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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: All the fruit on July 01, 2019, 06:02:18 AM
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Hi,
found the perfect Loquat for temperate climate. Seems to belong to the Japanese type of varieties with whitish soft tasty flesh. Was brought from Brazil as a fruit and has been growing and fruiting regularly in Heidelberg/Germany (USDA zone 8a, now rather 8b) for almost 10 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMsqexWF_U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMsqexWF_U)
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That is awesome! I'd love to get some of those seeds if it's possible. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Regards, Dan
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As long as you live at the EU i can try and get you some seeds.
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Looks good, with thinning the fruit may achieve larger size.
Likely descended from Mizuho, a commercial variety in Japan that is a similar color/shape, but yours is lighter in flesh color, and has a better flesh/seed ratio.
Many Japanese left to Brazil, so it makes sense the variety would have made the journey.
Seems like an excellent variety.
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P.m. sent.
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Seeds arrived.Thx Sdravko! Will take good care of them,i think they need cold stratification.
(https://i.postimg.cc/FKC3Pmn9/20190711-110534.jpg)
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They don't need stratification. Just plant them and keep them from drying out. I've probably started a hundred loquats that way.
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How do the flowers/fruitlets survive the cold? Does it bloom later or are they just more hardy? I saw some loquats in Lyon last week and i was thinking maybe they bloomed later.
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They don't need stratification. Just plant them and keep them from drying out. I've probably started a hundred loquats that way.
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Thx for advice.