Canistel (egg fruit)

Same. Def one of the best-tasting fruits I’ve ever tried. Ofc, it’s tropical so can only survive in some very hot, Southern fragments of the US, I think?

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More or less. Pouterias are relatively cold hardy compared to other tropicals, but that still just means they can only had a little frost at best.

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I got this adorable little tree, but I noticed it has its roots all in the tape. Any advice on how to untangle the roots from the tape without ruining this little Canistel tree?

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Pretty sure I’ve ordered from that same seller, was it Etsy?

No trick to it that I know of, other than soak it down as you gently to to separate the tape.

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I got a big plant from JRN in Houston and plan to put it in ground. Was given some fruit on a Florida trip a year ago and grew the seeds. They seem to have a high germination rate and be hardy to heat, drought, and wet. I brought them in the garage for the freeze. Since I successfully kept mango and starfruit alive in ground I think this will survive too.

It was Amazon, but I’m not sure if I’ll keep buying plants from amazon due to the issues I keep having

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Yeah I would really discourage buying things from Amazon, maybe strawberry crowns and asparagus crowns. But that’s about it

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