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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Fruit So-Shang Elaeagnus latifolia
« on: June 13, 2021, 10:29:47 PM »Oscar, do you know what it takes to get E. latifolia to flower and fruit? Me and others have had trees grown from seed from you for 6+ years and they're growing well but not flowering or fruiting. Thanks!Don't know. But would guess it's climate related. Even here they flower a lot, but few of the flowers set fruit. I think it might be too rainy for their liking here. They come from NE India and Thailand where they go through monsoon climate with extreme dry and extreme wet.
Sounds good. I guess we'll have to figure out how to trick them into fruiting, maybe by simulating their native climate.
Barath, the one I got from you fruits every year in the fall, they need a lot of water at least by southern California standards.
That's great! I'm trying to remember -- did I give you the "Catherine's Find" Elaeagnus (the species is a mystery on that one) or Elaeagnus latifolia?
I think their fruits might look pretty similar.
I think I'll try what Oscar mentioned and try to trick it into thinking there's a monsoon season.