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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WANTED: Ilama trees and 'Painter' cherilata
« on: March 28, 2024, 11:58:28 PM »Difficult but not impossible.I just recently found someone selling Ilama seeds and was thinking about purchasing them but had never heard of them before. Do they not grow true to seed and that's why grafted ones are preferred? Or is it to speed up the time to fruit? Do they grow well in Central/South Florida?
From what I understand they are almost impossible to sprout from seed. That's why most people look for grafted seeds. They also aren't true to seed either like most annona fruit.
There are several posts on sprouting Ilama, some include pictures and reports of outcome using different methods.
If you search on Gibberelic Acid or GA3 and Ilama I am sure you will find several post. Here are a few.
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=29384.msg331931#msg331931
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=28910.msg327223#msg327223
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=44562.msg435408#msg435408
OP, if you have candidate rootstock, I can send you a few Cherilata scions.