Author Topic: Cacao Tree Loaded with Pods (Read 3754 times)

Finca La Isla · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2018, 08:21:07 AM »

Looks good is that a named selection?
Do you process it?
Saludos, Peter

Coach62 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2018, 08:42:47 AM »

Beautiful. I have some ready to transplant. How much light does it get? Could you take a pic farther away so I could get an idea of how much shade it gets? Thank you.

cos · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2018, 12:02:52 PM »

Very nice!

Johnny Redland · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:30:50 PM »

Nobody from Hawaii should be permitted to post photos in this forum.....

fruitlovers · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:58:58 PM »

Quote from: Finca La Isla on March 05, 2018, 08:21:07 AM

Looks good is that a named selection?
Do you process it?
Saludos, Peter

Plant was sold to me as criollo, but as soon as it fruited it was obvious it was trinitario. Process it only for seeds for propagation.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:01:29 PM »

Quote from: Coach62 on March 05, 2018, 08:42:47 AM

Beautiful. I have some ready to transplant. How much light does it get? Could you take a pic farther away so I could get an idea of how much shade it gets? Thank you.

It get 1/2 day sun. But here you can have cacao plants in full sun, as we get a lot of cloud cover. In places with more sunny days they would need some shading.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:03:14 PM »

Quote from: Johnny Redland on March 05, 2018, 02:30:50 PM

Nobody from Hawaii should be permitted to post photos in this forum.....

HAHA, yeah well, tell me who is forcing you to live in Florida?

Daintree · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:19:51 PM »

Those are awesome!
I am SO jealous! My cacao are in my greenhouse, and having no agreeable pollinators, I am out there in the mornings with tweezers and a jewelers loupe trying to cross-pollinate mine, but I have not gotten any to set fruit yet. Apparently I am not a very good insect...

Carolyn

FruitFreak · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2018, 03:54:53 PM »

Stunning.

roblack · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2018, 07:11:39 PM »

So nice. dream of the day my cacaos look even half that good. One pod would have me doing flips. They are starting to come back, but have only seen one flower in 1.5 years. I salute you

FloridaGreenMan · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2018, 09:31:28 PM »

Cacao will fruit outdoors in Florida, even in pots...

Raulglezruiz · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2018, 08:56:06 AM »

🎊 congratulations Oscar, such a small beautiful tree for that amount of fruit!

FruitFreak · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2018, 11:29:27 AM »

Quote from: FloridaGreenMan on March 05, 2018, 09:31:28 PM

Cacao will fruit outdoors in Florida, even in pots...

Wow. That is amazing in the container. Can you tell me what variety that is and where can someone purchase a tree in SFL?

FloridaGreenMan · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2018, 08:37:06 PM »

It's a Criollo but I don't know the variety. The best thing about it is that it easily fruits. Pods are full sized also.

UrbanFruitGrower · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2018, 04:42:08 AM »

FruiFreak: check out Richard Lyons Nursery in the Redlands. He most likely has 1 and 3 gallon cacaos. I'm guessing Excalibur has some, too.

Finca La Isla · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2018, 11:04:49 AM »

Florida green man, how do you know that cacao is 'criollo'?

Annonaceae · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2018, 11:45:40 AM »

Well done Oscar at least someone has good luck with Theobroma. I have 3 x 3 metre high Theobroma bicolor, 2 x 4 metre high grandiflorum and 3 x gilleri and they all flower but never have set fruit yet.

Chandramohan · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2018, 11:47:47 AM »

If I remember right, Criollo has red coloured pods.

Finca La Isla · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2018, 04:07:42 PM »

There are red colored pods among trinitario and forestero as well. True criollo is very difficult to find.
Peter

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