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Kathy starts with ... Heya Everyone, I am hoping that someone can help me ID my black sapote flowers? We can't find a record of whether we bought a seedling or grafted but it has flowered for YEARS but we have no fruit set so either I am being too impatient (entirely possible), we have a male seedling, or a self-infertile grafted. I can't find any really clear info online re IDing the male and female flowers. Does anyone know a good way? Or can post some pics to help me? Thanks heaps, Kathy | About the Author Kathy2 Newcastle 31st October 2011 12:41pm #UserID: 4699 Posts: 6 View All Kathy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 31st October 2011 11:05pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Do you have a pic of your sapote? Mostly seedling sapotes go straight up, with a straight central leader, where grafted cv's have some contortion or irregular growth habit. My grafted cv's are very contorted and have no central leader and are fruiting very low to the ground. I hope they do eventually get some height otherwise they'll be fruiting on the ground like strawberries. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 1st November 2011 4:11pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kathy says... Heya Nick, apparently they can be boy/girl (self fertile or self infertile) OR boy only :( Boo. The flower buds are just starting to come in now, in clusters of 3. Looks like there is one big one in the middle with a smaller one on either side. They are similarly shaped to the persimmon flowers you put up there. If they follow the trend then the big one would be the girl and the little the boys. So maybe it is either not mature enough to fruit or self-infertile?? | About the Author Kathy2 Newcastle 11th November 2011 9:59pm #UserID: 4699 Posts: 6 View All Kathy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kathy says... Heya John, There is a pic on MyEdibles but I don't think that it's too clear. With your info I think that it might be a seedling. It tried to go straight up but my ex didn't plant it in a timely manner and it went crooked - I am slowly nursing it back to straight!!!! Has taken about 3 years but I am kinda getting there! :O) | About the Author Kathy2 Newcastle 11th November 2011 10:01pm #UserID: 4699 Posts: 6 View All Kathy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 11th November 2011 10:48pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author vlct glenelg 12th September 2014 1:26pm #UserID: 8152 Posts: 311 View All vlct's Edible Fruit Trees |
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A.C says... Ive got one growing I got from Perrys.Its a Tahiti variety 2 y.o, approx 1.4m tall has had plenty of flowers in the past ,no friut set.Its hasnt flowered this year,maybe fruit set? Wait and see.Strong advice trying to grow subtropicals in Adelaide,get your soil mix right.Clay is a killer. | About the Author AC1 Cowandilla S.A 12th September 2014 1:44pm #UserID: 8055 Posts: 103 View All AC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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A.C says... I bought this tree at a time when I was first starting out at growing subtropicals.I put a bit of faith in Perrys discretion at providing a variety that would grow down here.I got a white sapote from them also which fruited first time last year which were absolutely divine,judging by their taste I"ll be OK. If you have done your research including looking at Daleys available varieties and you know that another variety will handle the frost/temperate climate in Adelaide,go for it. The key to making a proper choice is thorough research.The black sapote is a Tahiti variety and white sapote is a Ortega variety. | About the Author AC1 Cowandilla S.A 13th September 2014 2:35pm #UserID: 8055 Posts: 103 View All AC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
