Richard

Is anyone growing Green Sapote (Pouteria viridis)? I'd really like to hear about where it is "working", where it is miserable, is it vigorous, etc.

I'd sure like to grow it -- I know that some pioneers grew it in the nearby Fallbrook area. Here's a plant-tag photo from Daleys Fruit in Australia.

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Ethan

I have hopes of growing this one, though all but one of my seedlings failed. I will probably just buy a plant.

-Ethan

Richard

I came across this posting in the 2004 Rarefruit newsgroup archives, written by a person in Santa Barbara:

A quick report on my Green Sapotes here in coastal Southern
California. I have two varieties: TREC 32 and Makawao.
These are grafted, the first onto Mamey rootstock and the
later on Green Sapote seedling rootstock. They are both only
two years old but both show slow growth even through our
winters which have often this year been in the mid 30s
(colder than normal). The Makawao is fullly exposed to the
prevailing winter winds and shows it with the leaves turning
a copper color as if cold stressed. The new growth leaves
tend to fall off although the main branch continues to add
length and the growth tips remain viable. The TREC 32 is
sheltered from the winds and is in a protected area behind
my house. Its leaves remain a vibrant green and all growth
continues throughout the winter months. Neither have
flowered/fruited as yet and are only 3 feet tall so far.

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Racor

Richard,

I have a Green Sapote seedling growing in Glendora, CA. It's about 5ft tall. Right now it's pushing new growth but has not flowered yet. It seems to like the cool winter. For what I have read, seedlings take anywhere from 8 to 10 years to fruit.

By the way last year a contacted the person you're referring to in you post with the 2 Green Sapote trees. One of the trees had a fruit on one tree and 8 on the other one.

I visited Quail Botanica Gardens in San diego last year and they have 3 Green Sapote trees growing there. Two of them had fruit on them. I posted some pictures on Cloudforest cafe forum.

Racor

Richard

Racor, that's really awesome!

Would you happen to know what variety the seeds were from?

Thanks!

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Racor

I purchased this tree from Roger Meyer Nursery. According to him, he brought the seeds from Australia and is supposed to be from a large Green Sapote variety unlike the ones seen here. But there is no variety name.

BTW, I found some grafted Green Sapote trees online at TopTropicals and I had to purchase one. I just hope it will survive shipping stress and winter temps.

Racor

dghays

I have a seedling I'll be planting out this month. Tasted one and it was fantastic, superior (to me) to mamey. I realize it'll be a long time and with variability of seedlings, who knows what will happen. I may graft a friends onto mine.

Gary