Author Topic: Growing Luc's Garcinia or Garcinia sp. Limoncillo in Southern California (Read 23487 times)

JF · « **Reply #25 on:** September 05, 2020, 12:34:07 PM »

Bill
Good looking Luc’s! I have one in the ground for 2 years that’s grows super slow another in a 7 gallon that grows better. I’ll put it in a 15 in November

BestDay · « **Reply #26 on:** September 30, 2020, 01:45:53 PM »

Limoncillo is still growing strong. It is having another growth flush right now. It is almost seven feet tall. A drip line close to the plant broke and was giving the Limoncillo extra water. It didn't appear to like the extra water and it's growth slowed. I have fixed the drip line and the plant appears to be happier. So for all of you who are getting slow growth maybe try watering less or using a better draining soil.

Bill

shaneatwell · « **Reply #27 on:** October 01, 2020, 03:03:14 PM »

What fertilizer are you using?

BestDay · « **Reply #28 on:** October 02, 2020, 09:56:14 AM »

Nothing special. I use Vitoro citrus fertilizer from Home Depot.

Bill

BestDay · « **Reply #29 on:** June 03, 2025, 12:19:17 PM »

It's been a while since I updated this post. My tree is now about ten feet tall. The trunk is about two inches thick. And I finally have a flower! The flower hasn't opened yet, so I don't know what sex it is. I don't see any other flowers on it but maybe some more will show up this summer.

Bill

Epiphyte · « **Reply #30 on:** June 03, 2025, 01:04:44 PM »

wow bill, congrats! that's quite the accomplishment! hopefully you'll get a fruit. i'm trying to cheat a bit, since i planted one of the luc's i got from you in the ground inside a pop up greenhouse. it's right next to the flap so once it gets too big i'll kick it outside the greenhouse by moving the flap over it.

BestDay · « **Reply #31 on:** June 03, 2025, 01:06:49 PM »

Good idea. They like heat.

Bill

BestDay · « **Reply #32 on:** June 03, 2025, 01:08:26 PM »

Here is a picture of the one flower.

Bill

gozp · « **Reply #33 on:** June 04, 2025, 02:51:06 AM »

Take pics whole tree so we can compare the last photo

BestDay · « **Reply #34 on:** June 05, 2025, 11:12:06 PM »

Here are some pictures of the whole tree. It’s hard to get a good picture of it. And I also found a couple more flowers! Hopefully we his tree is hermaphrodite.

Bill

nullzero · « **Reply #35 on:** June 05, 2025, 11:42:10 PM »

Congrats Bill on getting it to flower from seed.

ScottR · « **Reply #36 on:** June 06, 2025, 12:17:28 PM »

Quote from: nullzero on June 05, 2025, 11:42:10 PM

Congrats Bill on getting it to flower from seed.

I second those concrats nice job Bill. I can't keep a garcinia alive and healthy in ground here

fishie · « **Reply #37 on:** June 06, 2025, 09:36:56 PM »

Amazing! Grats, Bill!

BestDay · « **Reply #38 on:** June 10, 2025, 09:43:17 PM »

Two flowers opened. Are these female?

Bill

BestDay · « **Reply #39 on:** June 10, 2025, 10:11:28 PM »

Is the first picture a male and the last two photos are a female?

Bill

Alippincott · « **Reply #40 on:** June 10, 2025, 11:14:04 PM »

Quote from: BestDay on June 10, 2025, 10:11:28 PM

Is the first picture a male and the last two photos are a female?

Bill

Hard to tell with first, but the other 2 photos look to have both male and female parts.

BestDay · « **Reply #41 on:** June 12, 2025, 08:03:11 PM »

From looking at pictures in other Luc's Garcinia threads I believe that the flower pictured in photo one is a male. The flower in photos 2 and 3 is different. So it must be either female or hermaphrodite. To my novice eye it looks to have both male and female parts. So I'm thinking it is hermaphrodite?

I know there are people on here that can tell me what it is. This thread just isn't getting enough traffic, I guess.

Bill

cbss_daviefl · « **Reply #42 on:** June 12, 2025, 10:56:32 PM »

Yes, photo 1 appears male and 2/3 appear female. If you get fruit set, you tree is self fertile. I don't know how to tell the difference until fruits mature larger than an inch or you have multiple flowerings without fruit set. The first flowering on my grafted male had female and male flowersfruitlets aborting at around 1/2 inch but successive flowerings have been fully male. I hope your tree is self fertile. Time will tell

BestDay · « **Reply #43 on:** June 14, 2025, 11:23:52 AM »

Interesting, so I knew that trees could change sex. But I didn’t know that sometimes bi sex trees can be sterile. So what you are saying is that sometimes on bi sex trees (is there a better name for this?) the male pollen is sterile? If so on bi sex trees are the female flowers sometimes sterile? These garcinia trees are weird!

Bill

BestDay · « **Reply #44 on:** June 30, 2025, 10:52:50 AM »

It looks like I possibly have some fruit holding. Hopefully they don’t drop.

Bill

SD Dan · « **Reply #45 on:** July 01, 2025, 12:37:13 AM »

Very exciting Bill! You’ve got the touch with Garcinias here in SoCal!

DaveLoch · « **Reply #46 on:** July 02, 2025, 08:20:28 PM »

Wow! That's awesome! We are all keeping our fingers crossed for you.

K-Rimes · « **Reply #47 on:** July 03, 2025, 10:16:00 AM »

Quote from: BestDay on June 30, 2025, 10:52:50 AM

It looks like I possibly have some fruit holding. Hopefully they don’t drop.

Bill

Great job on that! This is a real accomplishment for SoCal!

6thperiodmayhem · « **Reply #48 on:** July 28, 2025, 01:36:13 AM »

Not SoCal and probably another 3+ yrs until flowering- just wanted to post recent flush pic - almost 4yrs outside and the biggest seedling by far I think it’s 4ft tall in a 35gal trash can mostly sand and compost- it needs half shade and some wind protection most of the year to maintain new growth here and it only does 1-2flushes/yr if that

BestDay · « **Reply #49 on:** July 28, 2025, 03:52:09 AM »

Pretty plant! I’m surprised you could keep it alive for that long in a pot. You are definitely doing something right.

Bill

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