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Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Alano, Grafted

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4401 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Alano, Grafted ?

What is grafted plant

Q: What is a grafted plant?

Grafting is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation where a piece of one plant (scion) selected for its flowers or fruit and containing the desired genes to be duplicated is inserted into a piece of another plant (rootstock), with a strong vigorous root system, usually a seedling.

Benefits of the graft:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a scion from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for a grafted plant)
introducing dwarfing, hardiness, disease and pest resistance.
easier propagation method when other means like cutting or seed is not successful

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sapodilla Alano was selected in Hawaii. It has a very sweet, top shaped fruit with excellent taste. Has a richer flavor than most other smooth-textured cultivars. The plant is very productive.
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4310 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Hasya, Air-layered ?

What is air-layered plant

Q: What is an air-layered plant?

Air-layering is a method of vegetative (or asexual) propagation woody ornamentals and fruit trees, when branches, while still attached to the parent plant, start producing roots where they come in contact with a rooting medium. Minimized water stress and stable nutrient levels make this method successful. Air-layering is used when grafting is not possible for a number of reasons.

Benefits of the air-layering:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a branch from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for the air-layered plant)
creates larger plant much faster unlike when growing from cuttings

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sapodilla Hasya - extra large, football-shaped fruit native to Mexico where it is the number one commercial cultivar grown. The fruit is of excellent eating quality and it has a reddish hue throughout the pulp. The tree is a large upright grower, and it is a prolific producer of large fruit that typically weigh thirteen ounces. The fruit ripens from November to June.
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SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

4420 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Molix, Air-layered ?

What is air-layered plant

Q: What is an air-layered plant?

Benefits of the air-layering:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a branch from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for the air-layered plant)
creates larger plant much faster unlike when growing from cuttings

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Molix is a football shaped fruit native to Mexico. This fruit is similar to Hasya in many ways, but it tends to be darker brown outside, less red inside, and the tree has curly leaves. The pulp is exceptionally sweet with a fine pear texture and pleasant aroma. The fruit are large typically weighing thirteen ounces. The season differs slightly from that of Hasya, beginning in February and ending in May.
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Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster
SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

4421 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Morena, Air-layered ?

What is air-layered plant

Q: What is an air-layered plant?

Benefits of the air-layering:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a branch from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for the air-layered plant)
creates larger plant much faster unlike when growing from cuttings

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sapodilla Morena is a football shaped Mexico native. This variety differs from the other Mexican cultivars ever so slightly in taste and appearance, but it tends to out produce all of them. The fruit are not quite as big as Hasya or Molix, but they are still large weighing up to twelve ounces. The fruit ripen from February to April.
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Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster
SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

4332 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Prolific, Air-layered ?

What is air-layered plant

Q: What is an air-layered plant?

Benefits of the air-layering:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a branch from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for the air-layered plant)
creates larger plant much faster unlike when growing from cuttings

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sapodilla Prolific, heavy producer. The Prolific has smooth pinkish-tan flesh when ripe. The fruits are round to conical and are long and broad, they tend to loose much of the furry texture on the skin when they are ripe. Trees are heavy bearers. Variety was originated as a seedling grown at the Agricultural Research and Education Center, Homestead, and released in 1941.
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Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster
SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

3401 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Silas Woods, Air-layered ?

What is air-layered plant

Q: What is an air-layered plant?

Benefits of the air-layering:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a branch from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for the air-layered plant)
creates larger plant much faster unlike when growing from cuttings

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

The 'Silas Woods' is an outstanding variety of Sapodilla. The tree has dwarf growth habit (under 20 ft in the ground) and adapts well to a container. This variety is highly productive. Trees are producing year round, the branches often require support as they get very heavy loaded with fruits.
Perfect fruit tree for small yards and container culture!
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The best variety for potting culture - the most profuse producer, flowering and fruiting nearly year round providing bright light and warmth. Although the fruit are smaller than other varieties and average 4-5" size.
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SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster
Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster
SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

4331 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Sugar Globe, seedling

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

This Sapodilla variety was brought by TopTropicals from Thailand in 2005. Fruit is perfectly round-shaped, medium size, and very sweet. The tree is a heavy produser.
This plant is a seedling and will take a few years to fruit.
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Grown in 6"/1 gal pot

2 Plants in stock

$39.00

Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Tikal, Grafted

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3764 Achras (manilkara) zapota - Sapodilla Tikal, Grafted ?

What is grafted plant

Q: What is a grafted plant?

Benefits of the graft:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a scion from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for a grafted plant)
introducing dwarfing, hardiness, disease and pest resistance.
easier propagation method when other means like cutting or seed is not successful

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Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Sapodilla Tikal was selected in the United States. The fruit are ovoid in shape, but are fat at one end. This variety was one of the first superior commercial varieties planted in Florida. Fruit size can vary, but they can get as large as eleven ounces. The fruit ripen from December to March.
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SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster
Mango-Food - Smart Release Fruit Tree Booster
SUNSHINE-Honey - sugar booster

4486 Achras zapota (Sapodilla) - seeds

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

Achras (manilkara) zapota (Sapodilla). For centuries, It has been one of the most popular and most productive tropical fruit trees in the world.Besides delicious fruit, the tree produces white, gummy latex that was an original source of chewing gum (chicle). Sapodilla is a fairly slow-growing, long-lived medium-size tree, upright and elegant, dense and distinctly pyramidal, with thick glossy green leaves. The fruit has gray-brown rough textured skin and pinkish-brown, moist, soft and delicious flesh that tastes like a pear soaked in brown sugar. Sapodilla trees fruit prolifically, at frequent intervals throughout the year.
Unlike most of tropical fruit, Sapodilla seeds remain viable for several years if kept dry. They germinate readily but growth is slow and the trees take 5 to 8 years to bear.
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Per pack: 6 large seeds

8 Packs in stock

$7.00
Sale: $5.60

Achras zapota (Sapodilla) Silas Woods - seeds

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6237 Achras zapota (Sapodilla) Silas Woods - seeds

Big tree > 20 ft Full sun Semi-shade Regular water Edible Subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant

The Silas Woods is an outstanding variety of Sapodilla. The tree has dwarf growth habit (under 20 ft in the ground) and adapts well to a container. This variety is highly productive. Trees are producing year round, the branches often require support as they get very heavy loaded with fruits.
Perfect fruit tree for small yards and container culture!
See picture of the fruiting tree and picture of the fruit
The best variety for potting culture - the most profuse producer, flowering and fruiting nearly year round providing bright light and warmth. Although the fruit are smaller than other varieties and average 4-5" size.
Sapodilla varieties come true from seeds. Of course seedlings take much longer till fruit, a few years, while grafted

What is grafted plant

Q: What is a grafted plant?

Benefits of the graft:

making a clone of the parent plant ensures the same cultivar, since most fruit trees will not come true to seed
taking a scion from a mature plant reduces time to flowering and fruiting (from 10-12 years for a seedling to 2-3 years or less for a grafted plant)
introducing dwarfing, hardiness, disease and pest resistance.
easier propagation method when other means like cutting or seed is not successful

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varieties start fruiting right away.
Ordering seeds info
RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES:
Seed Germination Mix #3, professional grade
SUNSHINE-S - Seeds and cuttings booster
Myco Mix - pro-mix with Mycorrhiza
SUNSHINE Bombino - Young Plant Booster

Per pack: 6 large seeds

1 Pack in stock
Last one

$7.00
Sale: $5.60

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