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Quote from: Soren on January 29, 2013, 02:40:32 AMMike - very different from mine which follows the description given by Troy! Interesting to be documenting the sprouting habit on this public forum.Different in what way?
Mike - very different from mine which follows the description given by Troy! Interesting to be documenting the sprouting habit on this public forum.
Would have to dig into my comments on Yahoo group to recall - but Berchemia discolor, Canarium schweinfurthii, Aframomum sp., Oyster nut, Annona senegalensis and Vitex sp. springs into mind. There are many more which I have never tasted, but they are (even more) highly recommended so the Ugandan list alone is a lot longer of course. Several others are still good, but perhaps not to that level; Tamarind, Cordia sp., Chrysophyllum sp., Pseudospondias microcarpa, Giant Yellow Mulberry etc.I think the main problem is accessibility together with lack of cultivation and selection practices here in Africa - in addition; most people are not less interested in trying new things; as an example I have traded more soursop and noni seeds than rare African species...
I have my first true shoot emerge over the weekend, so thats a full 6 months after planting in August.
Quote from: BMc on March 10, 2013, 10:43:42 PMI have my first true shoot emerge over the weekend, so thats a full 6 months after planting in August.thanks for the info...glad to hear u got a shoot! I wonder how long to fruit from seed? 6 yrs?
In your last sentence, if you meant seed to fruit, Roy Danford estimated a minimum of 10 yrs. He also suggests it may be dioecious. (see Congo Native Fruits: 25 of the best by Roy Danforth & Paul Noren) Sounds like these are pretty slow to germinate but if you look at one of its relatives (kepel), not so bad. I got fresh seed from Oscar & the first didn't germinate for 10 months and it was about 15 months before all that were going to germinate, did. So the slow germination for junglesop is probably not too surprising.JohnQuote from: ASaffron on March 10, 2013, 10:45:33 PMQuote from: BMc on March 10, 2013, 10:43:42 PMI have my first true shoot emerge over the weekend, so thats a full 6 months after planting in August.thanks for the info...glad to hear u got a shoot! I wonder how long to fruit from seed? 6 yrs?
I have about 15 up and about that again still to emerge. Biggest has already powered on to about a foot.
Quote from: BMc on April 23, 2013, 06:12:16 AMI have about 15 up and about that again still to emerge. Biggest has already powered on to about a foot.keeping them in full shade? I'm planning on keeping mine in lots of shade until it's about 6ft tall. I want the leaves to get really big, if all I'm going to see for 10 yrs is foliage!
Cool, once everyone here has trees, we just have to find out a good rootstock so we can graft it and make ourselves more already producing trees. Maybe soursop would work, cherimoya could be a try, one of the large annonas probably.
I was blown away when I read about this unlikely graft by my friend Juan in Mallorca.He got Castanea sativa (chestnut) to take on some Quercus sp (oak).http://jardin-mundani.blogspot.pt/2013/03/y-el-milagro-fue-posible-y-se-hizo.htmlSo, maybe there some weird grafts still waiting to happen.
So if I remember correctly, its about that time a year again when some people on the forum got Junglesop seeds. Does it look like anyone will be able to get seeds this year?