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How do you keep it hot and humid like south florida inside your house in northern Washington state in December and January!? Sounds delightful yet moist.the place in my house i would put it would not get lower than 65f and usually not below 60% humidity and is interestingly much more humid in the winter
Have you fruited one in so cal yet? Can definitely be done in so cal but I still wouldn’t encourage it. Overwintering for 5 years to get fruit is a tricky gamble, and then they randomly die too. This thread is for Seattle so not super relevant anyhow.For South Florida only.the "climate" in my house is probably more similar to south florida than cali, but more inputs are always helpful+1 for Rollinia
It's fast to grow and fruit for SoCal too. Depends on the strain, but 5 years from seed is not impossible. Once it gets about 2 ft tall in the ground it really bulks up.
I have a 4 year old seedling in the ground that looks like it's close to fruiting potentially next year.
The only thing you can do is try to aerate the soil you do have by breaking it up some at the surface and not watering so much. I try to have a few different soils, amendments, and perlite around in bags. Good to stock up for situations like these where you may rapidly need to change the soil.its annoying because the beginning symptoms look similar, droopy leaves etc
It may be a goner, but you can try your best.
I have killed more plants, by orders of magnitude, by overwatering compared to under watering. This is especially true in cooler climates or periods of the year where plants are more susceptible to root issues.
And just to emphasize the point regarding space consideration. This is how big my soursop had to get before it started flowering…was it grafted?
At my place in north Broward in south east Florida most of mine ripened in May though April and June also had fruit. I've found that Rollinia do not ripen if picked green, and once they start to ripen the fruit ripens REALLY fast. From ripe and "deliciosa" to gooey snot to garbage in only a few days.guess i gotta get to buying tree lol.
I agree agree Rollinia is NOT a good fruit to ship, even IF the USPS were on the ball which they're not. I once sent a small parcel from S.E Fla to Tampa and it took over two weeks to get there.
BTW, I have Geffner, Sugar apple, Custard apple, Kampong Mauve and soursop and I wouldn't trade one Rollinia for 10 of any other annona I have or have had. The lemon meringue, banana, and a hint of vanilla custard is an amazing taste treat.
I only gave ONE away and I do not make a habit of that! Sell? Nah! If I did my GF would be V-E-R-Y unhappy as it's her fave fruit :-)
These trees are gone. I cannot find how to remove my own post. It looks like there is just no 'delete' option. If moderator can delete this post, please do.just edit the topic to say something like CLOSED
I just sold all of those.lol demand is high
They flower and fruit after some really good rains or continuous deep watering. Maybe the worst Annona fruit to think about shipping.thanks! i have heard that, unfortunately i cant really get it any other way, willing to take a chance
i meant those where just eugenias i wanted to grow lolI think what B2B is getting at is that there is no 1 good eugenia rootstock, as most are probably graft incompatible. Grafting within species is the safest bet, with exceptions. What eugenias do you want to grow?ah, a few of the more common ones like pitanga, pitangatuba, pitomba, CORG, araza, and also some rarer ones, Pisiformis, burkartiana, anthropophaga, victoriana.
Cool, you already have some good rootstock. There are select varieties of pitanga, CORG, and pitangatuba that could be grafted on your plants. With the rare ones, might be a good idea to trade scions of same species from other growers, to improve chances of pollination, fruiting, and to increase diversity. I try to have at least 2 of each eugenia species.
I think what B2B is getting at is that there is no 1 good eugenia rootstock, as most are probably graft incompatible. Grafting within species is the safest bet, with exceptions. What eugenias do you want to grow?ah, a few of the more common ones like pitanga, pitangatuba, pitomba, CORG, grumichama, araza, and also some rarer ones, Pisiformis, burkartiana, anthropophaga, victoriana.
What does that even mean?idk, anything that is compatible with many eugenias, preferably something decent sized. i want to start grafting eugenias but dont have a rootstock yetalso looking for a good eugenia rootstock
loli think that was a joke...Jackfruit, mulberry, ambarella.Which mulberry variety? I bought one that said dwarf on the tag yet it grew over 8 ft in over a year 😭
Oh .. Well now I get it
i think that was a joke...Jackfruit, mulberry, ambarella.Which mulberry variety? I bought one that said dwarf on the tag yet it grew over 8 ft in over a year 😭
Cock`s eggs (Salpichroa oreganifolia) taste like super strong Austrian rum
Ancient rambutan varieties are a taste explosion and probably the reason this precise species was domesticated. Modern rambutans have nothing like that
Jungle durians, especially Durio dulcis (smells pungently of paint, tastes of After Eight)
Tarap and the not related dwarf tamarillo share a very distinct strong flavor
Some jungle mangoes like M. foetida or M. pajang have a nauseating mashine oil / diesel flavor
In the Heidelberg botanic garden there is a banana tasting of apples, pears, cinnamon and caramel
cool! Would you recommend getting a tree?I find Barbados Cherry flavor to be distinct as I struggle to describe it to others.
this. when green or very light yellow they are sour and have an almost tomato like taste. but if left on the three past the point of "cherry red" i find they turn a darker shade of red not as dark as a Bing cherry but same purple red hue. at that point the Barbados cherry have a very very intense flavor, its not a super exotic flavor but is unique enough recommend trying.
Jujube are quite unique...i had a jujube once, to me it tasted like a bland green apple, but it wasnt a brown one
Perhaps a good approach to guesstimating uniqueness can by phylogenetics. Monotypic species (that is, species that are the only species in their genus) have no close living relatives making them unique plants. That doesn't necessarily guarantee that their flavor compounds will also be unique, but it could be a first step.thats actually a pretty good idea! The ones from the list that i have had certainly were unique
Some monotypic species from my head or a quick google search: caper, quince, bael (Aegle marmelos), brazilnut, saguaro fruit, kelubi, toyon, elephant apple, oso berry, osage orange (seed kernals are edible), jamaica cherry, nipa, and tamarin
Edit: Oh and zabala fruit!
