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Melicoccus bijugatus/mamoncillo/quenepa

9 years ago


Hello everyone,


i just bought a home in south Florida and while looking through a nursery for decorative plants, my mother gifted me with a quenepa tree. I was super excited and gladly took the little tree home. While googling information on the tree to pick the best possible planting location, I start reading about.... grafting!? Growing from seeds and getting Male and female?! Fruits not bearing without a male/female tree beside it.... but other articles are saying you're better off buying from a nursery (which I did). I'm super lost and I'm not sure where to go from now, do I need to do anything to make sure my tree produces fruits? How do I know if my plant is a male or female. Does it matter? How do I know it's been grafted to have both parts, if I do need both male/female? HELP ! What's my next step from here to ensure I get some fruit?

The owner of small nursery I got it from doesn't speak English that well, so I'm trying to figure this out on my own before going through them.

Also, do the roots of this tree get big? I know it's a tall tree but how far from my home should I have it.

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