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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: greenman62 on April 12, 2018, 12:45:38 PM
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This is the first year my loquat has fruit.
a few of them have split, maybe 10%. i am guessing it got too much water.
the flavor is a bit muted from what i remember them tasting like as a kid.
i think ive only had 2 or 3 in the last 40yrs... LOL.
but, also, some have shriveled up.
Very few have fallen off so far, and most are a yellow to yellow-orange color.
i dont know if they are just not ripening properly ?
if this will get better as the tree matures ? - its 5yrs and a decent size tree already.
i have 4 trees total. - 2 have new grafts.
- 1 tree has a graft from last year that has fruit. (none are ripe enough to taste though.)
large fruit from large tree - not grafted
(https://s31.postimg.cc/scv6eleaf/loq-fruit.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/scv6eleaf/)
graft
(https://s31.postimg.cc/9xaph7nbb/loquat-graft.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/9xaph7nbb/)
pics of large - fruiting tree (no grafts)
(https://s31.postimg.cc/n1g9twn2v/loquat-jap--fruit.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/n1g9twn2v/)
(https://s31.postimg.cc/rnce29gbr/loquat.fr.fruit.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/rnce29gbr/)
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I like to eat them when they are a little green, which makes them a
bit more tart. You can peal them before you eat them. The one in the picture
looks ripe. There are so many types, some are more orange and there is a
huge tree down the road from my house and every fruit has exactly one seed.
I have seen some have as many as 3-4 seeds. I may end up grafting that tree?
The best thing I like to do is get a handful and sit outside in the shade and peal them
and spit the seeds as you go.
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When the birds start picking at them. :(
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Sweetest when they just turn orangish.
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Sweetest when they just turn orangish.
Agree - I usually eat them full yellow to a hint of orange. They don't usually last on the tree much longer than that between the fruit flies and the critters.
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When the birds start picking at them. :(
Haha so true. Those darn birds. But really, I will gently squeeze mine with two fingers, a soft loquat with a little give is properly ripe.