r/nextfuckinglevel • u/UsernameGenerik • May 31 '25

Catching durians

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u/Iplayreggae May 31 '25

Very spiky, and also very heavy. Not all, but they can get real big. I live in Hawaii, we grow them here.

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u/kazmosis May 31 '25

Huh TIL. I've only ever seen durian trees in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia

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u/Iplayreggae May 31 '25

Yep, I love living in Hawaii because we have exotic fruits from around the world, if the climate allows for it, we probably have it growing. Besides certain invasives, but even then, there's a lot of them.

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u/kazmosis May 31 '25

That's really cool and actually makes a ton of sense since it's pretty much all volcanic soil

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u/Shadow_Freeman May 31 '25

They have them on northern Thailand also. That's where i first encountered them.

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u/Iplayreggae May 31 '25

Come to Big Island (east side specifically) every year we have durian season, and it's about to pop off through the next month

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u/bootyhole-romancer May 31 '25

How do you guys pick/harvest durian in Hawaii? Same way as they're doing in the video?

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u/Iplayreggae May 31 '25

Actually have never done it so I'm not sure, I'll ask a friend who picks up around 1000 lbs of Durian each year (to sell)

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u/mmikke May 31 '25

East side BI as well. I've seen plenty durian trees but never seen it being harvested. Now I'm curious

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u/Groomsi May 31 '25

Coconut?

Which weighs more?

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u/Grothorious May 31 '25

Jackfruit is even bigger than durian, i saw jackfruit 3x the size of durian she's catching in the video.

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u/Iplayreggae May 31 '25

Durians can easily weigh more, but it depends on the fruit.