Does it bloom and have fruit at about the same time as most commonly grown Loquats do, or months later than that?
Itās the earliest on my tree now. The others are just starting to turn yellow, but not ripe yet here in SoCal.
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Hi. Has anyone had success grafting loquat? I purchased some good scions a few months ago and grafted them immediately. (I was told that loquat scionwood doesnāt keep well.) None of them took, and Iām wondering if it was just too cold here. Zone 9b but we probably had lows near freezing and highs below 65 or so. I wouldnāt rule out user error but Iām a fairly practiced grafter at this point. I have a healthy, generic āJapanese loquatā in ground and would love to graft some named varieties. Looking for general loquat grafting advice. Thanks!
Thanks for the grafting tiips, George. Iāll try loquat again when temps are warmer.
Iām guessing loquat is a type of grafting that you do when both scion and rootstock are actively growing?
I have some quince rootstocks Iād like to graft with loquat. Do you have a good source to recommend for purchasing loquat scions?
I grafted mine in mid February and they all took really easily. I made several mistakes too, long scion, not really warm temps. They seem to be pretty forgiving trees to graft
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This winter it got down to about 16 degrees Fahrenheit, we kept our trees outside this winter up against the house so way better than away from the house, not only did they keep their leaves, most of the winter the leaves kept opening/getting bigger. I have not tried grafting them myself yet although it seems like most of the year is good grafting time, if you are grafting indoors, and if itās warm enough, the root stock as long as it has itās leaves still it puts at least a little effort in to growing vegetation.
I am not sure what temperatures are best for grafting loquat, although I do know that if you choose the wrong root stock, that could make the grafting a definite fail, for example a root sock that goes dormant easy, or a root stock that is very cool/cold sensitive. The wrong root stock, and 23 degrees Fahrenheit indoors could kill a graft done the year before, indoors there is no windchill, so better than outdoors at the same temperature. I wonder what root stock your tree has. with grafting warmer is always better, as long as not too hot.
Were the scion you got all the same variety?
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Iām on a work trip and I bought some large loquats off a guy in Chinatown, SF. They are a large size, very juicy, orange fleshed, roundish shape, and very little acid. Hands down the best loquats Iāve ever had. (Iām not a connosour though and have mostly eaten random seedling fruit).
Does anyone know the variety?
Iām definitely going to grow the seeds out though.
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I have very similar looking sproutsā¦ is the brown top ok? First time with seeds from my uncle in the LA area and Iām in Phoenix. Put some shade over it as we are well over 100 degrees every day till the end of September or even October.
Anyone want one scion of this (click to see the orig post or scroll up)? I gave away my tree for someone to plant in ground but took 1 cutting be4 i gave.
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I have 3 loquat trees that are producing fruits each year. All 3 came from the same batch of seeds, but all 3 are different. How each of them branch out differently and how each set of the fruit cluster looks different. However all of them have the same growth and height.
This one have weak branch. Over produce. Skin easy to peel and itās sweet.
This one have medium strength branch. Skin not easy to peel. Itās pure sweet with no acid.
The last one is the best. Strong branch. No need to thin. Sweet with the right blend of acid and tropical after traste.
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@smilemore, nice fruit set. How old are your trees?
My seedling tree is producing for the first time. My grafted trees are loaded.
Where are you located? Clearly your winters are not cold enough to destroy flowers and fruit.
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They are about 9-10 years old. Located in CA zone 9. Iām more worry about the heat than the cold. My sister eat my loquats for the first time and she agree the last one tasted the best. She wanted the tree, so I gave her a 1 - 2 year old seedling.
I think most loquat seedling turn out good and the fruit is enjoyable. If you wanted bigger fruit, then you will have to thin them. Iām sure your seedling will fruit nicely and it will be enjoyable too.
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Adam was a preacher. Probably still is.
A very devout man of God.
Just FYI.
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The government has made sure that he could never send what he owes to people. They took everything business related away from him, he has no idea what he owes people, and they warned him to not try and send anything to anyone he owes, while he was also told that he must send people what he owes them, it sounds like two different parts of the government telling him different things.
Also people went to his home on two different occasions to kill his plants. Poisoning his plants, and burning his plants. I am very suspicious of foul play. Adam gave people free things, he spent lots of his time giving people free advice. I do believe that heās a good man. @ramv
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He was extremely generous with me. And I sent him a bunch of stuff too.
But what I donāt like is that he let his website continue to be up. For way too long even after we knew there was foul play and damage to his trees. Thatās not right.
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I was told, that he didnāt realize that his online store was still running, he thought that he stopped it. I myself never used the software that he used, so I have no idea what could have caused this problem.
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Someone couldāve hacked the website. Thereās been a lot of ddos attacks on nursery websites the last year that Iāve been watching all the tech nerd stuff.
I had to message sowexotic.com that their website was being hijacked about 6 months or so ago and they wouldnāt even give me a discount code for looking out 
Yes, I was wondering if it could have been a hacker, I mean someone did go to kill his plants twice, a hacker hacking his shopping cart does not sound so crazy after that.