The Tropical Fruit Forum

It is possible we have just been having bad luck, don't write it off yet yours may grow just fine

My garcinia leaves get curled like that when scale insects attack them very early as they are first growing.  The sucking insects really love fresh leaf buds

I think thats normal all my garcinias have really light leaves until they harden off

Perlite and chicken grit should do it, good luck

-1 for me unless it comes back. Damn raccoons/squirrels need dealing with. It chewed it down to the roots and dug up the soil. Then ruined a nice sapodilla. That was my last straw with their greedy selfish attitude. Definitely was one of my favorite plants.

Ouch, that sucks.  I am thankful for the red fox population here keeps the squirrels down, but deer wreck my in-ground orchard trees every year. 

What has people experience been with specific species root pruning? I have done fig, guava, feijoia, 35 gallon Meyer lemon (pruned to bear roots) and all have done well but were all healthy at the time. I am wondering about mango specifically, I have finally be able to grow them healthy in pots (7 gallon deep ceramic) and wonder what is the ideal container size to allow fruiting indoors.

Abiu handles root pruning just fine despite what I have read to the contrary.  Inga handles it fine, too.  My only mango is in-ground so I never root-pruned that one. 

Alano could be a variety that is no longer in favor but it is definitely a self fertile tree with consistent, heavy production for me.

Why is Alano falling out of favor, if you don't mind me asking?  I was eyeing it as a compliment for my Tikal.  Is Butterscotch just replacing everything else?

Anybody else get this from BellamyTrees or AndersonTropicals when it showed up in 2022?  I bought two seeds from Kameron in Aug2022, both sprouted into healthy trees and are now pushing their first flower buds.  18mo from seed to flowering is pretty quick.  They both have long spindly growth with the longest branches about 3ft, but not bushy at all.  I figure I will paintbrush cross-pollinate them  to boost fruiting odds and if I'm lucky get to try the fruit this season

There's a thread with some more info on this, I guess there was some argument about it being Burkartiana vs this type.  https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=53455.0

I'll post some more updates if these flowers turn into fruit.

seller description is:

"Eugenia sp. "Pitangão Amarelo da Unicamp" is a small tree that is native to the understory of the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Ombrophylous Forest, and Mixed Ombrophylous Forest in Brazil. It can reach a height of 3-5 meters in the semideciduous forest and 10 meters in the rainforest.

The fruit is very tasty and resembles the taste of Acerola, but sweeter and more pleasant; has a great amount of pulp that can be used to make juices, ice cream, and jellies. The tree is small and can be cultivated as an ornamental, to attract bees, birds, and wild animals. Fruiting occurs from October to November."

Both of my trees look like this now:



Here's the seller fruit photo:

My dasyblasta seedling from W. Is flowering for the first time, should get to try the fruit soon!

I am interested to see how yours looks.  I am realizing that when all the lemons come at the same time I can't use them all so only getting a few per crop is okay with me.  I will have to keep buying them from the grocery store most of the time.

How does the dead scion harm it?  I figured I could leave it as-is until I have a use for it

I had no idea cambuca was notoriously long to fruit until I read this thread and went digging.  Mine is about 2ft tall... long way to go I guess.  Maybe I'll get lucky and get one of the early fruiting ones.

Mike T, my interest in keledang originally came from a forum post where this Australian guy swore it is the bee's knees 

A Prince Amongst Artocarpus



Better than a kwai muk,marang,pedalai or lakoocha? You bet it is.Smokey apricot,chempadak,with a hint of fruity caramel.



It is a great fruit alright, with not latex or aftertaste and can be eaten quickly.Kids love them and oddly there is little smell.Keladangs sure are a classy fruit.