Author Topic: Quickest producers from seed? (Read 7607 times)

DSotM · « **on:** August 17, 2018, 02:40:40 PM »

I know Jamaican cherry and moringa both produce under 2 years. Are there any others with similar, quick production?

RodneyS · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2018, 05:31:23 PM »

Papaya
Tamarillo
Goldenberries aka Cape Gooseberries

shinzo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2018, 08:44:50 PM »

Passionfruit

coconut rancher · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2018, 02:53:31 PM »

Papaya. I have Papayas up to 14" long planted less than a year ago from seed. South Florida - 10b

DSotM · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2018, 03:44:32 PM »

Thanks guys. How about woody trees? I’m growing papaya and golden berries. Any tips on encouraging golden berry flowering?

barath · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2018, 04:04:18 PM »

You can get white sapote fruit in 2.5 years if you grow a really vigorous (large seed) seedling and a year in graft it to Vernon, which I've seen set fruit a year after grafting.

Chupa King · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2018, 04:19:09 PM »

Cacao, Malabar Chestnut, Rollinia, most Eugenia.

Stevo · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2018, 05:36:38 PM »

Some jaboticaba can fruit in 3 years or less

Ulfr · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2018, 06:18:58 PM »

Jackfruit is quick too. Mine are flowering at 3 years and that’s with cutting back every year.

Edit: maybe not in your climate. Mulberry for sure.

Guanabanus · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2018, 10:29:55 PM »

Sugar-Apples can fruit in 2-and-a-half years, but usually in 3 1/2.

Dwarf Ambarella also.

Botanicus · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2018, 08:43:48 AM »

Spondias dulcis will go from seed to producing fruit within a year.

DSotM · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2018, 09:26:48 AM »

Thank you botanicus and guanabus that’s exactly the type of thing I’m looking for. Do you have a recommended seed seller?

Ulfr, thanks. I’m testing my zone luck and have a couple seedlings in ground.

Chupa, I realized that my houseplant was a Malabar chestnut so I put it in ground just last week. Thanks! I’ll check your other suggestions.

Future · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2018, 07:11:44 PM »

I have two black Sapote that produced in 4 years.

DSotM · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2018, 12:28:42 AM »

Thank you. Unfortunately 4 years from seed is a bit long, and I’ve heard that black sapote isn’t too great of a fruit.

Thank you for all your responses so far.

I’m very excited about June plum. A local Asian grocer has them in stock so I’ll try germinating some asap. Fruit under a year is remarkable!

Guanabanus · « **Reply #14 on:** August 21, 2018, 10:32:57 AM »

ONLY Dwarf June-Plum fruit right away, and in a 3-gallon pot. Regular June-Plums get huge fast, and fruit after 4-6 years.

DSotM · « **Reply #15 on:** August 21, 2018, 12:44:28 PM »

Any way to tell the difference between dwarf and regular June plum fruits?

Guanabanus · « **Reply #16 on:** August 21, 2018, 01:49:20 PM »

Dwarf ones are small.

Doug · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2018, 12:29:15 AM »

Quote from: Guanabanus on August 21, 2018, 10:32:57 AM

ONLY Dwarf June-Plum fruit right away, and in a 3-gallon pot. Regular June-Plums get huge fast, and fruit after 4-6 years.

I'm glad you posted this. I was concerned because my "regular" June Plum is four ears old, five or six meters high and no fruit. I had read they fruit at one or two years old and thought something was wrong with mine. LOL

Doug · « **Reply #18 on:** August 22, 2018, 12:43:31 AM »

How about other "tropical cherry" plants....like Barbados and del Rio Grande? Savannah Cherry, too?

HibachiDrama · « **Reply #19 on:** August 22, 2018, 09:27:18 AM »

Also see this thread from earlier this year:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=26426.msg307097#msg307097

BrianL · « **Reply #20 on:** August 22, 2018, 02:00:34 PM »

If your thinking Black Sapote isn't great I wouldn't be getting too excited abut June Plum.

EvilFruit · « **Reply #21 on:** August 22, 2018, 02:51:42 PM »

For me. June plum taste like green/unripe mango. I really like it.

Spondias purpurea, is also a fast producer but you need to propagate it from a cutting.

Berto · « **Reply #22 on:** August 22, 2018, 08:35:21 PM »

Abiu (Pouteria caimito).
I grow 3 different abiu seedlings, and one of them fruited in 3 years. The other two fruited in 4 years from seed.
The one that fruited in 3 years is a seedling from an Australian variety called Z4.
Now I grow variety #1; variety # 2; and variety # 4.
All of them are very large and sweet fruits. Number 1 is the most productive, and number 4 has a thicker skin and a longer shelf life.
Abiu is a fantastic fruit that adapted quite well to Southwest Florida. I would recommend to grow at least 2 trees side by side for cross pollination.

shafak · « **Reply #23 on:** August 23, 2018, 10:30:18 AM »

Peanut butter fruit (Bunchosia glandulifera)?

miked · « **Reply #24 on:** August 23, 2018, 10:33:53 AM »

Eugenia pitanga (dwarf pitanga) is supposed to be a great container fruit that is supposed to fruit within the first year or so.

Lots of Eugenia's fruit in under 4 years from seed.

DSotM · « **Reply #25 on:** August 23, 2018, 01:52:18 PM »

Thank you all for the continued suggestions. I love the idea of Surinam cherry...although opinions on the taste seem to be disappointing. For that reason I’ve decided to avoid it. I’ll look into pb tree

Aina Exotics · « **Reply #26 on:** August 23, 2018, 09:24:27 PM »

poha
mulberry
naranjilla
cocona

as for taste of suriname cherry they can be bad but I have a 2 year old zill seedling that when bordering overipe tasts like mango peach cherries and has a truly amazing level 5 flavor)

DSotM · « **Reply #27 on:** August 24, 2018, 09:18:38 AM »

Aina, I’d like a clone. That sounds marvelous haha!

Bush2Beach · « **Reply #28 on:** August 24, 2018, 01:20:58 PM »

Plant in the shade or North facing.
What Papaya are growing in Fresno, How old?

Quote from: DSotM on August 18, 2018, 03:44:32 PM

Thanks guys. How about woody trees? I’m growing papaya and golden berries. Any tips on encouraging golden berry flowering?

Bush2Beach · « **Reply #29 on:** August 24, 2018, 01:27:21 PM »

Suriname Cherry and C.O.R.G. could work.
Many of the suggestions are coming from area's with much higher nighttime winter temperatures , so take some suggestions with a grain of salt unless you have a humongous greenhouse.
THere's a couple Central Valley rare fruiters on the forum that could give good suggestions on what has actually worked for them in a similar climate.

DSotM · « **Reply #30 on:** August 25, 2018, 12:39:05 AM »

Quote from: Bush2Beach on August 24, 2018, 01:20:58 PM

Plant in the shade or North facing.
What Papaya are growing in Fresno, How old?

Quote from: DSotM on August 18, 2018, 03:44:32 PM
Thanks guys. How about woody trees? I’m growing papaya and golden berries. Any tips on encouraging golden berry flowering?

I’ve got a 1 year old babaco and a 6 month old babaco. Many are growing papaya in Phoenix at same zone

fliptop · « **Reply #31 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:26:55 AM »

Mike T · « **Reply #32 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:00:55 AM »

If we are ruling out stuff like melons,bananas and tomatoes and talking trees fruits not many can do it in 3 years. Dwarf ambarella can, scarlet jabs can, sometimes jackfruit can.

Stevo · « **Reply #33 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:06:51 AM »

I have a scarlet jabotacaba which fruited in 980 days and have seen pitangatuba that
fruited in 18 months

fliptop · « **Reply #34 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:07:37 AM »

EddieF · « **Reply #35 on:** October 11, 2020, 08:14:18 AM »

Seeing this thread's 2yrs old, how did you guys do?

Jaboticaba45 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 11, 2020, 04:24:05 PM »

Strawberry tree fruits in about 1 year from seed, although cuttings root and fruit faster.

fliptop · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2020, 04:52:16 PM »

Mike T · « **Reply #38 on:** October 12, 2020, 05:44:36 AM »

Great insight there Flip. I think the winner would be some precocious dwarf ambarellas. Didn't Rhianna sing a song about this fruit?

fliptop · « **Reply #39 on:** October 12, 2020, 07:40:54 AM »

Probably the wisest stuff I've ever said, Mike T.

I had initially asked about Dwarf Ambarella here, but the question was getting lost in the shuffle, so I removed my posts here and started the new thread. My apologies and if I could remove the posts altogether, I would.

Odenwald · « **Reply #40 on:** October 12, 2020, 02:53:18 PM »

While cuttings are always quicker to fruit and will be truer to the parent, the following can fruit in a couple of years: cocoplum, noni, seagrape.

palingkecil · « **Reply #41 on:** October 12, 2020, 08:11:15 PM »

Jamaican cherry AKA Mutingia Calabura. From seed to fruit in one year. Very vigorous and could be invasive.

Mike T · « **Reply #42 on:** October 19, 2020, 06:34:55 PM »

A new champion has emerged. Seeds from my bilimbi tree fruit planted 5 weeks ago produced a super precocious individual.

DSotM · « **Reply #43 on:** October 21, 2020, 12:27:25 PM »

I've had some papaya fruit within a year but have trouble keeping them healthy in the winter. They seem to develop rot around their leaf scars, but I have some that are a couple years old. Jamaican cherry fruits quickly. I ripped it out of the ground before testing its cold tolerance but it did get frosted leaves at 35 degrees so im not sure if it would have survived - but I wasn't thrilled with the fruit or look of the tree. Ambarella true to its reputation fruited extremely fast.

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Author Topic: Quickest producers from seed? (Read 7607 times)