I didn't realise they were that easy to grow from cuttings. We nearly lost our only tree to a borer a few years back it is still recovering slowly perhaps I should take a few cuttings as insurance... I enjoyed your video it flowed well with good info and a nice editing style. Cheers :)
nice to know you can root them easily from cuttings, I got my first acerola and it's starting to grow out nicely and thought to air-layer some cuttings but the branches are still relatively young and thin so it'll be easier just to cut them off and pot them like you did. I also found that potting soil is fine for rooting, lots of videos people use peat moss but I never bothered. I do like to take off slices of bark at the rooting end to promote more areas of roots to come out from.
Very informative video. I have a small tree that gave me 3 cherries...it was full of flowers but I had to move it indoors because a storm was coming. It lost all the flowers! I am planning on potting the seeds but with the slow growth rate I prefer to use the cuttings method. thanks for this video.
@@cucar8363 thank you for watching and congrats on the little acerola. Cuttings will ensure you get a good fruiting cultivar too, seedlings are variable.
Thanks for the video, sometimes shoots taking doesn't mean roots taking as well, such as mulberry cuttings, so it'll be better to show growing roots from one of your Acerola cuttings.
This has been my experience too. Very easy to get leaves bigger than shown in the video but quite difficult to get roots to take. I wonder what the actual survival rate from this video was.
@@KristyW72 really doesn’t matter. What is important about the medium that you use is that it’s inert. I bought playground sand and I have had much more success compared to soil.
What time of the year is good to propagate using cutting? I've tried three times unsuccessfully. Wondering if it matters to when it is a good time to try propagate through cutting (winter, spring, or before it flowers/fruit or after flower/fruit)?
Really never had them not take so I am not sure? As long as it is warm enough for growth then they should take. I have done it in both shade and sun (but usually sun just because it is easier).
@@PracticalPrimate I think he meant the cuttings not the tree. Because that's my question too. My cuttings die, seen as I don't know if I'm over or under watering them.
Vashran Vidal they flower in the first year from cuttings so just as fast as grafting. I suppose you could graft them but that is extra time and they sucker like crazy which would be a constant battle. No upsides and a few downsides for grafting these.
@@PracticalPrimate thanx for the info by the way I know that this as nothing to do with this but I can't seem to get any info on the fruiting of years of acorns, Hawthornes and junipers or pine nuts do anyone who as watched them from baby stage or anyone that can dwarf them for me?
Whar should i do? My acerola cherry started fliwering a year ago.. and it flowers a lot right now BUT the flowers always falls on the grown and not becoming fruit.. help please..
I find the flowers always fall off until they get a bit of size in them, is it still young? They other thing is they tend to drop flowers/fruit when it’s dry. It’s also possible you have something stealing the fruit before they mature?
@@PracticalPrimate just flowers then fall off. Just last year started to flower. I'm from tropical place. But with my surinam cherry plants no problem on fruiting.
Same with my plant. Daily lots and lot of flowers blooming but they fall off. Only 1 or 2 gets fruit. I guess less pollinators in my balcony. Can i hand pollinate with a brush???
@@PracticalPrimate . Actually we dont have this cherry in our country . So I am thinking of importing this fruit or seeds to plant this wonderful tree.
@@knicks252525 they get Queensland fruit fly here (a local pest) and I didn’t feel netting or bagging was worthwhile compared to some other trees I could replace it with that are either resistant or make more sense to bag. They are a nice tree and I would grow it if it weren’t susceptible.
For most plants you would put them in at least partial shade, but I haven’t found that it matters with acerola. I put mine in the sun because I need the shade for more sensitive plants.
I didn't realise they were that easy to grow from cuttings. We nearly lost our only tree to a borer a few years back it is still recovering slowly perhaps I should take a few cuttings as insurance... I enjoyed your video it flowed well with good info and a nice editing style. Cheers :)
Thanks so much Mark :)
Learning more about video with each attempt.
Yeah acerola are super easy so worth doing!
Hello!
nice to know you can root them easily from cuttings, I got my first acerola and it's starting to grow out nicely and thought to air-layer some cuttings but the branches are still relatively young and thin so it'll be easier just to cut them off and pot them like you did. I also found that potting soil is fine for rooting, lots of videos people use peat moss but I never bothered. I do like to take off slices of bark at the rooting end to promote more areas of roots to come out from.
Thanks mate 👍 greetings from Florida 🌴 🌞
Very informative video. I have a small tree that gave me 3 cherries...it was full of flowers but I had to move it indoors because a storm was coming. It lost all the flowers! I am planning on potting the seeds but with the slow growth rate I prefer to use the cuttings method. thanks for this video.
@@cucar8363 thank you for watching and congrats on the little acerola. Cuttings will ensure you get a good fruiting cultivar too, seedlings are variable.
Itchy leaves, tasty fruit. They hedge nicely too!
Dibble and Seed they do hedge very well! Maybe dogs are less likely to climb up in a hedge, hmmmmm?!
Greetings from Florida too … thanks mate !!
Thanks for the video, sometimes shoots taking doesn't mean roots taking as well, such as mulberry cuttings, so it'll be better to show growing roots from one of your Acerola cuttings.
This has been my experience too. Very easy to get leaves bigger than shown in the video but quite difficult to get roots to take. I wonder what the actual survival rate from this video was.
I for one will never use soil again to root in. I changed a few years back to sand and my success rate for all cutting went up substantially.
What kind of sand?
@@KristyW72 really doesn’t matter. What is important about the medium that you use is that it’s inert. I bought playground sand and I have had much more success compared to soil.
Is the water ruse use to water the plants from a well or faucet
What time of the year is good to propagate using cutting? I've tried three times unsuccessfully. Wondering if it matters to when it is a good time to try propagate through cutting (winter, spring, or before it flowers/fruit or after flower/fruit)?
Are there any other Berry fruits that look exactly like Acerola on the outer self, but have a different kind of seed inside?
I was wondering how long it takes from roots appearing to being a recognizable bush/tree ?
In summer here only 2-3 months. Really though it’s probably a year until you would plant it out.
I planted 12 cuttings and none of them took. Do the cuttings require regular sun or a shaded location? Had mine in shade to partial shade
Really never had them not take so I am not sure? As long as it is warm enough for growth then they should take. I have done it in both shade and sun (but usually sun just because it is easier).
What would you say the thinnest should be for being successful? I want to propagate but I don't want to trim branches that thick from it.
If it’s got that woody look it should be ok, probably pencil thickness. No doubt under perfect conditions (humidity etc.) you could use smaller.
@@PracticalPrimate Thank you.
How long does it take for the cuttings to grow and bare fruits?
They will grow in a few weeks and will typically fruit (just a few) in the first year
Awesome video. How often do you water them?
Thanks :) I tend not to in my climate but notice that with weekly watering in the hotter months I do get a LOT more fruit.
@@PracticalPrimate I think he meant the cuttings not the tree. Because that's my question too. My cuttings die, seen as I don't know if I'm over or under watering them.
I can't seem to find anything on wether you can graft it or not to let it fruit faster can you help me out.
Vashran Vidal they flower in the first year from cuttings so just as fast as grafting. I suppose you could graft them but that is extra time and they sucker like crazy which would be a constant battle. No upsides and a few downsides for grafting these.
@@PracticalPrimate thanx for the info by the way I know that this as nothing to do with this but I can't seem to get any info on the fruiting of years of acorns, Hawthornes and junipers or pine nuts do anyone who as watched them from baby stage or anyone that can dwarf them for me?
Might have to snap a branch off my neighbors tree 😆
I’m sure if you asked they wouldn’t mind :)
Whar should i do? My acerola cherry started fliwering a year ago.. and it flowers a lot right now BUT the flowers always falls on the grown and not becoming fruit.. help please..
I find the flowers always fall off until they get a bit of size in them, is it still young? They other thing is they tend to drop flowers/fruit when it’s dry. It’s also possible you have something stealing the fruit before they mature?
@@PracticalPrimate just flowers then fall off. Just last year started to flower.
I'm from tropical place.
But with my surinam cherry plants no problem on fruiting.
Same with my plant. Daily lots and lot of flowers blooming but they fall off. Only 1 or 2 gets fruit. I guess less pollinators in my balcony. Can i hand pollinate with a brush???
My guess is that most young fruit tree will drop their flowers if the tree is standard or doesnt have the proper pollinator.
Can we grow them from sowing their seeds ....?
Definitely. If you have a tree that you know fruits well though, cuttings are a quicker way to a fruiting tree of known quality.
@@PracticalPrimate . Actually we dont have this cherry in our country . So I am thinking of importing this fruit or seeds to plant this wonderful tree.
Excellent!
Updates on these cuttings?
All grew and were given away. Acerola is super easy to grow cuttings from.
@@PracticalPrimate , do we need to keep them cover in clear plastic or not necessary? Thank you for the video
@@GetDamage I don’t in a subtropical climate but if your climate is very dry it probably wouldn’t hurt. Hope that helps!
Hi any updates on these?
They all grow fine :) a really easy tree to propagate.
I actually ended up removing the tree last year though.
@@PracticalPrimate why did you remove it ?
@@knicks252525 they get Queensland fruit fly here (a local pest) and I didn’t feel netting or bagging was worthwhile compared to some other trees I could replace it with that are either resistant or make more sense to bag.
They are a nice tree and I would grow it if it weren’t susceptible.
Soooo what about an update 1 year later !??
They all grew fine and were given away. One is growing at my sisters house so may do an update but it just looks like an Acerola :)
After the plant the cutting where should I place the plant? Full sun, partial shade, shade?
For most plants you would put them in at least partial shade, but I haven’t found that it matters with acerola. I put mine in the sun because I need the shade for more sensitive plants.
It's not easy to grow by cuttings maybe by air layering
if you propagate Acerola with seeds, how long are the seeds viable for? I know with Eugenia uniflora (Brazilian cherry) it is less than 2 months.
Yeah it isn’t long, but I haven’t actually tested it. I do know that the seed viability is pretty low regardless of age.
Do you sell your cuttings online?
I can provide them locally. If you are in Brisbane email me through my website. Otherwise sorry no.
Save some of those lemons for acerola cherry lemonade.
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Groot
actually, that was a waste, the smaller branches would have also grown. blessings to all
I don’t have that many pots for acerola! Haha :)
Thanks for watching :)