The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: vlan1 on March 15, 2016, 09:11:48 AM

Lychee's don't even like being grafted onto Lychee's. That is why the vast majority are air layered.

Actually,  not necessarily true.  They are grafted in many cases.

Not from what I have read or seen.  Most places I have seen online that sell Lychee trees taut them as being Air Layered. If grafting was easy and successful for lychee why wouldn't most nurseries do so instead of air layering like they do with citrus,mango, annona, etc?

You could always get a roll of bamboo barrier and dig the hole a big oversized  to allow room to grow and just wrap the hole 2-3 for thickness so the roots are encouraged to grow down and not out.

I was looking to add 1-2 Paw Paws to my budding collection of fruit trees and was dead sure on getting Peterson Varieties.  However I keep seeing a "newer" variety listed some places online that was released by KSU called "Atwood".  There doesn't seem to be much out there in terms of reviews and searches on here returned zilch.  Was just wondering if anyone would have some insight on this particular cultivar and would it be worth getting instead of a Peterson tree, or Pairing with a Peterson tree.

Yes,  since starting this thread I have learned more about the Bloomsweet and I am pretty sure I am going to grab a Bloomsweet tree and a Cocktail Grapefruit tree and leave it at that.........for now.

Millet. I got 3 melogolds from the store this year. Two were sweet, juicy and low acid.  The third was not sweet and vrry bland just watery and bitter.  I wonder if there is just inherent variation from fruit to fruit.

Super sad to hear he doesn't ship especially since these are supposed to be hardy to the low 20s.

 

excellent booklet, thanks for posting the link!

Millet,
Thank you for the detailed information.
I plan on using Christmas tree lights plus tarps for the tree(s) when necessary.  The more I look the more i dont think i want a true grapefruit but will start with the valentine pummelo and the cocktail mandelo.  Thanks again!

Really?  Ive seen some sites list them as being hardy to zone 8b.  Wanted to make sure though. Quite sad to hear that.

So I tried a Melogold grapefruit for the first time this week and my mind was blown.  I have always been averse to grapefuit due to the outright bitterness but this hybrid has changed my mind. Now I am intent on having a grapefruit and or Pommelo tree in my back yard. I have been trying to find out if any of these varieties are cold hardy in zone 8b. I have not been able to find much concrete evidence but am hoping that some of you have had first hand experience.  The varieties I am looking at are as follows:

Melogold
Oroblanco
Cocktail Grapefruit (Or mandelo as some may call it)
Hirado Butan

I would really like to have at least one red flesh variety so if Hirado Butan is not hardy enough please recommend one that would be.

Thanks!

Does it count if its in a screwdriver, tequila sunrise or an orange crush?

Thanks.

I couldn't find anywhere that poms were grafted but I just wanted to make sure considering it looked quite different from the rest of the plant.

So a few weeks ago I grabbed an Angel Red pomegranate at a local nursery.

I have notice that one shoot of growth looks entirely different from the rest of the plant. It is taller , straighter, the leaves are larger and the bark looks slighty green instead  of just brown.  It also is coming straight from the roots and not the main stem.
 My question is do nurserys graft pomegranates on to sturdier variety rootstocks and is this a rootstock shoot?

If it is a rootstock shoot can i leave it alone and have two varities  on one bush ?  Or could it take over ?  Thirdly if it is rootstock what variety could it be?  It was a monrovia nursery plant if that helps.

Thanks