I'm going to be needing scions from lucuma cultivars soon. I live in Sonoma County, smack on the boundary of zone 9a and 9b. I have 2 very happy seedling lucumas from Wildlands, purchased over the summer. I plan to plant one in my greenhouse and one outdoors. I could probably graft this year though it wouldn't hurt to wait, either.
Does anyone have suggested varieties to graft, given my location (light frost most winters)? And, where might I find scions?
I ate loads of lucuma in Peru in 2013. I was biking north along the coast and I discovered this fruit at a roadside fruit stand within an hour of leaving the Lima airport. I ate them daily, along with giant cherimoyas that could be bought for a dollar, until I reached Ecuador - then, like a light switch, no more lucumas except for one isolated fruit stand somewhere along the Avenue of the Volcanoes. I have no idea what varieties I was eating.
I also discovered mamey on that trip, and the best mangoes of my life.
Yum...