality video in next post ⤵️

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Why Hog Plum tree is so popular: it produces so much fruit!

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

Hog Plum tree, Purple Mombin

😊 The Hog Plum tree fruit
  • 💋 The Hog Plum tree, also known as Purple Mombin, produces juicy and sweet fruits with a unique plum-like flavor.
  • 💋 The tree is valued for its vibrant spring blooms, which emerge from bare branches in shades of red, purple, or yellow, signaling the fruit to come.
  • 💋 Hog Plum tree offers different fruit varieties: red, yellow, and orange.
  • 💋 Fruit are enjoyed fresh, pickled, stewed, or made into delicious Mombin Butter.
  • 💋 Easy-to-grow nature and rapid growth of the Hog Plum tree make it a favorite, thriving even with minimal care. It iis often used for creating living fences due to its fast growth and easy propagation.


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This is how the flowers of a Hog Plum look like

😳 This is how the flowers of a Hog Plum look like

✏️ The Hog Plum tree blooms with small, red flowers that grow directly on the stems of the tree, a unique feature known as cauliflory. This early-blooming trait allows the flowers to appear before the leaves, creating a striking display.

See pictures of fruit in next post🔽

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What is coffee made of?

Coffee berries (Coffea arabica)

Coffee berries (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

☕️ What is coffee made of?

☕️ Coffee beans are actually the seeds of red or purple cherries that grow on Coffee Trees (Coffea arabica). Once harvested, the beans are dried, roasted, and ground to make the coffee we drink. The roasting process brings out the rich, aromatic flavors that coffee lovers enjoy!

📚 Learn more from previous posts:
Coffee tree is the best gift
Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #2. Coffee Tree
The best Gift plant
The most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant

📱GROW your own COFFEE plant - Free Coffee Everyday

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What is fruiting right now?

Mulberry

Mulberry

❤️ What is fruiting right now?

😎 it's Mulberry season! Some varieties have already ripened, while others are just about to. At Top Tropicals garden we're competing with the birds to see who gets the first fruit, but honestly, there's plenty for everyone! These trees are very cold hardy and highly productive.

📚 Mulberries from previous posts:
What are the best Mulberry varieties
Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #7. Mulberry
How Mulberry fruit helps with diabetes

🛍 Shop Mulberry varieties

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