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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: S> Annona scions 2024
« on: March 22, 2024, 10:48:25 AM »
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Can a transplant jackfruit tree (2 feet) with a damaged taproot (not sure it was a tap root but one had broken off) survive?
The number of chill hours or minimum temp to stimulate lychee flowering varies a lot between varieties. I have seen lists of well over 40 varieties trialled in my local area on the Tablelands from least to most chill hours needed in sequence. Some like Tai so which maritius is form and kwai mai pink can flower at times when temps don't fall below 50f.
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I had a grafted Taishu tree but it died within a few months after I purchased it. I'm supposed to be able to get another replacement one this spring.
Hi FruitersI pollinate llama to atemoya Lisa this year and set 4 Fruits , any one get any have idea ?
Have any of you successfully grown Ilama from seed into a mature tree?
I've had two failed experiences with Ilama so far.
1. I got seeds. Germinated them quickly and easily after soaking in GA3. All was going well up until they were on their 2nd or 3rd set of leaves. The plants were between 5 and 15 cm when they suddenly got sick. A couple of them had some fungal looking growth around the base of the stem. All their leaves darkened and over the next few weeks they died. At this point the weather was still warm. So I put it down to a fungal condition.
2. I purchased a baby plant. It was about 10 cm tall and had it's first set of leaves. Starting to sprout it's second. It was healthy upon arrival but after a few weeks the same thing happened and it died. I did not see any fungal growth on this plant . This time the weather was cooler at the start of winter but it wasn't yet deep into winter.
I live in a climate similar to Southern Florida or Florianopolis Brazil. Subtropical with no frosts but it's still cold enough in winter that growing things like Durian or Mangosteen is out of the question.
My next strategy for Ilama is to use Cactus potting mix. So it will be nice and sandy and free draining. And to also purchase some Anti fungal liquid to apply to the potting mix.
Do any of you guys have any hints or tips on how to successfully raise this seemingly fickle yet wonderful fruit from seed into a beast of a tree that will feed my neighborhood Possums, Fruit bats and other assorted critters?
Cheers!
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Hi Gozp. Did you receive my message? PM you twice, but no response.
Kindly, check your PMs.
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With just two rootstocks to play with, I'll need to wisely choose my cultivars (though I could diversify later as the branching multiplies).
What would be the best way to learn about cultivars? I have seen references to Seda and Palo. What's available in the US?
Thanks...
Alastair
Hi Alastair,
I think that "de seda" (moist type, literally translated as "silky") and "de palo" (dry/"mealy" type, literally translated as "woody") are phenotypes of lucuma rather than actual named cultivars, but could be mistaken on that (I'm an amateur and noobie at growing exotic/tropical fruits, and have no education in botany so I might be using the term "phenotype" incorrectly here).
I made an online purchase of a couple lucuma seedlings from Nate @ Wildlands in June 2023 and I think he had scions of a named cultivar called "Pecan Pie" around that time. Slightly tangential, but the seedlings are doing great in my climate even though the weather has been really chilly, wet, and "blech" around my neck of the woods in the Sacramento area -- they've actually been pushing a tiny bit of new growth. I've been pretty impressed by their hardiness for something that I thought would be more sensitive than has actually been the case.
Pivoting back to named cultivars, I recently read a writeup I found online about lucuma and it seems that Peru and Chile have a lot of actual named cultivars (‘Calzada’, ‘Yema de Huevo’, ‘San Hilarión’, ‘La Molina’, ‘Amarilla 1’, ‘Tercer Mundo’) but I'm not sure how one would obtain scionwood of those barring traveling to South America, collecting the scionwood themselves and going through the process of importing with the proper paperwork and inspections.