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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: nullroar on November 04, 2021, 02:59:51 AM

Title: early-fruiting loquats?
Post by: nullroar on November 04, 2021, 02:59:51 AM

Out of curiosity, anyone know of any early-fruiting (pre-December) loquat varieties? I'd love to grow them here in 7b, but their late fruiting habits generally make it unlikely to get successful cropping here unless I'm able to find an early variety.

Title: Re: early-fruiting loquats?
Post by: CarolinaZone on December 10, 2021, 05:31:31 PM

Let me know If you find one. I am on the border of 7a/7b. I can fruit them in the greenhouse. The problem is I have no bees.

Title: Re: early-fruiting loquats?
Post by: Pokeweed on December 11, 2021, 07:01:59 AM

There are some good threads about Spring blooming loquats. Just search for them. There is good evidence of Himalayan types that Spring bloom, but I don't think they have been imported. D

Title: Re: early-fruiting loquats?
Post by: linsecte on December 11, 2021, 02:48:33 PM

I didn't see loquats in himalaya. Would you have precisions?

Title: Re: early-fruiting loquats?
Post by: Pokeweed on December 14, 2021, 08:27:04 AM

As I remember one of them is eryobotria elliptica? I think they grow in the Himalayan foothills. D