The Tropical Fruit Forum

The macrophylla Mike was talking about


I got this one for $65 😮 completely rotten on the inside and the outside was dried out too. Got 2 large seeds and two smaller seeds which are hopefully all viable


Ordered some of the di bico a while seeds really hope they make it though

Hi. My Bearss lime has outgrown its container (22" in diameter) and I need a larger one. It would be convenient to build one out of cedar DYI, add soil, and replant the tree.

However, cedar and redwood leach a lot of tannic acid and possibly other stuff. Would that be a concern?

Lining the inside with fiberglass would not be cost effective....

Thanks.

MedallionBell, welcome.

You should start your own post about your tree and air layering.

This post is about One Seed Loquat fruits. Of course, if you tree has fruits with one see like I see in your photo then you are on the right post. So does most of your loquat fruits have only 1 seed as your photo shows?

To answer you question, yes air layering a tree that large is good since you can get many plants from it. You can search "air layer" on YouTube, the technique they use applies to most fruit trees.

I have many larger loquat trees, but it is just too much of a hassle for me to have air layers on the tree. I hear from people who do it, it will take 4-6 months to get enough roots to be able to cut it off the tree. If someone has any seedling loquat that is about 1/4" diameter thick, it's much easier to graft it from your tree and the roots will be much stronger on that grafted plant. I would think any air layered plant could take 1 year before its roots start to be strong enough to start growing out without keeping it in the shade. My air layered lychee plants took 2 years after removing from mother tree before it could be put in direct sun to continue to grow.

Malhar, so is your Pakistan Larkana tree large enough to start holding fruit yet? Did you taste it on your tree?

I got cutitngs of the Taiwanese Long, Indonesian Seedless, and two other varieties from this person. He mentioned the same about 2 of these large white flesh guava fruits. He said the fruit starts out hard (size is medium-large) but if you wait until the outside of the fruit starts to turn a little yellow, then it gets a little softer and is sweet (for a guava).

I found another guava fruit on the ground there, it was not the hard crunchy type, it was more like the Sylvia guava, the fruit gets pretty soft when ripe. I noticed this fruit which is about the same size as the Mexican Cream (2-3" long) because the inside flesh was pink/red. After I asked about it, he said it was called Ruby Supreme. He got it from a nursery.

I was going to ask about the white jamun too!