Simon et Al,
Is the Haysa sapodilla any good in southern California? People say it's more vigorous. I have two trees that I planted this spring. I also have two Alano trees that were planted one and two years ago. The two years old is flowering right now.
Here's my row of sapodillas. Still have room for 6 more. Thanks.
I don’t have a Hasya and I only just got my Alano so I’m not sure how well the Hasya grows and produces here. I have to check with my friends that are growing different Sapodilla varieties.
I used to not like Sapodillas but now I’m addicted to them.
Simon
I planted a 15G that was already flowering Hasya in 2014, (Simon is right, I spent $225 for it!) it was about 9-10 ft high on it's one lone main trunk. I pugged about 2-3 ft off that main trunk, now almost 5 yrs later, it only reach about 8-9 ft high today albeit wider lateral branches.
Hasya is exceptionally stingy in setting it's fruits, and took 12-13 months to mature. For this reason, I have been trying to slowly cut off the Hasya branches and graft with other varieties on the sprouts that come out.
My Alano branches seem to be more productive, as already mentioned.
Taste wise, I found Hasya has stronger flavor and sweeter than Alano, however. I have Makok and Silas Wood branches on this tree also, but the fruits are not yet ripe. In general, I found it's trouble free/easy to grow it in SoCal, no observable disease that I can tell so far -remind me of growing Guavas and Persimmon- .
Please keep in mind, that these are what I observe growing sapodilla in my yard; I understand folks in Florida experience a lot faster growth and fruiting on saps, so your result may vary...
Here's my tree looks today; good luck with yours!