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lkailburn
11-14-2011, 01:08 PM
Hey everyone,
My loquat is flowering! :woohoonaner:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46793&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46793&ppuser=10645)
The variety is yehuda, is anyone familiar with this variety? I have been unable to find out if it is self fertile? I have been hand pollinating it each day as more and more flowers open. It has about 9 panicles. I must admit, I bought the plant from a nursery only a few months ago, and it was clearly just starting to show signs that it was going to flower. But excited none the less! The blossoms smell like soft vanilla fabric softener or something. Very pleasant.

-Luke

caliboy1994
11-14-2011, 02:01 PM
Nice! I'm no loquat expert, but my grandfather does grow loquats in his yard. They're very tasty!

palmtree
11-14-2011, 03:49 PM
Very nice! I really like the look of Loquat trees and I want to try them outdoors year round in my zone 7. I doubt it would ever fruit here, and even flowers might be asking for a lot, but the evergeen foliage is really nice. I hear the fruit tastes good too, but I never tried it.
Thanks for sharing!

caliboy1994
11-14-2011, 04:57 PM
Very nice! I really like the look of Loquat trees and I want to try them outdoors year round in my zone 7. I doubt it would ever fruit here, and even flowers might be asking for a lot, but the evergeen foliage is really nice. I hear the fruit tastes good too, but I never tried it.
Thanks for sharing!

The fruit is good. The texture is similar to that of lychee and the flavor is sweet with maybe a hint of peach. There are loquat trees everywhere here in SoCal!

Richard
11-14-2011, 05:07 PM
Loquats are typically self-fertile. If it is not self-fertile, then you will need to pollinate from flowers of completely different loquat trees.

palmtree
11-14-2011, 08:10 PM
The fruit is good. The texture is similar to that of lychee and the flavor is sweet with maybe a hint of peach. There are loquat trees everywhere here in SoCal!

Thanks for the info, it sounds really tasty. I'll have to try some next time I see them at the store (which doesnt happen too often, but specialty food stores probably have them).

caliboy1994
11-14-2011, 08:13 PM
Thanks for the info, it sounds really tasty. I'll have to try some next time I see them at the store (which doesnt happen too often, but specialty food stores probably have them).

If not you could just head down to SoCal next June and try some! :ha::ha::ha:

Richard
11-14-2011, 11:55 PM
If not you could just head down to SoCal next June and try some! :ha::ha::ha:

:confused: They are typically ripe in March :confused:

caliboy1994
11-15-2011, 01:15 AM
Sorry....My mistake. I don't have the best memory. I just know that they come around sometime in the spring.

lkailburn
11-15-2011, 06:42 PM
I also have never tasted a loquat, i would be shocked if this actually ripened fruits. I have been hand pollinating every day with the same qtip, kept in a zip lock baggy.

-Luke

Richard
11-15-2011, 06:52 PM
I also have never tasted a loquat, i would be shocked if this actually ripened fruits. I have been hand pollinating every day with the same qtip, kept in a zip lock baggy.

-Luke

Loquats are typically self-fertile.

lkailburn
11-16-2011, 02:40 PM
Loquats are typically self-fertile.

Lets hope this one is too! More flowers opening up each day, more hand pollinating.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=46810&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46810&ppuser=10645)

-Luke

Richard
11-16-2011, 02:50 PM
Lets hope this one is too! More flowers opening up each day, more hand pollinating.
-Luke

Don't expect it to set fruit indoors.

lkailburn
11-16-2011, 03:11 PM
Expect? No. Hope? Yes :-P

-Luke

Richard
11-16-2011, 03:27 PM
Expect? No. Hope? Yes :-P

-Luke

That's a healthy approach!

lkailburn
12-14-2011, 12:07 PM
Well what do you guys think? I've never owned, let alone watched one transition from flower to fruit. The buds on the loquat where the flowers have dropped are swelling up a LOT!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47194&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47194&ppuser=10645)

Is it thinking about making fruit?

-Luke

caliboy1994
12-14-2011, 01:02 PM
I hope so! If they do, you'll enjoy them! :D

Richard
12-14-2011, 02:35 PM
Is it thinking about making fruit?


It's not thinking about it.
It is doing it!

lkailburn
12-14-2011, 08:09 PM
It's not thinking about it.
It is doing it!

Haha wahoo! :08:

-Luke

Darkman
12-17-2011, 10:47 PM
Amazing!

How uplifting it must be to see those young fruit while looking at the scene out your window.

lkailburn
12-19-2011, 01:36 PM
It's great. It seems to be doing just fine in that corner of the house. And it makes the whole room smell like vanilla-ish sunscreen lotion or something. It's a very pleasant flower smell. Each day they get more and more swollen. I'll be sure to update this thread as time goes on.

-Luke

lkailburn
02-06-2012, 02:12 PM
Starting to get some coloring on the largest of the fruits!
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47840&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47840&ppuser=10645)

-Luke

PR-Giants
02-06-2012, 02:23 PM
Loquats are my favorite fruit, we harvest them in Jan & Feb.
Wish you luck.

Dalmatiansoap
02-06-2012, 02:47 PM
New Loquat for fruit orchaid
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=47842&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=47842&ppuser=4565)
:nanadrink:
I hope to be a better luck this time:ha:

palmtree
02-06-2012, 03:02 PM
Definitely getting a loquat tree this spring now! Thanks for the pics everyone!

lkailburn
02-06-2012, 03:11 PM
Thanks everyone! i assume my fruit are on the small side, and behind schedule when compared to a tree actually grown outdoors in the proper climate. But they will ripen up eventually! Looking forward to tasting the fruit.

-Luke

fishoifc
02-06-2012, 04:48 PM
they grow great here in N.carolina zone 8a,have one making fruit right now.

lkailburn
02-07-2012, 09:52 AM
they grow great here in N.carolina zone 8a,have one making fruit right now.

Wow no kidding! I didn't know they could stand up to the winter temps there(not that it's really all that cold in NC). Do they still fruit regularly or only if theres a mild winter? Which variety are you growing?

Thanks!

-Luke

Richard
02-07-2012, 12:16 PM
The common species of Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?15602)) is native to:
Hubei, Sichuan provinces in China;
Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku islands of Japan;
Taiwan.

fishoifc
02-07-2012, 04:32 PM
Wow no kidding! I didn't know they could stand up to the winter temps there(not that it's really all that cold in NC). Do they still fruit regularly or only if theres a mild winter? Which variety are you growing?

Thanks!

-Luke

I am sorry I dont know what kind it is,whats the best way to tell I could post pics. Yes they do fruit every year,i know last winter was very harsh and this spring I remember looking at some thinking how can that tree hold so much fruit!

lkailburn
02-09-2012, 11:16 AM
Oh i'd love to see pictures if you have some!

Thanks,
-Luke

momoese
02-09-2012, 11:31 AM
These trees are very common around my town. There is one across the street from us growing in the median next to the sidewalk that is a heavy producer and most are within arms reach. I see parents picking the fruit on the way to drop their kids at school which is just down the street. Almost never fails that if they park on this side of the tree they will pick some fruit on the way by it. Sometimes I'll take a few while dog walking. They make a nice snack!

lkailburn
02-09-2012, 11:38 AM
What is the flavor reminiscent of?

-Luke

momoese
02-09-2012, 11:44 AM
To me it's flavor and texture are orange flavored Pear with some little bit of astringency.

sunfish
02-09-2012, 11:55 AM
These trees are very common around my town. There is one across the street from us growing in the median next to the sidewalk that is a heavy producer and most are within arms reach. I see parents picking the fruit on the way to drop their kids at school which is just down the street. Almost never fails that if they park on this side of the tree they will pick some fruit on the way by it. Sometimes I'll take a few while dog walking. They make a nice snack!

Same here lots of Loquat trees.I think every other house has one

lkailburn
02-09-2012, 12:05 PM
To me it's flavor and texture are orange flavored Pear with some little bit of astringency.

Intriguing!

-Luke

Richard
02-09-2012, 12:52 PM
What is the flavor reminiscent of?

-Luke

Grown outdoors, given regular feedings of a citrus type fertilizer, and thinning the fruits to 1 per cluster when they are still small (grape size), then the fruits will be the size of a large apricot and be a real pleasure to eat, with a flavor reminiscent of apricot cross mandarin.

lkailburn
02-10-2012, 01:00 PM
Darn, i just called the local asian market and it's not something they normally order through their suppliers. I was hoping to compare one of ours to a commercial fresh fruit. I'll have to keep looking

-Luke

sunfish
02-10-2012, 03:23 PM
Darn, i just called the local asian market and it's not something they normally order through their suppliers. I was hoping to compare one of ours to a commercial fresh fruit. I'll have to keep looking

-Luke

I have never seen Loquat in any store.

sunfish
02-10-2012, 03:30 PM
LOQUAT World (http://www.loquatworld.com/)

Anyone want loquat pits I can beat their prices.
$ 13 for 10 loquat seed? ridiculous
Loquat Seed Pits

10 for $6.50
25 for $10.50
50 for $17.50
100 for $29.50
Plus $6.50 to package and deliver within usA
$15.50 for outside usA
For larger requests, send email

Richard
02-10-2012, 03:58 PM
LOQUAT World (http://www.loquatworld.com/)
Anyone want loquat pits I can beat their prices.

Loquat trees do not produce true-to-type from seed. Rootings are good though. I recommend the cultivar "Big Jim".

sunfish
02-10-2012, 04:00 PM
Loquat trees do not produce true-to-type from seed. Rootings are good though. I recommend the cultivar "Big Jim".

Yes but I could make lots of money. My tree is loaded with fruit so buy seed.None GMO

Richard
02-10-2012, 04:08 PM
Loquat trees do not produce true-to-type from seed. Rootings are good though. I recommend the cultivar "Big Jim".

Yes but I could make lots of money. My tree is loaded with fruit so buy seed.None GMO

:ha:

Yes, lots of sellers of fruit tree seed and seedlings are making loads of money selling to unknowledgeable buyers -- and laughing all the way to the bank.

sunfish
02-10-2012, 04:21 PM
I like the taste of white flesh Loquat fruit much more than orange flesh

Richard
02-10-2012, 08:45 PM
I like the taste of white flesh Loquat fruit much more than orange flesh

I like them both -- at least when they've received good care. The flavors are different. The white varieties are not-so-common in the nursery trade.

venturabananas
02-11-2012, 02:15 AM
I like the taste of white flesh Loquat fruit much more than orange flesh

Which white flesh one(s) do you have? All I have is a Big Jim that I've had for two years and it now 7' tall, very wide and bushy, and has yet to make a single flower. I've seen much smaller ones of other cultivars with fruit. If it doesn't flower next season, it's getting the axe. Nice looking plant, but I don't have room for ornamental plants.

Dalmatiansoap
02-11-2012, 02:22 AM
I have never seen Loquat in any store.
I thing they dont have long shelf life

venturabananas
02-11-2012, 02:28 AM
I have never seen Loquat in any store.

You just need to go to stores in China. I hear they are big sellers there.

Richard
02-11-2012, 02:30 AM
Which white flesh one(s) do you have?

The guy to get them from is Jim Neitzel in the San Diego city chapter of the CRFG.

All I have is a Big Jim that I've had for two years and it now 7' tall, very wide and bushy, and has yet to make a single flower.

?? Loquats have an upright narrow habit. In our climate they flower every fall.

venturabananas
02-11-2012, 02:37 AM
?? Loquats have an upright narrow habit. In our climate they flower every fall.

Think broad, inverted vase, not narrow. Beautiful shape, great growth, but no flowers two falls in a row.

Richard
02-11-2012, 02:42 AM
Think broad, inverted vase, not narrow. Beautiful shape, great growth, but no flowers two falls in a row.

Next time you get a chance in the daylight, please post a picture of a leaf or two that shows the characteristic shape.

venturabananas
02-11-2012, 02:54 AM
Next time you get a chance in the daylight, please post a picture of a leaf or two that shows the characteristic shape.

Will do. Looks like every other Big Jim I've seen. Just hasn't made fruit.

Richard
02-11-2012, 02:58 AM
Will do. Looks like every other Big Jim I've seen. Just hasn't made fruit.

Bizarre. Must be the radioactive Cesium Nitrate you've been using for fertilizer.

venturabananas
02-11-2012, 03:04 AM
Bizarre. Must be the radioactive Cesium Nitrate you've been using for fertilizer.

Somebody with the last name Frost told me to use it. I was just following instructions! :ha:

Richard
02-18-2012, 02:24 PM
Here in the coastal-influenced portions of San Diego county, the Loquats start to ripen mid-February through March. Here's a tree visible from the traffic circle on Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas. What a load of fruit!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Loquat_in_Encinitas_web.jpg

barnetmill
02-19-2012, 01:07 AM
I have 4 loquats that have finally last year three of them set fruit in our northwest florida climate that is 8b hardiness zone. I often see native bees on warm winter days flitting about the flowers. The fruit will not be ready until about IIRC late june. I have only had one harvest, but greatly enjoyed the loquats. It is a common tree in my area, but not everybody has one. When in full sun with a lot fertilizer they can be full of fruit. Some people do not like them. They apparently are good for wine making. They appear on occasion to be sensitive to fireblight since those in my pear orchard are not doing well. But other than that they appear to be a low maintenance tree well worth planting. My only grip is that the fruit is small and has large seeds, but it is delicious and the trees are cheap. My last one was free and it is doing the best, probably because it is getting full sun.

Richard
02-19-2012, 01:54 AM
Thinning the fruits to one per cluster will result in fruits with a lot more flesh.

barnetmill
02-19-2012, 10:42 AM
Thinning the fruits to one per cluster will result in fruits with a lot more flesh.
That is probably what I should try in the future. Thanks

When retire I am planning to plant three sides of the perimeter of my eight acres with fruit and berry bearing plants. This is to run the gamut from mulberry, pears, cactus, Loquat, chickasaw plum, and what ever else will grow.
For the mulberry I will root cuttings, for the chickasaw plum I will either use sprouts or seedlings, for cactus I will root cuttings, for pears grafts on flowering pear.

For the loquat I was planning to use seedlings. I assume that this is a good way to obtain loquats on the cheap. I am not planning to harvest these trees and their fruit is intended for the critters to take some pressure off of what I have in my orchard and I may also harvest any deer or feral pigs that show up. The neighbors will also be welcome to take what they want.

venturabananas
02-19-2012, 12:11 PM
That is probably what I should try in the future. Thanks

When retire I am planning to plant three sides of the perimeter of my eight acres with fruit and berry bearing plants. This is to run the gamut from mulberry, pears, cactus, Loquat, chickasaw plum, and what ever else will grow.
For the mulberry I will root cuttings, for the chickasaw plum I will either use sprouts or seedlings, for cactus I will root cuttings, for pears grafts on flowering pear.

For the loquat I was planning to use seedlings. I assume that this is a good way to obtain loquats on the cheap. I am not planning to harvest these trees and their fruit is intended for the critters to take some pressure off of what I have in my orchard and I may also harvest any deer or feral pigs that show up. The neighbors will also be welcome to take what they want.

Sounds like a great plan. Wish I had that much land or retirement on the horizon! I'm sure Richard can give you details, but I'm under the impression that seedling loquats are slower to produce fruit and inconsistent in quality -- though you might get some great ones. My local nurseries seem to only sell grafted ones of named cultivars. But if you aren't going to harvest them anyway, yeah, why spend money when you can grow seedlings. They are attractive, low maintenance plants.

barnetmill
02-19-2012, 12:31 PM
Sounds like a great plan. Wish I had that much land or retirement on the horizon! I'm sure Richard can give you details, but I'm under the impression that seedling loquats are slower to produce fruit and inconsistent in quality -- though you might get some great ones. My local nurseries seem to only sell grafted ones of named cultivars. But if you aren't going to harvest them anyway, yeah, why spend money when you can grow seedlings. They are attractive, low maintenance plants.
In my part of the country you see a potted plant and it says loquat and nothing else. But you raised a good point for my orchard to maybe get grafted loquats via the net of known variety and from that I can maybe graft my seedlings. Since I know that loquats other than getting fireblight or knocked down by a hurricane seem to be a sure thing in my locale and I found I do like the fruit.

lkailburn
03-02-2012, 04:14 PM
We just ate our first two loquats and man these things are TASTY!!!! Hard to describe the flavor. Maybe a little apricot/cherry/apple ish. These particular ones have the juicyness of a cherry. No tartness, sweet, but not sugar overload. Could sit under a tree and eat handfuls!

-Luke

caliboy1994
03-02-2012, 05:08 PM
The loquat here should be ready soon :D

caliboy1994
03-28-2012, 08:52 PM
Just tasted the first loquat of the season, and it's GREAT. Also, a question: Do loquat seeds come true to type? My sister is trying to germinate some.

venturabananas
03-29-2012, 12:12 AM
Just tasted the first loquat of the season, and it's GREAT. Also, a question: Do loquat seeds come true to type? My sister is trying to germinate some.

Yes, some of the trees I drive by in the San Fernando Valley are loaded with ripe fruit. They are tasty. My plant better make fruit next year or it's future is in jeopardy!

From what I've read, no, seeds do not come true to type. That's why popular varieties like Big Jim, etc., are grafted.

Darkman
03-29-2012, 07:24 PM
Where do I get Big Jim budwood or scion?

What is the difference in a scion and budwood?

sunfish
03-29-2012, 07:29 PM
budwood (http://www.kuffelcreek.com/budwood.htm)

Richard
03-29-2012, 08:15 PM
Where do I get Big Jim budwood or scion?

From someone with a Big Jim tree. Generally not sold online or in stores because (a) its perishable and (b) most consumers find it easier and cheaper (money plus labor) to purchase a grafted plant.

lkailburn
03-30-2012, 12:47 PM
Well we harvested all the fruit off our loquat last week. It seemed that the fruit stopped getting any more ripe, and instead started to have splits. I would usually associate split fruit with over watering, but we did notice some mealy bugs had spread from our pomegranete trees so idk if they would have any effect. Either way here is what we harvested.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48318&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48318&ppuser=10645)
The big pile we ate(YUM!!) the little pile i just split out the seeds to dry just for fun.(i know they do not grow true to seed). Without the fruit, we now have the plant outdoors full time. Still very close tucked up to the house for a little bit of protection but the weather has been so mild lately! I think it'll be an early summer.

Thanks

-Luke

caliboy1994
03-30-2012, 01:06 PM
Wow, lucky you! Loquats are one of my favorite fruits. Here in California, we get tons of them, and they're even bigger than those. I wonder how growing them inside affected their taste.

venturabananas
03-30-2012, 05:57 PM
Next time you get a chance in the daylight, please post a picture of a leaf or two that shows the characteristic shape.

Took me a while, but here's a photo of it. It's about 8' to the tops of the tallest leaves. Had this Big Jim loquat for about 2 years. Great grower, just no blooms or fruit yet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48319&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48319&ppuser=7760)

This is a pretty typical leaf:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48322&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48322&ppuser=7760)

This leaf is one of the biggest on the tree, and a newish one.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48321&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48321&ppuser=7760)

So, what do the you think Richard? Correctly labelled cultivar or not?

Richard
03-30-2012, 06:27 PM
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.

sunfish
03-30-2012, 07:15 PM
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 ?

venturabananas
03-30-2012, 11:41 PM
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.

Yes, it is definitely the fruiting species and not the other species, of which there are some in my neighborhood. They are very distinct in appearance.

I bought it at a our reputable local nursery, Green Thumb. It was from La Verne, if I recall correctly. La Verne is only about 30 miles from us. It was supposed to be grafted and looked (and looks) like it was successfully grafted.

I wonder if it is a climate thing. None of the loquat trees the size of mine or smaller in my neighborhood either flower or fruit. Only the bigger ones do.

On a different note, are some of the loquat cultivars smaller than the others? I've seen some massive ones, including Big Jim. And how do they handle heavy pruning? Looks like I'm going to have to do that to mine to keep it a manageable height.

Richard
03-31-2012, 11:43 AM
Big Jim refers to the size of the fruit. Note that fruit is born on green and semi-hardwood shoots, so removing new growth is a sure way to not get a harvest.

The shape of your tree looks normal for its age. A typical footprint for an unpruned loquat is 12 x 12 feet with a height of 16 to 24 feet. This is a "narrow" form compared to an unpruned pit fruit tree. For Loquat, if you want a smaller foot print it is easy to obtain by thinning adventurous side branches and letting verticals continue. One of our friends has 20 year-old Loquat kept to a compact form of 8' x 8' and 9' high. For the height, I would let the plant go to 10' or 12', then thin some of the verticals so the overall height is 8', and then every other year or so again thin the verticals to bring the height back to desired level.

I think you should feed your plant a "bloom and fruit" supplement in the late summer; e.g., September. The potassium phosphite you have would be a good choice.

Dalmatiansoap
03-31-2012, 12:35 PM
Whats the main difference between fruiting and ornamental typ?
Well thats beside the other one doesnt beare a fruit:ha:
:nanadrink:

sunfish
03-31-2012, 01:12 PM
A TREE A DAY (http://www.atreeaday.com/atreeaday/Eriobotrya_deflexa.html)

venturabananas
03-31-2012, 02:59 PM
Whats the main difference between fruiting and ornamental typ?
Well thats beside the other one doesnt beare a fruit:ha:
:nanadrink:

Eriobotrya japonica (fruiting) vs. Eriobotry deflexa (non-fruiting ornamental). That link that Sunfish posted shows E. deflexa nicely. It's a very attractive tree, just useless in the sense of not producing fruit -- which makes it about the same as my E. japonica so far! :ha:

venturabananas
03-31-2012, 03:05 PM
Big Jim refers to the size of the fruit. Note that fruit is born on green and semi-hardwood shoots, so removing new growth is a sure way to not get a harvest.

The shape of your tree looks normal for its age. A typical footprint for an unpruned loquat is 12 x 12 feet with a height of 16 to 24 feet. This is a "narrow" form compared to an unpruned pit fruit tree. For Loquat, if you want a smaller foot print it is easy to obtain by thinning adventurous side branches and letting verticals continue. One of our friends has 20 year-old Loquat kept to a compact form of 8' x 8' and 9' high. For the height, I would let the plant go to 10' or 12', then thin some of the verticals so the overall height is 8', and then every other year or so again thin the verticals to bring the height back to desired level.

I think you should feed your plant a "bloom and fruit" supplement in the late summer; e.g., September. The potassium phosphite you have would be a good choice.

Thanks for the advice Richard. So far, it seems like my loquat is constantly going through cycles of putting out new growth, so I take it that I would just need to avoid pruning off the last round of new growth right before flowering in Fall. Does that sound right, to avoid reducing the (potential) crop too much.

Dalmatiansoap
03-31-2012, 03:11 PM
So in general its better to avoid pruning at all?
Im pretty sure all nusery stock here are seedlings not grafted trees so what I have is "cat in the sack":ha:
Whats the best way to graft a loqat?

sunfish
03-31-2012, 03:17 PM
How Do I Know If My Loquat Tree Is Grafted? | Garden Guides (http://www.gardenguides.com/116262-loquat-tree-grafted.html)

Richard
03-31-2012, 09:14 PM
Thanks for the advice Richard. So far, it seems like my loquat is constantly going through cycles of putting out new growth, so I take it that I would just need to avoid pruning off the last round of new growth right before flowering in Fall. Does that sound right, to avoid reducing the (potential) crop too much.

Thin, don't trim.


So in general its better to avoid pruning at all?
Im pretty sure all nusery stock here are seedlings not grafted trees so what I have is "cat in the sack":ha:
Whats the best way to graft a loqat?

It really depends on the size of the receiver and where you are grafting onto it. This guide is helpful:
Grafting (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/grafting.html)

venturabananas
03-31-2012, 09:31 PM
Thin, don't trim.

Right, got it.

lkailburn
04-02-2012, 01:40 PM
Wow, lucky you! Loquats are one of my favorite fruits. Here in California, we get tons of them, and they're even bigger than those. I wonder how growing them inside affected their taste.

Not sure as i have never tasted another but these were very good in my mind. Only sweet, no sour or tart taste. Surprisingly juicy, i'd say about as juicy as a ripe peach, obviously with much less flesh lol. Interestingly enough, we were walking through the nursery where we bought this loquat, and they were potting up(sold) the last one of the same shipment, and it had maybe 3 or 4 fruit on it; they were about twice as large, but were very oblong, more oblong than an egg even. We did not thin any of our fruits, which probably was one factor for the small size, but also the indoor amount of light vs if it was outdoors was probably the second biggest impact. I wonder though if yehuda fruits are normally round or oblong.

-Luke

caliboy1994
04-08-2012, 05:11 PM
JACKPOT

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48409&size=1

lkailburn
04-09-2012, 11:30 AM
Yum! The skin on those looks smooth. Are they normally? Ours were fuzzy like a peach, but washed off with a quick rinse.

-Luke

caliboy1994
04-09-2012, 12:42 PM
On these ones the skin is smooth, but the stem is fuzzy. I guess it depends on the cultivar. I'm not sure what cultivar this is, but whatever it is I have been eating it since my early childhood.

caliboy1994
04-09-2012, 04:10 PM
JACKPOT

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48409&size=1

Does anyone know what variety this might be? The fruit is 1 to 1 and a half inches long, and the flesh is orange and juicy. It can contain anywhere from 1 to 5 seeds.

Richard
04-09-2012, 04:37 PM
An underfed variety. :)

It could be a specific cultivar or just a seedling. Loquat seeds are notoriously easy to sprout -- often from a nearby tree or a feasting bird, to the point of being a nuisance.

Even if it was fed a robust diet, it would still be difficult to identify by picture or even taste. One person who is somewhat of an expert in the tastes of Loquats is Jim Neitzel of the San Diego CRFG chapter.

caliboy1994
04-09-2012, 06:50 PM
I've solved the mystery: Turns out it's a second generation seedling from an unnamed cultivar originally found in France. Even though it's a seedling, the fruit are still great.

Blake09
04-09-2012, 11:03 PM
Last week I was down on vacation and there was a loquat tree nearby. I’ve wanted to try the fruit before and now that I got the chance, I tried my first loquat. I’m hooked! I came home with a couple handfuls of them. Will they produce fruit in zone 8a ? It said that they take 7-10 years (i couldnt wait that long) sometimes to start producing fruit from seed. Or should I get a cutting/grafting from someone that already has a tree?

sunfish
04-15-2012, 08:46 AM
Whats the main difference between fruiting and ornamental typ?
Well thats beside the other one doesnt beare a fruit:ha:
:nanadrink:

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=013.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/013.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>


Bronze Loquat I believe

Dalmatiansoap
04-15-2012, 09:10 AM
Great looking plant!!

venturabananas
04-15-2012, 10:37 AM
Bronze Loquat I believe

They are really attractive plants. They have a couple prime specimens in front of my doctor's office. Makes me feel slightly better about going to see him! I wish that species made edible fruit instead of just getting by on looks!

Dalmatiansoap
04-15-2012, 11:35 AM
I guess it can be propagated by the seeds?

alias
04-15-2012, 02:55 PM
Is Eriobotrya japonica called loquat?
In Croatia it's called nešpola (neshpola). It's a tree that birds eat and that's how they get into wilderness.

sunfish
04-15-2012, 03:53 PM
Is Eriobotrya japonica called loquat?
In Croatia it's called nešpola (neshpola). It's a tree that birds eat and that's how they get into wilderness.

Loquat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loquat)

alias
04-15-2012, 04:03 PM
Yes, that's it.
We call it also japanese MUŠMULA /mushmula/.

sunfish
04-17-2012, 10:31 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=071.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/071.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

venturabananas
04-17-2012, 10:59 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=071.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/071.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Balboa Park, right? Saw that exact tree a week and a half ago.

sunfish
04-18-2012, 07:18 AM
Balboa Park, right? Saw that exact tree a week and a half ago.

Yes .

Dalmatiansoap
04-18-2012, 02:00 PM
<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=013.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/013.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>


Bronze Loquat I believe

I belive I saw one today, I ll have to go back there once and take a better look.

sunfish
04-25-2012, 09:42 PM
White flesh Loquat

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=002-9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/002-9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

caliboy1994
04-25-2012, 10:30 PM
Looks tasty. How is the taste compared to orange loquats?

sunfish
04-25-2012, 10:33 PM
Looks tasty. How is the taste compared to orange loquats?

More acid,more flavor than orange to me .:08:

caliboy1994
04-25-2012, 10:42 PM
One thing I noticed about the orange loquats from my great uncle's tree is that their flavor depends a lot on their ripeness. When less ripe, they're sour, as they get more ripe, they're sweeter. They're really good when optimally ripe.

Darkman
04-26-2012, 05:19 AM
I still need some scion wood for Big Jim if anyone has any. I have Yehuda and Champagne. Interested in other varities as well.

Dalmatiansoap
04-26-2012, 03:06 PM
Im pretty sure all nusery stock here are seedlings not grafted trees so what I have is "cat in the sack":ha:

Looks like I was wrong on this one. Went to 3 leading nurseries in area today and I foundt this in one of them
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4669.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4668.jpg
Course that stuff didnt know anything about it beside the fact that that are Loquats "like any other else". Price? Just to ad that I didnt buy any :(
:nanadrink:

sunfish
04-26-2012, 03:24 PM
One thing I noticed about the orange loquats from my great uncle's tree is that their flavor depends a lot on their ripeness. When less ripe, they're sour, as they get more ripe, they're sweeter. They're really good when optimally ripe.

I think most fruit are sweeter when more ripe :jumpingonbednaner::skateboardnana::volleyballnaner::D

Dalmatiansoap
04-26-2012, 03:27 PM
I think most fruit are sweeter when more ripe

does that stand for most of the fruits?

sunfish
04-26-2012, 03:29 PM
does that stand for most of the fruits?

Yes.Well maybe not lemons

Dalmatiansoap
04-26-2012, 03:31 PM
Yes

Thanks

sunfish
04-26-2012, 03:33 PM
Thanks

Welcome

Darkman
04-26-2012, 07:21 PM
Definately true with Persimmons!

barnetmill
09-03-2012, 12:11 PM
I looked at three of my four loquats and I have observed buds that are now flowering. Normally my loquats flower in the winter and this is the first time I have seen this happen at the end of August into September. For some reason there was little if any fruit on them this june. My pears also ripened earlier this year. Other than being wetter than normal with a couple of dry weeks thrown in between I have no explanation. Maybe I will get a late fall crop this year.

Darkman
09-03-2012, 12:36 PM
I looked at three of my four loquats and I have observed buds that are now flowering. Normally my loquats flower in the winter and this is the first time I have seen this happen at the end of August into September. For some reason there was little if any fruit on them this june. My pears also ripened earlier this year. Other than being wetter than normal with a couple of dry weeks thrown in between I have no explanation. Maybe I will get a late fall crop this year.

Barnetmill, All of yours are seedlings right?

If you do get a crop I'd like to taste them.

I'll check my potted trees and see if I have any buds forming. One that I have in the sun looked like it might be trying to set buds last week.

barnetmill
09-03-2012, 04:09 PM
Barnetmill, All of yours are seedlings right?

If you do get a crop I'd like to taste them.

I'll check my potted trees and see if I have any buds forming. One that I have in the sun looked like it might be trying to set buds last week.
I purchased 3 of them for between 5 and 8 dollars and assume they are seedlings. One was a gift and I am sure it is also a seedling. If I get any sort of harvest you will get some. I like loquats. Green up santa rosa use to sell them cheaply.

Darkman
09-03-2012, 06:49 PM
OT

But I planted my Muscadines this week all 24 of them. I'm training them up stakes and then onto a trellis I still have to build.

barnetmill
09-03-2012, 08:42 PM
OT

But I planted my Muscadines this week all 24 of them. I'm training them up stakes and then onto a trellis I still have to build.
I only planted a potted raspberry plant. I am working clearing a dense tangle of brush and trees along my northern border that when cleared that will hold more fruit trees and catalpa trees. Killed a water moccasin in that fence line area about two Saturdays ago which is another reason to remove that cover. Animals from the near by forested creek bottom are attracted to that fence line.

barnetmill
09-04-2012, 08:33 PM
The mature loquat tree can withstand temperatures of 10 degrees without serious injury, but both flowers and fruit are killed at temperatures below about 27. Unfortunately, loquat blooms in late fall to early winter and must mature its fruit during the winter months. Thus, fruiting rarely occurs except in south Texas or following mild winters in south central or southeast Texas. Home Fruit Production-Loquat (http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/loquat.htm)
So these trees are blooming about 3 months early. At times there have winter temperatures below 27 F and the blooms survived so there is a lot variation relative to temperature resistance. While driving in my neighborhood today I spotted two other loquats that are also in bloom. My guess is since for some reason the trees did not yield fruit during a somewhat milder winter for and now for some reason they are now trying put out fruit.

Darkman
09-04-2012, 11:07 PM
[QUOTE=barnetmill;203951] Killed a water moccasin in that fence line area about two Saturdays ago which is another reason to remove that cover.[QUOTE]

Must be something going around. Bo killed one last week at his house!

After the Loquat sets the fruit and the fruit get a little size they can handle brief dips a little lower than 27. Maybe since yours are blooming this early they may get big enough to make it through our normal winters. Hope so!

caliboy1994
09-04-2012, 11:36 PM
My grandfather's loquat tree.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/musamaniac/Other%20plants/d404bd20.jpg

venturabananas
09-05-2012, 11:10 AM
Any blooms on that one Andreas? I don't see any from the photo. My neighbor's tree has one branch that is already blooming, but the rest of the tree isn't. Seems early. But then, there's a bunch of confused fruit trees around here: pears that have ripe fruit on them and are blooming, nectarines that already ripened this year's crop and are flowering again, etc.

barnetmill
09-05-2012, 02:10 PM
[QUOTE=barnetmill;203951] Killed a water moccasin in that fence line area about two Saturdays ago which is another reason to remove that cover.[QUOTE]

Must be something going around. Bo killed one last week at his house!

After the Loquat sets the fruit and the fruit get a little size they can handle brief dips a little lower than 27. Maybe since yours are blooming this early they may get big enough to make it through our normal winters. Hope so!

Alabama coastal regions got a lot of high tides and rain from Hurricane Issac. Likey his snake moved because of the flood waters. We have had a lot rain this summer that may be why my snake left the creek bed also. He had been there a little while and my chicken neighbors did not tell me and they were afraid to kill it w/o a gun. It is much faster to grab what ever is handy before it gets away into the brush then to run back to the house for a shotgun. Taking a water moccasin bite to the ER for treatment can easily run $50,000 or even more in medical bills.

Darkman
09-05-2012, 06:09 PM
[QUOTE=Darkman;204032][QUOTE=barnetmill;203951] Killed a water moccasin in that fence line area about two Saturdays ago which is another reason to remove that cover.

Alabama coastal regions got a lot of high tides and rain from Hurricane Issac. Likey his snake moved because of the flood waters. We have had a lot rain this summer that may be why my snake left the creek bed also. He had been there a little while and my chicken neighbors did not tell me and they were afraid to kill it w/o a gun. It is much faster to grab what ever is handy before it gets away into the brush then to run back to the house for a shotgun. Taking a water moccasin bite to the ER for treatment can easily run $50,000 or even more in medical bills.

Glad you got it. Not a bad as a rattlesnake bite but nothing to play around with. You won't just ignore it that's for sure.

One of my Loquats, not a grafted one, has blooms!

venturabananas
09-05-2012, 06:14 PM
One of my Loquats, not a grafted one, has blooms!

Congrats. I'm still waiting on my grafted one, hoping it'll finally bloom this year.

Darkman
09-05-2012, 07:19 PM
Grown outdoors, given regular feedings of a citrus type fertilizer, and thinning the fruits to 1 per cluster when they are still small (grape size), then the fruits will be the size of a large apricot and be a real pleasure to eat, with a flavor reminiscent of apricot cross mandarin.

Richard,

Mine (a seedling) is in a pot but it is set in my blueberry grove (do BB have groves?) and it get full sun, regular irrigation and fertilization. It should set fruit and if it does I'll thin it to one fruit per cluster and give it a shot. The tree is small only about five foot and it only has about five flower clusters so it will be easy to do.

caliboy1994
09-05-2012, 07:53 PM
Any blooms on that one Andreas? I don't see any from the photo. My neighbor's tree has one branch that is already blooming, but the rest of the tree isn't. Seems early. But then, there's a bunch of confused fruit trees around here: pears that have ripe fruit on them and are blooming, nectarines that already ripened this year's crop and are flowering again, etc.

This pic was taken several weeks ago, and there were no blooms yet. I doubt there are blooms yet anyways. They usually don't begin blooming around here until well into fall if I remember correctly.

My grandfather's apple tree was blooming in the middle of August too....

Darkman
09-08-2012, 09:54 PM
OK I got around to looking at my other Loquats and found all of them except the grated Yehuda have blooms. I guees I need to start moving them out of the shade and into the sun.

Maybe I'll go ahead and plant one in the ground.

Maybe I'll have fruit next spring!

barnetmill
09-09-2012, 03:47 AM
OK I got around to looking at my other Loquats and found all of them except the grated Yehuda have blooms. I guees I need to start moving them out of the shade and into the sun.

Maybe I'll go ahead and plant one in the ground.

Maybe I'll have fruit next spring!
Loquats seem to tolerate partial shade better than do a lot of other fruit trees. They do not seem to require a lot care to grow.

Dalmatiansoap
10-20-2012, 05:19 PM
Looks like I was wrong on this one. Went to 3 leading nurseries in area today and I foundt this in one of them
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4669.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4668.jpg
Course that stuff didnt know anything about it beside the fact that that are Loquats "like any other else". Price? Just to ad that I didnt buy any :(
:nanadrink:

So, back then I marked the tree with the biggest fruit with a small yellow ribbon
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG4962.jpg
and hoped that nobody will buy that ugly humped sick looking creature sitting in a back row nursery corner ( I just wonder how did it get there??).
It sat there for a enough and I waited for me few days ago
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG5697.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG5698.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG5699.jpg
:woohoonaner:

venturabananas
10-21-2012, 11:07 AM
Congrats. I'm still waiting on my grafted one, hoping it'll finally bloom this year.

Drum roll please... my "Big Jim" loquat is finally blooming! About 2.5 years after planting. The tag on it said it should produce fruit in 3-4 years after planting, so I guess they knew what they were talking about. It doesn't have tons of blooms, but some is better than none! All the loquats I know of if in my neighborhood are also blooming.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51128&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51128)

Dalmatiansoap
10-21-2012, 01:35 PM
Congrats Mark!
Same thing about blooming is happening here and isnt that a bit to early for blooming?

venturabananas
10-21-2012, 03:40 PM
Thanks Ante. I'm not sure if it's early for here because mine has never bloomed before and I haven't paid enough attention to other loquats in my area. They are supposed to bloom in autumn in my area, so it seems about right.

Interestingly, I stopped by my local nursery today and noticed that all of their small (3' high plants in 5 gallon pots) grafted loquat cultivars were flowering -- all except the Big Jim ones. Maybe it is just a slow-to-fruit cultivar.

Darkman
10-21-2012, 06:41 PM
It takes a while for these to bloom. Mine are still blooming. Very slow from bud to bloom fade.

barnetmill
10-22-2012, 01:38 PM
The bud to the flowering and then finally fruits takes a long time. Mine are still going at it. This year I will thin them out a bit to see if the fruit are larger.
I was given a bunch of loquat seedlings by a friend last week already potted. If they survive I will plant these on the boundary with a neighbors property quite close together to form a boundary screen. If I get frut this comming season then I will try to generate more seedlings. I have over a 1,000 ft of perimeter that is high & dry that I plan to plant in various trees once I get it cleared of brush, trees, fallen logs, and interwoven vines. Vines make it so that when I chain saw a small tree or sapling it remains standing and well secured to other trees by the vines.

Darkman
10-22-2012, 05:55 PM
I had that same problem when I cleared the lot for my citrus trees. Makes for dangerous cutting of trees as they may fall backwards as easily as forward!

barnetmill
10-22-2012, 06:50 PM
I had that same problem when I cleared the lot for my citrus trees. Makes for dangerous cutting of trees as they may fall backwards as easily as forward! For now the bigger trees are left standing. I will come back later with a ladder to attach cable/chain and use a coffin hoist or an engine hoist to control which way they fall. But first getting rid of the small trees and saplings does help out a lot.

venturabananas
11-18-2012, 12:41 AM
Here's the other way of making sure of getting a loquat that flowers early: buy one that is already flowering. Here's a McBeth I bought a couple of weeks ago that was already in flower. Now it's planted in my yard. Looking forward to trying the fruit in spring.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=51392&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=51392&ppuser=7760)

barnetmill
11-25-2012, 12:08 PM
So these trees are blooming about 3 months early. At times there have winter temperatures below 27 F and the blooms survived so there is a lot variation relative to temperature resistance. While driving in my neighborhood today I spotted two other loquats that are also in bloom. My guess is since for some reason the trees did not yield fruit during a somewhat milder winter for and now for some reason they are now trying put out fruit.
Interesting now it is almost December and the loquats are still blooming and so far I only see some fruit that is definitely growing. The largest is one inch long and about the third the size of a small mature loquat. There have been a lot of insects buzzing around, many of them black bees with occasional honey bees so there seem to be enough pollinators. Obviously I can expect the fruit to ripen from very early spring to maybe june or later. There was a mild frost last night which should not bother the loquats. It did kill the mature leaves on my only banana plant, but a new leaf that had not yet unfurled appears to be alive. Once the afflicted leaves drop to the side I will surround the plant with mulch in an effort to keep the remaining above ground parts alive until next spring. I will use steel reinforcing mesh and sheet plastic to confine the woods chips.

barnetmill
02-17-2013, 01:10 PM
It got down according the thermometer on the house to almost 28 F at 6:00AM and was warmed up to above freezing by 9AM. At 11:00 AM was up to 54 F. There is damage to the larger loquat fruit. Those that were ripening and turning yellow are now turning brown. Perhaps the more immature ones will survive.

My banana plant was covered with mulch to its midpoint and protected last night on the upper part with a blanket still has it newly sprouted leaf in good shape. The earlier leaves were killed by an earlier frost prior to being protected.

A cold resistant tangerine seedling shows slight damage to the youngest leaf tips which were curling anyway likely from leaf miners.

Darkman
02-18-2013, 08:44 PM
Carl,

Thanks for the update!

I unfortunately had a frost but no freeze. It might has well been a freeze. I lost 90% of my green banana leaves which I was counting on to feed the bunches I have hanging and the blooms that are still blooming. My area was forecast to have a north wind at 3 and 34 was the lowest temp. I thougt with the wind no frost but I guess the wind quit. This is very discouraging to see what was nine healthy mats with many green leaves to brown mush. I'll be able to cut three of the bunches but the others are too small and we'll just have to see what will happen.

Now back to the loquats. I still have fruit hanging with no apparent ill effects. I actually had a fruit that was almost ripe, had turned yellow, and something got it. I have a couple more that are close so maybe soon. My loquats are still potted and are under heavy Oak tree canopy which offered frost protection.

barnetmill
02-19-2013, 04:09 AM
I have found that one has to use the weather forecasts as a guide. When the sky is clear and it looks like it might get cold, I start checking my thermometer for tender plants like my little curry plants and banana plant. My thermometer is about 10 feet above the ground and often there is a frost on the ground when the thermometer is reading just above freezing. Anyway I tend to make a judgement call and cover those few plants up.

The few loquats that have just turned yellow seemed to be the ones most impacted by the freeze of Sunday morning. I had tried one prior to the freeze and one that survived the freeze. They were still not sweet and not quite fully ripe and still not up to normal size. My squirrels so far seem to be content with last yrs acorn crop. I have been trying to interest them in a squirrel feeder stocked with corn and an exposed ear of corn w/o luck so that they could also be properly managed. I took out a raccoon a week ago and on Sunday night something dragged the carcass off the cold fireant mound where I left it for disposal and other than some hair it has disappeared which is ok with me. It is generally not permitted to relocate captured raccoons. I handled the cage with gloves since they carry rabies in my locale.
I am still planning to get some traditional southern dogs to run off the squirrels and larger animals.

venturabananas
05-27-2013, 12:24 AM
We've been eating the first of our homegrown loquats for a few weeks now. I'm very happy with the Big Jim tree -- it is aptly named. I'd heard that loquats could get the size of apricots, but I'd never seen it in person. Some are even bigger than apricots. Nice flavor and very juicy. The smaller loquat in the photo is typical of the size I typically see -- it is a McBeth. It's supposed to have big fruit, too. Maybe it will when it gets older and more established, but not yet.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53076&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53076)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53077&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53077)

Darkman
05-28-2013, 07:15 AM
My young trees did not set fruit to have any left over now I managed to eat about a dozen or so and they were tasty not fantastic but good.

I hope to plant some inground this year and maybe next year I'll have more fruit.

Snookie
05-30-2013, 08:55 AM
Loquat? Is that what I call Japanese Plums here in Lizard Creek?

Here's what I have 6 of planted but why no fruit or flowers yet?

Hummm.... WAZ UP with dat?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53124&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53124&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53125&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53125&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53126&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53126&ppuser=13202)

CountryBoy1981
05-30-2013, 10:44 AM
Loquat? Is that what I call Japanese Plums here in Lizard Creek?

Here's what I have 6 of planted but why no fruit or flowers yet?

Hummm.... WAZ UP with dat?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53124&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53124&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53125&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53125&ppuser=13202)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53126&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53126&ppuser=13202)

That looks like the loquats that are growing all over in my neck of the woods. All of the literature on loquats states that they will not successfully fruit in my area because of the cold, but every year the trees are loaded with them.

venturabananas
05-30-2013, 11:56 AM
Loquat? Is that what I call Japanese Plums here in Lizard Creek?

Here's what I have 6 of planted but why no fruit or flowers yet?

Hummm.... WAZ UP with dat?


If they were seedlings rather than grafted plants, they might take several years before flowering for the first time. And some grafted varieties take longer to bloom that others. Took 2+ years for my Big Jim to flower, even though the tree was already bigger than the ones in your photos after the first year in the ground. Patience.

Snookie
06-02-2013, 11:39 AM
If they were seedlings rather than grafted plants, they might take several years before flowering for the first time. And some grafted varieties take longer to bloom that others. Took 2+ years for my Big Jim to flower, even though the tree was already bigger than the ones in your photos after the first year in the ground. Patience.


LOL there's that darn word PATIENCE again lol

Thanks:}