Anybody growing Green Sapote? - Page 2

Richard · 04-13-2014, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by barnetmill

Will any of the better ones grow in zone 8b?

Nope.

Richard · 04-21-2014, 07:04 PM

This afternoon I repotted the new green sapotes in 15 gallon pots. For soil mix, I used Sunshine All-Purpose Planting Mix. After the trees were in the pots, I topped the soil with about an inch of Sequoia Mini Orchid Bark. It's a necessity here because our humidity is low.

Also, I removed the top couple of nodes (about 2") from the central leaders to promote branching.

Richard · 03-12-2015, 11:02 PM

As noted in this thread, a few years ago I bought some seedlings of Green Sapote (Pouteria viridis) from Roger Meyer. I've been propagating them in 15 gallon pots and training them for production. They are currently about 1" diameter caliper and about 2 feet in height above the soil line with numerous side branches.

Since there are many entrepreneurs here, I'm wondering what is the base price I should offer these plants on eBay or similar. Your advice is appreciated!

Worm_Farmer · 03-14-2015, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard

Since there are many entrepreneurs here, I'm wondering what is the base price I should offer these plants on eBay or similar. Your advice is appreciated!

$15 + Shipping to me. haha j/k
If you are going to sell it on ebay add about 45% to what ever value you expect to get for it. The fees are SO high now! What I would usually pay for a tree about that old would be $30 - $45. This is in a 15 gal pot, if you are sending the pot I would expect to pay about $65 - $80 for this type of tree and size. If you sell it on ebay I would go $110 + Shipping

bananadan25 · 03-15-2015, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Worm_Farmer

$15 + Shipping to me. haha j/k
If you are going to sell it on ebay add about 45% to what ever value you expect to get for it. The fees are SO high now! What I would usually pay for a tree about that old would be $30 - $45. This is in a 15 gal pot, if you are sending the pot I would expect to pay about $65 - $80 for this type of tree and size. If you sell it on ebay I would go $110 + Shipping

Those are beautiful trees you picked up!

They grow SO fast, compared to mamey sapote.. Mine is about 12 feet tall now.. here's a pic form last summer shortly after i planted it in ground.

The pics aren't the best, it's hard to get a good picture of it because of the light angle.

Before i planted it.. I think this was sometime in 2013..

gnappi · 03-21-2015, 04:43 PM

Well...

My ~5' (after a foot broke off) Green Sapote (unknown grafted cultivar) has been in the ground around 4-5 years and it's hardly grown at all. Last year was its first bloom cycle but the flowers all fell off. This year it has bloomed EVERYWHERE from the ground up to the tips of the branches. Its caliper is around 1.5" and has looked healthy the whole while I have owned it.

I've had problems with canistel and loquat setting fruit due to a lack of local bees so I started hand pollinating the loquat and green sapote. The loquat fruited profusely and the GS still is hanging onto the tiny fertilized fruits.

If it doesn't set fruit this year I'll give it one more year then I will have to re-think having a GS.

Richard · 06-25-2017, 06:48 PM

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