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The 'lucuma' in Australia are all messed up and most are seemingly just a bad strain of canistel, so getting some seed that I could actually count on as being from a real lucuma would be great.NOT TRUE. FOR EXAMPLE I IMPORTED SCIONS OF LUCUMO FROM BILL WHITMAN THAT HE GOT FROM KONA. HE RAVED ABOUT IT. HE WAS RIGHT. HUGE FRUIT. NO FRUIT MAKES A BETTER MILKSHAKE..TO MY TASTE BUDS LIKE RUM ' RAISIN.I AM GROWING CAMPECHIANA, OBOVATA, MULTIFLORA, VIRIDE, MAMMOSUM, TORTA (15CM TALL), 'ABIU', HYPOGLAUCA, 'ROSS', AND THE ONLY ONE NOT SURE ABOUT IS DOMINGENSIS. NOTE I REFUSE TO CALL MY PLANCHONELLAS POUTERIA
Does anyone know if Lucuma can be grown in a 25 gallon container and fruit? Can it produce fruit near the coast (I'm located 52 feet above sea level and five miles away from the beach)? If grown by seed how long will it take to produce fruit? I'm interested in buying a tree but I don't want to get it if I know it won't produce. I'm looking for information on how to grow this tree but there's hardly any info on the internet!!! Help me out guys please!
Hi Adam,What do you mean by "lowlands"? Tomas
Does anyone know where I can get, buy or swap for some?They are OK to import to Australia, but I don't know where to to buy them from.
I have two Lucuma trees that have flowered for the past three years but I get no fruit set. ???Is there a way to tell the difference between highland and lowland cultivars without them fruiting?
30n years and no fruit it sounds like its genetic tree should be a stump.It would be worth hitting it with the micronutrients your soil is lowest in as well as the back of an axe.Maybe it is not the ideal climate for the particular tree and it is still waiting for the right cues.