Zill 40-26 Fruit

[Greater Good]

What are the typical months that Zill 40-26 fruit ripen?

Thank you to the respondents. 👍

[Greater Good]

Must be no one on the forum is growing this variety. 🤷

[JR561]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

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Zill 40-26 planted today!

[Tropicalgrower89]

Zill 40-26 planted today!

Nice! Where did you buy it from?

[Fruutloop]

Is this  a newer un named variety?
In Florida flowering season has essentially past. We’re seeing some 2nd bloom in varieties that respond to drought and often had majority of male bloom in 1st flower

[Orkine]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

A quick search will show many posts.  This 2017 post by Squam256 is not the oldest but is a great clue to where you could get the answer to your question.  I suggest you ask him, he is active on the forum and has been fruiting this variety for several years (since 2017).

[JR561]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

A quick search will show many posts.  This 2017 post by Squam256 is not the oldest but is a great clue to where you could get the answer to your question.  I suggest you ask him, he is active on the forum and has been fruiting this variety for several years (since 2017).

Julie seedling, produced poorly at Gary Zill's property. I have one that set very well for me this year; stripped most of the fruit offnit but left a couple. Sap Aroma is Gary-esque. Appears to be mid season.

Im guessing this means Im not going to keep this one since Gary is a few blocks from me.

[Greater Good]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

A quick search will show many posts.  This 2017 post by Squam256 is not the oldest but is a great clue to where you could get the answer to your question.  I suggest you ask him, he is active on the forum and has been fruiting this variety for several years (since 2017).

I got it from Tropical Acres Farm, however Alex was on a consulting job when I picked it up. There was no opportunity to pick his brain. It was blooming when I got it. There are swollen buds, so I had to plant it now. I got trees in containers flushing  new growth that need to harden off before planting.

[Greater Good]

Is this  a newer un named variety?
In Florida flowering season has essentially past. We’re seeing some 2nd bloom in varieties that respond to drought and often had majority of male bloom in 1st flower

Yes, Gary Zill has not named this variety yet. I've heard some rumors that may change. 😉

[Greater Good]

Zill 40-26 planted today!

Nice! Where did you buy it from?

Tropical Acres Farm 🚜

[bulldawg305]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

A quick search will show many posts.  This 2017 post by Squam256 is not the oldest but is a great clue to where you could get the answer to your question.  I suggest you ask him, he is active on the forum and has been fruiting this variety for several years (since 2017).

Julie seedling, produced poorly at Gary Zill's property. I have one that set very well for me this year; stripped most of the fruit offnit but left a couple. Sap Aroma is Gary-esque. Appears to be mid season.

Im guessing this means Im not going to keep this one since Gary is a few blocks from me.

Not necessarily. It may have not produced for Gary as a seedling but I would confirm the productivity with Alex now as a grafted tree. 40-26 and 40-17(great tasting mango but small also) are both at the USDA which probably save them from extinction since I believe Gary had gotten rid of them.

[JR561]

I pulled mine out and stuck it in a pot.

Im trying to eliminate all the “not sure” producers in my yard.

Alex is in one of the best places for mangoes, this far west it’s completely different.

[hipasfolk]

I'm still waiting on my graft request with Alex from last Spring but I'm still going to put mine in ground. I have 30 other mango varieties so I figure a few low producers are fine if the fruit is tasty enough. Will be interesting to report on how it does up here in Plant City.

[mikesid]

  My tree was planted as a 1g last year and is trying to hold 5 fruit. I just pulled them off. I think its too early to decide how it will behave. Also, the tree appears to grow compact and slow from what Ive seen at Tropical Acres... so could work in a tight area or a pot probably longer term.

[JR561]

The one I pulled out had horrible root growth.

Not sure if that was why mine seemed so stunted.

Oh well it will live life in a pot now.

[DavidBYE]

I think The Orlando Gardener did a YouTube video on this variety. You may want to look it up.

[skhan]

  My tree was planted as a 1g last year and is trying to hold 5 fruit. I just pulled them off. I think its too early to decide how it will behave. Also, the tree appears to grow compact and slow from what Ive seen at Tropical Acres... so could work in a tight area or a pot probably longer term.

I've had it multi grafted on one of my trees for around 4 years now.
From what I've seen, slower than a Pickering.
Flowers easy but doesn't hold fruit that well. At least this far west.
I'm having similar experiences with my pina colada

[CA Hockey]

I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

A quick search will show many posts.  This 2017 post by Squam256 is not the oldest but is a great clue to where you could get the answer to your question.  I suggest you ask him, he is active on the forum and has been fruiting this variety for several years (since 2017).

Julie seedling, produced poorly at Gary Zill's property. I have one that set very well for me this year; stripped most of the fruit offnit but left a couple. Sap Aroma is Gary-esque. Appears to be mid season.

Im guessing this means Im not going to keep this one since Gary is a few blocks from me.

Not necessarily. It may have not produced for Gary as a seedling but I would confirm the productivity with Alex now as a grafted tree. 40-26 and 40-17(great tasting mango but small also) are both at the USDA which probably save them from extinction since I believe Gary had gotten rid of them.

Not true 😀 I picked up several fruit from Gary's stand last year, beginning of July. That's how I first heard of it and tried it. Most of the seeds were mono but I came across the occasional polyembryonic seed from the batch.

[Greater Good]

Zill 40-26 planted today!

She must like her new in ground home.

[Woodinitbean_ice]

I think this variety has been dubbed "Creamsicle" by the man himself

[Squam256]

We’ve been a little surprised how much interest there has been in this variety because I haven’t really talked about it that much relative to other popular stuff. At one point we were receiving an order for it almost every day before we took off the graft request function for it.

Our biggest tree has had to deal with some micronutrient deficiency but is also a favorite target of thrips. Between those things and its willingness to bloom it’s limited how much budwood we’ve had available to our nursery. We finally planted a second one a year or so ago and that one has grown slowly too unsurprisingly but is doing well.

I’m optimistic we’ll be able to produce a lot more of them this year though I’m wary of how they’ll perform for everyone depending on locale.

[JR561]

It was pushed hard on youtube as one of the best to have.

I think if I was further east it would work for me.

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Zill 40-26 back in August




As slow as Julie, or maybe slightly slower. Maybe she'll pick up growth as her roots spread out. The stem barely has thickened. Gave her 2 teaspoons of Manganese sulfate  yesterday before the rain.

[MangoMaven888]

I have a Sugarloaf and a Venus planted 20' apart (from trunk to trunk).  I'm thinking of adding a 40-26 in the middle.  Based on the comments in this thread it might work.  I'd be very grateful if some of the growers can comment on whether they think it would work or the growth habit of the tree.  Thank you so much!