The Tropical Fruit Forum

Maybe the dead section was grafted, and died back to the graft years ago?

Probably u are right 😞

Yes, I mean the ones just above the ground.

If you want to eliminate(cut down) the other rootstocks if you think it is multiple seedlings planted close together when you cut it be careful not to dig up any of the roots. Just cut to the ground level any of the other rootstock trunks you don't want (ones without your red arrow) and it will not grow back again. Just paint the trunks that are cut off with tree sealer (tar paint) so it will not introduce bugs/mold/etc in the trunks that are cut off.

Sounds great.  Will do as you said.  Thanks.

First i need to say i dont have a fruiting loquat tree, and have been growing loquats for 2 years so thats from my very limited experience...
The plant may be a seedling ,dus may be young to be fruiting ...also i see tree different stemms which may be tree different seedlings that have grown so close together. I personally would remove the middle one, which is the weakest judging by the pics.
You are asking about grafting it, i would personally do that bud still would leave a branch from both of the main trunks, since they may end up to be something special. Be sure to use scions from a known fruiting loquat with nice fruit.
This spring i grafted a dozen of loquats on quince, i used cleft and bark graft methods, all were succesfull and loquat by me seems to be an easily graftable plant.

Now u may also wait a little more on the plant, it may be just too young to fruit, that is if the problem is not hiding elsewhere.

Has the plant ever flowered ??

Thanks for responding.  Congratulations fir your grafted seedlings 😊.

The plant may be a seedling ,dus may be young to be fruiting ...also i see tree different stemms which may be tree different seedlings that have grown so close together. I personally would remove the middle one, which is the weakest judging by the pics.
  — Yes.  I too feel that there are multiple trees (seedlings) there. I see around 6 poking from the ground.  I’ve added a pic from another view (Pls chk the 4th pic in my original post).  Can i just keep the one marked (last pic) & remove the rest?

You are asking about grafting it, i would personally do that bud still would leave a branch from both of the main trunks, since they may end up to be something special. Be sure to use scions from a known fruiting loquat with nice fruit.
  — Sounds great.  Will do that.  I got 4 cuttings (Same tree) from my neighbor.  Do you have done suggestions of good loquat varieties?

Has the plant ever flowered ??
  —  No flowers yet.

Are you sure the seeds were sugar apple? Looks a lot like my 15 gallon Booth that I got from Clausen nursery a few years ago. Mine is much larger than yours but leaves and fruit look the same. They are reputable but do sell their cherimoyas from seed. Mine certainly doesn't look like a Booth fruit but variance from seed.

Thanks for responding.  I got these seeds from my friend who also has a Cherimoya tree grafted with many varieties.  There is a chance, she gave me cherimoya seeds.

Hi All,
Could someone identify this plant?  Thanks in Advance.

the plant does look like cherimoya but the fruit doesn't look like a full cherimoya more like an atemoya. cherimoya fruit tends to be more flat,round and/or symmetrical. atemoya tends to be deformed and show some traces of the eyes/spikes kinda but you can tell it's not a full a.squamosa either.

Thanks for your response.  Is it possible for this to be a new type/ variety?

I started this tree around 3 yrs back from seed. I actually planted the sugar apple seeds that i got from a friend. Not sure how it ended up as cherimoya or Atemoya. it will be great if someone can identify whether it is cherimoya or Atemoya. All the below pics are from tbe same tree. The tree is in a 15 gal black plastic container. Thanks in advance.

Hi all,
i am looking for a Gem / Gwen avocado scion.  Will someone be willing to share a cutting.  I’ll  be happy to pay for the shipping & also a reasonabe price for the cutting if needed.  Thanks in advance.