The Tropical Fruit Forum

My cherilata fruit took 13th months to ripen. Located in San Diego, CA just a little north of Mark Lee.

Ryan

Hi Brad was wondering how your posts are doing now years later and how do your dragons look? Thanks!

Ryan

Thank you, Richard! Seeds came in great shape. Just FYI to others, it took about 3 weeks to arrive to SoCal so plan accordingly.

PPC taste is okay from what I remember, very sweet like a sugar apple. In terms of taste comparison to other atemoyas, I would probably rank it in the middle, with gefner, pinks, and dream tasting much better. Unfortunately PPC tends to split too easily during our SoCal winters which is why I rank it somewhere in the middle to low end when compared to other atemoyas. Although I recognize that timing my hand pollination and or protecting the roots before rain storms might help me in preventing fruit split.

If you have a free branch or rootstock available, I’d still recommend obtaining scions and grafting it Kaz. Always nice to have extra flowers/pollen ready when hand pollinating season starts.

Ok, corrected my typo, should be PPC.

Thanks, good to have someone confirm it is PPC. Do you like the taste of the fruit and how does it compare with other Atemoyas that are very good tasting?

I may get some cuttings on Sunday if it is top 5.

Great list here Mike! Would you happen to also have sugarlata scions available? Unfortunately my grafted tree died last winter and have been looking to try again.

Thanks,
Ryan

SHV what is your potting soil for the achachas in 15 gals?

Quote from: SHV on March 20, 2023, 07:18:42 PM

I have a couple Achachas that were approximately 4 ft high, nicely branched, doing well in an unheated greenhouse. I slowly introduced them to outdoor shade then full sun over a spring and summer. The new leaves would get trashed whenever there was a windy day under outdoor shade but would grow ok. Once exposed to full sun, the tree would get burnt to hell and new leaves would not fully develop.  Over the following winter, lots of dieback exposed to the elements.  I dug them up and potted them back in the greenhouse to recover and are doing fine.
You can grow them here, but they need a lot of protection from the elements, particularly if you live more inland.  Most seedling Garcinias that I have acquired do just fine in pots in a greenhouse, even with regular mid-high 30F nights. Space will eventually be the concern. Eventually will be a long time based on their slow growth.

Here’s my Achachas pushing all kinds of new growth. Had to tie their heads to the ceiling due to too heavy weight.  Both in 15 gallon pots and loving the desert heat of my greenhouse. 

My Coconut Cream mango is very close to being ready maybe I will pick within the next week.I let this tree hold fruit back in 2021 and it was delicious. I gave it a rest year in 2022 to allow for more vegetative growth and resumed fruiting this year.

I look for the following characteristics to let me know it’s ready: brown stem, lenticels dark and visible, smooth skin, color change from green to yellow, and presence of sugar beads.

To Kaz’s point, there is also a yellow Lisa! I don’t know what happened to the mother tree but I was able to salvage a scion.

I was able to plant the seed from a store-bought mamey, husk and all, and it sprouted pretty quickly. Just in a 1gal container with some big box store container mix and left in the gh.

Ryan

I can’t really comment on how often his page is updated but I did want to also add on to what Nick said and mention that I placed an order last month and everything went smoothly.

Great list here thanks everyone for sharing. I don’t think I’ve even tasted 10 mango varieties in my life haha but hope to change that soon. Not many options here at the grocery stores or markets in SoCal.

Great list here, Mark!

I would say using your hands (with gloves on) and scrub the scales off. Depending on the size of your tree it would be easy enough but if you have a large tree I wouldn’t recommend it. Also, go after the ants. I’ve found that eliminating or reducing ants in the yard helps to keep other pests’ numbers down as well. But ant bait is $$$.

Goodluck!