The Tropical Fruit Forum

I was  bored and decided to do a multi graft on my page tree with ilama, dream, pink mammoth, ap2, atemoyaXrollina and  Lisa. To my surprise they all took and it’s been about a week-ish. Hope they will all continue to push.

Wow! I didn't even know that an atemoya x rolinia was possible!

Can confirm that both butterscotch and Silas woods sapodillas are self fertile. Have both at my home with fruit set.

If you have two trees, how do you know they didn't cross pollinate? Did they bloom at different times?Thanks for the response.

I think its mostly the leaves that are sensitive because shelterd plants tend to fare better than ones in the open. However, tougher roots probably won't hurt.

Does anyone know if trifoliata will air layer? I have air layered limes in the past with a high degree of success. I would assume that air layering would also work for trifoliata. But, I have never had the chance to try it. I have only come accross it here in Florida on a few occasions.

For what its worth, my graft take percentage sky rocketed when I started wrapping the unions with flagging tape as Brad recommended. I wrap the scion with parafilm. Before that I tried wrapping the whole thing with parafilm or electrical tape, or grafting strips. I got the best results by far with flagging tape.

My first Homestead fruits, this was grafted 10 months ago when this photo was taken. Thanks for the scions Sam (Galatin522).

Hey Kaz, I just saw this. Those are looking good! Just got to see what the pollinated fruits look like on my Dad's tree last week. The scions you sent me bloomed and it looks like the tree will finally have full size fruits!

Looks like there are presumed hubrids between F. carica and F. palmata. So, there seems to be a good chance that they are graft compatible. All this makes one wonder if there are nematode resistant strains of F. palmata or if it could be used as an interstock to more nematode resistant figs (such as F. sycomorus) since it has likely not been tested as extensively as F. carica.

I really doubt that it is self fertile at that size, but that would be awesome if it is. You might talk to Steve Cucura of Fruitscapes (or another reputable tropical fruit nursery). He has been in the business a long time and has a good idea of what things are worth. Even if its not worth patenting he might give you something for propagation rights if he thought it was special enough. Of course, some of that will probably be based on some things that you don't know yet.

In my experience you don't gain a whole lot once the branch you are layering gets over an inch or so in diameter. While it can be done, it sets the tree back more. Even if you succeed, you will still have the same nematode problem (in all likelihood) where ever you plant the new tree. I would consider starting cuttings of one of the nematode resistant rootstocks and and inarching them to your tree. Inarching is a way to replace the rootstock on your existing tree without starting all over again. It has a very high success rate typically. Florida Fruit Geek had a post about nematode resistant mulberry rootstocks that you can look up.

Most of what I remember seeing here in Florida is from cuttings. Airlayering is also common. Apparently, they have a lot of seed grown stuff out in California from what people ot there have posted. I've never see a grafted guava other than the pictures people post on here. In any case, there is 99.9% chance it is on its own roots.

Great! Good luck to you!

Call Fruitscapes over on Pine Island. They had one called "M1" or "M-One" that was part of the annona breeding project they have been working on. Its supposed to be quite large.