Hello All!
First time poster here so apologies if this is the wrong thread. Please point me to the correct one if I am wrong.
I have 4 x 30-60cm Luc's Garcinia seedlings in grow bags, one of which is producing branches like crazy compared to the others (slow for a "normal" plant still). I have a few questions:
1) I have heard varying reports of this garcinia and its drought tolerance. I live in a rain shadow pocket of Brisbane, Australia which gets about 850mm of rain a year. It has a long dry season (particularly this year...) and when it comes it comes in downpours. My question is:
Has anyone tried grafting Luc's onto Yellow Mangosteen (garcinia xanthochymus) and do we think it might increase the resilience to drought? I heard that xanthochymus is the most resistant. Otherwise is there a tougher rootstock I could consider?
2) My one Luc's which is going crazy has a different colour on new growth than the others (i'll post pictures later) . The successful one has much more reddish new growth than the slower ones which are more yellow. The mature leaves are the same deep green between all of them. Is there a natural variability in the seedlings that would cause this? A nutritional deficiency? Wrong plant? Chance super-seed that will make me a millionaire
?
Thanks!
Cheers