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Starting its new life.



Only wish I had made a slant cut on the trunk.  I have been working to keep up with moisture on the flat top of the stump.  Hope its good enough.  Would hate to lose my grafts because of rut on the stump.

Left the growth lower on the tree for now to keep as much green on as possible.  Will take them off later after the new grafts have pushed a few times.

I will tip after every 18 inches and hope to get a good bush going.

I have had some time caterpillars doing a number on some of my cherimoya root stock.  I was out picking them off and came across these two much larger specimens.
They are pond apple seeds I started and I don't have a problem with them having some of the leaves.
I just want to know what these are and if I should be worried and get rid of them or if they are young of some lovely butterfly I should let live.

Thanks, Har, I am leaning towards the vibration.  I had removed the tape and when I took a close look after cutting it off yesterday, it was clear that while there was good connected in some parts much of the union had not fused.  It could have done better still tied together for a while.

I hope we don't get serious winds for a wile, I removed the tape on several of the grafts, I am hoping not too early.

I have seen a couple of maha photos that do not have that classic elongated s shape.
Is this a function of maturity of the tree or what?
Will a tree from seed exhibit this trait while a grafted tree might not?

Just curious since I just did a maha graft and would like to know what to expect.
 

It happened again.  Another branch this time.  Also laden with fruit.
Fortunately in this case it was not a complete break and I hope I can propo it up and still get the fruits to mature.
Off with the branch after the season.
Planned on reshaping the tree anyway.  It was very wide with the weight at the end...  Physics took over.

Sam, we got a boatload of rain the last 10 days or so, almost a foot of rain.  I will hazard that is the problem.

OK, into the bin they go.
The rest will adorn the base of a few trees.

My late bloom held a few fruits on 2 tree, lost most. 100 percent on a few trees.
Untimely rain was what I thought the culprit was.

The last few days in Florida has been very wet.  Coupled with some strong winds a couple of days ago I have large fruits on the ground.  Hundreds of them.  Actually lost a huge branch laden with fruit.
Fortunately had monster fruit set earlier so I still have many mangoes and the season is not ruined.

At least it's not like Mount Saint Helens when the US government itself was giving out contradictory advise to residents, depending on who was talking 

You know some might call that customized guidance, advice tailored to your needs and conditions.  Not some canned response to fit all situations.   

Wow, impressive list.

I didnt want to start a new thread but if that was the right thing then I can delete this and start one.

I got some scions of the premium Mexican from Raul for grafting.
I kept 3 and passed the rest on to friends.  I put all 3 on G. intermedia.
One browned at the top and is likely a goner.
One stayed green with no change, may still be a take.  Watching.
The third appears to be pushing.  Its early yet, I will keep an eye on it and report progress.
Stoked.  Anyone else has an experience to share?

Quote from: Orkine on March 31, 2018, 08:21:02 PM

I am beginning to thinks some cherimoya may be graft compatible with pond apple, at least better than atemoya.

I did a thorough inspection of the trees and in addition to the Licia it appears boothe and white also appear to be growing.  Inca red did not take.

I couldn't get 'Inca Red' to take either.

Do you have access to Licia?
Perhaps you can try to replicate my experiment.  You can put the Inca Red on after Licia if it takes.
Some patience needed but you may get your plant.
I have assumed your root stock is pond apple too.

I started some cherimoya seedling last year.
They have done well.
I grafted on to a couple of them this spring and one took nicely with Birula.  Others did not but have continued to grow.  In spring they were realy tiny and I didn't hold out any hope (they were thinner than almost all the budwood I had, now they are the perfect pencil size of just larger. Unfortunately no atemoya budwood to put on them.  I will graft them in spring.)

The tallest is about 3 feet tall and they are growing straight up with no branching.  Should I top them to induce branching? the goal would be to graft unto those branches next spring. 

Will take any tips on shaping a cherimoya tree from seedling stage.

See pictures below.  The measure is two feet long for scale.  The smallest of the plants are in a 3 gallon pot and the largest are in a huge pot  in which I plan to keep one or two of them for a very long time.  It appears the pot size matters.


A little over 2 feet tall. In a small pot.


About 3 feet tall.  In a huge pot with huge leaves about 9 inches long.


The runt of the group.  Just over a foot tall.  In a small pot.

I planted 3 to a pot so I could select after grafting.  Now I am thinking I will approach graft two to get double root system and remove the third.  I have been following Simon's posts and am curious.  Buts that for another post, for now, to top or not to top and at what height?