HI,
I mamey sapote cultivation since 2006, so I'm more familiar with it.
I have about 120 adult trees and 40 young people.
The developments, I think the mamey grows faster than green sapote, but I say this from my experience.
can be in other places, green sapote grow faster.
I have noticed a distinct difference between the two trees, the mamey sapote, it grows in height and diameter, green sapote, it grows faster in height, but the stem becomes thinner.
I notice the green sapote growing on my mood as Lucuma, grow in height and not in diameter, I believe is by climatic factors.
Mamey is more like Brazilian pouetrias, I cultivate as I do with abiu, cutite, Aguaí, etc ...
One other note, I have six varieties of mamey, there are more powerful varieties than others, no doubt!
Green sapote seems more fragile.
Hi ,
In 2010, I mamey several grafts in other Sapotaceae, I know that the question is about green sapote, but the problem detected may be common to this also.
I grafted 4 mamey in canistel, 2 had success, however I planted the trees, but at the end of January, both broke with the wind 2.8 m tall, analyzing, I checked that the scion of mamey, was too heavy for the rootstock of canistel.
I have 1 tree grafted onto Pouteria macrophylla and 1 in pouteria torta, I used other native pouterias but little success, are developing well, however the cup mamey is getting with diameter greater than the rootstock, I think it will break also .
Thanks nelesedulis, these are very interesting observations!
Here is a question on inter-species grafts:
- If the scion is more vigorous that the rootstock it would seem like it would try to draw more energy than the roots could provide and this rate difference would cause the kind of graft unions you are describing.
- But what about the opposite? What if the scion was less vigorous than the rootstock? Would the graft union be more in balance in that situation?
What do you think, is Mamey Sapote or Green Sapote a more vigorous grower?