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Hi Oscar... was just getting ready to plant 5 Garcinia Aristata trees (Rheedia) not sure.. and i wanted to get a status update on your trees. you originally posted in 2012 that your rheedia aristata had not fruited but just began to flower. how as it been lately? any fruits?Flowers a lot, but never sets fruit as i think all the flowers are male. Just about a year ago i planted a couple extra for cross pollination. But will take long before they flower. They seem to be small bushy trees. So yes, 5 feet distance should be enough, especially with their super slow growth.
Also if i were to plan space between these 5 trees what kind of spacing do they need? sounds like not much.. maybe 5' between trees?
Thanks!
Hopefully it will flower again soon.
Hi Oscar, I already sent you two emails without response and I'm still waiting the seeds of Annona spraguei I ordered the 30th of November 2017. Since I didn't receive anything at all, I was asking you if and when you shipped the packet.
Thanks,
Giampaolo
I always found it hard to believe that Sapote de Mico was a subspecies of Pouteria torta, owing to major morphological divergence. Sure enough, the taxonomists at Flora do Brasil reclassified this as Pouteria gallifructa. Also the ssp. glabra has been defined as P. guianensis. Sure to spark disagreement...
Hi Oscar, I already sent you two emails without response and I'm still waiting the seeds of Annona spraguei I ordered the 30th of November 2017. Since I didn't receive anything at all, I was asking you if and when you shipped the packet.Please email me again at fruitlovers at gmail.com. Sometimes emails get blocked for some strange reason. Don't want want to respond to business on forum. Thanks
Thanks,
Giampaolo
I'm still mad I killed the one I had!! Is there any source in fl to buy a couple trees?Try Excalibur. They had it in the past.
Don't think they are very good out of hand, and also quite small. But they make excellent wine and jelly.
Hello Oscar,
I have some trees loaded with immature fruits now, a doubt how to consume?
They are a little sour, but I like the taste, they remind me of the taste of Gondo, the problem is that the trees are planted near other delicacies here like longans and cambuca, so even if I strive to eat the bignay, the eyes always they are to another side!
I think about making a kind of wine or jelly with and are they possible?Have fruiting trees. They usually fruit in summer. The fruiting time is rather short, a few weeks, but can have second flowering season. The viability of fruits is very short, even in the fridge. I've never found the flowers to smell bad, but haven't tried smelling them close up. It's better to have more than one tree, especially inside a greenhouse.
Keep in mind that these cherimoyas don't grow in the mountains, but rather in semi-tropical valleys with elevations of around 6600 ft. (like Mizque in Bolivia), where it doesn't snow. My wife is from Bolivia, and I confirmed this with her. So if you were thinking they might grow in Kentucky, that wouldn't be the case.Yup, cherimoyas are a sub tropical, not a temperate fruit. They can't take freezes. I know someone who tried to start a commercial cherimoya orchard in northern California, and it failed, even though it was supposedly in a micro climate next to a lake.
Orchard in Hamakua is right next to ocean, about 100 ft. elevation. Max elevation for durians depends on specific area, but usually around 1000 ft. elevation.Yum, that’s incredible. Did this all come from your place in Pahoa? How long have you been planting fruit trees at your current location?The mangosteens are from my place close to Pahoa. Everything else in the photo is from another orchard i planted on the Hamakua coast. The mangosteens are about 20 years old. The durians are about 15 years old.
Incredible dedication on your part, it’s fantastic. At what elevation is your orchard on the Hamakua Coast. What is the max elevation you could grow these along the Hamakua Coast?
Wow, I hate not to live in a tropical place! congratsRight now have 3 hectares planted. Have new place i am about to plant that is another 10 hectares.
How many square meters or hectares did you planted? Do you have enought room yet to plant more?
How long did the seedling durian take to fruit?About 10 years.
Thanks Oscar. As my rainfall is like the Hilo side, what cultivars do best there? Also, I did finally get my books from Instituto Plantarum. Thanks for your help.Some that are doing well and producing well: Linda, Yamagata, Semil 34, Murashige. Some not doing so well: Sharwill, Green Gold.
Yum, that’s incredible. Did this all come from your place in Pahoa? How long have you been planting fruit trees at your current location?The mangosteens are from my place close to Pahoa. Everything else in the photo is from another orchard i planted on the Hamakua coast. The mangosteens are about 20 years old. The durians are about 15 years old.
