The Tropical Fruit Forum

The depth looks fine, but that pot looks too large for a tree that small.  It is likely to get stagnant, you might want to use a smaller container until it grows into it.  These trees grow really fast so it probably won't take long, and you might be okay without changing anything.

The Nordmann Seedless kumquat is quite small compared to marumi, fukushu, and hybrids.  I doubt it could ever be known as "Giant".

In my opinion, when it comes to kumquats small is better.  When they become too large they are more like sloppy oranges.

My miracle berries are finicky.  They seem to like shade and burnt leaves are common.  My first one I put in full sun and it seemed happy for a year or more, making tons of berries, then it turned yellow and mostly died. 

I had planted a bunch of the seeds from its berries and one I had given to a relative who kept it in a sunny kitchen window in New Jersey, and it looked awesome - healthy and green.  Way better than the seedlings I kept in my greenhouse.  I have since been keeping them in full shade or morning sun only and they look better.  My original tree is still alive but its seedlings are gaining on it.  It seems to never have fully recovered from the dieback a year or two ago.

I keep them in peat-heavy soil with a bit of sulfur added.

Well I am not sure of the female flower is still receptive but I tried transferring pollen.  No worry, not expecting fruit now but is very nice to see both flowers on same tree. 

Awesome!

I planted my two container lychees in the ground in my greenhouse as a hail mary as they were on the decline.  Hoping to better results in ground.  Glad you proved it is possible

First flower opened.  Ants are really interested in it

Thanks.  The tree is pretty tall, about 9ft tall and 6ft wide with about 3in diameter trunk.  It is planted in ground in my greenhouse.  It was already four ft tall when I got it a few years ago so I am not sure exactly how old it is.

The skin seems to be lightening but it is still very firm and spikes are sturdy.  I will keep checking

JackedFruit my greenhouse minimum temperature is 55F, which would be very expensive if I wasn't fortunately enough to have piped natural gas heat which is very cheap.  I know most of PA is oil heat which costs a fortune and electric is nearly as bad.

I have a ton of garcinias growing and they are very happy so it is certainly possible but they probably require a minimum temperature in the 40s at least for the common garcinias.

The new tree has been in 90+F degree heat in full sun for weeks now and is happy and growing.  I will call this a success, I am glad it survived the early cut.

I am not sure exactly how old mine are as I got them from different sources.  The flowering one was from a forum member and mentioned to bea hermaphrodite type but I am not sure if that is a heritable thing or just luck with these.  My next largest one is nearly as big and so it may flower soon also.

I'll post a picture when the flowers open

xesoteryc, that one is an air-layer and so should fruit at a much smaller size.  Hopefully you can prune it to stay small enough.   My large tree was a seedling so I had to wait for it to mature before I could prune it much and by then it was already huge. 

I am thinking I will do a perpetual clone like I do with tomatoes... when the parent starts getting too big start a new clone and trash the parent, and repeat the cycle every so many years.

Yeah I got a few fruits from it last season.  I was hoping it would have set more by now but at this rate it has no chance of maturing fruits by winter so I chopped it early.  I am hopeful that the airlayer will fruit at a much smaller size, as others have seen