Hey George, thanks for the update! I can't want for other varieties to come back in stock at Daleys, so I ended up ordering a white sapote "Reinecke Commercial". It's already in ground and I've already started to see new growth within a week, although the hot windy day we had last Friday took out a few mature leaves which is a shame. I couldn't find much about this variety online. Wondering if you have information about it? If not I guess I'll just need to wait for a few years and see.
I've read the Reinecke was used as a commerial crop, but not much info about flavour. I went for the 5 old favourites when I first discovered WS. You won't go wrong with Suebelle for taste.
Hi George, are you sure the new growth on the Macs Golden is above the graft? Apparently the green sapote is the most similar in taste to a mamey sapote, but is of superior quality according to Daleys. Thanks for the video.
I had to laugh 😂 when I saw the Mac Golden Sapote as I have the same one 2 years in ground and is the same size as your Mac Golden Sapote tree. When they were available at Daleys I must have got it at the time as you got yours from them. That Sapote is slow growing. With Bananas I put heaps of mulch on them and give them tomato feeder and Powerfeed Seasol but they just have not flowered. I have Red Wax Jumbe with flowering about to happen and a paw paw tree. But no bloody Banana flowers yet. 🤣 I like the Green Sapote I need to get one of those’s. I had one years ago from Daleys but I killed it even how its a easy tree to grow not sure why ? I could have just got a crap one ? But it also could have been because I used fruit potting mix from memory instead of normal garden soil.
It's very strange how I'm struggling with wax apples and for you it's bananas. Today I received some super cool plants, simultaneous feelings of excitement and upcoming heartache.
Not sure how well it would work. But since scale is moved qround and farmed by ants, if you could stop the anta you could limit the spread of scale. Maybe doing something like putting a think smear of vaseline around the trunk near the base would stop the ants from climbing up the tree
I love my white sapotes. Luckily I don't get scale but thats probably because I live in a more exposed windy spot than where you are. This causes problems with the more delicate plants but the white sapotes are tough and hold up well.
I have ants on the sapotes but they are the big red ones not the little black ones and are getting something out of the flowers. I have a little scale on my citrus and those ones do have the small black ants come to think of it. For the scale you can try smearing vasoline around the trunk base. This doesnt hurt the tree or restrict its growth and the ants cant cross it.
I always found it weird that all these sapotes aren't related, and yet are still called sapotes... I mean, couldn't anyone think of a unique name for them ? Anyway, great video as always ! I prefer the longer ones.
@@RealLifeFruitopia You've said in the video that green sapote is as cold tolerant as loquats, but in my experience that's not the case. My feijoas and my loquat have survived -12°C, with minimal damage (although my neighbor's loquats have been burnt to the ground by frost a few years ago and fruiting is rare due to the flowers being destroyed by frost), and I really don't think a green sapote would survive where I live, according to what I've read online. From what I understand, they're not even as cold tolerant as most of the common citrus (excluding ones like yuzu, which I've had success keeping alive where I live, even if they haven't fruited yet... By the way none of my cold tolerant citrus were damaged by three days below 0°C with a minimum of -6°C last week).
@@Hydreii My comment was based on the broader effects of local winter temperatures on my citrus, avocado, loquat, and white/black/green sapotes. All these fruits are equally tolerant of my local cold conditions. The recorded minimum in my area has been -2C, and the annual minimum average is 6C.
Dill, Parsley, Calendula planted under your sapote may be useful in attracting the predators that feed on scale insects. Integrated Pest Control.
Good idea. Managing the ants is getting to the root of it though.
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What kind of camera and stand you use? It's nice how you zoom in/out. At it looks pretty stable while you film! :)
Samsung Galaxy S22. Handheld, no tripod or grip.
@@RealLifeFruitopia very nice! :D
Hey George, thanks for the update! I can't want for other varieties to come back in stock at Daleys, so I ended up ordering a white sapote "Reinecke Commercial". It's already in ground and I've already started to see new growth within a week, although the hot windy day we had last Friday took out a few mature leaves which is a shame.
I couldn't find much about this variety online. Wondering if you have information about it? If not I guess I'll just need to wait for a few years and see.
I've read the Reinecke was used as a commerial crop, but not much info about flavour. I went for the 5 old favourites when I first discovered WS. You won't go wrong with Suebelle for taste.
I've heard spraying only affects the scale in its white stage, not when its at the hard black stage.
Maybe so, but it does slow it spreading.
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Hi George what is your favourite white sapote in taste or size thanks
Hawaiian supreme comes first, followed by Suebelle. Both have a crusty brown sugar creamy vanilla taste.
Great to see all of the sapotes, actually a lot of countries call sapodilla Chiku sapote so I suppose you could have included those as well 😂
I'm familiar with the term chiku, I didn't want the video to get over an hour long!
Macs golden white sapote is not self pollinated, better move it next to Otega which is a good pollinator.
Ortega is 10 meters away, Suebelle is 5 meters.
Hi George, are you sure the new growth on the Macs Golden is above the graft? Apparently the green sapote is the most similar in taste to a mamey sapote, but is of superior quality according to Daleys. Thanks for the video.
I'm not sure. it's hard to see.
I had to laugh 😂 when I saw the Mac Golden Sapote as I have the same one 2 years in ground and is the same size as your Mac Golden Sapote tree. When they were available at Daleys I must have got it at the time as you got yours from them. That Sapote is slow growing. With Bananas I put heaps of mulch on them and give them tomato feeder and Powerfeed Seasol but they just have not flowered. I have Red Wax Jumbe with flowering about to happen and a paw paw tree. But no bloody Banana flowers yet. 🤣 I like the Green Sapote I need to get one of those’s. I had one years ago from Daleys but I killed it even how its a easy tree to grow not sure why ? I could have just got a crap one ? But it also could have been because I used fruit potting mix from memory instead of normal garden soil.
It's very strange how I'm struggling with wax apples and for you it's bananas. Today I received some super cool plants, simultaneous feelings of excitement and upcoming heartache.
Not sure how well it would work. But since scale is moved qround and farmed by ants, if you could stop the anta you could limit the spread of scale. Maybe doing something like putting a think smear of vaseline around the trunk near the base would stop the ants from climbing up the tree
Vaseline can burn the bark, especially on hot days. It's best to wrap the trunk with cloth and smear Vaseline on the cloth. Thanks!
@@RealLifeFruitopia good point, I didn't think about it burning the trunk. Putting vaseline on a cloth sounds like a good solution though
I love my white sapotes. Luckily I don't get scale but thats probably because I live in a more exposed windy spot than where you are. This causes problems with the more delicate plants but the white sapotes are tough and hold up well.
It's an ant issue apparently.
I have ants on the sapotes but they are the big red ones not the little black ones and are getting something out of the flowers. I have a little scale on my citrus and those ones do have the small black ants come to think of it. For the scale you can try smearing vasoline around the trunk base. This doesnt hurt the tree or restrict its growth and the ants cant cross it.
I always found it weird that all these sapotes aren't related, and yet are still called sapotes... I mean, couldn't anyone think of a unique name for them ?
Anyway, great video as always ! I prefer the longer ones.
I totally agree on the wording of unrelated plants. Thanks for being a fan of the longer videos!
@@RealLifeFruitopia You've said in the video that green sapote is as cold tolerant as loquats, but in my experience that's not the case. My feijoas and my loquat have survived -12°C, with minimal damage (although my neighbor's loquats have been burnt to the ground by frost a few years ago and fruiting is rare due to the flowers being destroyed by frost), and I really don't think a green sapote would survive where I live, according to what I've read online. From what I understand, they're not even as cold tolerant as most of the common citrus (excluding ones like yuzu, which I've had success keeping alive where I live, even if they haven't fruited yet... By the way none of my cold tolerant citrus were damaged by three days below 0°C with a minimum of -6°C last week).
@@Hydreii My comment was based on the broader effects of local winter temperatures on my citrus, avocado, loquat, and white/black/green sapotes. All these fruits are equally tolerant of my local cold conditions. The recorded minimum in my area has been -2C, and the annual minimum average is 6C.
Hey mate have you tried the lomon drop mangosteen??
The fruit no, but the tree yes. It didn't survive.