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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Zone Pushing the Sapote Family
« on: April 04, 2024, 07:20:22 PM »
The only green sapotes I've tried have been seedlings. They work. As does Lucuma.
I don't see the point of Mamey anywhere south of LA. Fruit sits on the tree for nearly a year. Needs warmth that entire time. I have a mamey seedling I donated to the local community garden in SB, but it's right by the beach, solid 10a south facing with good drainage. It's been there a year doing fine.
All the sapotes I tried were in pots, in my greenhouse, which never goes below 37f, but yeah, they'd just get too cold and wet and languish, losing a few inches per year, then die.
Green sapote and lucuma seem to be the only reasonable sapote candidates for CA, imo, unless you're down in SD.
I don't see the point of Mamey anywhere south of LA. Fruit sits on the tree for nearly a year. Needs warmth that entire time. I have a mamey seedling I donated to the local community garden in SB, but it's right by the beach, solid 10a south facing with good drainage. It's been there a year doing fine.
All the sapotes I tried were in pots, in my greenhouse, which never goes below 37f, but yeah, they'd just get too cold and wet and languish, losing a few inches per year, then die.
Green sapote and lucuma seem to be the only reasonable sapote candidates for CA, imo, unless you're down in SD.