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Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« on: October 15, 2012, 04:29:00 PM »
Have had this seedling mamey up in zone 9b...its about 6yrs old...and I'd love to see a flower in the next 3-6yrs!

I haven't pruned it yet, but it's root bound pretty bad.

I'm growing it just to see how long I can keep it alive.

For now it's nice to look at, and makes for a great shade tree...my yard is all sunlight!

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2012, 04:31:26 PM »
Adam,

Beautiful tree, puts the 5 gal Mamey sapote seedling I have to shame  :o.
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2012, 04:33:39 PM »
Cool!  :) How many gallons is the pot that your seedling mamey is growing in?
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2012, 04:50:50 PM »
Cool!  :) How many gallons is the pot that your seedling mamey is growing in?

thanks!

25gal
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2012, 04:53:48 PM »
Any plans to pug it? Or you plan to keep its upright form?
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2012, 05:59:48 PM »
Cool!  :) How many gallons is the pot that your seedling mamey is growing in?

thanks!

25gal

You could transplant the mamey into a 45 gallon pot.  :) While you do that, untangle the roots with your hands.
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2012, 06:13:20 PM »
About a mile from my place in Belize there was a mammee seedling growing in the forest.  Beautiful tree, too big to put your arms around the trunk and 70' to the first branch.
  Why not graft your tree?

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2012, 06:19:39 PM »
no plans to prune or graft the tree...I'm reluctant to step it up, because it's a "glorified macro bonsai" and I'm trying to restrict it's size.

I'm just being stubborn.

the real reason I'm doing this to compare my success with that of those who originally planted these in FL in the early 1900s and failed.

miracle fruit would have succeeded, jaboticaba, camu camu, and a bunch more!

container bound and down, 4 life!

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2012, 07:59:09 PM »
That's a beautiful Mamey!

You've had it 6 years in zone 9b? Awesome, Gives me hopes of my mamey seedlings doing well in my climate!  It's grown a lot  this year!  Hopefully winter won't be too hard on it..

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2012, 08:05:56 PM »
That's a beautiful Mamey!

You've had it 6 years in zone 9b? Awesome, Gives me hopes of my mamey seedlings doing well in my climate!  It's grown a lot  this year!  Hopefully winter won't be too hard on it..

Thanks again for sharing!c

Yes thank you!

the tree has been protected by bringing it to the south side of my house...it is in a microclimate you could say.

it will be near impossible to fruit this tree with out additional heating and greenhousing...because the fruits take too long to ripen!  about a year.

so in theory..they'll get hit by a freeze sooner or later...and it will harm the fruits...without proper care.

Now that I think of it, I will repot this tree into a 50 gal or so, and try to make it grow laterally, by pulling down all four shoots. 

I don't want to prune it, because the cold will most likely do that for me.  Also, it looks cooler to have a huge tall tree...if it's not going to fruit anytime soon, I may as well have a nice large tree to sit under, and impress my garden guests with.
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2012, 08:36:04 PM »
Have had this seedling mamey up in zone 9b...its about 6yrs old...and I'd love to see a flower in the next 3-6yrs!

I haven't pruned it yet, but it's root bound pretty bad.

I'm growing it just to see how long I can keep it alive.

For now it's nice to look at, and makes for a great shade tree...my yard is all sunlight!


you'll see flowers in a few years but fruits, I doubt it. I would graft it....I saw grafted mamey's tree in container that size with fruits in excalibur nursery.btw, the tree is gorgeous!

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2012, 08:41:11 PM »
JF,

thanks for info!

I'm still going to grow it as a seedling..I'd rather graft one on an inverted roostock.

this tree is an experiment of an entirely different nature.

I want to see what would have happened if they tried growing this one in a container back when they tried introducing this species years ago!
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2012, 09:02:37 PM »
JF,

thanks for info!

I'm still going to grow it as a seedling..I'd rather graft one on an inverted roostock.

this tree is an experiment of an entirely different nature.

I want to see what would have happened if they tried growing this one in a container back when they tried introducing this species years ago!

that tree would be double that size if you had it in the ground. I'll try to swing by a house that has a mamey tree on the ground about 6 -7 years so you could compare. It took my friend cangrejo 16 years for a seedling to fruit here in Santa Ana and the tree is 10m.

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2012, 09:26:25 PM »
Agreed.

the trees get 100ft tall I know.

I'm happy my tree has been stunted.

I'm happy to try to grow this in a pot for another 10 yrs or more, even if I have to root prune and repot in the same container.  :)

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thanks for info!

I'm still going to grow it as a seedling..I'd rather graft one on an inverted roostock.

this tree is an experiment of an entirely different nature.

I want to see what would have happened if they tried growing this one in a container back when they tried introducing this species years ago!

that tree would be double that size if you had it in the ground. I'll try to swing by a house that has a mamey tree on the ground about 6 -7 years so you could compare. It took my friend cangrejo 16 years for a seedling to fruit here in Santa Ana and the tree is 10m.
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2012, 10:23:30 PM »
It's goregeous! I live in a micro climate as well.. most of the time it's more like zone 10a here i had a mamey last year.. but i repotted it late in the summer and it experienced a lot of shock.. losing all it's leaves.  by the time winter set in in looked like crap.. in spring it started to bud out.. BUT snails got the buds.. it soon died...  I did all the wrong things and it still tried to pull through, even after winter... This year I have seedlings I stated from last year and this year.. I they are more vigorous and I feel they'll survive winter..  I also have a great green sapote someone gave me...

I like your idea.. the mamey is a beautiful tree.. if it won't fruit, it'd still be nice to sit under and very impressive for people to look at.. but I imagine you could get fruit eventually.. when I first started growing bananas people told me I'd never get fruit.. this spring after a bunch of bananas sat on the plant all winter.. i ate some delicious bananas.. Always worth a try.. and the pic you posted makes me want to nurture my mamey in hopes it will grow large  ;D

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2012, 10:28:52 PM »
thanks Californiatropicals,

you see my stubborn vision.

I will lay this sucker down and pull it in the garage, even if its 15 ft tall....lol.

I always stump visitors to my garden when i ask them what the tree is!

I think after about 2 more years, this tree will start to get so big, I'll have to prune it.
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2012, 10:44:14 PM »
I understand your stubborn vision too!

When someone suggests I won't be able to do something. It just makes me want to do it that much more!! lol   you definitely have to keep us posted on your mamey progress... I think they're beautiful trees.. and the fruit is delicious as well!

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« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2012, 09:34:44 PM »
A Florida uni professor tells me I need to wait about 20 years for my seedling Mamey to fruit.  And I won't know if the fruit is any good until them.  I am waiting another 17 years...

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2012, 09:58:49 PM »
maybe they will fruit faster in a pot, like almost all other fruit trees I grow!

when the tree runs out of space for roots to grow, it can force it to flower early.

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« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2012, 10:10:21 PM »
Hi Adam,

That's a tall one! Is that 3 stems growing from one seed?

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2012, 10:35:41 PM »
Hi Adam,

That's a tall one! Is that 3 stems growing from one seed?

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Yes,

4 stems, one seed!

it was from a pantin fruit...a very large fruit.
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« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2012, 11:43:42 PM »
Very Interesting, does that mean the seed was polyembryonic??  the loquats I had earlier this year have been sprouting a very high number of polyembryonic seedlings.. at first I saw one and was interested.. but now there are at least 7 poly embroynic seedlings.. I wonder if they will be true to type.. will probably still graft over them.. or possibly only graft one stem and see what the results are.  I've germinated like 7 mamey seedlings.. never seen a poly embryonic one! Awesome!

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« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2012, 05:12:54 AM »
Hi Adam,

Your Mamey tree looks freak'n great and it's in a pot :o 8)

I have read once that mamey can take up to 20 years to bear...this must be trees that are neglected and you are always pampering them trees...I reckon you will get the tree to flower in a short few years!

The young tree in the Botanical Garden is doing great...So, there is hope for one day to grow mamey myself :) Though, it must be a cv with small-medium fruits, that don't take to long...than a large cv like patin, which take quite a long time to ripen!

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #23 on: October 17, 2012, 10:14:23 AM »
Very Interesting, does that mean the seed was polyembryonic??  the loquats I had earlier this year have been sprouting a very high number of polyembryonic seedlings.. at first I saw one and was interested.. but now there are at least 7 poly embroynic seedlings.. I wonder if they will be true to type.. will probably still graft over them.. or possibly only graft one stem and see what the results are.  I've germinated like 7 mamey seedlings.. never seen a poly embryonic one! Awesome!

I don't think it's poly

the 4 sprouts all emerged from the same stalk...they're not separate at the base...the plant has a big trunk.

the terminal shoot curled around, like the letter "j" and then formed a loop, and grew towards the sky..

I used to be able to peer through the loop.
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« Reply #24 on: October 17, 2012, 02:14:49 PM »
One idea for you Adam (doesn't apply to your current tree of course): I've read that if you do a special proceedure you can get fruit quite fast on Mamey Sapote.

Sprout the seed, cut the taproot to just where it is comming out of the seed, onto that graft scionwood from a mature mamey of a type you like.  Supposedly the seed will develop a new root and your plant will flower/fruit soon (possibly in as little as 2 years).

Currently I have no live Mameys (I had some, sadly lost them) but I've had them before in 5 gallon pots.  Typically they get horribly root bound and tended not to rocket up much past 6'.  Yours looks a lot happier than mine even when they were in their "prime" (such as it was).
What's that got to do with Jose Andres $10 brussel sprouts?

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2012, 02:22:02 PM »
One idea for you Adam (doesn't apply to your current tree of course): I've read that if you do a special proceedure you can get fruit quite fast on Mamey Sapote.

Sprout the seed, cut the taproot to just where it is comming out of the seed, onto that graft scionwood from a mature mamey of a type you like.  Supposedly the seed will develop a new root and your plant will flower/fruit soon (possibly in as little as 2 years).

Currently I have no live Mameys (I had some, sadly lost them) but I've had them before in 5 gallon pots.  Typically they get horribly root bound and tended not to rocket up much past 6'.  Yours looks a lot happier than mine even when they were in their "prime" (such as it was).

Dan,

I think we are on the same wavelength

if u r describing an inverted root graft, I'm already on it!

thats my plan to keep my mamey tree of choice small.
I posted previously in this thread that I have plans to make one tree like this next year.

the tree I have now is headed down a different path in life!

am I corrrect in assuming you're referring to an inverted root graft?

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« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2012, 02:30:02 PM »
Interesting on the inverted root graft. Keep me updated how it goes.
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« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2012, 02:45:12 PM »
oh bummer, it's not poly embryonic  then..  It's still awesome. I love to train all my fruiting trees as mutiple leader.. I like the way it looks and limits upward growth.. makes the fruit easier to pick.  Mamey  are actually surprisingly resilient. I've broken the tap root off before by accident but later observed multiple tap roots from the original broken root..  Not to mention green sapote seedlings I fried in the sun ... my bad.... have come back from the lower stem.. I thought for sure they were done.

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« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2012, 04:46:38 PM »
am I corrrect in assuming you're referring to an inverted root graft?

Yes, I've never done any grafting but the idea of doing the inverted root graft on mamey sapote has always captivated me.
What's that got to do with Jose Andres $10 brussel sprouts?

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« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2012, 05:36:33 PM »
am I corrrect in assuming you're referring to an inverted root graft?

Yes, I've never done any grafting but the idea of doing the inverted root graft on mamey sapote has always captivated me.

TabbyD,

I tried some green sapotes grafted inverted on green sapote.  they all failed because I didn't graft them right.

I defoliated the scions  :'(

now I've got a few IRG'd Ross sapotes, on Canistel...scions not defoliated....looking good so far.

I remember cookiemon said he had success with an IRG green sap...but I never heard of that tree again.
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« Reply #30 on: October 17, 2012, 06:08:46 PM »
I've read  and heard a lot of people say when it comes to pouteria it's good to bind the scion for a few days before removing it from the mother tree so as to get it to store nutrients. I've heard others say with some members of the sapote family that the excess sap should be bled from the plant before grafting.. sounds like a lot of work to me! I'm a novice at grafting, I've had limited success  earlier this year with citrus and white sapote.. which is a psyched about..in the future i hope to do avocados and cherimoya/annona  I've already started a lot of cherimoya seedlings as rootstock!  Please keep us updated on your  mamey grafting endeavors. 

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #31 on: October 17, 2012, 07:37:38 PM »
here is an upclose shot of the trunk.

maybe you can see where the main leading shoot hooked around, and left a loop in the trunk.

the leading shoot is actually the shortest branch of all 4 shoots!! LOL.

I've not sprouted another mamey that has done this...but I have had miracle fruits (same family) do this!

I had a miracle fruit sprout like the weirdest thing u ever saw....with many shoots coming out everywhere!!



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« Reply #32 on: October 17, 2012, 07:59:57 PM »
Hi Adam,

Just a quick detour from the topic... I thought about one of my funny-growing pitangatuba when I saw your picture of that mamey trunk. Looks like this:



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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #33 on: October 17, 2012, 08:07:18 PM »
Tomas...I wonder what made yours do that? it is strange!

i uploaded the same pic, and showed with an arrow which shoot curved around and what path it took.

can u see what I mean?  I traced the path with a thin red line, and a white dot indicating it's origin. (i think u must click twice on the image to see the thin red line..sorry)

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #34 on: October 17, 2012, 08:12:03 PM »
Yes, I see the red path you draw. Very odd.

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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #35 on: October 17, 2012, 08:26:45 PM »
Haha!

btw Tomas...I see a signature of a yard grower and containerized fruit tree collector!

grass clippings everywhere all dried up like hay!
my house same thing ! lol...if u don't cut your own yard beware, the lawn guy is bound to get u mad oneday!
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Re: Mamey seedling, getting tall.
« Reply #36 on: October 17, 2012, 08:39:26 PM »
Hi Adam,

Nice job on the Mamey.  Those are very cold sensitive trees.  I have heard that one guy got a Mamey to fruit in Sarasota area, and it was the Viejo cultivar.  I spoke with Noris Ledesma of Fairchild, and she said that in her opinion, Viejo is no less cold sensitive than the other varieties.

It'd be really cool if you could get it to fruit!!!

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