I’ve slowly been reading through this thread for a while now, and I guess I forgot to check up since last spring!
I still don’t think I’ve seen the Seattle tree… could someone point an arrow on a map for me?
I would love to get a couple of seedlings or seeds to sprout. I havent been able to find any trees for sale locally. I’d do a trade of some sort if someone is willing!
Loquat in Seattle is in the International District.
Just noticed fruits on street view.
Restoring Eden has a bunch of Loquats, don’t think they are a named variety.
Couple months ago I got some loquats at a local Asian Family Grocery store. Got a high success rate with sprouting. May have some to give a away in a few months. Would be an unnamed variety.
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Thank you so much for sharing this with me!
Pretty sure I’ve parked on that close cross street! Aaaugh!
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THAT’S A HUGE TREE 
I’m moving this weekend or I’d drag everyone over there just to look lol
Last i called which was a few weeks ago according to the forum, Kent East Hill Nursery still had their unnamed seedling. It’s in a 20+ gallon pot and about 250$ or so when i looked.
I still need to try a loquat fruit before I commit. 
I think one green world has some small ones as well.
When I first bought one it was about 8 years ago from a store in Lewis County and they have since lost their suppliers for less common/interesting/oddball stuff.
Thanks covid.
I hope you do soon because they’re quite good! There’s quite a few in people’s yards down here so every spring-early summer I used to do a little heist.
When I was just in Santiago Chile, they also have loquats there and I tried some. At one place the owners let me pick some fruit. Side-by-side, their loquats tasted like a better apricot than their apricots did.
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You could do what got me wanting loquat trees more than anything else, buying loquat fruit spread, I have not tried this brand, yet since it’s greek it should be decent https://www.etsy.com/listing/877652377/handmade-loquat-marmalade-greek-loquat?gpla=1&gao=1&&gQT=1
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I’m in the same boat and haven’t got to try loquat, but dang they sound so good. Guess I’ll have to try this!
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Wow, that ships directly from Greece. Looks delicious.
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This time of year it’s next to impossible to find Loquat fruit spreads, and food made in Greece tends to be delicious. So I feel very tempted to get it. Who knows, if I’d see it available on the internet again, and I am greatly craving it.
I have had Loquat Jam made in the Maltese Islands, since I have family there, even the mediocre one was delicious. I am not sure what the difference is between Loquat Jam, and Loquat Marmalade. It seems like the same thing to me in the photo, as well as the ingredients are basically the same.
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I’m a bit daunted by the $20 shipping, but tempted.
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I’m keeping fingers crossed. If we don’t get a cold winter, my loquat crop will be good.
Yes, they taste like apricots but sweeter. The wild varieties that are used on streets are junk but the best cultivated varieties are outstanding.
Unnamed loquats at Uwajimaya at $25/lb were spitters.
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Yeah, I ordered some from Weee! and I’m glad they weren’t the first ones I’d had. They weren’t nearly as good as the ones my coworker brought me to taste.
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I was hoping keeping my loquat in the greenhouse would preserve the flowers and let it fruit. Unfortunately, what’s actually happening is the that cool, but humid air in the greenhouse is leading to mold and rot around the flowers so I’m losing them anyway.
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I see mold too. But that is only on flowers that didn’t get pollinated.
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No winter bee activity in my greenhouse, but I did hand pollinate. The molding seems to be starting at the pedicels which hold the flowers rather than the flowers themselves.
Yes, that’s where I see them too. But there are flowers in the same cluster that got pollinated and are now turning into little fruitlets.
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