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This thread will be 4 Years Old tomorrow.Today, i brought home a small 7gal low branched M4. It's still on passenger seat waiting for my helper.I'd like to know growth habbit ya'll experienced so far to help decide where to plant.Planning on leaving it in pot by pool so i can eliminate my soil from equation if it's stunted & easier to wash soil if i use wrong or too much fertilizer. Good idea i say. Might put it in a 15gal after time before planting.Ed
I'd like to know growth habbit ya'll experienced so far to help decide where to plant.
Quote from: EddieF on April 10, 2021, 04:08:16 PMI'd like to know growth habbit ya'll experienced so far to help decide where to plant.I've posted these pics before, but here's mine when I got it from Top Tropicals 2 years ago.Here it is two years later. It flowered heavily but I picked off all the little fruitlets. It's grown quite a bit and into a nicely shaped tree. I've done no pruning on it but will probably take some lower branches off soon.It's still in the same rabbit-protection cage in both pics to give you a sense of how much it's grown.
My new child. Graft look ok?
Do we know with any certainty yet if M-4 is an alternate bearer? If M-4 were grafted on a regular bearing variety tree, would it produce regularly?
Quote from: FlMikey on June 20, 2021, 08:54:21 PMDo we know with any certainty yet if M-4 is an alternate bearer? If M-4 were grafted on a regular bearing variety tree, would it produce regularly?From nursery grafted trees, it does not appear to be alternate.I think there may gave been extenuating circumstances that caused the mother tree to appear as alternate bearing.