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

bananadan25

I had to revive this old thread, I also grow green sapote, Mine is a seedling which was given to me, I've found it to be incredibly precocious and cold hardy, Much more so than Mamey seedlings I have.

I received it april 2012, this is what it looked like



this is what it looked like in march 2013

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and this is it today, late july 2013







Have any of you had luck with fruiting? How do your trees look? can you post pictures?

sunfish

bananadan25

That's a beautiful white sapote tree.. I can't wait til mine fruits that way... but green sapote is completely different

sunfish

Okay .I'll have to google green sapote Thanks

So green Sapote is pink and white sapote is green.The white sapote in my pic is on it's own no one waters or fertilizes this tree.

bananadan25

there are a few fruits from completely different species that all go by the name "sapote" it's pretty confusing.. one is the white sapote, which is supposedly related to citrus, then black sapote, which is related to persimmon, then there is green and mamey sapote, which are also different.

still that white sapote is really impressive Can't wait til my white sapote is as mature as yours!

sunfish

Thanks

Richard

Here's a disambiguation I wrote a while back: SAPOTE-NAMED FRUITING PLANTS

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bananadan25

RIchard, you started this thread, What has your experience with green sapote been like? If you notice my previous post, I mention the one that was given to me and is now some 8+ feet tall. Has your fruited yet? any info would be appreciate

Richard

Don't own one, but I'd sure like to plant it at my new home in western Vista CA. I know of two trees that are fruiting in southern CA -- one in Santa Monica Canyon and the other in eastern Camarillo CA. They are both mature, perhaps 15+ years old.

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bananadan25

you should purchase one! If I could make it to so cal I would find and purchase a grafted Green sapote. My seedling tree, that was given to me, puts on amazing amounts of growth and is unphased by winter, it's completely the opposite of Mamey sapote. It grows great here even in my cool summer weather!

Richard

This morning I visited Roger & Shirley Meyer in Fountain Valley CA to purchase a Green Sapote (Pouteria viridis). They have 2 or 3 dozen plants about 3 years old in 5 and 15 gallon pots. At $35 each for the 5 gallon pots I just couldn't resist -- I came home with three! You can contact them here: XotcFruit.

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Richard

Here's an update to an article I wrote a few years ago: Guide To Sapote Named Fruits

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barnetmill

Will any of the better ones grow in zone 8b?