star fruit seeds
The following thread was started by Thomas on December 28, 2004 at 3:09 pm PST
Ive had good luck with a little heat. If you plant them fresh they should come up fine.
The above followup was added by benp on December 28, 2004 at 4:12 pm PST.
Ok I'll try that. Are they fast growing?
The above followup was added by Thomas on December 28, 2004 at 5:27 pm PST.
The fresh ones I did sprouted fairly fast, the dry ones I ordered in took quite some time, and I had poor germination. I just had them in the ziplocs as I said, at room temps.
I had quite a few growing in pots, but only have one left about a foot tall. The others did not handle the winter cold and summer heat. I had one more, but the darn cats broke it off and it never grew back.
David
The above followup was added by DavidLJ48, Waterford CA, zone9 on December 28, 2004 at 6:56 pm PST.
Ok I'll use half the seeds for your way and half for the other way.
The above followup was added by Thomas on December 28, 2004 at 7:26 pm PST.
Drop me a note, and I cand send you a pix of my seedling tree.
The above followup was added by pitangadiego on January 16, 2005 at 4:10 pm PST.
Where do you get them?
The above followup was added by jennie on January 21, 2005 at 4:27 pm PST.
Best of luck with your Carambola seedlings. In South -East Asia seedling fruit contain so much oxalate that they are used as an effective stain remover and brass polisher - very sour indeed. I have a variety named "Kary" which has more cold tolerance than other selections, a heavy cropper with extremely sweet fruit, few seeds and excellent flavour. These trees do well as container specimens and I have just sown some seeds myself to obtain a second plant to act as a pollinator.
The above followup was added by Jed on January 21, 2005 at 10:29 pm PST.
Thanks and best of luck!
Where can you buy the seeds
The above followup was added by jennie on January 23, 2005 at 1:42 pm PST.
Jennie you'll need to buy a ripe fruit if you can find one as the seed only remains viable for a few days, and I doubt whether anyone would stock them for that reason alone. Sown in damp peat moss they'll germinate in around 14 days, but seedlings are very tender and need good care. My "Kary" tree is a grafted specimen and I noticed this morning that the rootstock is sending out a single pale-green shoot, so hopefully if it is not too vigorous I'll allow it to develop and its proximity may promote pollination of the main plant. Here in the southern states of Australia the plant really needs glasshouse conditions, so I have mine in a "bonsai bag" which is simply a 20 litre mesh structure used above ground that dwarfs the tree and discourages the roots from escaping into the soil but encourages early fruit development and a more manageably sized mature plant. They are being used for commercial cherry production here, and you know how large a full grown cherry tree can be, but remain productive and can even be moved around if necessary. My Carambola lives in my heated glasshouse for the winter and outside during the rest of the year and is doing well so far. The bonsai bags are only about $3.50 (Australian) each, so would be happy to pass on details if anyone is interested
The above followup was added by Jed - Australia on January 23, 2005 at 8:33 pm PST.
Thanks so very much!!i will buy some soon!
The above followup was added by jennie on January 24, 2005 at 2:16 pm PST.
What kind of temp. does a star fruit need? Where did it come from? Thank you!
The above followup was added by jennie on January 24, 2005 at 2:39 pm PST.
Hi Jennie - just click on the green "Carambola" link at the bottom of my last posting for all you'll need to know.
The above followup was added by Jed - Australia on January 24, 2005 at 4:43 pm PST.
My family is gald to hear about the star fruit! We will start today!! Thanks again for all your help!!
The above followup was added by jennie on January 25, 2005 at 6:54 am PST.