I know it's a little late to be commenting on this post that turned up in my search for info on Loquat, Eriobotrya japonica. Although this thread didn't have anything to do with my question about Loquats, I couldn't stop reading. Scott, you did a great job on this article. I enjoyed reading it and learned a lot. I'm particularly interested in the cold frames you made with the PVC. Last year I made some out of wood for my mom and stapled plastic to it. I will not do that again. I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind. (1) What width or diameter PVC did you use? I didn't realize PVC was that flexible. What makes it hold that shape? (2) Did you just sink the ends of the PVC directly into the ground? I couldn't tell because of the blankets. I'd like to be prepared long before winter sets in this winter. Your frames are great because they look easy to construct and easy to dismantle & store when not in use. Thank you.

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That sounds interesting. I am not familiar with pruning to get mangos to flower?!? Mine was prune only once when it was potted to encourage branching. I would think that pruning would encourage more vegetative growth. There was a post before by one of our members showing a small 8-10 inch seedling that was blooming, it was amazing. Maybe polyembryonic seedlings blooms faster? I have not heard Manilkara zapota called black sapote before. Its more commonly referred to as sapodilla or chico sapote or lamut in Thai. Here's a picture of one in my area. I will be attempting an airlayer on this. You can see the developing fruits in one of the pictures. The picture was just recently taken. I don't know how it would do containerize.

Dear Ashley, I think you should know a few things about Top. You should check out my "Can you grow and fruit Caimito in a pot" post. I ordered from Top, and paid 49.99 for the tree, and $24.00 for the shipping. I had contacted Top regarding weather or not the tree was seed grown, airlayered, or grafted. They had claimed that they had emailed me but I never recieved one until they sent me one that said they had contacted me and told me it was airlayered. They also didn't send it for about three weeks after they had taken the money from my account. I got the tree in a small skinny box. I figured the tree was just wrapped tightly. When I opened it and I couldn't believe the size of the tree. To say it was small wouldn't do it any justice. I called them many a time and was never able to talk to anyone on the phone, I always had to leave a message. I composed an email adressing my concerns about the size of the tree. All I got back waw an email saying they would give me a $20.00 voucher towards my next order plus 10% off. I am going to use this because I felt robbed, but I would recommend talking to them first!