Cacao and narrow leaf guava fruits in my greenhouse!

[Daintree]

Well, after weeks of hand pollinating my theobroma cacao, using a jewelers loop and tweezers, I finally got two fruit to set on!  One dropped off right away, but the other is still hanging in there so far.  I think I am finally getting better at pollinating this really tricky flower. Even if this one drops, I am excited to know I CAN do it!


Also, my narrow leaf guava (Psidium striatum) has set on a fruit!  Yay!

[roblack]

that's awesome! a job well done, those are a bit out of their comfort zones.

please keep us posted along with more pics.

[CA Hockey]

What is the trunk diameter of your cacao?

Well, after weeks of hand pollinating my theobroma cacao, using a jewelers loop and tweezers, I finally got two fruit to set on!  One dropped off right away, but the other is still hanging in there so far.  I think I am finally getting better at pollinating this really tricky flower. Even if this one drops, I am excited to know I CAN do it!


Also, my narrow leaf guava (Psidium striatum) has set on a fruit!  Yay!

[Daintree]

Two inches.  I hope that is big enough to feed the fruit.  I waited until this year (it is 3 years old) to give it a bit more growth.  I am only pollinating flowers on the lower part of the trunk, and not the branches.

Carolyn