The Tropical Fruit Forum

Bump it for 2019. Ashitaba plants are healthy and beautiful, always organic.

I’ve had it 5 years and never fruited or flowered.
Same can be said for some other varieties for me as well.

Alright, which admin? Because that is some old BS.

Yes I sent a message today. No reply yet.

kj

You’d get a faster reply if your on the hook to buy something. Otherwise persistence will have to be your middle name.
Polynesian Produce Stand aka 7_heads
Jeff Crawford  (808) 638-5540

Temperate

You could drop a note or talk to produce damager and let them know whats up and beg them to order from SB exotics. The whole foods here can stock them, no reason yours can’t source the good ones too.

Never buy an imported Chilean Cherimoya if you want a positive impression of the fruit.

Thanks for the nice report and telling it like it is.

I bet you can fruit it in the City. I have a bunch of varieties fruiting in a foggy Santa Cruz zone close to the ocean. Hit me up if your ever down this way and want to check ‘em out. I have some extra grafted “Dream” tree’s right now.

I’m curious what your looking to use this medium for?

Sorry, image posting issue at the moment.

They are super variable across the board. There are ping pong ball sized red and yellow.
There are incredibly productive for their size red and yellow.
Bottom line: most people think yellow tastes better but again so much variability in seedlings.

I want to know what people have successfully grafted on ??, as i have a large red i’d like to top work.

Simon, What is the larger tree size , capable of holding 70-100 fruits , trunk caliper near the base?
I recall a handout from Nino at the CCA conference that stated he hand pollinated earlier and earlier each year and this correspondended with bigger harvests. I’ve also read on TFF about hand pollinating contributing to more seediness. There is give and take with everything. I would like to be on it with handpollinsting  and I would like all the varieties to fruit, many pots on the fire of course and I would be more likely to without the good fruit set.
The “Dream” , “Lisa” and A. Globiflora continue to flower well for a third year but no hand pollination so no fruit set. I have observed smaller amounts of fruit set and no fruit set on certain Cherimoya cultivar ( Pierce, Inca Red) , and then others overset themselves prolifically without the hand pollination (HoneyHART, Licia, Fino de Jete) , fascinating.

Of note regarding Exotica was a singular Cherimoya I found holding ripe in August, on one of the huge tree’s at the back of the lot next door. Never pruned , those monsters must be 30 foot by 30 foot easy.