Getting reluctant carambola to fruit
gnappi
12 years ago
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Comments (13)Hi Wiigodess! Long time no see you.:) I remember you asking me about the carambola last time that you came to the house. Excalibur is in South Florida and they don't ship, they have the Bell variety that I like. But the variety that I have Sri Kembanqan is also good. I got it from a vendor in the Leu Gardens sale. I am sure that you can find it locally where you live. My neighbor bought a variety that he likes and he found it on Craiglist for cheap and they even planted for him. I think that Deland has a farmers market that carry fruit trees, we have one on Saturday in Winter Garden but it will be far for you. If you want to do mail order Pine Island ship their trees, now is a good time to buy one before we get the cold weather. Let me know what happens and if you find your tree. Silvia Here is a link that might be useful: starfruit...See MoreAnyone grow Carambola (Starfruit) in significant shade?
Comments (3)I have three all shaded by large bananas. I keep them thick by pruning and they fruit REALLY well. I have a Bell, Kari and a Kajang and all so far have fruited more than I can eat. My co-workers love them and I expect so many fruit this year I'm going to have a hand at making carambola wine!...See MoreCarambola Arrrggghhh..
Comments (7)You do not need the 0-0-50, find some potassium nitrate, ( KNO3 / salt peter ) and do some foliar sprays, I believe a 3% solution is what is used. another recommendation is 10 gram per liter. KNO3 will probably not be found at your regular garden centers, you can get it cheap from ebay. Where I live its hard to find, unless your buying big bags of the stuff from an agricultural warehouse. I was able to find 5-15-45 in powder, and have had good results with that this year, my Ylang Ylang, Grumichama, and Guanabana all flowered for the first time after using this, also it increased the hold and numbers of fruit on my Jujube....See MoreBell carambola
Comments (28)Jsvand, I know it has been a long time since you posted your question....but yes it was a bad thing at the time. I don't have the light setup I was hoping for and still don't. I lost a lot of leaves from shipping shock on both julie and lancetilla. I had to mess around for a few weeks but then they were good to go. I ended up chopping the lancetilla down to half its size and now both have a lot of growth. The julie is growing infl. Several people have made negative comments about Top, including myself. I saod I would never order from them again when I got my green caimito stick that cost me almost $75.00 with the shipping but it never dropped ANY leaves. My biggest b**** was the size of it(under 2 feet!) and the fact that a good 5-6 inches of the top main branch was broken in half. I was pleasantly surprised with my last order. They even gave me my 10% discount way after it expired(expiration was in September), plus I got $25.00 off for the damaged green caimito. I am interested in a few trees they have right now. I know I am buying the carambola bell and I also am on there waiting list for a maprong(I think that's right)tree. I checked out Frankies in Hawaii but don't want to pay for processing fee and shipping. I would go in on a group order but jsvand is in California and I am in NY. I don't know if he would do it and anyways I would have to pay for shipping again to get it here. I really would like this tree. I am hoping maybe I can get a seed or two from his fruit if he gets any if not Top it will be! BTW my soursop seedling is doing extremly well along with my quenepa and sugar apple seedlings. Andrew...See Morejun_
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