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Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« on: August 28, 2014, 11:52:56 PM »
My Green Sapote seedling is about 9 years old and not a single flower yet. I keep hearing it takes 8-12 years for a seedling to flower.  Is anyone experiencing this?

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2014, 11:56:09 PM »
Maybe the tree needs some more mass to it? That looks like a dwarf tree for being 9 years old. The tree about 6.5 ft tall?
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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 01:03:21 AM »
They seem to be slow growers for sure. Mine (grafted) has been in the ground 2 years and is just 5 feet tall and hasn't grown at all, but the trunk is getting bigger. It flowered a bunch this summer but none stayed. There's always next year
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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 01:05:59 AM »
painfully slow growing tree, I wouldn't worry about the lack of flowers just yet. Mine has barely moved  in the 2 years I've had it.

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 02:10:48 AM »
I can personally attest that they make gorgeous and convenient house plants.  In fifteen gallon, my plant is probably about 18 years old, so it's a little bigger than OP's plant.  Of course, given the probable root-boundedness, it's never flowered.

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 06:54:26 PM »
Girdle it

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2014, 07:01:14 PM »

 They are not slow when they are happy...

 
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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2014, 05:16:24 AM »

 They are not slow when they are happy...

I agree. My three seedlings grow at a similar speed as other sapotacea. This is what my seedlings look like after three years in ground with hardly any fertilizer:







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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2014, 05:31:20 AM »
oh Felipe ur orchard is looking really great...what r those palms standing near...?

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2014, 10:44:35 AM »
Nullero, you're right. I think it needs more mass and it is 6.5 ft tall and leggy. I feed it but just gets longer and thin. Maybe because is somewhat shaded by a large avocado tree which also protects is in the winter time.

Felipe, now that's a nice looking tree. thanks for all responses.

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2014, 10:54:47 AM »

 They are not slow when they are happy...

I agree. My three seedlings grow at a similar speed as other sapotacea. This is what my seedlings look like after three years in ground with hardly any fertilizer:







Felipe

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2014, 09:03:04 AM »
oh Felipe ur orchard is looking really great...what r those palms standing near...?

Thanks. The palms in the background are Washingtonia robusta.

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Re: Green Sapote seedling not flowering yet
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2014, 11:12:41 AM »
oh Felipe ur orchard is looking really great...what r those palms standing near...?

Thanks. The palms in the background are Washingtonia robusta.

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My orchad is located in Gran Canaria, not Tenerife ;)

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Got it.
My ancestors ,por parte de madre, son de esa zona so I get confuse. Can't wait for the day I set foot en las Canarias!!

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