Does Rambutan need cross pollination??

[WilliamTheYoungGrower]

I ve got 3 rambutan trees in my place that are about 2 years old. All of them were grafted by the guy i purchased them from. My concern is that ive heard they need crosspollination to produce fruit and mine are not really close togther so that would be a problem . Can anyone confirm this?

,William

[palingkecil]

Rambutan does not need cross pollination, but you will get more fruit with cross pollination.
In Asia, it takes years for rambutan to start bear fruit. Once it starts, you will be drowned in rambutan. We used the fruit to throw at each other as kids because there were more than we can eat.

[WilliamTheYoungGrower]

Rambutan does not need cross pollination, but you will get more fruit with cross pollination.
In Asia, it takes years for rambutan to start bear fruit. Once it starts, you will be drowned in rambutan. We used the fruit to throw at each other as kids because there were more than we can eat.

Thanks! Is the yield from cross pollination significantly bigger? Mine are grafted so dont know if it would make a difference.

,William

[Finca La Isla]

It shouldn’t make a difference.  Grafted material is assumed to be selected for production qualities as well as fruit quality.
Peter

[Gone tropo]

Ive also got a question RE this i just bought 2 rambutan trees on the weekend and the guy at the nursery mentioned planting them only a metre or two apart which seemed strange to me but maybe it was for this reason?  How close should i plant my two trees apart for cross pollination?

[palingkecil]

I am not an expert here, just want to share my little experience. Almost all fruit trees will benefit from cross pollination, even citrus tree. Some trees will fruit a lot heavier when cross pollinated, some just a little heavier. Depending on the variety, climate, and other enviromental factors.
Rambutan in my home country (indonesia) grow really big. I mean really big. I remember saw one about 20 meter in height and width as a kid.
Planting them one meter apart would be too close, unless you plan to trim them really heavy each year. It might not grow that big in Australia.
Maybe 3 meters apart will be decent.

[WilliamTheYoungGrower]

Ive also got a question RE this i just bought 2 rambutan trees on the weekend and the guy at the nursery mentioned planting them only a metre or two apart which seemed strange to me but maybe it was for this reason?  How close should i plant my two trees apart for cross pollination?

I think that 3-5 meters is a good distance for these guys.

[WilliamTheYoungGrower]

It shouldn’t make a difference.  Grafted material is assumed to be selected for production qualities as well as fruit quality.
Peter

Thanks once again peter!

[WilliamTheYoungGrower]

I am not an expert here, just want to share my little experience. Almost all fruit trees will benefit from cross pollination, even citrus tree. Some trees will fruit a lot heavier when cross pollinated, some just a little heavier. Depending on the variety, climate, and other enviromental factors.
Rambutan in my home country (indonesia) grow really big. I mean really big. I remember saw one about 20 meter in height and width as a kid.
Planting them one meter apart would be too close, unless you plan to trim them really heavy each year. It might not grow that big in Australia.
Maybe 3 meters apart will be decent.

Do you remember seeing any high yielding “lone” rambutan tree back where u grew up?

[fruitlovers]

There are 3 types of rambutan trees: male, female, and hermaphrodites. Grafted trees are always hermaphrodites, if done by a proper nursery. They will fruit on their own. It's true though that you might get higher yield if one in ten trees in an orchard is a male located upwind.