Black Sapote: So many fruits!

[msk0072]

My black sapote is fruiting for the first time this year. I counted 80 small fruits developing on my tree!
That is a huge number for a small tree.

[Ethan]

Wow Mike, congrats!  How tall/old is your tree, is it grafted, what size pot is it in, does it always stay in the bright window or does it go outside and what type of ferts?  Sorry for the ?s, but that is pretty exciting to see.

[cbss_daviefl]

I believe those are still just flowers.  My tree did the same and dropped all but a single developing fruit that is currenly only about 4 cm in diameter.

[fruitlovers]

Yes they're flowers not fruits. I wouldn't let it make more than a couple of fruits at that size. Probably most will abort, but if they don't you should take them off.

[msk0072]

Wow Mike, congrats!  How tall/old is your tree, is it grafted, what size pot is it in, does it always stay in the bright window or does it go outside and what type of ferts?  Sorry for the ?s, but that is pretty exciting to see.

My tree is a seedling 4 years old. The pot size is 20lt and the tree size 1.5m It stays all the time ouside with 5 hrs per day sun exposure. As fertilizer I used complesal (12-8-16 + 3MgΟ+B+Fe+Zn ).

Yes they're flowers not fruits. I wouldn't let it make more than a couple of fruits at that size. Probably most will abort, but if they don't you should take them off.

I can wait and see what happens with the fruit set. I also think the most of them will abort.

[msk0072]

This week 20 left on the tree

[Mike T]

I hope the count down ends in a real blast.The trees are not usually productive when young with many flowers not setting. Older trees can have loads of fruit and more than once I have done surprize skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree.   

[msk0072]

Mike that is a new type of skiing! . I wish I could do that
At the moment I pray can taste at least one fruit in the season.

[strkpr00]

I hope the count down ends in a real blast.The trees are not usually productive when young with many flowers not setting. Older trees can have loads of fruit and more than once I have done surprize skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree.

skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree, thats why I cut mine down, no traction on the lawn mower. They are a messy tree when mature.

[fruitlovers]

I hope the count down ends in a real blast.The trees are not usually productive when young with many flowers not setting. Older trees can have loads of fruit and more than once I have done surprize skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree.

skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree, thats why I cut mine down, no traction on the lawn mower. They are a messy tree when mature.

Messy around tree only if you don't eat them! Same can be said of any fruit tree...even the beloved mango! Not a problem around here!!

[BMc]

I hope the count down ends in a real blast.The trees are not usually productive when young with many flowers not setting. Older trees can have loads of fruit and more than once I have done surprize skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree.

skiing on fallen fruit beneath a tree, thats why I cut mine down, no traction on the lawn mower. They are a messy tree when mature.

Messy around tree only if you don't eat them! Same can be said of any fruit tree...even the beloved mango! Not a problem around here!!

Yep, they've cut down a number of old KPs in public places here as folks slip under them lots. They are too high for most lay folk to pick the fruit (those without good fruit picking extension poles) and the fruit are inevitably attacked by bats before droppin to the ground infested with black sodier fly larvae, which turn the ramains into a rich goo in hours.

Also, I had some truly horrible Black Sapotes yesterday from Tropical Fruit World. I purposely picked rounder 'Bernicker' style fruit as they are usually moister and sweeter than the star-shaped 'Maher' types. But these were dry, fibrous and lacking any sweetness. Tasted like dirt. Now I know why some have such low opinions of the fruit. I've eaten hundres of them and this was the first I've had that was truly that bad though.

[msk0072]

This week 2 fruits left!

[Future]

How old is the tree?

[msk0072]

4 years old