Hey has anyone here tried or heard of "Miracle Fruit". When you eat the small berry, your taste buds that taste sour or bitter tastes are coated with something in the fruit and it masks these tastes. Most articles about it say it makes pieces of lemon taste like candy and you can drink lemon juice like lemonade. It is supposed to last from 30 minutes to a few hours.



I would really like to try this, and I have been thinking about growing some kind of herb for a few months now. I was thinking of buying HID lighting for the Miracle Fruit and then if it doesn't work out i can use it for growing something else .

Do you think I would still follow the guidelines of 18 hours a day with MH for vegetative growth and then 12 HPS for flowering?

If I do grow one i will buy an actual plant that is in a 7 gallon container, it will be around 3 to 4 feet tall and I will grow in my closet.

I see websites saying either lots of light to lite/moderate shade. I was wondering if anyone has grown tropical plants indoors under HID lighting because i need help picking a light. Most say it can't be grown outdoors in the US except in southern Florida and Hawii. I was wanting to get a MH/HPS Lumatek ballast and I don't know if I would be best to get a 250, 400 or 600 watt. I know they say go as big as you can but i dont want to hang my light 4 feet from the plant because its to bright. If i go with an air cooled hood what ballast would you go with?

Some info on the plant;

Blog entry about trying it: Jacob Grier: Coffee, Cocktails, Commentary, and Conjuring » Miracle fruit — I’m a believer!

Buy the plant and some info on it:
www.TopTropicals.com - rare plants for home and garden

Wiki:
Miracle fruit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Any input is appreciated

That is very interesting. I'm going to look more into this. And try to find one to eat.

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I, along with everyone else on this forum, am a complete liar. I make up everything I post. I do not smoke or partake in anything involving marijuana.

should put this in bars to get people to drink harder liquor

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i do not cultivate, inhale, or ingest cannabis in any form by any method. everything written on this site is a complete lie.

I tried my first MF tablet about a month ago (green packaging) > . I didn't like the acid taste that much, but the effect was off the charts! :-/

Guess what: I bought another pack a week ago, again from www.miraclefruitworld.com (well, from one of their retailers sour2sweet), sth called Miracle Frooties. They are so much better! No acid taste in my mouth, also lasts longer. Hell, at least now I know what i put in my mouth, has all the ingredients on the box, in English!, and says ISO 9001, HACCP certified. I got 600mg, so twice the size, for almost the same price. Recomend it! And if sbd is throwing a Party with the new ones, let me know

Cool!!!!!!!!!!

I bought a seedling about 4 months ago. The thing is hard to get growing. At least this one is.

the youtube videos are crazy.... trees are selling on ebay..

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You can buy seeds and trees pretty cheap on ebay

I saw something about this on CNN a month or so ago. I didn't know they were that easy to get. I've got to get one of those.

From what I've read, seeds are hard to germinate, and have a low germination rate. And the plants arn't really that cheap.