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Daintree

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Re: Male and Female Marula trees...finally the solution...almost
« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2018, 08:40:12 AM »
The sources I have read treat it as fact, so I hoping that is the case.  Never can tell sometimes!
So, I still have several marula seeds left from the ones I got a few years ago. I have them marked as to male and female. Sadly, I didn't hear the odd/even eye thing until after I had planted mine.  I selected the strongest to keep, and I don't know it's sex, but MOST of the seeds I planted had two eyes (I remember, since I spent so long carefully prying the eyes out with my pocket knife!). Because of the size of my greenhouse, I only have room for one marula.  Once it blooms, I will see if it is male of female, then plant a seed of the opposite sex, grow it up a while and graft it to my big tree.
Or, if there are other folks growing marula, maybe we can swap scions. How old are they to bloom?

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Re: Male and Female Marula trees...finally the solution...almost
« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2022, 10:03:55 PM »
One two eyed female confirmed!


Germination commenced march 2015. Seeds from stuartdaly88.
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Re: Male and Female Marula trees...finally the solution...almost
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2022, 10:21:22 AM »
Nice Achievement Shane!

 

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