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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: One Seed Loquat Fruit
« Last post by sc4001992 on Today at 02:07:02 AM »MedallionBell, welcome.
You should start your own post about your tree and air layering.
This post is about One Seed Loquat fruits. Of course, if you tree has fruits with one see like I see in your photo then you are on the right post. So does most of your loquat fruits have only 1 seed as your photo shows?
To answer you question, yes air layering a tree that large is good since you can get many plants from it. You can search "air layer" on YouTube, the technique they use applies to most fruit trees.
I have many larger loquat trees, but it is just too much of a hassle for me to have air layers on the tree. I hear from people who do it, it will take 4-6 months to get enough roots to be able to cut it off the tree. If someone has any seedling loquat that is about 1/4" diameter thick, it's much easier to graft it from your tree and the roots will be much stronger on that grafted plant. I would think any air layered plant could take 1 year before its roots start to be strong enough to start growing out without keeping it in the shade. My air layered lychee plants took 2 years after removing from mother tree before it could be put in direct sun to continue to grow.
You should start your own post about your tree and air layering.
This post is about One Seed Loquat fruits. Of course, if you tree has fruits with one see like I see in your photo then you are on the right post. So does most of your loquat fruits have only 1 seed as your photo shows?
To answer you question, yes air layering a tree that large is good since you can get many plants from it. You can search "air layer" on YouTube, the technique they use applies to most fruit trees.
I have many larger loquat trees, but it is just too much of a hassle for me to have air layers on the tree. I hear from people who do it, it will take 4-6 months to get enough roots to be able to cut it off the tree. If someone has any seedling loquat that is about 1/4" diameter thick, it's much easier to graft it from your tree and the roots will be much stronger on that grafted plant. I would think any air layered plant could take 1 year before its roots start to be strong enough to start growing out without keeping it in the shade. My air layered lychee plants took 2 years after removing from mother tree before it could be put in direct sun to continue to grow.