The Tropical Fruit Forum

Lujan and Campo Ramon looked the best out of my Plinias during winter.  Barely even dropped a couple leaves at most.

Neat thread.  I am growing out a handful of Pouteria myself.

Pouteria/Planchanella Australis is a very easy to grow tree here and grows quite rapidly.  The pic below is from over 6 months ago and it is in a bigger pot now but could use a even bigger pot or go into the ground very soon.  Did not even wince during winter and can handle up to mid 90s on the hottest part of summer in direct sun with no issue.



Pouteria Hypoglauca seems to be fine though that is recent addition to my collection.  There is a fellow in my neck of the woods that got that one to fruit here so should be okay.



Pradosia Lactescens cv. Gigante.  Think I had this one since December.  Zero issues with the cold, no bad looking leaves or anything.  Will see how it does when summer sun turns up the heat.



The only Pouteria that is not looking best is Green Sapote, it is kind of raggedy looking after winter and is just starting to bounce back.  I have a small Mamey seedling that I left outside unprotected like a month ago and has some small discolored blotches on leaves I believe from chilly weather.

How long did it take to flower from seed?

I can vouch for Adam's grafted Lucs.  Only had for a couple months so far and took our winter just fine.  It is just starting to push now that weather is warming up again.

Just noticed that my Yangmei seedlings are popping their heads out of the dirt after a long winters nap. These were the seeds planted from the Weee! local order last July. I just buried them in a bunch of small pots, left them outside, and forgot about them. 

Which varieties are those? I only got the Purple Pearl in July and mine have been sprouted of the soil for probably over a month now.  I thought the cold stratification would trigger them faster to pop up where you're at since marginally colder.  I did basically same thing and paid no attention to mine.  Here is mine from today:

Yes prices are steep for sure, but a lot of these are imported and would never grow here outdoors like Sugar Apple or Abiu.

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I have only ever tried the Bo Hong star apple from Frankies, it was a good fruit but I don't have anything to compare it to.  I believe a couple sellers were on here a year or so go selling the seeds, supposed to be a selected cultivar from Vietnam.

It has been a cool but very wet winter.  Most of my jabos look fine, I don't use saucers in the winter time.  Defoliation and ugly looking leaves to some degree is normal depending on the variety, while others may not be affected hardly.  We are already past the coldest part of winter and most of where my leaves have dropped already have new growth appearing to gear up for spring. Good luck with your plants.

I can't comment on black sapote but white sapote is good.  The ones I had flavor a bit like pear with some mild tropical notes. 

You could try Manila mango, I hear it is a little bit more hardy.  Winter with 28F probably would be risky though especially frequent nights in that range.  It would be better off if you could protect it during those nights.

Wondering if anyone else is growing out species from this genus.  Appears to be from Myrtales order so somewhat related to psidiums, eugenia etc.  There is little info out there and I want to give them the best growing conditions that I can.  I have like a 3 inch tall M. Guianensis and seedlings are sprouting now for M. Cearensis.

I think they are mostly true to seed (at least I hope).  Did the golden soursop cost an arm and a leg?  There is a guy around here selling them for $100 a pop and I am tempted.