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Hi. The leaf size and pattern and your fruit description reminds of Sapoteae species and like Manilkara kauki. Other khaki /kaki fruits are Diosporys / Persimon /ebony family and their leaves are more ovate or globular. Interesting to see when it blossoms and fruits. Thanks.
Wood mulch has a lot of carbon but has almost zero nitrogen.To compost wood chips and straw bales ,i just add urea ( ie urine) and it heats up,then i mix it with a fork from time to time.
In order to break down,the microorganisms will use all the nitrogen they can get and your plant will be starved of nitrogen.
After it draws nitrogen and becomes verry well composted,it will release all that nitrogen back.
3 months is too little ,depending on climate,what type of wood chips nd the amount of nitrogen in the soil.
If you want them to compost faster,simply add nitrogen over the wood chips.
Ureea or a powerfull source of N,not manure as that doesnt has enough nitrogen to compost itself and sometimes it takes years to decompose a dryed cow dung.
Could u explain how to use urea to compost woodchips please?
,William
You could use urea fertiliser pellets too,just mix them with water and wet the wood chips .
Thanks walnut will definitely try it out. How long does it need to sit in the urea mix?
Santol is a good size tree that should be planted in full sun with at least 8m spacing.
Peter
I planted multiple varities of mango trees two years ago all from three gallon pots. These trees have not grown at all my question is why. Ive fertilized them with various brands from home depot they get sun most of the day. What seems to happen is about once a year they try to push some new growth but the leaves are very small and the flush is only 1 or two inches long. 1 probelm could be the rains this year my backyard where they are is prone to standing water in heavy rains the past few months all record highs have made my yard a swamp about half the summer thus far but the trees were still not doing anything prior to the heavy rains. Im just seeking advise on what to do to get these trees going. Mango trees in the front yard grow just fine.
Wood mulch has a lot of carbon but has almost zero nitrogen.
In order to break down,the microorganisms will use all the nitrogen they can get and your plant will be starved of nitrogen.
After it draws nitrogen and becomes verry well composted,it will release all that nitrogen back.
3 months is too little ,depending on climate,what type of wood chips nd the amount of nitrogen in the soil.
If you want them to compost faster,simply add nitrogen over the wood chips.
Ureea or a powerfull source of N,not manure as that doesnt has enough nitrogen to compost itself and sometimes it takes years to decompose a dryed cow dung.
I got 10 big red seeds and was told to put them between damp papertowels
in a baggie.
Within 10 days all 10 germinated and within 2 weeks all 10 sprouted.
I then tried to do Thai Lessard seeds and it took a month to get 10
seeds to germinate and sprout.
I thought this is easy but then I started having mixed results on others?
I have never figured out why. I got some Vietnamese Na Dai that sprouted
6 months later after Winter but I only had 3 out of 20 seeds germinate and sprout.
I have a different Na Dai seed that is from last year and they are still
viable and germinating easy now. I had 4 Pouteria hypoglauca seeds for around
10 months in damp vermiculite that would not germinate and I scarified them
and so far 2 have germinated. That seeds coat was thick I would be inclined to
try scarifying any annona seeds that don't germinate in the future. If you use
papertowels change them often to avoid mold. I recently got some cherimoya
seeds and I put them in damp vermiculite and 3 have germinated so far.
They look great.
Congrats on the successful crop.
I saw they share similar growth requirements to mangosteen.
How long did your tree take to fruit? ~5yrs?
I'm might consider adding this to my Garcinia collection.
Garcinia parvafolia is something I’ve been working on for probably 7 years. This is not the first time it’s produced but the first credible commercial production where I could take it to my stall at the farmers market and sell several kg.
The pulp is sweet and appealing, this was not a hard introduction to make. On Borneo the locals dry the skin, powder it and use it as an ingredient in curries to give tang to the dish. I’ve had reports that the skins, blended with water and sugar makes a good juice drink. Most of my customers are eating the pulp and casting the skins away.
Peter
I am not an expert here, just want to share my little experience. Almost all fruit trees will benefit from cross pollination, even citrus tree. Some trees will fruit a lot heavier when cross pollinated, some just a little heavier. Depending on the variety, climate, and other enviromental factors.
Rambutan in my home country (indonesia) grow really big. I mean really big. I remember saw one about 20 meter in height and width as a kid.
Planting them one meter apart would be too close, unless you plan to trim them really heavy each year. It might not grow that big in Australia.
Maybe 3 meters apart will be decent.
It shouldn’t make a difference. Grafted material is assumed to be selected for production qualities as well as fruit quality.
Peter
Ive also got a question RE this i just bought 2 rambutan trees on the weekend and the guy at the nursery mentioned planting them only a metre or two apart which seemed strange to me but maybe it was for this reason? How close should i plant my two trees apart for cross pollination?
Rambutan does not need cross pollination, but you will get more fruit with cross pollination.
In Asia, it takes years for rambutan to start bear fruit. Once it starts, you will be drowned in rambutan. We used the fruit to throw at each other as kids because there were more than we can eat.
. Can anyone confirm this? . Can anyone confirm this?Hi,
I purchased a bag of fresh Mangosteen from local supermarket today. Can Mangosteen grow in California?
Thanks,
Al
Oscar, will it fruit twice for you or fruit out of season?Yeah Peter, it seems to fruit at least twice a year, one heavy crop and then a light one. Sometimes there can even be a third light crop.
Ours is finishing up right now but it also can fruit around March/April.
Peter
