The Tropical Fruit Forum

A neighbor used a 2x4 sharpened to a dull point and burned / carbonized to make it hard, then set it in the ground a few feet deep and whacked the long end of the coconut on the point. I don't remember which end but it's likely the end that was connected to the tree.

Here's a vid to the process...

https://youtu.be/v15Wzlrwpdc?t=37

Is there any way to get fruit earlier?
I'm in the process of germinating some mexican custard apples, and would love to find a way to, if possible, get fruit in 3-5 years.

Store bought fruit :-)

Quote from: gnappi on October 01, 2024, 09:53:24 PM

If you were in So. Flo I'd give you a veritable plantation in seedlings!

Are you looking to get rid of Rollinia seedlings?

If you wanna come get them, yea I have a lot of em. 

+1 for Rollinia

At my place in north Broward in south east Florida most of mine ripened in May though April and June also had fruit. I've found that Rollinia do not ripen if picked green, and once they start to ripen the fruit ripens REALLY fast. From ripe and "deliciosa" to gooey snot to garbage in only a few days.

I agree agree Rollinia is NOT a good fruit to ship, even IF the USPS were on the ball which they're not. I once sent a small parcel from S.E Fla to Tampa and it took over two weeks to get there.

BTW, I have Geffner, Sugar apple, Custard apple, Kampong Mauve and soursop and I wouldn't trade one Rollinia for 10 of any other annona I have or have had. The lemon meringue, banana, and a hint of vanilla custard is an amazing taste treat.

I only gave ONE away and I do not make a habit of that! Sell? Nah! If I did my GF would be V-E-R-Y unhappy as it's her fave fruit :-)

Last year my Rollinia set a lot of fruit, so much so almost every flower got pollinated. This year it bloomed like fireworks and not one fruit set. 

Last summer in south Florida (north Broward county) it was much drier and I had to water it regularly with well water and this year we've been drenched by rain and I have not watered it at all.

Could all of the rain washing away pollen and lack of nutrients from the well water be the reason for zero fruit?

Jaboticaba, rollinia, starfruit, mango and guava.

Because I either cannot get satisfactory fruits elsewhere or not at all.

It sounds like my "clubfoot" Pickering.  Mine is in ground 12 years and is no bigger than 6 or 7 feet and I got it at 5' tall though skinnier but fruit sizes are "normal" for a tree so small. 

The graft union is quite a bit larger at the bottom / root section than the upper graft hence my calling it clubfoot.

It's been a L-O-N-G wait (14 years) but I just ate the first soursop my stingy tree gave me.

Every year it's had tons of blooms but no fruit. My Atemoya, Rollinia, custard apple and two sugar apple have done well which is frustrating trying to get this one to fruit.

This fall maybe I'll prune it and all the other trees around it to make the next set of buds more accessible to the many ants that frequent the trunk of the tree, failing that it just may need to get the chop.

Oh, I really liked the fruit :-)

My Lancitilla had its first decent season this year, they were bad enough to warrant chopping it down this fall.

I don't them as mind sugar bombs at all.

Anyway, those I've had were from private collectors.

So other questions?

I have some DF that are 5-7+ years old how long do they generally take to fruit?

Do seed propagated or rooted cuttings fruit faster?

Do DF REQUIRE a wooden structure to climb on or is metal OK?

Finally back to Q#1 if it matters, are DF plants that are store bought from seed or rooted cuttings?

As I mentioned previously, I've had dozens of various red DF and honestly don't see the attraction.

Recently while in a local big box store they received a shipment of DF and I was about to pass without looking but one partially showing label said "llow" I looked at it and in full view it did say YELLOW.

So even though it was fairly expensive I bought it as the yellow is the only one I like. Now I'm wondering if it truly IS a yellow variety. I guess I have to wait and see.