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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Young Cherimoya: to defoliate in February?
« on: February 16, 2024, 09:48:16 AM »
I would remove the top leaves now, to get the buds going.



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Citrus General Discussion / Re: WTB (in AZ)- Honey Crispy Kumquat
« on: February 15, 2024, 12:17:12 PM »
I heard seller was from AZ.
Here people were paying $140 each.

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Giant Atis comes from Richard in Walnut.
The fruit gets big and turn yellow when mature in spring.
My tree is small so the fruits are bland.
Just need to wait out until the tree get big to get good fruits.

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How many pounds per variety?

My 4’x5’ yields 20 lbs, around 1 lbs per square foot.
My trees are 4x4 or 4x5.

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Here in my yard cherimoya leaves don’t burn unless it’s 90F and low humidity.
No need to shade now.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Young Cherimoya: to defoliate in February?
« on: February 11, 2024, 12:04:09 AM »
Here cherimoya needs less warmth than sugar apple.
So you could defoliate cherimoya now.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Seed grown cherimoya from Rincon Tropics
« on: February 08, 2024, 11:33:18 AM »
It could flower on 3rd year, but doesn’t need special fertilizer.
Prune and strip leaves in spring.

I would cut low to develop more branching.
Fruit from small root system is poor so I won’t let it fruit at this size.

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In my yard guava seedlings flower from 9 months to 3 years.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Citrus Showing Tolerance To HLB
« on: January 28, 2024, 12:40:20 PM »
https://medcraveonline.com/ICPJL/ICPJL-10-00213.pdf





Find them and use them as interstock.
The unknown is how interstock affect fruit quality.

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Maybe your tree is not ready to flower.

I trim guava in February, the coldest month.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Problem with 'Sabará' . . . .
« on: January 16, 2024, 10:53:51 PM »

Wow, must be warmer down there than SB. I haven't had to water my jabos for weeks.

Temperature gets up to 65F in the afternoon.
Humidity is low so car stay dry overnight.
That’s why I watered daily.

I skip a day when the saucer still hold water overnight.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Problem with 'Sabará' . . . .
« on: January 16, 2024, 01:27:22 PM »
Potting mix with sand and pumice added
1” holes in pot, above saucer, to provide air to roots
Watering daily, even now in winter.




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Red jabo trunk is around 1”, in 15g pot.
4’ tall including pot
In my yard it flowers year round.
New flowers emerged when fruits mature, so about 4 times a year.
It’s flowering right now but I don’t know if it would get fruits over winter.

Tropic sun trunk is over 1”, inside 15g pot.
It’s 6’ tall right now, but I trim back new growth to 1” in April.
So it’s 3’ tall, including pot, in April.
It flowers from new shoots so I can trim it close to pollarding.
It can hold 10 fruits if I hand pollinate.



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My 2 favorites in container are red jabo and tropic sun atemoya.

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Any messes inside trap?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is a good rootstock for pomelos?
« on: January 02, 2024, 01:21:30 AM »
I have a pomelo seedling in pot, with 3 varieties grafted.
Tree is holding only 1 fruit, Valentine.
T-budding on it was difficult due to thick bark.
I’m not noticing anything special about it.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is a good rootstock for pomelos?
« on: January 01, 2024, 01:39:02 AM »
Kaz,

Show us your graft union of pomelo on finger lime?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Happy New Year!
« on: January 01, 2024, 01:33:03 AM »
Happy New Year!

Days are getting longer.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is a good rootstock for pomelos?
« on: December 29, 2023, 05:35:08 PM »
Rootstock affect fruit’s appearance and flavor.
I haven’t found any research on a good rootstock for pomelo.

A good way to save money is to drink some grapefruit and cut your medication.
Ask your drug dealer about how much drug you need to reduce if you drink a cup each day.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas
« on: December 25, 2023, 11:40:50 PM »
Merry Christmas to all!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pink crystal guava
« on: December 05, 2023, 06:32:45 PM »
Guys, any fruits yet?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Vertical Mulched - Mallika
« on: December 05, 2023, 12:30:24 PM »
Those holes are huge.
I use 1” soil probe to do vertical mulching.



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I read on this forum that soursop is compatible to muricata.
I have a graft of cherilata to soursop.
The graft union looks perfect.
That’s why I’m trying out grafting soursop to Cherilata.
I’m keep 2 low branches of cherilata to nurse the rootstock when the soursop defoliate over winter.

I may try out grafting soursop to 48-17 and pond apple interstock later.

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Some people have Soursop fruits from their trees, here in SoCal.

I have a small grafted tree in 7g pot, with 5 flowers right now.
I leave it outdoor, under eaves.

Soursop is easy to graft.
I graft them in late summer and early fall.
I haven’t have a failure.

This is a 9/16 cleft graft with all leaves attached to scion.
Cherimoya rootstock, cherilata interstock, soursop at top.





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