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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Self Fertile Sapodilla
« on: March 09, 2024, 09:46:11 PM »
Alano could be a variety that is no longer in favor but it is definitely a self fertile tree with consistent, heavy production for me.

Why is Alano falling out of favor, if you don't mind me asking?  I was eyeing it as a compliment for my Tikal.  Is Butterscotch just replacing everything else?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best Self Fertile Sapodilla
« on: March 09, 2024, 08:16:02 PM »
Are sapodillas typically self-incompatible?  I have a Tikal only and I am wondering if I should order another one for pollination.  I can't find any list.

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Anybody else get this from BellamyTrees or AndersonTropicals when it showed up in 2022?  I bought two seeds from Kameron in Aug2022, both sprouted into healthy trees and are now pushing their first flower buds.  18mo from seed to flowering is pretty quick.  They both have long spindly growth with the longest branches about 3ft, but not bushy at all.  I figure I will paintbrush cross-pollinate them  to boost fruiting odds and if I'm lucky get to try the fruit this season

There's a thread with some more info on this, I guess there was some argument about it being Burkartiana vs this type.  https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=53455.0

I'll post some more updates if these flowers turn into fruit.

seller description is:
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"Eugenia sp. "Pitangão Amarelo da Unicamp" is a small tree that is native to the understory of the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Ombrophylous Forest, and Mixed Ombrophylous Forest in Brazil. It can reach a height of 3-5 meters in the semideciduous forest and 10 meters in the rainforest.

The fruit is very tasty and resembles the taste of Acerola, but sweeter and more pleasant; has a great amount of pulp that can be used to make juices, ice cream, and jellies. The tree is small and can be cultivated as an ornamental, to attract bees, birds, and wild animals. Fruiting occurs from October to November."

Both of my trees look like this now:



Here's the seller fruit photo:


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My scions arrived today in great shape, thanks Marta

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My dasyblasta seedling from W. Is flowering for the first time, should get to try the fruit soon!

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa dying back
« on: March 04, 2024, 05:40:43 PM »
I will take your advice, thanks

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: compact lemon options
« on: March 04, 2024, 09:20:36 AM »
I am interested to see how yours looks.  I am realizing that when all the lemons come at the same time I can't use them all so only getting a few per crop is okay with me.  I will have to keep buying them from the grocery store most of the time.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB - Mature Olosapo Wood
« on: March 03, 2024, 09:40:52 PM »
Okay since we are turning this into a discussion thread (sorry!)  here's mine.  The leaves get this burnt look every fall but then it puts out lots of new nice looking growth.   It has buds all over just starting to push.  It is about 4ft tall now, I don't remember when I got it.  I think it is about 3 years old




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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa dying back
« on: March 03, 2024, 08:58:14 PM »
How does the dead scion harm it?  I figured I could leave it as-is until I have a use for it

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Curious if the rose apple scions can be rooted or are they typically grafted?

I have gotten good success rooting cuttings +75% take in a peat moss perlite mix, bottom heat 75f to 80f, in a humidity dome, and dipping in clonex gel.

How much sunlight are you exposing them to?  As much as possible?  Full shade, somewhere in between?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruit trees I gave up on
« on: March 02, 2024, 06:50:15 PM »
I had no idea cambuca was notoriously long to fruit until I read this thread and went digging.  Mine is about 2ft tall... long way to go I guess.  Maybe I'll get lucky and get one of the early fruiting ones.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB - Mature Olosapo Wood
« on: March 02, 2024, 11:52:25 AM »
Sure I would love to.  My olosapo keeps scaring me because it looks bad and has dieback every winter but them grows bigger in the spring and summer.  It is growing steadily, though, I'll post a picture at some point

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone growing rare artocarpus?
« on: March 02, 2024, 08:12:42 AM »
Mike T, my interest in keledang originally came from a forum post where this Australian guy swore it is the bee's knees  :)


A Prince Amongst Artocarpus



Better than a kwai muk,marang,pedalai or lakoocha? You bet it is.Smokey apricot,chempadak,with a hint of fruity caramel.



It is a great fruit alright, with not latex or aftertaste and can be eaten quickly.Kids love them and oddly there is little smell.Keladangs sure are a classy fruit.



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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB - Mature Olosapo Wood
« on: March 02, 2024, 07:57:10 AM »
Ah, my mistake.  Thanks for clarifying

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: WTB - Mature Olosapo Wood
« on: March 02, 2024, 12:21:01 AM »
Do these need a different variety as pollinator?  I am not understanding why you want to graft mature scion onto it now that your seedling is finally flowering.

I ask because I have a seedling olosapo (no flowers yet) and if it needs a pollinator I will have to keep that in mind!

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Thanks for the heads up, Kaz.  I have been checking her site occasionally since I heard about it.  I didn't realize they sell out so quick.  And nice to see she is on the forum!  :)

I just ordered a bunch of new stuff to try grafting and rooting. 

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That is amazing, I assumed the non-waxy leafed artocarpus would require high humidity.  My house is about 20% relative humidity in winter with the heat running.  Some plants handle it okay but others decline quickly if I bring them indoors, but they are happy in the humid greenhouse.


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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa dying back
« on: February 29, 2024, 09:19:08 PM »
mine seems to have died to the graft also :(    I scratched the bark and it is gray.  Rootstock might still be alive, though.





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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted achachairu seedlings
« on: February 29, 2024, 07:57:45 PM »
I have a bunch, sent you PM

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Issues With Eugenias Post-Sprouting
« on: February 28, 2024, 08:30:16 PM »
When the shoot dies eugenia seeds will often put out a second or even third shoot.  Don't give up hope until the seed rots

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Meiwa dying back
« on: February 27, 2024, 04:21:56 PM »
Millet,

  Certainly I would love to try this rootstock if you are having success with it.  Odd that we are all finding meiwa to be so finicky.  I am thinking I will try ordering another meiwa this year once I have some new rootstock ready and immediately cut some budwood from it and try grafting.  I have never ordered budwood specifically I am a bit more comfortable with the idea of having a donor tree on hand... even if it might be a short lived one.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Abiu finally producing
« on: February 27, 2024, 11:53:19 AM »
Yup.... I am thinking I will look for some grafted scion and try grafting that on.  I don't want to wait years and years more and get nothing

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Is 6mo a good amount of time to let them refrigerate?  I have some I put in last summer, might be time to try sprouting them?

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: compact lemon options
« on: February 26, 2024, 01:15:29 PM »
Thanks, Radoslav.  It is nice to hear direct experience from somebody who has tasted this scion/rootstock combination. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Anyone growing rare artocarpus?
« on: February 26, 2024, 01:13:30 PM »
Wow Brian,

Amazing you and others are growing these trees in greenhouses. I’m amazed that someone has fruited marang in a greenhouse. I’ve been completely unsuccessful in controlling their size. Kwai Muk and keledang seem much easier to manage. Many folks here successfully keep breadfruit as a small garden tree that fruits but mine is huge.

Aloha, Steph

My marang has not fruited yet, but I am hopeful that it will be able to.  If people have compact fruiting breadfruit trees that is really impressive! They are tip bearers, right?  So even with pruning the new growth has enough time to fruit, nice. 

I have been trying to get a keledang growing but despite getting some nice looking seeds, some already starting to germinate, they always die off for me before even putting out a shoot.  Hopefully somebody will sell starter seedlings and I can go that route instead of messing with seeds. 

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