The Tropical Fruit Forum

as usual my annual call

I am looking for wax apple Black Diamond  and Black Kingkong seeds

Or Jambu Air cuttings, trees or scions, seeds

So my guava just made it's first tropic pink guava fruit. It was VERY gross. I've had tropic pink guava and they were sweet, this one was sour and nasty. Did I do anything wrong? It's a young tree and it's it first fruit, so does that have anything to do with it?

not all guava are sweet, some are very sour, in fact their are my favorite  , nevertheless, wait one or two crops often it changes from sour on the first crops to sweet, at least in my island.

Only if the root-stock is a large, already fruiting tree, is it likely to hormonally influence juvenile scions to flower sooner.  This is a standard technique with some fruit tree breeders.

I thought so... it looks logical that if your rootstock is already fruiting.. the hormone should definitely help the flowering process. I did the graft, I guess that I will find an answer by myself.

Especially when you do it the other way... on citrus, scions coming from fruiting trees and put on 2 years trees rootstock gave me fruit after only 1 year.

a little bit of explanation:

I have seven cultivars of wax apple: small green (1-2 years seedling), small pink (air layered and fruiting), small red (air layered and fruiting), small white (air layered and fruiting), big rainbow a.k.a ชมพู่เพชรสายรุ้ง (air layered and fruiting), big red a.k.a Jambu air citra (air layered and fruiting), big white a.k.a Jambu madu deli (grafted and not fruiting).

As rootstock is a small red, I grafted on it 1 small white, 1 small pink, 1 big rainbow. I wanted to graft a small green on the rootstock, and wonder if the small green which as not fruit yet will put fruit quickly or will it take 5-6 years?

Hello everyone,

If my scion is from a seed planted two years ago, and my rootstock is 3-4 years old, does that mean that when grafted it will give fruit much faster than the seedling tree I've planted 2 years ago? can I expect it to fruit quicker?

thank you

Anyone can Sell syzygium fibrosum seeds abroad? I am very interested in them

I second this, anyone ?

I have been studying air layering and haven't tried yet.  My main question is "What age tree can you Air Layer".
I have a wax apple that I would like to try, but it is only 3 or 4 years old.  There are 3 3 ft long branches only.
What would happen to this tree if it were too young. 
Also, a Longan tree that I bought at a nursery and have had for 2 years.  It is maybe 4 ft tall. 

Is there a rule of thumb for air layering.  Thanks !!

My opinion is that the ideal air layering would be to do it on an already fruiting tree, that should be you main target. I have done air layering on very small branch as well as very large branch. On longan and Wax apple, It is better to do it during the vegetative growth season, the roots grow quicker.

I was surprised this weekend to see that five of my seven pulasan trees are heavily flowering. I'm surprised because the trees have been grown from seed and have only been in the ground for five years. I sort of was expecting my GRAFTED rambutan trees to flower before the pulasan trees because they are a year older. Perhaps rambutans flower later? I hope (please, God!) one of the pulasans is a male. Anyway, it was a nice surprise! BTW, I planted two pulasans close together in one hole. The trunks are fused now and the "tree" is the largest of the lot. It's a beautiful healthy tree.

Congrats, do not forget to share some pictures

Quote from: OCchris1 on July 12, 2018, 02:03:39 AM

If the plastic bag is on the tree, in this heat and sunny location, you can expect a dead tree very soon. Keep it shaded and well watered minus the bag (if the sun is expected to hit the tree at some point during the day). Good luck. Chris

It's currently in a well shaded area under our oak tree (no direct sunlight) with the plastic bag which has a few small holes.    I contacted the seller, they suggested keeping the bag on and adding small hole at the top of the bag. 

Thanks for the advise.

How is your tree now?

Wow Amazing growth, always a sign of good care. was it a grated tree or from seeds?

Hi,
Can you please, help me, what is that thing?

Its looking good when you gonna put them in the ground?

A lot of them are fruiting in the container, I wonder if they will ever go in the ground.

Growing fruit tree in container allows me to grow more in less space. I am looking for the ideal spot to settle, when that times come I shall see.