black eugenia uniflora fruiting now

[huertasurbanas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-QrubeK40c&feature=youtu.be

how should I do for this video to display here at the forum?

Today I tasted a properly ripen one, normal size -bigger than those- and it was incredibly good! red juicy pulp, very sweet and acid, one of my favourite fruits ever!



better photos and video, here:

http://www.huertasurbanas.com/2016/11/13/pitanga-negra-fructificando-ahora/

[Lory]

Congratulations!
How old is your tree?
Is it grown from seed?

[huertasurbanas]

Yes, thanks, from seeds: 8 years old.

The pulp is so tasty and juicy, see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IqA4gEpUvU

[Lory]

8 years?
Oh my God, mine is just a 2 years old little bush so it means i still have to wait several years to eat something 
I think it's not the first year it's fruiting right? when did it happen first time?
Thanks again for useful information!

[huertasurbanas]

8 years?
Oh my God, mine is just a 2 years old little bush so it means i still have to wait several years to eat something 
I think it's not the first year it's fruiting right? when did it happen first time?
Thanks again for useful information!

No no, ours fruited at 4 or 5 years old, but too shy bearer those times, now fruited much more and I think the next year will be wonderful!

todays harvest:

[Tropicaliste]

Does it need to reach a specific size to fruit? Mine are 5 years old in milk jugs and about 2.5 feet tall and many leaves and branches, but no flowers.

[Lory]

8 years?
Oh my God, mine is just a 2 years old little bush so it means i still have to wait several years to eat something 
I think it's not the first year it's fruiting right? when did it happen first time?
Thanks again for useful information!

No no, ours fruited at 4 or 5 years old, but too shy bearer those times, now fruited much more and I think the next year will be wonderful!

todays harvest:

WOW I was drooling as I watched your pictures 

[Lory]

This is my little baby, it's growing VERY slowly...

[huertasurbanas]

This is my little baby, it's growing VERY slowly...

But it looks very good, Lory. Maybe you should fertilize it.

"Does it need to reach a specific size to fruit? Mine are 5 years old in milk jugs and about 2.5 feet tall and many leaves and branches, but no flowers."

Maybe you should fertilize more, but this is normal, 5 years or more to fruit is ok.

[Lory]

Thanks!
Actually you're right, i tend to be quite scarce in terms of fertilizing.
Tomorrow I will do it 

[starch]

That is some beautiful fruit, congrats!

[Don]

I have had flowers on a Uniflora in 12 months but if you look after them properly you will get them fruiting around 2-3yrs

[huertasurbanas]

Wow 21 months Don? that was pretty fast! how did you did it?

[Don]

Had first flowers in a year from one, I don't know how because it was neglected. Just lucky I guess though my others fruited around the two to three year mark.

[huertasurbanas]

Maybe in fact it was because it was neglected: I have had some trees that felt they were going to die so they flowered to spread the species...

[Grapebush]

About 2 or 3 years ago, I also had one that has flowered with little more than one year old, and it was in a 10cm pot, and no more than 40cm tal, maybe the possibility of dying, triggers the flowering proccess...