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These are up there on my want list!
Got some dwarf guaya seeds (Meliccocu oliviformis I tink) a few years ago and that is his picture above. I planted 3 and one was a casualty that never recovered from a goose incident, one is now 10 feet high and the other is 15 feet. I gave a runt to a friend who grew it in a pot and it is around 4 ft high now. My large flourishing trees are yet to flower but the small pottd one my friend ha is busting out in bloom.
I kept getting allot of small fruit on my trees.Thank you for the advice. The tree fruited last season...with only some small fruit. I'll trim the pannicles as you suggest and pump in plenty of water.
I was showed that the branches frequently have 3 pannicles of flowers per branch and when the
fruit is small cut 2 pannicles off and leave one pannicle per branch.
I wouldn't be concerned with fertilizing now but water is really important
It was not easy to cut off 2 pannicles and leave one but the fruit size was
really nice this year.
I have seen very large trees that were loaded with large fruit that were
not getting extra water. Eventually in Florida the tree's roots find water
I reckon you're correct...selected grafts can improve taste and should bear earlier, although I wonder if grafting affects fruit size like in other Garcinias?Do grafted/seedling types of these garcinias affect time to fruit and/or fruit size?IDK anwer to your question. I would suspect fruiting would be faster from grafted trees. But grafting would have additional advantage of selecting for good types. It seems there is quite a bit of variation from different mother trees in the wild, as to size, shape, and even exterior color. Also some may be dioecious and others not. And some may be light producers and others heavy producers.