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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Various seedlings for sale
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I had one in the ground (about the size of a full 3 gallon plant) it flowered for a year, but never set fruit. I also thought it was a pollination issue, so I bought a second 3 gallon, put it the ground right next to the first one. Year 2 and the 1st one is not a 5-7 gallon plant and makes plenty of fruit, the smaller one has some fruit, but much less. I think you need a 5-7 gallon plant, or at least a 4-5 year old for consistent fruit set.
I just just cut off a successful air layer of the first plant today, it has been flowering/fruiting since spring. It's in a 3 gallon, but will need to grow into it. PM if anyone is interested.
That is awesome, I know airlayers and cuttings can be done but I haven't had luck.. care to share the details of what you did/hormones/medium/time span etc?
looking fwd to it
I used plain spagnum moss, no hormones. Started in early june and was just now ready for the chop, so about 3 months. I did 3 total air layers but only got 1 to take.
What, how much, and how often, should we be feeding our pintangtubas to encourage them to bloom and set & hold fruit?
Paul M.
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I've had 4 bushes growing for 7 years. They are all 3-4 ft tall. They all bloom regularly, but don't set any fruit. They are pretty bushes, but a complete waste of space if the goal is fruit production.
I had one in the ground (about the size of a full 3 gallon plant) it flowered for a year, but never set fruit. I also thought it was a pollination issue, so I bought a second 3 gallon, put it the ground right next to the first one. Year 2 and the 1st one is not a 5-7 gallon plant and makes plenty of fruit, the smaller one has some fruit, but much less. I think you need a 5-7 gallon plant, or at least a 4-5 year old for consistent fruit set.
I just just cut off a successful air layer of the first plant today, it has been flowering/fruiting since spring. It's in a 3 gallon, but will need to grow into it. PM if anyone is interested.
I think you’d have to know the grower and “bribe” them with fruity gifts or have them be very nice and sharing like many forum members , but I think every mango lover in CA would love to buy some sweet tart mango’s. I can’t imagine more than 100 pounds being harvested in all of Southern California though. Is there any commercial groves with anything but the Coachella Keitt’s in CA?
I have a 3ft tall 3gal all by it's lonesome in a greenhouse. Put on at least 50 flowers. Ended up with about 10 fruits through hand pollination. Not the best ratio, but it is possible to fruit alone. Did better than I expected considering this is it's first real fruiting. Your problem just could just be maturity. 2ft is pretty small. Unless you like really sour fruit, I would give the plant another year or two to produce before buying another one. But I enjoy them and I think another plant would help production. So any of you in SoCal who aren't fans of the fruit and want to trade theirs for something, let me know.
This was my first real try of this fruit. Sour and slightly sweet with a tropical candy-like after taste. I really liked it. I can eat lemons raw, so sour doesn't bother me at all. Should make a great juice too.
I have documented before this under my 'advanced' section of eugenia notes - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYXkqn80a0i-uXdy_kPy95PpGZJl91ofv88C0ar9Z5E/edit?usp=sharing
It works well on trees that have become lazy/unproductive, I've stunted/nearly killed a small tree (3gal) by overdoing it trying to get non-stop flowering.. on other eugenias leaf stripping sometimes can induce another set of crops, I know people have gotten 3 crops of COTRG here in socal by leaf stripping.
Thanks for sharing this, lots of good information.
I felt so badly for my vanilla ice cream bean and put it into the ground from a 25 gallon pot and it is SO happy about it. It is flying! So happy I gave up on taking it with me from my current rental situation in a pot and slapped it in the ground, it's happy as a clam.
Funny you should ask! I am having a greenhouse tour tomorrow for local Master Gardeners, and just did up a list for them!
Here is a partial list of what I am currently growing in pots (I took out the grasses, citrus, and small or non-fruiting things - like bougainvillea...). Nothing is bigger than about 25-30 gallons.
Most of these are or have been fruiting or blooming in my tropical greenhouse.
Cheers!
Carolyn