Eugenia candolleana

[edself65]

Sven they are slow sometimes don't give up. I had a few of my Rain Forest Plum seeds almost take 90 days to sprout!

Ed

[plantlover13]

I wonder, who's in the running for having this plant furthest north? my seedling is about an inch tall and i'm at latitude 41 ish.

[EvilFruit]

Got these from Oscar on 22 of October. Took 3 weeks to sprout (14-11-2013). got 8 out of 10 (more coming up)



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[fruitlovers]

Wow, they look great! 3 weeks is pretty fast for these seeds. What kind of medium are they planted in? Looks like sand, but i doubt they would look so healthy in just sand?

[EvilFruit]

I use normal potting soil (s) with perlite (p) (about 3s:1p). I soak my seed in Copper fungicide for 10 min then i put them in the soil.

About the sand, I use it in surface only (0.5 inch thick) and I think it helps to keep the moisture in soil and works as natural water dripper. From time to time I feed them with foliar spray (low dosage).

[MangoMan2]

Got these from Oscar on 22 of October. Took 3 weeks to sprout (14-11-2013). got 8 out of 10 (more coming up)



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Wow, those are beautiful. Oscar, the seeds I got from you this time are now spouting, so far I can see 5 out of 10 coming up. I'll keep you posted.

Joe.

[Sven]

Sven they are slow sometimes don't give up. I had a few of my Rain Forest Plum seeds almost take 90 days to sprout!

Ed

Thanks Ed,

I'm not giving up, I'm happily awaiting their arrival.  Actually I think the first one sprouted in the last couple days.  It has a tiny shoot developing.  I haven't had them on heat mats or in a greenhouse so I wasn't expecting super fast germination, especially since the weather turned cool a couple weeks after I planted them.

Sven

[fruitlovers]

There are lots of volunteer seedlings around the mother plants. Like surinam the rainforest plum fruits fall to the ground and easily germinate.

[huertasurbanas]

There are lots of volunteer seedlings around the mother plants. Like surinam the rainforest plum fruits fall to the ground and easily germinate.

Some people from south Brasil says that eugenias do not produce volunteers around the mother plants, so maybe your climate is better (more humid, etc.)

[FlyingFoxFruits]

for the record, I just harvested my last plum off of the little fruiting tree from Oscar, yesterday.

This is one of the tastiest Eugenias in my opinion!

[shaneatwell]

There are lots of volunteer seedlings around the mother plants. Like surinam the rainforest plum fruits fall to the ground and easily germinate.

Some people from south Brasil says that eugenias do not produce volunteers around the mother plants, so maybe your climate is better (more humid, etc.)

At the botanical gardens in Encinitas, CA there's a lawn of seedlings under each of the surinams.

[gunnar429]

Has the supply/demand issue worked itself out....or are they still crazy expensive?

[plantlover13]

I'm glad to say that my little seedlings have been among the few plants so survive this winter. Now to get them to fruiting size.

[fruitlovers]

for the record, I just harvested my last plum off of the little fruiting tree from Oscar, yesterday.

This is one of the tastiest Eugenias in my opinion!

Mine also stopped fruiting, but a little earlier, maybe 2-3 weeks ago.

[fruitlovers]

There are lots of volunteer seedlings around the mother plants. Like surinam the rainforest plum fruits fall to the ground and easily germinate.

Some people from south Brasil says that eugenias do not produce volunteers around the mother plants, so maybe your climate is better (more humid, etc.)

At the botanical gardens in Encinitas, CA there's a lawn of seedlings under each of the surinams.

Surinams are famous for doing that. Almost every single fruit that drops under the tree will start a volunteer plant under the tree. The rainforest plum does the same thing here. Tons of little plants under my trees from all the fruits i missed picking.

[gunnar429]

Sven they are slow sometimes don't give up. I had a few of my Rain Forest Plum seeds almost take 90 days to sprout!

Ed

Good to hear.  I planted these with some abius and malabar chestnut a while ago...maybe like january...the others have sprouted and growing well....nothing from any of the rainforest plums

[FlyingFoxFruits]

the rainforest plum i got from Oscar is super productive...I can't believe how many fruits set...seems like over 10% of flowers set....I have a much larger tree that sets fruit on only about 2% of flowers.

[Berto]

My Ameixa-da-Mata (E. Candolleana) is loaded with small fruits. The tree is fruiting for the first time, and it stands over eight ( feet tall. The tree absolutely beautiful with a reddish trunk. I also have another tree in a pot that stands approximately four (4) feet tall. This little tree produced over thirty (30) fruits. I thought that she was going to fruit to death.
Important - a fellow fruit collector named Steve Brady found out that the seeds germinate faster if they get sun light. According to Brady, a trained botanist, the seeds have chlorofile
and light expedite germination.
Suggestion  - place the seeds on top of the potting mix, and lightly cover the seeds with white sugar sand. I use pool sand. Keep the seeds nice and moist, and they will germinate assuming the seeds are fresh and viable.

[tropical66]

My Ameixa-da-Mata (E. Candolleana) is loaded with small fruits. The tree is fruiting for the first time, and it stands over eight ( feet tall. The tree absolutely beautiful with a reddish trunk. I also have another tree in a pot that stands approximately four (4) feet tall. This little tree produced over thirty (30) fruits. I thought that she was going to fruit to death.
Important - a fellow fruit collector named Steve Brady found out that the seeds germinate faster if they get sun light. According to Brady, a trained botanist, the seeds have chlorofile
and light expedite germination.
Suggestion  - place the seeds on top of the potting mix, and lightly cover the seeds with white sugar sand. I use pool sand. Keep the seeds nice and moist, and they will germinate assuming the seeds are fresh and viable.

Hi Berto,

How old is your Ameixa-da-Mata when it start to fruiting?

[kh0110]

Three years from seeds (Thanks Oscar!), my ONLY survival tree is starting to flower.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

congrats Thera

that is a pretty tree!

u r lucky u got one from Oscar!

his seem to be superior to the ones i was already growing.

the fruits on his are larger, rounder, and the leaves are more slender than first variety i planted...

but best of all, the ones from Oscar are extremely productive setting lots of fruits, even as an isolated plant (be sure to keep them wet while they're setting fruits..if they dry out u will get fruit drop)

the first variety i planted barely sets fruit, even with cross pollination...hopefully they'll pick up the pace eventually....they're flowering now too!  (but not much fruit set yet)

[kh0110]

congrats Thera

that is a pretty tree!

u r lucky u got one from Oscar!

his seem to be superior to the ones i was already growing.

the fruits on his are larger, rounder, and the leaves are more slender than first variety i planted...

but best of all, the ones from Oscar are extremely productive setting lots of fruits, even as an isolated plant (be sure to keep them wet while they're setting fruits..if they dry out u will get fruit drop)

the first variety i planted barely sets fruit, even with cross pollination...hopefully they'll pick up the pace eventually....they're flowering now too!  (but not much fruit set yet)

Thanks for the tips, Adam. One thing I learned from this CA experience is that E. Candolleana doesn't like direct CA sun light. Afternoon sun light is fine. Now I need to keep it moist per your advice, Adam.
I'm keeping it next to the Red Jabo which is still fruiting after giving about 100 fruits for a 3 ft all potted tree.

[shah8]

You know...how sure are we that what we know and have is E. candolleana rather than, say E. convexinervia (as an example)?  I mean, if one looks at the dried leaf botany selections for candolleana, the leaves are quite a bit less lanceolate.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Don't keep it flooded, just make sure to water regularly, (a shallow dish underneath is ok!)

congrats Thera

that is a pretty tree!

u r lucky u got one from Oscar!

his seem to be superior to the ones i was already growing.

the fruits on his are larger, rounder, and the leaves are more slender than first variety i planted...

but best of all, the ones from Oscar are extremely productive setting lots of fruits, even as an isolated plant (be sure to keep them wet while they're setting fruits..if they dry out u will get fruit drop)

the first variety i planted barely sets fruit, even with cross pollination...hopefully they'll pick up the pace eventually....they're flowering now too!  (but not much fruit set yet)

Thanks for the tips, Adam. One thing I learned from this CA experience is that E. Candolleana doesn't like direct CA sun light. Afternoon sun light is fine. Now I need to keep it moist per your advice, Adam.
I'm keeping it next to the Red Jabo which is still fruiting after giving about 100 fruits for a 3 ft all potted tree.

[buddyguygreen]

The one i got from you adam last year just put out its first flowers, id say its around 3 years.

I have 20 of oscars about a year old so i'll have a mini grove soon