After three years from seeds, here are the results grown in pot culture( i stole adam assafron pot culture idea.
At this time I like to apologize to those forum members through the years for making fun of you guys for growing sniper hedges Surinam Cherry.. I have finally taste a Suriname cherry black star so sweet & tasty remind me of an Odessa wine. A friend in Hawaii gave me some seeds & told me its the best. I put some in airpot & regular pot & growth were even with no advantage noted for using airpot on surinam cherry. & first flower in January, today after taking a photo for Omar of Malay apple, I caught wind of a black fruit in a sea of green. If my next one taste as good as the first one, I am going to Samurai all my ixora hedges in front of house & replaced it with this absolute wonderful fruit without an HOA landscape permit bullshit; this fruit taste that good, I felt like I have found a new religion, I am now converted to champion this maligned free range often found in office complex landscapes & escape plants where I go fishing for snakeheads.
Dear David S. if you reading this post, I apologize for roundup-ing your red surinam hedges five years ago, not the HOA landscaper that got you upset. They were awful bad & you did agree with me its resinous turpentine were attracting nothing buts ants & idiots. Give me a call Monday so you can stop over & sample the black surinam cherries, I have five potted black star surinam plants ready to replace the dead one I covertly kill on your confused yard, by now the roundup should be gone after five years. I am deeply sorry I hate all the bad cultivars you get for free at the Palm Beach RFC that no one want to take home & I resorted to plant terrorism to improve the fruitiness of our gated neighboorhood.
I am sorry; lets reset our friendship and end this cold war. By the way that giant 40 feet podocarpus macrophyllus is not a real fruit tree, you want me to help you chainsaw it. My Husquavarna Rancher 24 inch blade is itching for a singing audition?