Guanabana Tree Question

[Tropicalgrower89]

I bought a small 3 gallon guanabana tree from the home depot in hialeah gardens with the pine island nursery tag. It's a seedling and now, two years later, I'm noticing 2 new flowers that are coming out.  I'm wondering if the pine island guanabana trees are usually the sweet type and not the acidic type.


Thanks

[edzone9]

Mike From Benders Grove will Know the answer to that one..
I would like to know Too , I have 2 PI Guanabana Trees..
Good Luck With Yours..

[Tropicalgrower89]

Mike From Benders Grove will Know the answer to that one..
I would like to know Too , I have 2 PI Guanabana Trees..
Good Luck With Yours..

Thanks Ed. Good luck with your guanabana trees too.

[edzone9]

My Guanabana trees has grown over 8ft ! ,.. i think i have to many Guanabana trees planted in my property ... they are doing really well .. lets see how they do this winter..

Ed..

[eduardo_98]

What zone are you growing them in Ed?

[edzone9]

Just like the Screen name says zone 9 ...
I know i will have to cover them , the trunks have got really thick ...

I also have many smaller Guanabana seedlings that i will place in a greem house .
I didnt expect that all the seedlings will grow that fast  iv been giving them away to friends & family.

Ed..

[Tropicalgrower89]

Just like the Screen name says zone 9 ...
I know i will have to cover them , the trunks have got really thick ...

I also have many smaller Guanabana seedlings that i will place in a greem house .
I didnt expect that all the seedlings will grow that fast  iv been giving them away to friends & family.

Ed..

Or, you can take it with you to Naples.

[LEOOEL]

I've always known guanabanas to be sweet and somewhat acidic, but you ask a very good question.

Because guanabanas seem to be propagated by seedlings, then almost certainly some strains will produce fruit that is more sweet and less acidic than others, and perhaps even more cold resistant.

It's then imperative to propagate, by grafting method(s), these superior strains, in order to keep improving the quality of the guanabana fruit.

[edzone9]

Let's see how they do. I will be in Naples within 1 year.

[phantomcrab]

Let's see how they do. I will be in Naples within 1 year.

If you are west of the interstate in Naples they should do fine.

[larafarms]

I got grafted guanabana. i found a tree in nw miami that produces sweet fruit. 3 gals $50

[Tropicalgrower89]

I got grafted guanabana. i found a tree in nw miami that produces sweet fruit. 3 gals $50

Cool. You can post an introduction to your nursery here if you want.  http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?board=2.0
I'm the one that bought two viejo mameys from you back in february of 2012. I went with my dad in his black ford lightning clone pickup.

[Cookie Monster]

The pine island trees are more than likely the sour type. There are a few sweet ones here and there. Seems like it's usually the Caribbean folks who have them.

Good to see Mr Julian here :-)

[Tropicalgrower89]

The pine island trees are more than likely the sour type. There are a few sweet ones here and there. Seems like it's usually the Caribbean folks who have them.

Good to see Mr Julian here :-)

Darn it.   Might replace it with the sweet type in the future when I'm better budget-wise this upcoming spring.

[Cookie Monster]

haha the sour types are also really good. The tricky part is getting the darn things to bear fruit.

[edzone9]

Gotta visit Lara farms when im scheduled to work in SF ..

Thanks Ed..

[bangkok]

haha the sour types are also really good. The tricky part is getting the darn things to bear fruit.

I bought a grafted guanabana which was flowering for 5$. The flowers fell of when i came home haha.

Now it is flowering again but the ants build nests around the flowers.

I would like to learn the Thai tricks how to let small tree's flower. Yesterday i saw a pomelo-tree from 1.5 feet (50 cm ) tall with a huge pomelo on the branch.

[Tropicalgrower89]

haha the sour types are also really good. The tricky part is getting the darn things to bear fruit.

Good. Yeah, flower after flower and no fruit. I wonder if putting fruit scraps under the tree will help.