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FruitKid374, impressed by your successes on BiQi and Black Peak. Especially BP - I didn't see many successes so far, and mine is green but there is no bud.

Please keep us updated about your progress.

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I had gotten my tree as a 3 or 4 year old seedling from an online nursery and it was rootbound in a 1g.  I potted it up into a 5, and then a 15 where its been the past year.  It flushes profusely every year and looks much better than the 1 female I had in the ground from the same source (tested by Marta to confirm gender).  I just dug that one up and plan to plant it at my farm where there are patches of CA Native Myrica californica. 

I use FoxFarm OceanForest and water with city water, which is part ground and surface water.  No filtering or anything, I have a chlorine filter on the line but its years old so I'm not sure it's actually doing anything.

Good to know. Dis your male tree bloom this year? I wonder how many years it takes for a male seedling tree to produce flowers.

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I have around a 4 or 5 year old male if anyone needs scion.

Wow this is great. A male tree is the most critical missing piece right now. Thanks for offering the scions.

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 I tested the fruits that Simon gave me, results as follows

- Shahrokh from Simon's tree: 22, 19. They are a little dehydrated but not much. Very sweet indeed.

- Shahrokh from another tree: 13

- Big Jim from Simon's tree: 19.7. Very sweet and flavorful. One of the best loquat fruits I've had

Simon I think your watering and fertilization method resulted in superior tastes. 







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Simon 19.4 is very high for loquats. My previous readings were from 12-16.5. And they were actually tasty.

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Wow, Simon, I think your plants are back to good health now that there’s roots and the shoot growth is longer. I did the same thing with the smallest containers and light potting mix so I could tell when to add water. It took 4-6 months for me though.

Oftentimes the grafts start to grow and then turn brown. Here’s a couple shots today of my grafts. The grafts were done in January.

You can see how there are many buds that pushed and turned brown right after. One of them did keep growing. The small green one is not out of the woods yet. This is why I say having the graft push too soon after grafting is not a good sign. They die once they run out of available buds if the graft union hasn’t bridged.

I did grafting during the cool season. You guys doing grafts this round can provide data on how well spring grafts work with the warmer weather. Who knows, it might help them heal faster. It’s not something I’ve tried before but I hope for a good outcome.





Thanks for sharing! It took 3-4 months for the second graft (side graft) to grow just that little bit? What graft did you use for the first one?

Is the rootstock M. Californica?

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Good to know that Peluche also tastes great. I have a few ripening up and I will try to compare flavor of fresh vs. 2 days later.

Very useful taste rating Kaz. Looks like your seedlings are winners, especially KT9 and KT18.

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Thanks for the detailed pics Kaz! your loquats all look great.

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I haven’t needed to water yet after potting them since they are kept in high humidity. I will only water them when the pot feels light. I think at this stage it’s best not to water until the potting mix is dry. Just like rooting cuttings - overwatering kills new roots easily

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For those who don't know, "Bi Qi" means "water chestnuts" in Chinese, referring to the similar dark color of the fruits - some also call it "black charcoal" Yangmei.

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of all the pictures I've seen so far, An Hai and Bi Qui have the most growth.  Anyone seen any growth on Dong Kui or Black Peak beside Simon?


I am also seeing growth on my An Hai and Bi Qui but there is no growth yet on my black peak although they are still alive.  The worst of the lot for me are the Dong Kui, where all but one are dead above the graft union.



Bi Qui



An Hai

Cheers,
Richard

they look really good. My Dongkui die back until the graft union. If the rootstock survives I hope to get a male plant. One black peak is probably dead.

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Wow I can’t believe Simon your trees are doing so well! This gives me hope. Thanks for sharing the pics and your expertise.

My Biqi looks the best with some buds (none are popping yet). Others have no leaves or obvious buds.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: One Seed Loquat Fruit
« on: May 09, 2021, 07:20:51 PM »
flesh/fruit weight percentage is a more meaningful number. Perhaps you can compare different varieties including the single-seed one

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Not Shan Eat Well yard tour 2021
« on: May 08, 2021, 01:03:24 PM »
Very nice yard Shane - most trees seem happy despite the clay soil. Thanks for the tour. You have many cool plants that I don’t know.

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This is said to be an example of dongkui branch with both male and female flowers

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Seller said the grafted trees should produce both male and female flowers but I am not sure how true it is. I also heard that mature grafted trees may produce both male and female flowers but I am not sure how long it takes and how likely it happens.

Therefore, one reason to perhaps keep the suckers from the seedling rootstock is to have a 50% chance to get male branches.

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I've got a few hopeful buds on mine








Wow they look super nice and promising! What varieties are they? You must be doing something right.

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I'm curious what the rootstocks of our plants are. One can assume yangmei, I guess. If our graft doesn't work on what we received... Maybe we will still get some yangmei if the root stock survives?

seller that the rootstocks are yangmei seedlings.

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I only have buds on BiQi. It is losing leaves but the branch stays green so far. Some buds seem to be swelling but not very sure yet. I did some grafting too. Too early to tell.

My setup is very primitive - a trash can with plastic cover. I open it up during the night and cover it during the day. Give it some spray a few times.





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Oh, I thought he was talking about the actual Yangmei plant received, and not the rootstock (californicus.) of the newly grafted plants.

I think Simon was referring to the rootstock of the Yangmei plant, not the m. californica.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado tasting
« on: May 05, 2021, 01:55:47 AM »
That was an awesome event today. I know it was an Avocado tasting but Richard, Mark, Ken and others brought fruit trees to give away. The avocados were incredible and it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

Here’s the recipe for the Avocado Smoothie I made:

In a large blender, throw in 2 large or 3 small avocados, 2 big pinches of Himalayan pink sea salt, and half a can( approximately 7 oz. of sweetened condensed milk. Add 2 cups of milk and blend for about 1 minute to emulsify everything. Once everything is blended well, throw in 3 cups of ice and blend until the ice is all broken up into tiny pieces.

You can also throw in a banana to make an Avocado Banana smoothie which some people prefer.

Enjoy

Simon

Thanks for sharing this recipe Simon! I just tried it and it rocks. Whole family love it

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado tasting
« on: May 02, 2021, 01:59:28 AM »







Brad Thanks a lot for hosting the event and the delicious avocados! It was super well planned and organized. I haven’t tasted most of avocados and they all tastes good to me.

Everything was delicious- avocado smoothie, sugarcane juice, mulberry, loquat. Can’t wait to have the next gathering.



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Thanks Ken for the Yangmei. I picked up some extra plants he had, not sure if they will make it but my trip to his place was well worth it.
I got to meet him in person and see his fruit trees. I'm really impressed with the loquats he has, the nicest looking, very big fruited trees. His trees are not that large but his fruits are huge and look super clean. He gave me a Shorepointe loquat so when I got home, did a quick taste test with my top 2 loquats and his was number 3 (still very good taste).

In addition to picking up my plants, Ken gave me heads up on picking up some myrica californica at a nearby nursery. I had to walk a little with my crutch (60 acre nursery) to find the plant but they have super great prices ( 1 gallon plants $6.50) and very big, so I had to buy 8 of them.

Thanks again Ken.



Hi Kaz, it was nice to meet you in person. I forgot to tell you that you could drive within the nursery so you don’t have to walk.


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kaz and kang, what part of the nursery were the californica plants in?  When youdrive in which way did you go?

I think it’s all the way to the upper left corner. The most unnoticeable place in the nursery.

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Kang let us know if you need money for the government fees

Thanks Brad. No I settled with the seller. I’m covered.

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