Eugenia flowers.

[Don]

Back from a week off to find flowers on my pitangatuba and some small fruits on my candolleana. Pitangatuba I am pretty sure is just under two years old. 6 flowers in total and plant is about a foot tall.

[TheDom]

Maybe I had the wrong idea, but that seems pretty precocious for pitangatuba. Congrats!

[Don]

Yeah all the others are same size or larger but testing my theory of having them in water well pots all the others are just putting energy into growth but this one has flower buds where the others have shoots. I tried the same thing with Eugenia Florida and got 2 batches of flowers in under a year. Candolleana is about four years im guessing, it flowered last year but no fruit.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

congrats!  i hope u get fruit set.

i had one tree that fruited at about 2yr old, and set several fruits (which were from it's first flowers ever, and it was isolated)

[Don]

Sweet! Sounds like they might be in with a chance then. Looking forward to trying them, now I will have to pull a finger out and get a miracle fruit tree...

[nelesedulis]

Hi Don

Congratulations, pintangatubas are very tasty, my trees are with lots of flowers too.
I eat fruits without using fruit miracle, my pitangatubas are not too acidic.
They just can not be stored long time because ferment easily, thus will need the miracle fruit because the taste is similar to vinegar.

A tip to collect the best fruit is to balance the tree, the fruit that falls will be in the ideal mature.

If you have a good crop, try a juice is very tasty.

Sweet! Sounds like they might be in with a chance then. Looking forward to trying them, now I will have to pull a finger out and get a miracle fruit tree...

[TheDom]

Every pitangatuba I've had so far I've enjoyed without miracle fruit, but I tend to like sour fruits. Even if you're not a huge fan of sour, with a little sugar I bet they'd make a killer cocktail.

Hi Don

Congratulations, pintangatubas are very tasty, my trees are with lots of flowers too.
I eat fruits without using fruit miracle, my pitangatubas are not too acidic.
They just can not be stored long time because ferment easily, thus will need the miracle fruit because the taste is similar to vinegar.

A tip to collect the best fruit is to balance the tree, the fruit that falls will be in the ideal mature.

If you have a good crop, try a juice is very tasty.

Sweet! Sounds like they might be in with a chance then. Looking forward to trying them, now I will have to pull a finger out and get a miracle fruit tree...

[TheDom]

Just to clarify, the one flowering is in a water well pot and the others are in standard pots, or is it the other way around? Also, I'm assuming from the name that water well pots are similar to putting a pot in a tray of water. If I'm misunderstanding that please correct me. I'd love to get my pitangatuba fruiting sooner if possible.

Yeah all the others are same size or larger but testing my theory of having them in water well pots all the others are just putting energy into growth but this one has flower buds where the others have shoots. I tried the same thing with Eugenia Florida and got 2 batches of flowers in under a year. Candolleana is about four years im guessing, it flowered last year but no fruit.

[DimplesLee]

Waterwell - brand of self-watering pots they make attractive pots which makes them very popular down under.
Don your plants are living in luxury

[Don]

Hi Alexandre, sounds like you are in for a nice crop too.
Dom, the one flowering is in a yates artesian self watering pot! They are a plastic pot with a built in reservoir that hold about 2-3litres of liquid in bottom and has strings in th bottom to wick the water up to the plant. All the rest are in same size pots, same mix but not 100%access to water. I will send a photo to you when I go out later if you want to post them up as I cant post photos as the phone wont allow me too. Can only email them. When I have a bunch of same seedlings i try and put one in as a test to see if constant access to water helps them any more. I will send photos of Eugenia Florida water well compared to pot, very amazing difference in size for trees just over a year old, year and a quarter.

Yes they certainly are in their own little paradise Dimples.

[nelesedulis]

Hi Alexandre, sounds like you are in for a nice crop too.
Dom, the one flowering is in a yates artesian self watering pot! They are a plastic pot with a built in reservoir that hold about 2-3litres of liquid in bottom and has strings in th bottom to wick the water up to the plant. All the rest are in same size pots, same mix but not 100%access to
this year the pitangatuba are delayed




water. I will send a photo to you when I go out later if you want to post them up as I cant post photos as the phone wont allow me too. Can only email them. When I have a bunch of same seedlings i try and put one in as a test to see if constant access to water helps them any more. I will send photos of Eugenia Florida water well compared to pot, very amazing difference in size for trees just over a year old, year and a quarter.

Yes they certainly are in their own little paradise Dimples.

[Don]

Wow very nice trees Alexandre, cant wait till mine are that big!

[nelesedulis]

Pitangatuba, it seems that grows best when planted in situ.
This tree produces 200 fruits per year

Wow very nice trees Alexandre, cant wait till mine are that big!

[Don]

Wow those trees look good! That would be a very good crop

[FlyingFoxFruits]

here are some pics of Don's pitangatubas in Australia...he asked me to post for him cuz he was havin' trouble with his phone uploading them to the forum

looking good...u should get fruit this year.

[Don]

Thanks Adam! That is the waterwell pots I am talking about Dom.

[TheDom]

Good deal. I think my pitangatuba just earned a spot in the kiddie pool next to my vexator.

[Don]

Haha, I use a big cattle trough to sit some plants in but it also doubles up as the kids pool.

[TheDom]

"No, y'all get out of there, that pool's for the plants!" - Me

[Don]

Two pitangatuba flowers pollinated