Yup, looks the same as the ones I grew a few years ago:
Mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) seed sprouting. It looks funky, kinda like a root, hope its not upside down.
African Sherbet Trees (Dialium schlechteri) sprouting. Its a legume tree similar to velvet tamarind. I have a few others that have sprouted. Took me a while to figure out what they were as they look like a regular bean seedling. But I saw the seed casing on one of them.
That looks right, I have 3 that I grew from seed and they looked weird. White sapote also starts a bit funky imo
This is Gamboge (Garcinia xanthochymus), sometimes called Yellow Mangosteen. I planted the seed last December, and then the new stem fell off and the seed was rotted on the inside. I thought “Its a large seed, maybe it will sprout another stalk”. After at least 9 months of complete neglect, I saw today that it not only sprouted, but actually has a set of leaves (Garcinias take forever to leaf out). Was a pleasant surprise, since this pot was still sitting the barn from the hurricane, so it was completely neglected (and it didn’t have any signs of sprouting then).
My Jamun/Java Plum ( Syzygium cumini) are also starting to sprout. Hopefully one of the 25-30 seeds I had from the fruit produces a less astrigient one. The flavor is very good past the astrigiency.
I found those Kandak too, before I thought to look on this website. I thought the flavor was excellent, kind of caramel-y and am stratifying seeds in fridge to plant in spring. The same seller Arashanhoney dot com has another bigger unpitted apricot from Kyrgyzstan (Batken region) at their separate website, not as dry, amazing syrupy tangy flavor, pits are significantly bigger. Could not stop eating them. I’ll try sprouting them as well. No idea if they will make it in my climate but one publication I found says Kandak is very hardy.
Is it a banana from seed? Carmadom? Maybe I put a tumeric or ginger piece there? Who knows. Regardless, it shouldn’t be sprouting when its 40 degrees out.
Tree tomatoes are also sprouting. At least these are in a greenhouse, even if it isn’t my closed one.
Midnight Snack Tomato offspring on the left and Pepino on the right. Idk if these all have some mild chill requirements or they are just spitting me, but none of them were sprouted while it was warm, and then it got chilly and boom they all started going. My tropicals in my other greenhouse are sprouting as well, but thats “fully” enclosed and gets up to 80+ during the day.
Jamun/Java plum seedlings. Basically a forest now.
Chocolate fruit (Tocoyena bullata). They came from Bellemy pre-germed and are looking pretty.
First saffron poking out. I know they usually bloom quickly after buying the bulbs, it won’t be till next year that they are tested.
Mamoncillo/genip (melicoccus bijugatus) going strong.
1 year old abiu (pouteria caimito). I had one defoliate and die, so I am glad this one is going strong.
Cinnamon Apple (pouteria glomerata/hypoglauca) also growing really well and upright.
I don’t know what this is. Inaturalist says its possibly a cotoneaster or a texas persimmon, but I didn’t plant either of those. I have 2 in that pot and one in another. Don’t really look like weeds, but they could be.
You grow so many peculiar fruits!
Thank you! There is such much variety in the tropical fruit world, you end up with all sorts of funky things fast. Alot of them, like the mamoncillo, is from fruit I buy at markets and then plant the seed.
I’m pretty sure those unindentified seedlings are Necklace Pods (sophora tomentosa). Its a native decorative plant. I sprinkled some in those pots when I was in SFL over the summer, and the leaf shape is similar. Couldn’t find any pictures of small seedlings though.
I wish I could get a hold of those things to taste test them here easily! mamoncillo sounds tasty.
I want to try growing every type of fruit tree, bush, vine, plant(basically anything perennial) that can possibly grow where I live that tastes at least kinda good(or edible) just to try them.
Trifoliate orange
How do you determine citrus are clones? Trifoliate is evidently more prone to being clonal. Am I just looking at defects in the leave or are they different?
It will be easier to tell if the plants are clones when they are more developed. You are right that trifoliate orange generally is prone to being clonal, but, depending on your seed source for the trifoliate orange, the percentage of clones will vary so it would not be surprising if you ultimately see variation in a portion of the seedlings. What is your goal for the seedlings? Sometimes it is better to have the variation in the genetics.
There’s a few goals to target for me: better fruit, vigorous tree form, earlier ripening, heavier fruit set, and increased cold hardiness.
Generally, for the better fruit you would look for leaves that looked different from normal trifoliate orange but that would also usually reduce cold hardiness. If you have enough space, you might want to do the cold hardiness test process of letting the plants grow out exposed to your weather for a year to remove plants lacking the hardiness. I have also read that some people smell/taste the leaves to guess at how bitter the fruit will be.
I was planning on planting them en mass at random areas. I planted 267 seeds, so I’ll see what I wind up with.
Are citrus trees susceptible to juglone?
They are reported as being sensative to it. Didn’t look for specific species tolerence though.
I have read that trifoliate orange has 2 main forms: one vertical and one spreading. The spreading form is supposedly the “flying dragon” type that some places charge $30-40 for a seedling rootstock.