The Tropical Fruit Forum

I’d be cautious about g. hombriana grafts. I used to graft mangosteen commercially and I stopped because I don’t like the way they grow. Many garcinias don’t want to grow upright when grafted. I have also grafted seedlings and top worked g. prainiana. Same thing. They need to be staked, pulled with ropes, it’s a mess. I took the very tip of a g. parvifolia and top worked it onto a male g. Lateriflora. It worked even though the sap color was different between these two species!  For top working males I guess I would still do it but otherwise I would just grow out the seedlings. You’re going to get a much nicer tree.
Peter

I grafted a Luc's to my Imbe in the ground 6 years ago and it is growing straight up to 12 feet. I heard grafting other garcinias kind of grow like a vine.

Sure, come on by to my place in Chula Vista, I'll be around.

Florida 10a is a world of difference from California 10a. Florida may get colder nights but they heat up and year round the days are warmer. California stays cold until the late spring.

I have 4-5 fruits this big holding on the tree. Did yours size up Mark?

My fruit are still getting bigger, hopefully it stays warm.

I planted seeds I got from Jim West 12 years ago of a Mountain Soursop. This is the first fruit that formed. The seedling was in a pot for probably 5 years. The tree is now 8X8 feet. This is the first fruit and is actually not bad tasting. Some suggested it could be some sort of hybrid, and at Jim's place he has so many varieties and species it could be. Does anyone have Mountain Soursop that look like this?

Here are leaves, the one on the left is a A.Muricata, and the right A.Montaña.


The tree


The fruit

I grow them fine in San Diego near the coast where we only get 80-100 chill hours. I hand pollinate and have a few varieties that may do better in a warmer climate.

Just saw my first one today. Heard leaves crunching and started investigating the noise. Saw a crouched body with tan head and immediately knew what it was. Went to my greenhouse and grab my weapons. Sat inside to see if it wanted to follow me. Walked safely to my vehicle after 20 mins.

Where were you?

Thanks for the response Mark.
Also, did you plant in full sun, partial shade, in between plants?

I have like a couple seedlings growing out, one in a 5 gallon as well.

Hi, yes this was grown in mostly full sun, it does get some shade late in the afternoon from a Lychee.

Concrat's Mark, on fruiting rare annona was it grown outside or in your G.H.?

Hey Scott, this was grown outside, the fruit formed last fall and grew through the winter. The tree was from a seed I got from Jim West 12 years ago, it was in a pot for about 5 years.

Quote from: MarktLee on September 09, 2024, 03:25:39 PM

I just found 2 fruit on the ground down here in southern San Diego. This was a different season than previous years. We didn't have as many chill hours as the previous years. We didn't have as much flower set and not all varieties flowered at the same time. Also the fruit that set are about half the size as last year, and half the number of fruit set. It looks like I only have fruit from my "Taylor" , "Sunflower" and "Sweet Alice" set fruit. The "Mango", Wabash", "Shenandoah" and "Susquehanna" are still young grafts. Although the first spring I grafted a "Sunflower" it was low on the rootstock and it produced a nice cluster that fall, very strange.

Did you hand pollinate and cross pollinate them, Mark?

Hi Yes, I hand pollinated them but didn't keep track of which ones that were natural and hand pollinated.

I just found 2 fruit on the ground down here in southern San Diego. This was a different season than previous years. We didn't have as many chill hours as the previous years. We didn't have as much flower set and not all varieties flowered at the same time. Also the fruit that set are about half the size as last year, and half the number of fruit set. It looks like I only have fruit from my "Taylor" , "Sunflower" and "Sweet Alice" set fruit. The "Mango", Wabash", "Shenandoah" and "Susquehanna" are still young grafts. Although the first spring I grafted a "Sunflower" it was low on the rootstock and it produced a nice cluster that fall, very strange.

Aristata and Imbe look similar and I'm going to try and cross pollinate. I've had a self pollinating Imbe, but also had to deal with males and females not blooming simultaneously.