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Zill 40-26 Fruit
« on: March 19, 2024, 09:39:39 AM »
What are the typical months that Zill 40-26 fruit ripen?

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2024, 09:50:13 AM »
Must be no one on the forum is growing this variety. 🤷

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2024, 01:21:03 PM »
I have one but its small so no flowers only growth this year.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2024, 01:25:38 PM »
Zill 40-26 planted today!



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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2024, 01:39:06 PM »
Zill 40-26 planted today!



Nice! Where did you buy it from?
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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2024, 09:17:19 PM »
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

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2024, 09:35:54 PM »
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).



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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2024, 07:39:51 AM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2024, 07:55:54 AM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2024, 07:59:53 AM »
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. 😉

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2024, 08:01:14 AM »
Zill 40-26 planted today!



Nice! Where did you buy it from?
Tropical Acres Farm 🚜

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2024, 08:28:34 AM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2024, 11:04:45 AM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2024, 04:26:21 PM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2024, 05:21:58 PM »

  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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2024, 06:08:50 PM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2024, 09:00:41 PM »
I think The Orlando Gardener did a YouTube video on this variety. You may want to look it up.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2024, 09:32:07 PM »

  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

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2024, 03:16:50 AM »
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.

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Re: Zill 40-26 Fruit
« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2024, 10:30:00 AM »
Zill 40-26 planted today!


She must like her new in ground home.


 

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