Thanks! And you never know with seed--you may get one of the very best crops of fruit in a couple of years.

June is usually the worst month for white sapote due to the 110s and lack of humidity. This year, the weather was strange and July feels like a typical June. Even my tree that's been in the ground for 8+ years has some yellow leaves right now. You should be seeing some new leaves coming out as it's not unusual for it to cycle leaves around now. I shaded mine in summer with 50% shade cloth until it was over 6' tall and 5' wide and had a good canopy on it. They grow slowly so sometimes that could mean 4 or more years of shade protection, depending on the plant. To be safe, you'll need to keep shading it in summer until it's big and established. You've now done everything you can and it should bounce back with shade and once the monsoons kick in. I'm not sure how much this helps, but I do shower down my trees and the surrounding walls when it's very hot and dry like it's been once the sun is down. It cools them off.

No; I've only tasted what I have grown so it's been limited to Suebelle and Vernon. I've heard good things with other cultivars like McDill but at this point, this tree is what it is. I don't have the heart to cut it down and re-work with grafts and find the fruit is really tasty at this point.

@@EnlightenmentGarden If you ever want cuttings of Max Golden, I have a friend in Phoenix that has a large tree, I got scions from to graft to my tree and I can get more.

You are welcome! 14 years is a long time to wait. Grafted trees tend to produce around year 4. Happy gardening!

oops...too much heat affected my brain :) Yes I meant to say they originate in Mexico and Central America (not South America). Thanks for watching!

Yes I moved it to its current location off the wall to shelter it from wind. In my experience, they fry up if not shaded their 1st couple of summers but do like full sun once mature. Now that yours is in year 4, it should start putting on more growth. Maybe prune back your other trees a little next Spring to give your white sapote more air and sun.

You are welcome! Yes every time a branch is cut, it will encourage more branching eventually so heading back is an annual process every Spring

@@EnlightenmentGarden thank you, Natasha! Good to know.

Grafted--it's a suebelle

I grafted mine in Spring only because that's when I could get scions but now is an optimum time to graft white sapote. They put on growth in Fall and Winter so your graft has the best chance to take and be supported during that time.

@@EnlightenmentGarden Thank you for taking the time to respond.😊 Love your videos !!!!!!! The Raspberry Latte Scion that I ordered from you has done well, looking forward to fruit in the future. Take care, John

No. White sapote grows very differently than fig trees. It takes years to establish strong sapote tree scaffolds for fruit and does not respond well to pruning and is slow-growing. Fig trees are vigorous and can easily be grafted to at any age; young or old and handle severe pruning. For a fig tree, you ideally want to graft low and will need to watch out for any rootstock that branches near the graft and cut it off or it will out-compete the graft.

Yeah i am considering a franken berry fig tree and frankenhoney fig tree otherwise ill end up with out any room for any of the other fruit trees ive become interested in, thanks for the help im working on building a fairy slash food garden for my little girl thanks again much appriciated🙂

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I can't say from experience but search results on the topic say no; white sapote is too distant of a relative to make it graft compatible to citrus. Grafts are done on seedling white sapote rootstock. I have read that one can successfully do an air layer of white sapote

@@EnlightenmentGarden thank you great info on your vids

@@EnlightenmentGarden I just tried and it didn't work at all. Sadly. But, it was fun trying.

30 degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius? 30 degrees Celsius, which is about 85 degrees Fahrenheit sounds perfect, it will love it! 30 degrees Fahrenheit sounds pretty cold for a white sapote. At that temperature you might want to protect it if it's young.