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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: 850FL on September 24, 2020, 09:49:35 PM
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Just bought one but reading conflicting advice on frost tolerance.. not sure if I want to plant in the ground or not? Some say Peruvian apple cactus is hardly frost tolerant, others say it will take a brief hard freeze once fully established, others say it’ll take down to 15F..?
Also any rainfall/humidity and propagation recommendations?
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It can take light frost for sure.
Its a cactus, it grows easy. You should not need to water it ever in Florida.
To propogate it, you just cut a piece off and stick in the ground.
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Will the roots damp off from too much rainfall and does it require much fertilizer or organics? Thank you
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Cereus peruvianus performs very well in Florida in general. As long as the genetics are strong root rot and bacterial and fungal pressures should be minimal. Cereus pereuvianus has a wide amount of genetic variation from what I have seen so cold tolerance, disease resistance, and moisture tolerance will vary to a degree depending on the clone or seedling.
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Just got our first fruits from our Peruvian Apples! Quite Tasty, love the texture!
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Didn't Germaine Jackson sing a song called 'Let's Get Cereus"? I'm sure it was about this species.
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I'm told these may benefit from cross pollination thus I'm planting several seedlings and was told there is usually enough genetic variation to assure pollination.
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Sorry about my dumb comment. I should have said Jermaine Jackson