I havn't grown it, although I have eaten it. As I recall it ripens midsummer in the southeast.
When it is a deep red color it can be eaten. But there is an important element to eating this fruit- the small, fine thorns on the surface of the fruit must be removed or they will embed in your flesh. They are so fine they are difficult to remove.
I was taught to burn the spines off the fruit with a match. It worked. I don't know if ther are other effective methods.
I don't grow the fruit because of the thorns, I found the fruit juicy but uninteresting- watery and mildly sweet.
Betsy Hilborn
7a NC
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