Tropical Fruit Forum - International Tropical Fruit Growers

Site looks great

Interesting. An internal disorder would make sense. There's no broken skin or fungus growing on the fruit. I'll have to read up on it. Maybe change my fertilization and cover when cold. Thanks for the info everyone

I had the same issue last year.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=38938

My Big Jim also only rotted on the side exposed to light, including the fruits that didn't get direct sun, which kind of makes me doubt it's sunburn. I watched it slowly happen and the weather was cool and overcast the entire time. I see too many healthy, fruit filled, sitting in full sun Loquat trees around socal for them to be THAT sensitive to sunlight. What variety is yours? How's your weather been? I can't imagine you've had too many days over 70f in MB this year. I seem to remember it starting after we had a few consecutive days of rain. Has any water been sitting on the fruit? I ended up cutting all the fruit off and it decided not to flower this year, but it does look healthy with a lot of new growth. Good luck


Edit: Looking over that old thread and it looks like Jose Spain might have nailed it with Fusicladium eriobotryae. A fungus dispersed by rain and thrives in wet conditions. At least in my case, I think a rain storm dispersed the fungus to the outer exposed fruit. That might explain why even the fruit out of direct sunlight still looked burned. Google image doesn't have the best photos, but you can read the abstract here http://www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=1092_46

I had hoped a good trimming would be enough, but I think I'm gonna have to spray my tree

Seeds arrived! Very fast shipping and well packaged. I appreciate the extras and replacements. Very fresh seeds. Plenty of them perfectly germinating. Thank you Marcos!

Nice! Was this from seed? If so, how long did it take to fruit?

Quote from: shmojojojo on January 16, 2021, 04:51:26 PM

All this advice is still relevant, but you guys realize in a few days this post will be a year old. It can happen when people see January and still haven't adjusted to the year switching over

Or a spammer revives a year old thread, posts a sentence or two of some what relevant info, then segues into how the workers are poorly paid and posts a link to a app that will pay you to play games.

Yikes, I didn't even notice the link. Same user also bumped a post from 2016 also with a link, but I think it's harmless.

All this advice is still relevant, but you guys realize in a few days this post will be a year old. It can happen when people see January and still haven't adjusted to the year switching over

Super fast shipping! Well packaged with plenty of extra seeds and a beautiful cutting. Looking forward to my next order. Thanks

Which Etsy seller did you buy from?

SevenTropical

Use google to try to find some farmers markets. They usually take place on the weekend and there are many of them across Southern California. The San Gabriel Valley (10-20 mins east of LA) has plenty smoothie shops that also sell tropical fruits. Unfortunately many of them are dealing with fruit shortages due to covid. That was a few months ago, things might have gotten better since then. Look up "Trai Cay" in the San Gabriel Valley on google or yelp and make sure you call ahead before you go.

Nice! They are so hard to find. I have been looking for one for over 5 years and I pretty much live in it's native range

It's a Feijoa. Yes, I scraped the bark and used rooting hormone. I was expecting at least 3 months and I'm at the 1.5 month mark, so I think it still has a while to go. I'm just glad the soil was still moist. Good luck with your eggs

Sorry about your muntingia. Looks a bit like Goji Berry