Myrica rubra

[camerony]

Has anyone seen this site ?

http://www.fruit-trees-nursery.com/myrica_rubra.htm

they say they ship to the USA.
i am sending them an email to get pricing.
it may be cheaper to get a group order going ?
i really want 1 or 2 (they have different varieties)
"black-peak" looks interesting...

Please keep us posted when they reply.

unless its very expensive i will probably order.

I emailed them as well, and they quoted me 83 USD per tree for 10 trees.  The plants sizes are 50-70 cm height and 0.6-0.7cm diameter.

I've also bought seeds from Sheffields from both lots (2012, 2013) and crack open the endocarp using a vise.  I was probably 80% successful at extracting the seed without damaging it.   Also about 20% of the seeds were not viable, the seed was dried and black.  The seeds were soaked in 800 ppm GA3 for 24 hours and now being cold stratified. 

[simon_grow]

Anyone have luck germinating seeds?

Simon

[simon_grow]

I just got home and dug down a little and confirmed I got my first seed to sprout. Some weeds were growing in this pot so I wasn’t positive yesterday if it was really Yangmei but I followed the plant down to the cotyledon and I found the hard shell.

There’s still a chance it could die as others have experienced but I’m hoping for the best. I’m just hoping more will sprout so that I might get lucky with a male and female. Then I just have to hope I get lucky with decent tasting fruit if everything else goes well.


Simon

[CAdreamer]

i also have 1 seedling that germinated. 

[fyliu]

how many seeds did you guys plant to get some germination? What source sells viable seeds? Did you end up doing any cracking or GA3 treatment or just planted and waited?

[simon_grow]

I got seeds from a friend. I cold stratified in fridge for a month and then planted the seeds in a pot outdoors and just ignored it.

A different batch of seeds that were treated with GA and placed on a heat Matt did not sprout. I cracked open a few seeds and it was mushy inside.

For this pot, I planted 4 seeds and only one came up so far.

Simon

[CAdreamer]

I got my seed from fresh fruit.   I put it on a heat mat for a little while but then put it outside in the cold for the winter when I need room for more tropical plants on the heat mat.    It took 8 months.   

[fyliu]

Thanks. I did the cracking and GA3 before and it worked okay one time and failed 2 other times after that. I threw some into a pot a month ago and I'll throw some more into pots since my seeds are 2 years old now. The inhibiting hormones are supposed to weather away, but the seeds were in the fridge so maybe that didn't happen. Well, if anyone grows a male tree, let me know. My old tree is producing all female flowers now and I'm planning to put a M. cerifera male next to it for pollen hoping it will work.

[simon_grow]

Hey Fang, I’ll be happy to swap scions with you if I get a male tree.

Hopefully the nursery in the video will start selling grafted plants in the coming years.

Simon

[fyliu]

Thanks Simon. I have a male graft. It's just not big enough to flower yet.

What video? I didn't find anything about it in the last few pages.

The people I know that have grafted plants are switching to growing and marketing the fruit first, to generate a wider interest in the trees. Expanding the growing acreage will also mean more propagation material available to make grafted trees. I think it makes good sense to do it in this order. If they start selling trees first, they run out of scions and they have no replacement when customers complain about dead trees. The trees are not easy to grow or graft and the rootstock species are prone to spontaneous dieback. The fruit growing experience will help them flush out all the potential problems. So grafted trees from them could be a few more years out.

[simon_grow]

Here’s the video Fang:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pCo1TIXo-tE

Simon

[shaneatwell]

Here’s the video Fang:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pCo1TIXo-tE

Simon

Thanks Simon! That's awesome. Several named varieties and descriptions.

[fyliu]

Thanks Simon. Yeah, he's the most successful grower of this fruit.

[fruitlovers]

Anyone have luck germinating seeds?

Simon

After several failed attempts to germinate seeds i finally got a good batch. The ones that sprouted really well were fresh seeds sent to me by Mike T on this forum. So it seems the main factor, as usual, is getting really fresh seeds. The plants are all above 4 feet tall, but still in pots. Should go into the ground soon. I don't know if they will even fruit in our climate, but will give it a shot.
PS the plants are delicate and don't like being transplanted. I potted some up and lost some from transplant shock, although i took steps to avoid any shock.

[Alejandro45]

Oscar what steps did you take to prevent shock?

[fruitlovers]

Oscar what steps did you take to prevent shock?

Extra shade and moisture right after transplanting, and keeping a closer eye on them.

[JoeP450]

Here is some more info that might be helpful https://www.agrifutures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/10-200.pdf

Ordered two packets from Sheffield’s I’ll give this a shot, I’ve had the fruit before at a sushi restaurant as a garnish on the plate and it was pretty good.


Can someone put together a step wise summary of how to germinate?


Thanks,

-joep450

[simon_grow]

I found a second sprout yesterday

Simon

[joehewitt]

I'm so excited about this fruit. I got to taste some California-grown Yangmei a couple years ago and loved it immensely.

[Alejandro45]

Any place we can order a Cali grown fruit?! I have paid as much as $24 a lb for some imported mangosteens.

[fyliu]

Any place we can order a Cali grown fruit?! I have paid as much as $24 a lb for some imported mangosteens.

I remember there were imported yangmei fruit sold last year, pickup in Monterey Park. Maybe I posted about it before? If so, that price is accurate. I thin the imported fruits were over $30/lb and only available during the weeks of harvest season in China.

[Alejandro45]

Ouch! I would bite the bullet to just taste them though.

[jason (palo alto)]

Any place we can order a Cali grown fruit?! I have paid as much as $24 a lb for some imported mangosteens.

We'll likely have a limited quantity of California grown fruit this year for sale in select Bay area locations. Visit http://calmei-yangmei.com to stay updated when we announce, probably in May or June. 

[spaugh]

Any place we can order a Cali grown fruit?! I have paid as much as $24 a lb for some imported mangosteens.

We'll likely have a limited quantity of California grown fruit this year for sale in select Bay area locations. Visit http://calmei-yangmei.com to stay updated when we announce, probably in May or June. 

What part of CA is it grown in?

[Rainbow]

I would like some, thanks