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Does anyone know where to get pouteria viridis seeds or small plants? I’ve seen miamifruit but unfortunately they don’t ship them to California, and I’ve seen trees for a lot of money that is out of my price range, seen fruit lovers but the seeds minimum amount plus shipping is too much :/
Hi Julie,Just FWIW, I got P. viridis because it is supposed to be more cold tolerant than other Pouteria species, in particular P. caimito, the Abiu and P. campechiana, the canistel.This winter in Tampa I lost several abiu seedlings at 41ºF. while my several green sapote seedings came through unaffected. (My canistel was fine, too, BTW.)Cheers!iPaul M.==
Pretty safe to say you're not going to get any for $23. Maybe 2 seeds.
Beautiful brian! I'm surprised it's flowering so soon. Great job.Julie that offer is very kind, and made me regret my negativity. They are supposed to taste like mamey but slightly better. I am interested in Pouteria viridis seeds as well, but not enough to pay the $10/seed going price I've seen.
I'm in Walnut Creek. Here's my one and only P. viridis. Very grateful to the collector who hooked me up with it, whose anonymity I will respect. From my limited experience it does not seem as cold-hardy as some reports make it out, but it might be more so if it were more hardened to my climate. I prefer to start from seed when possible. The leaves had some damage at around 30 degrees IIRC, and I took it inside for fear of losing it. My two lucuma from the same collector seem a bit more cold-tolerant; I left one outside all winter up against the house under the roof overhang. I'm not sure if I should wait for the P. viridis to flush new leaves before repotting. Since it's my only one I gotta be careful.
Where do you get lucuma? Hard time finding one
Quote from: Tropical Bay Area on February 23, 2021, 07:12:22 PMWhere do you get lucuma? Hard time finding oneFrom here https://www.wildlandsplants.com/shop/p/pouteria-lucumaAnother source I've considered trying recently, but a bit too expensive for me: https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-LUCUMA-SEED-Pouteria-lucuma-makes-a-FRUIT-TREE-PLANT-8b6/154336279897?hash=item23ef28bd59:g:lJwAAOSwYmVgLqHCKeep in mind lucuma is supposed to take about 15 years to fruit.
Beautiful brian! I'm surprised it's flowering so soon. Great job....