The Tropical Fruit Forum

Carolyn, I hope eyeckr visits you next

I have been trying to think of reasons to take my family out to the midwest, I'd love to see your greenhouse sometime if you'll have us.  You've been quietly growing very difficult trees in an even more hostile climate than mine.

Yes, I was getting too many volunteer chicks I had to start collecting eggs to slow them down.  Takes a dozen eggs to equal a typical chicken egg!  They are really tasty, though.

Jaboticaba45, yes I got mine from HI tropical nursery.  Once I get the container plants out I am going to make an honest effort with miticides to get my greenhouse anonnas more healthy.  Mine flowers like crazy and set some fruit but it dies back as fast as it grows and has been really scale prone.

The amount of time I spend worrying about this... I should just buy some Buddy Tape

Thanks for visiting, eyeckr!

Thanks, guys.  I will leave it alone

I don't know anything about milk spore.  Japanese beetles are only a problem when they swarm.  I would not worry about a few, simply blast them off with a hose

Thanks, all, for the suggestions.  I have trimmed the leaves back more severely.

I have a very high success rate on lychees, rambutan, sapodilla, wax apple, guava, langsat, sour sop, canistel and others. In the last 2 weeks I have put over 200 marcots on my trees and expect most to work well from experience. Pity its hard to post pics these days.
Anyway I see a few red flags in the pics and descriptions. Ideal branch width is 1cm to 3 cm but micromarcots are easy. Ideal ringbark width is 1cm to 2cm not like in the pics below. Paint or brush with rootex or clonex 8g per l concentration. I prefer gel to powder. Have pre prepared ziplock (I use 15 x 9cm mostly) cut on one side then tape over ring back. Tape it up well. Aluminium foil does not change the success rate. Remove in 4 weeks to 6 months with 8 weeks being average. Make sure they are well rooted unlike the plant below in the pic. Trim then pot. EASY. The mix in the bag I use is 50 : vermiculite and coco coir but sphagnum is fine. Below does look too leafy with too many roots and should be settled in a pot until properly rooted.The ties shown are less secure and looser than using electrical tape. The width of bark removed below is way in excess of required. In many cases it works out better than grafting for tree vigour and speed to fruiting.

Thanks for the detailed advice!

Too late, it's cut.  The roots do look sparse, I'm not sure if it'll survive.  I cut half the leaves off to try to balance it out, as you suggest.  It is now in a container in the greenhouse in half shade.

Think it has a chance to survive?

If not, it isn't a huge deal.  I expect the parent will survive the coming mid-30F lows and if so I have six months or so to try again.  And I have an Inga Spectabilis seedling growing meanwhile.

It has been nearly two months since I started the airlayer on my inga.  The branch is still very healthy but I have yet to see roots appear on the soil bag.  The article I posted mentioned 100% success with rooting after five weeks.  Should I cut the branch and assume it has roots they just haven't reached the edge of the bag yet to become visible?

I would just wait until they appear but colder weather (~36F) is coming and I have to haul most of my trees back into the greenhouse.  The inga is too big to move now that I up-potted it into a 35gal container knowing that it will be trashed when winter comes.  I am guessing that near freezing weather could harm the airlayer, but I might be worrying about nothing.  I expect the parent tree will be fine.

Should I cut the airlayer now and put it in the heated greenhouse?  Or leave it as-is until it shows roots?

Ugh, they are dioecious?  I didn't even realize

I highly recommend sumo, it has a permanent place in my greenhouse

Ah, ok cool, thanks

12Zodiac, your sumo fruits look just like mine.  Except that weird twinned one.

I have noticed that the sweetness varies somewhat across even a single segment.  One end might be very sweet and the other bland.  Overall, they are really great though.