Loquat
 

Hey everyone,
My loquat is flowering! :woohoonaner:

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

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Nice! I'm no loquat expert, but my grandfather does grow loquats in his yard. They're very tasty!

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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!

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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!

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Loquats are typically self-fertile. If it is not self-fertile, then you will need to pollinate from flowers of completely different loquat trees.

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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).

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

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

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Sorry....My mistake. I don't have the best memory. I just know that they come around sometime in the spring.

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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

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Loquats are typically self-fertile.

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Lets hope this one is too! More flowers opening up each day, more hand pollinating.


-Luke

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Don't expect it to set fruit indoors.

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Expect? No. Hope? Yes :-P

-Luke

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That's a healthy approach!

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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!


Is it thinking about making fruit?

-Luke

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I hope so! If they do, you'll enjoy them! :D

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

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Haha wahoo! :08:

-Luke

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Amazing!

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