Hand Pollinate the Chicle Sapote or Sapodilla Tree to get the best even in Northern California’s Zone 9B. Todays video, I demonstrate how easy it is to Hand pollinate the Sapodilla Flower to get fruit.
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@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
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@lyonheart843 жыл бұрын
Great that you got a sapodilla at last Jeff 👍
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah!
@montypalmer45562 ай бұрын
I planted a seedling in 2004 and after 20 years only grafts, including a Lucuma graft, have blossomed. My blossoms have gone past the stage shown here and opened up. I'm using a natural bristle artist brush to try and pollinate as many Stigmas as possible. I have Trompo and Fairchild II blossoming now and I'm assuming the early Stigma only blossoms are ready to pollinate. I haven't gotten fruit yet, first year with many blossoms. Because the blossoms pass through the development stages with staggered timing I assume nature expects the insects to find the open blossoms, then covered in pollen crawl across the new Stigmas pollinating along the way while looking for another open blossom. I try to Follistatin 315 this in the cool of the morning as I live in the low hot dry desert in Arizona where no fruit can be hoped for without effective intervention. How much receptivity can the pollen and Stigmas offer me? Not much!
@shawnonthego75273 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see the fruit from your tree!!!
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
me too!
@petemoss86463 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Jeff. I am experimenting with fruiting Silas Woods sapodilla as well in the trivalley. You continue to prove that many of these trees can actually thrive here (and how to do it successfully). Great videos. Have you tried growing pitangatuba? They grow well in this area and have some tasty fruit.
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks and Good to hear. I haven’t tried that fruit, but I’m aware of it . Just so much I fit into my tiny yard. I just got a nice achacha tree. Still Donno where it’s gonna go… video to follow.
@Coolclimatetropicalfruits3 жыл бұрын
Tree looks amazing Jeff 🌱 Good luck 🤞🏻 with the fruit set
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, do you grow them in AU?
@Coolclimatetropicalfruits3 жыл бұрын
@@TropicalGardenGuy people grow them in warmer parts of Australia and even in Melbourne I have a tropical greenhouse but no spare room atm, to many jaboticabas and bananas in there
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Excellent !
@sjscaliforniagarden4783 жыл бұрын
Good one
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@HsingSun Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video. To pollinate the female flower, you squeeze it easily then, transfer to the male flower, right?
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
I think the flowers contain both male and female
@annieoneill3876 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I couldn’t find your follow up video. I was wondering if your method of hand pollinating works.
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
Hmm , I’ll have to find the link
@bjohnson20033 жыл бұрын
Maybe Sapodilla rhymes with whichever way someone would pronounce tortilla. My Indian neighbor calls it a Chikoo, the Mexican Grocery store down the street calls it a sapota. I bought some at a Vietnamese grocery store under the name Sapote, and I just tried the fruit for the first time last week. Delicious, and seeds are planted.
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
I agree, rolling l”s, But I’m thinking however someone wants to pronounce it is ok by me!
@DL-tp2nr2 жыл бұрын
Get a grafted one very slow to fruit from seed
@luisawise8292 Жыл бұрын
I have a 3 years old sopodilla tree and I have done hand pollination like you did but nothing turned into fruits. It grew about 1 foot since I bought it. Any suggestions you can give will greatly appreciate it. Thanks you, Luisa
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
Try using fertilizer with low nitrogen and high potassium
@thakrars959811 ай бұрын
Hi.. I live in southern California and my plant is doing OK.. What I mean is new leaves come when I fertilize and compost but the eventually the leaves turn brown and fall off and there's only small amount of leaves at any given time point.. Also I felt the summer was harsh on the plant.. Having said that the 2 year old shrub just gave small buds that I will pollinate. I had 2 questions.. Do I need to protect the plant in winter? We get up to 35 degrees at night Does it need shade next summer? We get at least 2 weeks of temps above 100 and more then a month above 95.. Thank you for your replies..
@TropicalGardenGuy11 ай бұрын
Mine did fine down to 32f and many days above 100f
@DL-tp2nr2 жыл бұрын
Get a butterscotch it’s the size of a 20oz coke bottle
@Joshsmoove10 ай бұрын
Hi Jeff, it looks like your tree is doing great. I have a question, im looking into planting one but trying to figure out a location due to yard space. Is your tree planted next to your house? Any concerns with the house structure? I have a space available thats about 10 ft away from the house. Wondering if that would be ok.
@TropicalGardenGuy10 ай бұрын
My tree is about 15 ft away. I wouldnt plant one say closer than 3 ft away from foundation, they can get big?
@Joshsmoove10 ай бұрын
@TropicalGardenGuy I have sillas wood that I would try to keep pruned yearly. 3 ft isn't bad though, I think I can make that work! Thanks for your response.
@johnage9367 Жыл бұрын
HI I SEE YOUR PLANS ARE DOING VERY WELL, WHAT IS BEST SOIL FOR THIS PLANT
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
I have it planted in my native sandy loam soil
@annieoneill3876 Жыл бұрын
Hello, that is interesting what you did to the Sapodilla flower buds. I just bought an AIBU tree. Came home, done some research and most growers said I need to have 2 or more trees for cross pollinating. Do you grow AIBU tree? Any advice would be grateful.
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
hi Annie, no thats one i dont have… yet😜
@billsbackyard6545 Жыл бұрын
Did you get it to set fruit
@TropicalGardenGuy Жыл бұрын
It had a couple of very small fruitlets. Hard to say if they would have matured.
@leakhanaduch27412 жыл бұрын
Where did you order this sapodilla?
@TropicalGardenGuy2 жыл бұрын
Mimosa nursery
@t.humphrey10573 жыл бұрын
This is my most favorite fruit. I have an Alano Sapodilla tree that has been in the ground for over 8 years. It has a lot of flowers, yet I have tried many ways to hand pollinate it. NONE set fruit. I am very frustrated. I wonder why none of the flowers sets fruit? I live in Chula Vista, San Diego, California.
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Have you tried using a bloom fertilizer such as 0.10.10?
@t.humphrey10573 жыл бұрын
@@TropicalGardenGuy No, I haven't. I will look for it. Thank you for your suggestion.
@agustinquinones47333 жыл бұрын
Hello! Did your tree ever set fruit? I also bought an alano from mimosa and it hasn’t set fruit.
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Not yet! But while it has doubled in size, i think it will fruit next spring as it is very healthy!
@jamestnguyen21653 жыл бұрын
how much water do you give it? what fertilizer do you use?
@TropicalGardenGuy3 жыл бұрын
Right now its on a drip 2 gal per day.
@noohappy33043 жыл бұрын
Can I do hand pollination with Atemoya? Watched your video a trick is sound easy .😍