Growing loquats in the Pacific Northwest

General Fruit Growing
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Thanks! Thatā€™s not what Iā€™m seeing so I guess none this year.

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Iā€™m in the same boat as @swincher. Thatā€™s helpful to know that flower buds would be visible by now.

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you shouldnā€™t give up yet. I would wait until early October.

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This was what I was seeing that I hadnā€™t seen beforeā€¦ basically new branches without any leaves yet

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Those arenā€™t flower buds.
But a lot of my potted trees donā€™t have flowers yet - only in ground trees. So there is still time.

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My loquat sent out a leafless shoot like that over winter last year. When spring rolled around it leafed out.

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My buds arenā€™t even close to that developed so Iā€™m surprised you guys are that far along.
These are my farthest along on the southeast

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The last is a strawberry graft from spring

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Mine are in a similar stage @Gkight. They seem to be still actively growing.

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My first seedling loquat with flower buds!
It is about 9 years old.

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Iā€™ve had a small loquat seedling a year. It barely put out any growth the whole year, until the last month and a half when it pretty much doubled in size. Doesnā€™t seem normal, but this is my first loquat so Iā€™ve nothing to go by.

It just seems far happier and healthier in this cool/wet fall weather than it has been all year. Is this normal for Loquats to be pushing out new growth at this time of year?

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This seems to be normal to me. They push tons of growth in autumn for me also. I think because of their bloom/fruiting cycle. Pushing growth after recovering from fruit production and doesnā€™t push much growth during the fruiting cycle. But thatā€™s just my limited experience and guess

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Same for me. They grow most vigorously in the cooler weather. Which is rather surprising for a semi tropical.

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Yes, Viking does send out a second flush of flowers, although I am not sure if itā€™s self fertile, although most loquats do appear to be self fertile.

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Hey everyone. Iā€™ve been following this thread for some time now as a fellow PNW loquat enthusiast.

I just came across a podcast about the Chinese International District loquat tree and figured others here would appreciate it as much as I did. What a great story!

Searching a combination of ā€œLoquat Treeā€ and ā€œTen Thousand Things with Shin Yu Paiā€ should get you the pod. This website isnt letting me post the link directly.

While Iā€™m here, is anyone aware of fruiting loquat trees on Vancouver Island or elswhere in BC? Iā€™m already aware of the Duncans and Fruit Trees and More.

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Hi Jon. Welcome!
Found the podcast! My evening listen is now set up.

Btw Bob Duncan knows the locations of each of the Vancouver / Vancouver Island trees. Not sure if he is keen on sharing their locations.

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Can they actually fruit here?

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They fruit every year.

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But do they keep? Like, can they ripen fully since they like to fruit around this time

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@Melon, They fruit in spring.

I listened to the podcast. Well worth a listen.
Iā€™m so glad the tree will now be preserved along with the house! I wish my loquat trees were this fortunate!

The varieties have definitely improved over the years though this is clearly a special tree.

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