GROWING THE ACHACHA TREE IN CALIFORNIA | HARDY | BOLIVIAN MANGOSTEEN | GARCINIA HUMILIS | ACHACHAIRU
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Growing the Achacha or Bolivian Mangosteen tree in California is said to be a challenge, Said to grow and fruit in Central Florida z9b, I bought a nice sized tree and planted it in my yard.
Follow along as I experiment with this tree in my California z9b garden! But dont forget to hit the subscribe button! HAVE A GREAT DAY!
That new growth looks great! I have a tiny little tree I have kept in a pot for years. It loses all of its leaves every winter, but comes back in the spring. So you will probably want to cover it with a frost blanket. Thank you for giving us your source -- Rivers of Provision. It looks like they have a great selection of mangoes.
Thanks. I will keep an eye on it this winter
I am in Central fl zone 9b.Mine had been in the ground since 2020 and it's a slooooow grower.
Mine also has mineral differency as well.
I bought mine as 3 gal from a Nursery.
Same here.
It didn’t go at all until I added a cup of soil sulfur, it went from yellow green to deep mango green in 2 weeks and now it’s sending up new growth.
@@TropicalGardenGuy I was thinking it liked a bit of acidic soil so I meant to pick up some fine pine bark mulch at a Nursery but it has been 95 degrees of late. The heat is killin me.
Great video Jeff, you have a lot of interesting fruit trees I have never heard of, look forward to your future update on your Achacha. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks , Yea to be honest, While I had tasted Mangosteen many years ago, I figuired it way to sensitive for z9b, but when I heard about Achacha, I figuired it worth a try. If it dont work out, I’m only out $100. lol
@@TropicalGardenGuy I have not tried either of them but now I am curious what the fruits taste like, thanks for sharing Jeff!
I’ll have to do a fruit tasting video once I get fruit!
I just bought one yesterday from Hawaii. Will test it out in ground here in San Leandro zone 10a.
Excellent! Mine has taken off!
Looking good! I just started growing a bunch of achacha seeds from some fruit I bought, so please share updates on your plant.
Will do!
Looks great i have a couple of em inground. The deficiency u mention probably was shipping/transplant shock👍
Thanks for the info
Very interesting experiment! I wish you the best possible reward: achacha fruit!
Thank you!
I'll be fascinated to see how that does this coming Winter 😁🤞
Me too!
Give it regular (fortnightly) soaks with seaweed solution then cover with a frost blanket or a throw (light poly fleece blanket) on cold nights below 45F. Have a great microclimate spot there so it's quite well protected giving the tree an added layer of protection.
Yea up against the wall offers it some protection. Donno how hardy they are, but if they are at least as hardy as the mango 10 ft away , it should do ok.
Are you saying that they get “chilled “ at temps below 45f like Breadfruit?
@@TropicalGardenGuy Keeping any tropical tree warm is the no.1 priority. Whether that's wind protection, keeping it on the dry side in winter or just keeping the plant tougher using seaweed extract (increases the cell walls so provides better cold tolerance). I've found it's not so much the temperatures below 45F that matter (it's just 1 of the factors) but the amount of time that it's cloudy, wet and cold. Even if it's sunny and only 60F, that's so much better than the same temp and cold,wet and windy. I liken it to wearing a T shirt on a sunny day like that in a protected position (like yours) compared to that on a cold and wet day. Be wearing sweaters etc. I think that's 1 reason that you're so successful. Your risk factor is freezing nights while many others have all of the other factors influencing their success rate.
did you face any problems this winter. I live in Greece and i have the exact same climate zone and got 9 seedlings to sprout
No, it made it through without damage… very slow grower
Waiting for update.thx
Probably mid winter!
Nice! I hope it does great for you
Thanks…I hope so too!
I got a cheap achacha that had lots of yellowing. I'm in 9b alkaline Phoenix so we need our iron Cheated. I cut some soil gashes and slid some iron down unmixed and it greened up nicely.
Good that you figuired out how to solve the issue.
My achacha did remarkably good it’s first year in the ground !
Tastes better than mangosteen? 🤔
Hmmmm that I cannot say.
It’s been many years since I tasted them
Noticed on the seller's website that they have different sizes for sale... is this the 1g or 3g sized tree?
it was 3 gallon
How’s your achacha plant doing?
It’s doing great!
It’s slow growing, I had to hit it with iron but otherwise it’s looking good!
@@TropicalGardenGuy that’s awesome! Thanks for the update.
mines is in a 15 gallon pot...do you think i can just keep on up potting? I already have two in the ground and to be honest I think the one in the pot looks healthier 😅😅😅
Not sure how long that they can be in a pot.
Mine planted in ground in our high ph soil requires soil sulphur to look good
@@TropicalGardenGuy thanks for the info
Do you know your achacha variety? I ordered one from the same guy but he didn’t know the variety
Hmm, not sure. I bet its on the label, ill have to look.
How'd it do through the winter? I'm in Sacramento
Hi Ben, Its looking good. Didnt lose a leaf.! … Jeff
@@TropicalGardenGuy did it get any new growth? Min has gained 4 leaves in 2 years. I'm in the bay area, and don't get the heat yall do out there.