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Re-posting this from previous page, can anyone else confirm the unknown seeds types listed below?Poly:Sweet Tart PPKCoconut CreamLemon ZestCacOrange SherbetCotton CandyMono:KathyTaralay EdgarAmyPeach Cobbler
Wow, interesting "stuff" and way over my head.Am growing Sweet Tart on Coconut Cream. The fella I got it from is trying different rootstocks to compare the influence. I'll soon be grafting on Mallika and Turpie.This was the newly grafted ST spring 2016. Early May it's holding 8 nice fruit and growing up to be a big boy.
Quote from: Mark in Texas on May 27, 2017, 02:36:07 PMWow, interesting "stuff" and way over my head.Am growing Sweet Tart on Coconut Cream. The fella I got it from is trying different rootstocks to compare the influence. I'll soon be grafting on Mallika and Turpie.This was the newly grafted ST spring 2016. Early May it's holding 8 nice fruit and growing up to be a big boy.Very interesting, how did you get it from this size a year ago to fruiting? do you have a pic of the whole tree?
Cotton Candy is poly
Quote from: Future on May 25, 2017, 05:00:21 PMCotton Candy is polyHey Future, did you happen to check the seed to see if the sprouts some from different segments of the seed? I read that Cotton Candy is from a Keitt x Gary, aren't they both mono? It's probably possible to get a poly fruit from two heterozygous monos but I was wondering if anyone can confirm that Cotton Candy is in fact polyembryonic. Also, anyone else have new info on newer Zill varieties that are Poly? Thanks,Simon
Recently watched a video on Truly Tropical channel on YouTube, Chris says that the Pickering is Poly, I have a tree, and never really bothered to check the seed, I always assumed it was Mono for some reason.
I planted a PPK seed and it came up as a large vigorous monoembryonic seedling. I noticed the list in this thread and truly tropical say its poly. I acquired the mango from truly tropical. Can a poly still have one dominant sprout come up and the other embryos fail? I did not see any evidence of other sprouts from the seed.
I got a question for you guys. Given that shipping from USA can take up to 3 weeks and that Customs here is becoming more a more careful with vegetal stuff because of diseases like Xilella, purchasing scions is kind of a very risky bet for us. I've been said by another grower from Europe that rate of taking for imported scions from America is really low because of that. So I'm thinking now of another strategy to do it: Would be a safer, more successful way to get these new varieties, to bring fresh seeds of those that are poliembrionics? How long would a mango seed keep its germination capacity?
Quote from: Jose Spain on August 12, 2017, 11:55:17 AMI got a question for you guys. Given that shipping from USA can take up to 3 weeks and that Customs here is becoming more a more careful with vegetal stuff because of diseases like Xilella, purchasing scions is kind of a very risky bet for us. I've been said by another grower from Europe that rate of taking for imported scions from America is really low because of that. So I'm thinking now of another strategy to do it: Would be a safer, more successful way to get these new varieties, to bring fresh seeds of those that are poliembrionics? How long would a mango seed keep its germination capacity?Why don't you pay for EMS? About $45. I shipped mango scions from Florida to Phillipines and it took 5 days only.
Quote from: DurianLover on August 12, 2017, 12:25:38 PMQuote from: Jose Spain on August 12, 2017, 11:55:17 AMI got a question for you guys. Given that shipping from USA can take up to 3 weeks and that Customs here is becoming more a more careful with vegetal stuff because of diseases like Xilella, purchasing scions is kind of a very risky bet for us. I've been said by another grower from Europe that rate of taking for imported scions from America is really low because of that. So I'm thinking now of another strategy to do it: Would be a safer, more successful way to get these new varieties, to bring fresh seeds of those that are poliembrionics? How long would a mango seed keep its germination capacity?Why don't you pay for EMS? About $45. I shipped mango scions from Florida to Phillipines and it took 5 days only.Because of Customs, from USA to Spain EMS is 65€, if Customs agents see a small, very light packet and 65$ for shipping, they will most likely stop it and open it. That's the problem with scions.
Short of unrelated questions in this thread. I sacrificed one of my Orange Sherbet to graft Sweet Tart on top. Didn't have rootstock around. Is there any way to extract propogatable material from the rootstock? As much as I like ST, the better mango might be under.
Quote from: DurianLover on August 12, 2017, 12:31:50 PMShort of unrelated questions in this thread. I sacrificed one of my Orange Sherbet to graft Sweet Tart on top. Didn't have rootstock around. Is there any way to extract propogatable material from the rootstock? As much as I like ST, the better mango might be under.You need to induce some branches to grow out at the root stock level. To induce you have to nick through the bark and cambium layers the right way and just a small amount. Hopefully someone can give you better details and personal experience.https://www.bing.com/search?q=mango%20tree%20induce%20branching&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=mango%20tree%20induce%20branching&sc=0-27&sk=&cvid=94AC71068C174201BFE29306E57A74C0http://tinyurl.com/yc25kvl4and check youtube for notching fruit trees and mango treeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXdexMgFobAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq08NuQ_bfI