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I have one here in 10a California. Haven't seen it take off yet, been in ground 1 year and still 1ft tall.I don't know if I could be that patient.
would that be true in a 10a house...?
From what I've seen, anyone in 10a or above, or even better, everwarm Florida, you guys can get WAY more crops if not year round / ever bearing.
I got a mango tree from HD that I am planning to graft later . I would like to plant it in the ground. Is it a good time to do it now in September or should I wait until spring? Any suggestions to minimize transplant shock ?
Yea that is a lot easier. How cold do you get in the winter? Is this Santa Barbra report about what you get?
also you can crack the myrica rubra seeds in a vice, vice grips, or channel locks without crushing the seed. For the vice grips or channel locks set the tool so that when it is all the way closed the jaws are just smaller than the longest dimension of the shell so that when the shell breaks the jaws don't close on the seed.
This poor "fake patrissi" needs a real name. What ya'll think?
This year the papaw went dormant on February. We have a weird dormancy cycle here. My annonas usually go dormant on April/ May, so they actually will hold their fruit to maturity during winter. One time we had a really mild winter and the annonas did not defoliate at all for the whole year.
Wabash is supposed to be a mid season harvest one, maybe I will buy an Allegheny since it us an early season one that grow well here. But KSU Chappel is tempting because it is a super vigorous grower and reported very prolific.
Oh nooooooo!
Well I’m sad (1) I wasted time (need to do this asap), (2) bought wrong thing and (3) the real thing is so expensive - I only need like 4 strips (or 2!) and this is 100s of times more than I need. I wish local place at least had a few strips to sell.
This is a good post for those with the same question in the future though - I searched and didn’t find a previous answer.
Simone should sell this on Amazon in small quantities- you could ship so easy in a letter envelope.
Thank you for the replies.
I am being lazy and was hoping someone would tell me to leave them.
It was a pain getting them up.
I would remove it, personally. Guavas like full sun. I am not shading my guavas for this heat wave and they are totally fine, even with 107f.What's your humidity level Kevin?
I live in Chula Vista 3 miles inland just south of San Diego. We get about 70 chill hours. I have 3 grafted varieties in the ground and they are about 10 years old. I water them real good during the flowering time, and then hand pollinate as much as I can. I have one that does not need a pollinator which is the "Sunflower" variety. This year on all 3 of my trees I have about 30 fruit. Some are still on the tree. They need lower pH soil and a lot of water. The lack of chill hours has not been a big issue here. I think anyone can fruit them, just know when to pollinate and water good.
Hi Mark, hope you still stop by this forum and read the old thread.
My Wabash is flowering now. I read hundreds of articles and discussion forums about pawpaw before I decided to grow Wabash. Mango and Sunflower are mentioned some of the best varieties for So- Cal that will fruit in zone 10, but Wabash taste better and hold on the tree better too according to a pawpaw veteran with 30 plus years experience of growing pawpaw.
I lost the article, and cannot remember if he hand pollinate his Wabash. He grew over 30 varieties in Texas, and at the end he just grow Wabash. According to him, Wabash does not need cross pollination to produce well.
I only have 2 flowers now, but one is already bloom and one is not yet. Should i force open the one that not bloom to pollinate it, like I usually do with cherimoya?
Wow that last picture is impressive. It gives me ideas for my 15’ Manila that I plant to graft onto next spring. Does Tropical Acres ship scions to Cali?
@aerakrimes is my main
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