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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Oh happy day!
« on: May 15, 2023, 12:12:53 PM »
I've got it in an 18 inch diameter pot. There's a trellis that extends a bit over four feet above the soil. The vine is wrapped up and down on the trellis at least a dozen times. This includes the branches.
I think part of the reason it's taken this long to get flowers has to do with the amount of shade I had it in. Previously, it got dappled sunlight at the most during any part of the day. This past winter I put it in a location where it got direct early morning sun and then dappled shade in the afternoon. It was under a T.R. Hovey papaya (to the South) and shaded in the afternoon by a coffee tree (to the West).
It grew five flower stalks (for lack of a better description). I mostly missed the first one to flower and all of those flowers fell off. I've had varied success with pollination since then.
I think part of the reason it's taken this long to get flowers has to do with the amount of shade I had it in. Previously, it got dappled sunlight at the most during any part of the day. This past winter I put it in a location where it got direct early morning sun and then dappled shade in the afternoon. It was under a T.R. Hovey papaya (to the South) and shaded in the afternoon by a coffee tree (to the West).
It grew five flower stalks (for lack of a better description). I mostly missed the first one to flower and all of those flowers fell off. I've had varied success with pollination since then.