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fruitnoob, can you explain in more detail the water hose method? There still may be time to try it here😄
My loquat tree is slated to go to make room for my jujube. I bought the loquat tree because I heard it was one of “preppers” fruit trees. when the tree fruited last year, the fruits tasted so sour it was disappointing.
Highly recommend topworking it, or trying them when they are only dark orange. Loquat is an absolute keeper and there are some excellent varieties. Cannot fathom replacing it with jujube personally...
Loquat is a keeper because it is the only tree that ripe in early spring. A good cultivar tastes great.
I would not recommend planting jujube because of suckers and invasive roots. It is worse than bamboo.
Greater Good, when you say it took you 5 years did you prune a partial height each year till you ended up at that height? Tell us more.I am also interested in learning about Greater Good's pruning tips. My tree is about 15 feet tall, and I want to maintain it at around 10 feet.
If a mango sends out blooms in S. Fl. when 2 ft high, suspect it to be under stress...
In 10a unlikely to have temperature stress of cold so far this year that would be greater than the normal primary desire to grow at the 2 ft. stage.
Suspect other stressors like weed wacker, rabbits nibbling on trunk, moles under the tree, soil ph or mineral balance off, water, etc. etc. etc.
M4 2nd yr flowering. Almost every tip top to bottom has flowers starting.
Photo in pot May 2021! These things grow quick.
I honestly didn't know of the forum when I had selected these cultivars. I had read on the university of florida website, they were supposed to be good to eat also. Now I have exceeded the "just a hobby" stage and gone full on "bat shit crazy" for fruit trees. Thankfully my wife supports/allows it to continue lol. I understand now there's some other more desirable, crunchy, cultivars out there. J31 seems to be obtainable but is it a must have? I can plant one more row of trees @ about 16' spacing. It's the hardest row to try to plan since there's already so many. Wanted to throw a few more achachairu in, growing in greenhouse for 2 more years, since there supposed to be maintenance free and the evil weevils don't molest the foliage. Any jackfruit cultivar recommendations? I was told jackfruit is very good if dehydrated, maybe the soft flesh fruits are better for dehydrating?? The seeds should still be tasty from them after roasting, I'm assuming the taste of these is more uniform throughout the cultivars??Dehydrated jackfruit is the bomb, but the seeds though, I wouldn't say they're delicious. Personally, I would rather have a baked potato.
Steve had some nice 25 gal mai 1 at that time. If it is grafted, pretty sure that is what I remember at the time. He might have had some seedlings at that time in 25 gal not sure what they were.
How tall are your plants and how many bananas did it produce? I had a “dwarf” namwa a couple of years ago and it fruited but barely fit in my 14’ greenhouse (it was in a pot). Also I got 57 off of it in a 35 gallon pot, curious what they would max out at.
Mine never have gotten taller at the crown than about 6'.