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Wow. I must have gotten lucky, because my 'pantin' (if it truly is pantin) is not even 6 feet tall, yet it's on its second crop. First crop consisted of 5 - 6 fruits. It's either not a pantin, or the rootstock is dwarfing it, because the tree is 7 - 8 years old.My pace, on the other hand, looks similar to your pantin and hasn't yet produced.
Easy to manage size if you prune 2 x every summer. I take 4-5’ off the Pattin and skip a year of fruitingI do the same w the canistel it’s actual help increase the size of the fruitsBoth are 3 yearsin ground
I visited the McBryde Garden (here on Kauai). They had a Mamey tree that must have been 60+ feet tall (wish I took a picture). Problem is when the Mamey's fell it was like a cannon hitting the ground and the fruit was completely destroyed. Chickens ate the fragments. It was then that I decided that my Mamey cannot get too tall. Its been a battle to try to keep it low, as the tree wants to reach for the sky.
The fruit were too small to be pantin, and production came in Dec, which is not pantin season. However, it was the tree's first crop. The current crop looks like it will mature at leas one crop in Aug. It has a combo of near-tennis ball sized fruits and nut sized fruits. The tree grows at the rate of like 3 inches a year, even after being in ground for 3.5 years. It's insane. I guess it could be a viejo or something?
Quote from: Cookie Monster on February 13, 2018, 04:00:42 PMThe fruit were too small to be pantin, and production came in Dec, which is not pantin season. However, it was the tree's first crop. The current crop looks like it will mature at leas one crop in Aug. It has a combo of near-tennis ball sized fruits and nut sized fruits. The tree grows at the rate of like 3 inches a year, even after being in ground for 3.5 years. It's insane. I guess it could be a viejo or something? Kinda sounds like Viejo based on your description. This is a pic of the tree itself and the fruit (just in case my message didn't go through).
Unfortunately you can’t see the bottom of this tree in the photo but it is about 20’ tall. It has been, as you can see, frequently topped at about 5’ below the top height. That is at about 15’.I think that breaking the tips at 18” is probably a good idea but keeping in mind not to let the shape get too crowded with small branches. This tree needs work but at least there’s plenty of fruit.Peter
It’s a grafted tree that came from Zill’s nursery here. There could have been a mixup but it is supposed to be Pantin. Gary has two others there, one of which he found here in CR that he calls Paritta. The tree in the photo is about 7years old, no fertilizer, just biochar and microorganisms. We used to have a giant seedling and it was difficult to pick. Newer trees are being kept smaller than the Pantin. Peter
Trimmed it.
:-) You could trim it right down to the lateral branches (like another foot down). Those lateral branches would then become scaffolding branches.Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on February 18, 2018, 04:13:27 PMTrimmed it.
Quote from: Cookie Monster on February 18, 2018, 04:18:25 PM:-) You could trim it right down to the lateral branches (like another foot down). Those lateral branches would then become scaffolding branches.Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on February 18, 2018, 04:13:27 PMTrimmed it. Sounds like a good idea. My initial goal was to make the tree produce multiple sprouts from the trunk and tip the new growth to promote lateral branching. Now when I think about your idea, I wished I trimmed it down further like you've suggested. I'll do that next weekend. Thanks
Either way is fine. Sometimes it's hard to get those central shoots to calm down and grow at an angle (vs straight up in the air). But that might not be the case with mamey. Those 2 existing laterals look nice though.Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on February 18, 2018, 04:53:10 PMQuote from: Cookie Monster on February 18, 2018, 04:18:25 PM:-) You could trim it right down to the lateral branches (like another foot down). Those lateral branches would then become scaffolding branches.Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on February 18, 2018, 04:13:27 PMTrimmed it. Sounds like a good idea. My initial goal was to make the tree produce multiple sprouts from the trunk and tip the new growth to promote lateral branching. Now when I think about your idea, I wished I trimmed it down further like you've suggested. I'll do that next weekend. Thanks
Look up crotch-dropping...that's what CM is asking you to do.