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3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« on: December 10, 2017, 07:20:54 PM »



I planted it near a sete capotes and it looks so good! maybe next year we will have some fruit! Seeds from Hawaii

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2017, 10:13:53 PM »
nice looking tree there, the leaves look really cool, most of them i see here don't have such a slender elongated shape...they are more oval shaped usually.
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2017, 07:02:23 AM »
nice looking tree there, the leaves look really cool, most of them i see here don't have such a slender elongated shape...they are more oval shaped usually.

Hi, thanks for writing, I didnt knew that! I hope that the fruit will be good, I read that some of them have "mucosa"/sticky pulp and other ones are more firm... would it be true?

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2017, 08:10:09 AM »
That is a nice sized seedling and ready to bust out of that pot!  Good thing you planted it in the ground to get it up to size so it will bloom. Make sure to mulch and fertilize well this summer so it can get up to blooming size- about 2 meters. You can worry about fruit production after that time.
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2017, 03:21:05 PM »
nice looking tree there, the leaves look really cool, most of them i see here don't have such a slender elongated shape...they are more oval shaped usually.

Hi, thanks for writing, I didnt knew that! I hope that the fruit will be good, I read that some of them have "mucosa"/sticky pulp and other ones are more firm... would it be true?

just don't wait to eat the fruit too long, or it will be snotty... this is one fruit you can pick slightly early, and it will taste best...so do not let the fruit turn fully yellow, pick when there is a about 10% green coloration left, 90% yellow.
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2017, 07:14:17 PM »
Thanks for the tips, Guayaba, I have one about 2m tall but not blooming yet!

Adam: " pick when there is a about 10% green coloration left, 90% yellow."

I grow many species and use to advice the people all the time about harvest time... many of the species I knew use to be good when they fall of the tree (feijoa, pitanga, uvaia, araza-una and others). It is very useful to know biribá should be a bit underripe to try it

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2017, 02:07:23 AM »
Thats good info Adam. I have one fruit that's currently softball sized hanging on my tree for the first time so I was curious as when to pick the fruit. I will keep watch for the color change- do they "color-up" off the tree? I also have 2 trees I grew from Hawaiian seeds that are 3ft and 1 year old I was thinking of tossing in the ground...have heard mixed reviews on biriba/rollinia taste/texture? Thanks, Chris
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2017, 02:50:09 AM »
Thats good info Adam. I have one fruit that's currently softball sized hanging on my tree for the first time so I was curious as when to pick the fruit. I will keep watch for the color change- do they "color-up" off the tree? I also have 2 trees I grew from Hawaiian seeds that are 3ft and 1 year old I was thinking of tossing in the ground...have heard mixed reviews on biriba/rollinia taste/texture? Thanks, Chris

They go from perfectly ripe to turning black and much more snotty texture inside very quickly. Harvest when Adam said and then eat it - don't let it sit around. This one from neighbor's tree was picked off tree a few minutes before photo and was ready to be eaten.



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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2017, 10:20:19 PM »
Don't refrigerate.

Fruit on tree that goes through weather in the low 40's F. is degraded in quality.
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2017, 04:06:54 AM »
how many years in general for a seedling to bear fruits?
Mine is 3 years old, more than 2 meters high but no flowers yet....
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2017, 12:58:10 PM »
how many years in general for a seedling to bear fruits?
Mine is 3 years old, more than 2 meters high but no flowers yet....

A friend of Misiones said 4 years old! I have one 3 or 4 years old, 2m high too!

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2017, 09:27:10 PM »
Ok let's keep our fingers crossed.
Gracias amigo!  :)
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2017, 09:17:50 PM »
Our conversation was lucky, just yesterday i noticed a of flower on a branch of my biriba  :)
Actually it's a small cluster of flowers with 2 big ones and a couple of very small malformed ones. Is it normal?
Only one cluster, no other branch has flowers.
I think pollination is very unlikely to happen i think i'll have still to wait to get my first fruit but nevertheless i'm already happy !







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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2017, 10:11:42 PM »
very nice! hand pollination is recommended for most, probably due to lack of natural pollinators in most regions.

Mine has flowered like crazy 3 times, but no fruit have held yet. only a few set, but all dropped. tree is probably 12 feet after last trimming, going to shorten it some more soon.

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2017, 04:08:23 AM »
thanks for advice but HOW to hand pollinate?
I know sugar apple but biriba never tried  ???
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2017, 08:23:40 AM »
I've been playing around with the flowers some, and think I was successful but the fruit must've dropped. Going to keep trying.

This thread should help some:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=8780.0

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2017, 10:29:51 AM »
very nice! hand pollination is recommended for most, probably due to lack of natural pollinators in most regions.

Mine has flowered like crazy 3 times, but no fruit have held yet. only a few set, but all dropped. tree is probably 12 feet after last trimming, going to shorten it some more soon.
Does this mean it has been flowering for 3 years and the fruit still does not hold? Just checking because in your climate Biriba is suppose to fruit well. Maybe the tree is still quite young at 12 feet tall?
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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2017, 10:43:17 AM »
Our conversation was lucky, just yesterday i noticed a of flower on a branch of my biriba  :)
Actually it's a small cluster of flowers with 2 big ones and a couple of very small malformed ones. Is it normal?
Only one cluster, no other branch has flowers.
I think pollination is very unlikely to happen i think i'll have still to wait to get my first fruit but nevertheless i'm already happy !








Nice growing on that Biriba.  The open flower looks like it's in full male timing, so collect that pollen and store it in the fridge.  That way you can try to pollinate the other flowers as they open.  Continue to collect the pollen from the succession of male flowers to pollinate the female flowers as they mature. That's what I did with my custard apple and it worked well.  Keep us updated on your progress.
Bob

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Re: 3 years old biribá on a 4L pot ready for planting
« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2017, 05:23:04 PM »
HI Bob, i willl follow your advice i will try to do the same way as i usually do with my sugar apples.
I'll keep you updated.
Thanks!
Lorenzo