3' tall Longan tree starting to flower/fruit, should I cut it off?
snuffles CA
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6 years agoEthan Hunt
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Banana Plant flowering, should i cut off suckers?
Comments (4)I was told that after planting bananas (shorter variety) in the ground as medium sized plants I should wait until they grow up to be about 2 meters (6-7 feet) tall and then allow suckers to grow. So as I understood I have to keep on cutting off the suckers to make the main parent grow stronger and have fruits in about 2 years after planting? And I understand that I can plant the narrow-leafed suckers elsewhere to become strong plants and mulch the ones with wide leaves. Other people told me that I should not cut any suckers, after planting the bananas into the ground, or, as they said, I won't have any harvest (banana fruits) for a long time. Now I am confused. My climate (day and night, summer and winter) temperature extremes are 8C to 27C (46F to 80F). Could you please help me clarify this issue?...See More30cm tall Meyer Lemon flowering heavily. What should i do!?
Comments (5)I agree, leave the flowers until they set fruit,then take off the tiny fruit. Often if the flowers are taken off the tree will just make more flowers again, so it's better to wait and take the fruit off. It generally won't flower for quite a while after that, and will probably grow more foliage at that point. Pretty tree, you've done well, it's nice and healthy!...See MoreI Started an Avo Tree from Seed. Do You Think it Will Fruit?
Comments (4)Do you know what kind of avocado you purchased? I don't think the Hass avocado would do well in your climate or mine (which are the same.) The larger avocados at Publix are often sold under the rubric of "Florida Avocado." Clearly if you buy one that has fruit on it from a grower you would stand a better chance of getting some avocados soon. There are a number of places in Winter Garden that sell them. I believe the one that is mentioned most often here as being successful in our growing zone is the Brodgon. I would like to see your question of the likelihood of bulbs taken from the fruit growing into a flowering and fruit-producing plant. I have a seed or bulb that was taken from Silvia's tree and it is growing quite well now. I don't want to plant it and find out ten years later that it will never produce fruit. The site I linked will give you a lot of information about growing avocados in Florida. I noted that some varieties will start producing fruit within three years. I had a very nice one given to me but somehow I managed to kill it. I think I may have over-watered and perhaps over-fertilized it. Here is a link that might be useful: University of Florida link...See MoreCan i cut off the parts when the dropped fruit was attached?
Comments (2)tbean, you write that "most of them (fruits) dropped off for some reason." It is totally normal that the tree discarded many of the new small fruits. A citrus tree will retain only the amount of fruit that it is capable of bring to maturity. If every flower on a citrus tree produced fruit, and if every fruit stayed attached to the tree, a citrus tree would be crushed under its own weight. Generally, only 1 to 3 percent of the total amount of flowers that a citrus tree produces, will ever produce fruit that remains attached to the tree until maturity. - Silica...See Moresnuffles CA
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