I would love a red sugar apple! Have been wanting one for a while now. Will it stay true from seed? I have never grafted rootstock. I can trade you a chaya for a few.

Lady, you have a deal! Sugar Apples are commonly seed grown and stay true to type. The mother plant produces awesomely sweet, large fruit of a deep red color. From more reading I've done, I learned that Sugar Apple seedlings can flower/fruit in as little as 2 years.

I can either mail you seeds in moist peat or if you prefer to wait until they have germinated, I can send seedlings. They are very pretty trees, especially with plump red fruit hanging off them!

Lisa

Can you tell me how you germinate your seeds??? I have some reticulata I believe that never sprout! Am I being impatient or is there a trick???

Lisa I would prefer to wait till they are sprouted and strong enough to ship. I can send your chaya anytime though.

Mistiaggie, I put peat moss and seeds in a ziplock baggies, moisten the peat (not too wet!), and label the bag. Then I seal it, getting most of the air out and lay it flat in a tray. The baggies go in my hot, west facing shed. They germinate very quickly -you can see the white roots easily by just checking the bags every day. I also mark the # of seeds I have in them, and the date/variety so I know when all are germinated.

I learned this trick from palm seed growers. Palms take forver (months) but other seeds are FAST! My Sugar Apples that I bagged last week have already germinated.

I then open the bags that have sprouted seeds, remove the new plants and pot them up. I keep them in the shed (no direct sunlight) until they have first leaves, then I move them to a shady spot outside. Gradually they can go into full sun.

It is also easy to make a mini greenhouse by using small pots and putting them in gallon ziplocks (i have the ziplock opening on the left side) with about an inch of the zip left open on the lower edge. This creates a moist, warm zone for seedlings, and works great for palms and other tropicals. I have my germinated Bismarkias set up that way, two pots in each baggie.

Lisa

Thanks Lisa! I've tried putting them in small pots outside to start, then I also tried to start them in our seed starter area under our terrarium in another pot but no such luck. We've also tried the bag method with other things, but they seem to rot or mold. I'll try it again. Thanks again.

Lisa -
I would love to have a sugar apple, but I don't have anything of "trade value" yet. I'm just getting started and mostly only have landscape plants so far. About the only thing interesting I have is some American Beautyberry (think they are also called dwarf mulberry)if you would be interested.
Would it be possible to pay you for a seeling or two, or is that a no-no on this site?

Lynn, You are welcome to SA seedlings for free. Once they grow a little more, I can bring them to my work in Stuart and you could pick them up there if you like. I don't think they will be ready for the Palm City trade.

I have both green and red - you can have both if you want.

Lisa

Thank you!! I would love to have one of each - just let me know when they are ready. I live in PSL, but work in Jupiter ... so I can easily swing through Stuart on the way home. I'm so excited!

Lisa I used to have all 3 of those fruit trees. I moved and took them with me, they didn't survive. Surprisingly my grafted mango tree, is growing new leaves , even though I pruned most of it

Lisa, I would also love to have a sugar apple seedling. Are you going to bring some to the swap in Palm City next week? I will have several things to trade, or will purchase.

Gus

I'll bring SA and Cherimoya seedlimgs to the swap, but they are really young, so ya'll have to promise not to laugh at them(G). They grow very quickly! I have enough to share with anyone who wants such a wonderful, small fruit tree.

Lisa

WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET ALL THREE

gcmasiffs do you have big red sugar apple seeds.thanks

Hi, I have been waiting all season for these fruits! They are my parents favorites. My dad just dealt and beat cancer last year and his birthday is coming up Sept 15. Thee would make the perfect gift!

I don't have much to trade right now. I have some bananas. Some mangos that are just sprouting. Some moringa seeds. Some swiss chard - bright lights I believe. A few small dragon fruit branches. Some mulberry plants. Some basil seedligs, some curry plant seedlings or like a 12 to 15 nches plants, and sugar date seeds