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Old 03-30-2012, 07:15 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Default Re: Loquat

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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
It appears to be the correct species of Loquat to produce fruit. The non-fruiting ornamental species is different in several respects.

If it was a grafted variety, it should have fruited by now. I think you are growing a seedling -- perhaps the rootstock of a grafted tree that somehow lost the fruit stock at the retail nursery. That can happen at chain stores and big box stores: the ground crew sees a damaged plant, "cleans it up", and puts the tag back on. If the plant had a tag from a major grower like La Verne then that's probably what happened. Then there are some small unscrupulous suppliers who will grow from seed and name them after the parent.

It's a beautiful healthy plant.
That's what I was thinking a seedling. My tree fruited at 4' first year from Lowe's. Might be time to graft ?
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