The Tropical Fruit Forum

yeah, my stuff is entirely too close. dont use me as an example. I have collecting issues .

So the leaves to get significantly bigger huh? Those leaves look more like E. involucrata. My tree has tiny little leaves, but I guess that reflects its age.

It's honestly low humidity that's causing it.
Should be ok. Plants may look bad, but when you can bring them out come spring it'll be fine.
Your mix seems well draining so no root rot
and they won't get sunburnt inside.

July is a tad early for some of the best fruit but it depends as the seasons on some fruits can be early or late easily. We won’t know until about May how the season is shaping up. We always have chupa chupa in August and September. There could be lots of garcinias, including mangosteen as well as durian and many others.
Costa Rica has lots of good farmers markets, fruit stands by the road, and areas concentrated in fruit orchards. There’s lots of fruit for sale around Orotina on the central pacific coast, then the Thursday farmers market in San Isidro, Perez Zeledon. The area of Puerto Viejo on the southern Caribbean coast is where we are and it’s a hub for fruit.
Peter

If you're looking looking to go foraging/fruit hunting, Inaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/) might help. They have information on trees, as well as the locations of where trees have been found. You might be familiar with it.

They all want to grow out!
Eventually, you run out of space.
Additionally, for some reason, growing them in pots is more challenging than growing in ground...
Many zone pushers have had that phenomenon for some reason.
Honestly, if you are in a pot, you can't expect much fruit at all.
All of mine are in ground.