Luc's Garcinia

sternus1 says...
Yes, they are self pollinating. All Garcinia are painfully slow growing, but Luc's seems to be especially fiendish. You are looking at ten years, in all probability. I have some 4 year olds that are still only 1ft high.

Long wait, incredible payoff. What that wait buys you just might be the best fruit on Earth.

Thithi says...
How would you fertilise garcinia? Like citrus or mango ? Thanks

Grant says...
Thanks guys for the feedback, seems to be quite an investment in time!

Grant says...
Hi Mark, I originally planned to get seeds from Luc, but ended up getting 2 seedlings from Daleys. Both are in the ground and growing steadily.
I’ll put out the feelers for you but they are pretty rare as i’m sure you know. I can only suggest ordering seeds from Luc, waiting for a Daley’s seedling, or just what you are already doing. Good luck mate

Mike Tr says...
None are fruiting in Australia yet. No undescribed species are allowed into Australia so call them something. The official bicon Garcinia list is riddled with errors anyway.

ivepeters says...
Hopefully will finally produce this year. Have lots of flowers and others ready to, on both of mine.

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ivepeters says...
Nearly 8 years

ivepeters says...
Probably longer than normal, they were neglected occasionally during the past few years. Travelling.

Edward3 says...
Hello Chad. Would you have a couple of scions that I could buy from you? I would like to try grafting them onto my achacha seedling which is already a few years old.

Edward3 says...
You are quite right - it is too small to be taking cuttings. I would have bought the plant from Daleys, but they seem to have very long waiting times (years) for some of the plants I am interested in.

bspargo says...
Hey Edward3, I’m not far from you, near west Ryde, I also have a 8-9 year old achacha. Any sign of flowers on yours yet? Mine is shooting new leaves now, still small, I keep looking hoping for flower buds but nothing still! I actually just bought a grafted Lucs garcinia from Steve on one of the forums. He wouldn’t sell scions but I’m hoping to get some as this grafted one gets bigger.

Edward3 says...
I actually planted about a dozen seeds and they all sprouted. After 11 years, the plants have a wide variation in size ranging from 30cm up to 2m. Those in shade grow tall.

Edward3 says...
Yes, they are still all growing. They are quite tough plants, I don't water them much, and I transplanted one a couple of times without shock.