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amanda says... That's interesting :) Coincidentally Sabrina Hahn just did a feature article on white sapote in yesterdays paper. She states "never give the tree ahard prune"..? She doesn't say why exactly - but it's in the context of shaping the tree. Maybe it's something to do with how the new branches grow back at very odd angles do u think? | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 29th January 2012 12:12pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tom says... We found the only way to get our three young white sapotes to branch out was to hard prune them. They were three whips, two already eight feet tall before we learned to snip the trunk to get branches started. I've always wondered just how high they'd've gone as a single long stick before they took to branching out on their own if we hadn't forced it. | About the Author Tom Orlando FL USA 29th January 2012 1:00pm #UserID: 3912 Posts: 101 View All Tom's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 29th January 2012 6:56pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jason Portland 31st January 2012 12:39am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 31st January 2012 10:39am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I haven't got scale on any of my sapotes but with the foxes.. I had for years seen half eaten avocados all around the place with sharp fine teeth marks in them, I though it was a rat or mouse or possum. Well I actually still all those things eat them. Since then however late at night I've seen a couple of foxes under the tree eating them and I've not yet caught a possum or rat eating them :). So all I've confirmed so far is foxes | About the Author Jason Portland 31st January 2012 2:03pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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j says... I'd love some scale!! I keed, Keed. Two years ago I met a dude at a gardening event who knew glowinski and said his big white sapote tree (assuming he was referring to glowinski's Vista) had scale on it. I don't really see many pests bother my white sapotes or their fruit. But I do have possums and birds about (thanks for the info, john), and the first attack from those critters means it's sapote netting time. | About the Author J 31st January 2012 3:01pm #UserID: 2954 Posts: 397 View All J's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, 400km North of Perth 31st January 2012 6:46pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I have neglected my white sapote (grown from seed)for the last few years, because I was so disappointed in it. The fruit had a slightly bitter aftertaste and the fruit ripened too close together (they are not good keepers). It hasn't fruited for a while. It wasn't fed, but this year it did get some water and has just finished a fairly good crop. The fruit was sweet and pleasant, with no bitterness. One or two had fruit fly, but not every fruit. So next year I plan to look after it better. On pruning - it has become quite tall, around 4-5m, so I miss out on the higher fruit. Can I prune it back, and when is the best time to do this? Our winters are fairly chilly, but it doesn't lose all its leaves. | About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 13th April 2012 7:29pm #UserID: 182 Posts: 103 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Mike27 14th April 2012 7:40am #UserID: 6847 Posts: 22 View All Mike27's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rob19 says... I have a white sapote seedling, with large leaflets, that wants to head north as fast as possible. I was hoping to graft a number of cultivars onto it, as well test the seedling itself, so I was hoping to induce some branching now that it is 70cm tall. A few months ago I rubbed out the upper leaf buds as they were forming in the hope to encourage lateral branching. The result was the tree sulked for a few months and has now decided to grow new leaf buds... in exactly the same place. I am obviously doing something wrong. Does anyone have some advice? I see an earlier note suggesting “snipping the trunk” but I thought I might be able to use a lighter hand on a smaller plant. | About the Author Rob19 WEST FOOTSCRAY,3012,VIC 8th October 2014 4:44pm #UserID: 6645 Posts: 52 View All Rob19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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