I grew up eating loquats a lot. My grandparents had a big, beautiful tree that produced so much fruit every year. In the French speaking community I grew up in in Louisiana, we called them "mispilusses" (it's related to the word "nisperos" in Spanish and "nespoli" in Italian. I believe the Latin word it comes from is "mespilus" or something similar). They're also commonly called Japanese plums in English. I want one so bad, and now, thanks to you, I'm realizing I should probably get a grafted tree.
OMG 😮 I CANT BELIEVE YOU DID IT! Wowwwww and it looks like it may make it! The leaves on the grafts would have wilted and fell off by now if it didn’t take. Just be patient with this tree BUT and that a big BUT! STILL buy a grafted variety. Only because I want loquats NOWWWWW!😂 I want a grafted variety too we just don’t have any here. I may have to order one.
leadfarmer73 yes🤗😅 thank you for making it sound so easy. I was so intimidated to graft anything untill I saw how you did it ☺. I think they did take . We will find out🙏🙏. I'll keep you guys posted. I think might get another one 😐🤔 I just dont have the space for two Loquats 😭😭. I'm sure I'll figure something out. Yours look alot older, it might fruit sooner. Plus you put it in the ground, its going to take off.☺ Thank you
I say go ahead and get you one that's grafted and keep working on that one so you can get your fruit. love it that's what I'm getting a loquat and a persimmons great video Diana
Mari's Vegetable Garden Thank you, I think I agree. I might get a grafted one. Ill just have to figured something out because I am limited space 😅. Yay! Your going to love them both. Thank you 💓
I just bought one from a nursery but I didn't ask the variety. I did ask him when it will fruit and he said in 2 years. I want to replant it into a bigger container. We plan to buy more- that will fruit sooner. Buy the grafted one! Loquat is are favorite too and we want fruit asap. Have you tried using the leaves to make tea? I watched a youtube video on it recently
Jacquelyn Gibson thats awesome. Was your grafted? If you have the room you should totally get at less one more. Then you can graft other veriaties. You should defenatly transplant it, to give it room to grow over this growing season. 🤗. I think I will get another one. Thanks
Garden love I don't know if it is grafted or not? And I'm not sure how to tell. We have plenty of room where we are for as many fruit trees as we want- but we want to keep them in containers until we buy our own land.
Jacquelyn Gibson I dont blame you. I also kept my trees in container because I knew I was going to move. The nice thing is that when I move I already had a small collection. It took a moving truck to get alll of my plants. :/ lol... I might do a vidoe so you can see what a graft looks like. Its good to know. :)
Hello, I know I have never met you, yet I appreciate your passion for the Loquat tree. I had one many years ago, and I was very proud to have it grown one up from a seedling, much as an avocado tree grows up from a single nut. Unfortunatley , My LandLord cut it down for no good reason, and now I miss my Loquat tree very much. I am not an expert on these things, All I know is when this specimen was in my yard, It bloomed! I live in Southern California, and I tell you, this magnificent plant was just happy as can be. It was just magnificent. Just don't graft them very much, as they are very adaptable, and are very hardy. In the long run, they will not disappoint you. Keep the faith. Enjoyed watching your video. P.S. Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr
I had a loquat as a kid. Loved it. It died of root rot. We don't know how old it was, or what variety it was because it came with the house and was already mature. I had NO idea there were different varieties. I bought a seedling off the Facebook marketplace and was told it was 2 years old, but it's not even a foot tall. Thinking about repotting it to see how it does. I do know it was grown from seed.
Oh nooo thats a sad story. Loquats are amazing and they dont need tons of water special the bigger they get, however if you have them in containers thats a different story. I think repotting is a great idea. And im sure it will grow soon specially since its warming up. 🤗🙂. Thabk you for your support and watching. Please keep me posted on your little baby loquat🤗🙂
We had a golden nugget and it took about 8 years before we had our first fruit but after that the tree made some of the best loquats I have ever tasted... they were super juicy and sweet my go to refreshing summer fruit. If trimmed properly the trees have beautiful leaves and a beautiful canopy.
Hi Diana, if you have seedling then it isn't a Gold Nugget, its a new variety, you can call it "Diana" if you want. Plants grown from seed are like people in that they are a unique combination of the genes of the parents. The other thing about a seedling is that its likely to be a great big tree but the fruit is unlikely to be as good as one of the named/improved varieties. I have a Champagne in a pot that gives me a small number of fruit but there are so many trees around southern California that you can get fruit often by asking the owner if you can pick some. The key to sweet and large fruits on loquat is thinning the fruits. It seems like there is a given amount of sugar in a growing season and the more fruits the tree is allowed to hold, the more bland the taste and smaller the size.
I have a loquat seedling growing in my garden! I was able to sprout all the seeds but only the only in the ground survived. Most likely from neglect and not watering enough in summer because they were in tiny pots. But my goal is to graft a good variety and my friend has the chamapnge I think. But so far mine has been growing pretty slowly. But I've always heard great things about loquat fruit so I'm excited to one day taste it!
Great video! I 🙏🏾 your graft takes. I am growing two from seeds. I’m not expecting any fruit for years. The owner said his tree is 13 years old and is fertilizer with Organic fertilize. Growing Loquat Tree from seeds is just an experiment. I will eventually buy a couple of trees and I will remember to do get grafted ones thanks to your great video. Keep Growing and Happy Gardening!
Cheryl’s Organic Food Forest **** Thank you 🙏. Growing things from seeds is an experience, its fun and rewarding. If I new this was a seedling I think I eould have tried to grow it myself. But to late lol... that is great, that you got an organic seedling. I am sure after a few years it will fruit. Thank you for your support. Happy gardening, and have an amazing weekend 💓💚💓
My loquat tree just fruited out of no where I've had it for 1 year. I have it sitting low in the wine barrel. I watered it whenevers and bam came home one day flowers then they turned to pods and less than a month later fruit. I have it next to a dwarf kumquat tree that fruited last month, dont know if that sped things up. But i usually use a mix of the Kellogg's raised bed mix with top soil bone and blood meal citrus manure and citrus fertilizer then I dont fertilizer after that usual lasts for the season or more. I will amend with my castings. But I lack compost i always forget to buy it or make it. Just stared a pile last week.
Nice video. I have two nisperos that I grew from seeds that have yet to bear fruit although they are quite tall (and in the ground). We are in Central Texas where it has a similar climate to where they came from (southeast Spain). I'm thinking that I might still have to wait but they leaf out very well but probably need some pruning. Thanks for your information!
Thats amazing! I'm sure it will produce fruit before you know it. How old are they? Dont miss out on the video I just posted. This tree fruited yay! Fruit was tasty check it out.
yes buy a Big Jim Loquat !! and for the golden nugget air layer some of the branches instead of pruning them !! they'll make great gifts or do a giveaway to your subscribers , either way I think you should make the most of your tree !
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Just remember that when loquats fruit, the branches bend all the way towards the ground on smaller trees. You might want to train in a cylinder shape, to keep the side branches short in your courtyard, to keep the fruit closer to the trunk taking up less room
@@krayziejerry I would was a wet napkin in a ziplock bag to germinate seeds and put in potting soil until tree is snout 12 inches tall and then use actual soil where tree will be planted to prevent shock to the tree when it’s put into the ground.
Thanknyou so much! If their in pots make sure you give them fertilizer every 2 months or every month, plenty of water when their flowering and make sure they are in a spot they like. Please keep me posted 😀🤗 Im sure they will be Fruiting in no time. Also the age and size of the tree matters too.
Diana My loquat tree's leaves are still green. There's a problem the leaves are drooping down though. I'm not sure what's happening to it. What should I do?
there could be a few things wrong with them. check the soil for water log, or not enough water, is it getting enough sun? has it been in the same pot to long?
So Cal backyard Orchard Thank you! I am going to look for one. Ill definatly getting one. By the way I put the link to your tour on this video. ☺🤗👍. Thanks
I personally prefer to let nature take its turn, I grew all of my loquat trees from seeds and I do get awesome fruit from all of them. Just be patient and enjoy growing it. I also have avocado trees and it took about 13 years to give fruits but when they did , i harvest over 400 avocados from just one tree. Let nature do it’s work.
Wow that is amazing, your right i need to be patient. I did give me fruit last year right after this video. This year it didnt have much due to the fact that I didnt give it the care I usually do. But this year will be another year. Thank you for watching 😊
Omg wow! Was it in the ground? Holy mole! Was it a seedling? I just posted a video on my loquat it fruited and it taste yummy. It took 4 years for this one, growing in a container.
@@GardenloveHomestead I bought two trees and set them out 15 feet apart from one another but the bunny rabbits ate the bark off of the bottom of the tree and it died. I painted the roots up to about 24 inches up with white paint I also split a 2 liter Sprite bottle placed it around the tree trunk I cut the top and bottom out of the bottle and ductaped it together the white paint was unpalatable to the rabbits it also covered up existing holes in the tree trunk and that prevented insects from boring into the trunk of the tree . All of this was during first year when the tree was around 5 foot tall
@@GardenloveHomestead I think that one of the reasons that it only has fruit on the east side of the tree is because #1 the wind and the cold stunted the West side when it blomed #2 I may have to get another plum tree to cross pollinate
@@megalodon4228 those are good points hopefully this next year the wins aren't that bad. Keeping my fingers cross for you. Let me know, I'm sure we will be in contact.
@@GardenloveHomestead just throw the seeds on the ground and they will sprout we are keeping the seeds and we are planning to use the trees for a Border fence/privatce fence
Hey I am from India and i have a Loquat fruit around 4 years aged It is being blossoming since two years but no fruiting occurs. Does the tree need a pair for getting fruit?
Hi thank you for reaching out and welcome to my channel. Some Loquat's trees are self pollinator when other aren't. What kind of Loquat do you have? Also is it in the ground? or in a pot? is your tree as bis as mine? sorry for all the questions but there is so many factor that can be preventing you r tree from producing fruit.
Hiya thanks for the reply About the plant Its on ground and its been 3 years and its now fully grown (like it reached above my terrus) It blossoms every season and now it has a lot of flowers but sadly it just dies and not change to fruits.
They hate very salty soil too, or being watered with salty water. They hate fertilizer/nitrogen, they are sensitive to bacteria, for example cow manure that is not composted in hot temperatures is dangerous for the Loquat tree. Even adding those things to the top of the soil sparingly is dangerous to those trees.
Hi thank you for this information. Great tips. Luckily I do not have any of those. Only tap water, organic fertilizer, and conpost. Where are you located? Are you near the ocean? Do you have a loquat, if so what variety?
@@GardenloveHomestead I am doing research on loquats before I get any, yet I do have a friend who has a loquat on the Island of Malta, tree after tree of his died, his last loquat is doing much better because he figured out that loquat trees are more sensitive to salt than all his other plants, on Malta many farmers use spring water from the ground, my friend not being a farmer does not have that option. He had to stop watering his Loquat plant and he covered it with mulch, to help keep the ground from drying out on the desert like months in Malta. The plant is healthy on the most part. Stress shows on the leaves though, caused by the salt. The ground it's self has lots of salt. Loquat plants them selves are sensitive to salt, even when grafted to a root stock of something that is not Loquat. Organic fertilizer is more gentle on plants and on their roots, I have noticed that. Plus for how much soil you have in your pots, even in that up-potting video of yours, you are not putting much fertilizer. That and it's a gentler fertilizer. I got a lot of my information from a book written in 1922, it was written by a government agriculturist in Malta. I have a lot of interest in Malta because my parents, my aunt here in the USA were born there, I have visited there a lot of times, especially 2006 and earlier. First I started collecting fig trees after trying fresh figs in Malta. In time I started to grow more and more interest in to growing things like they grow in Malta. Loquats, or Nespla (Nespli) as they call them in Malta are one of the most popular fruits in Malta, yet I have not tried it since March - May is not a time I ever feel tempted to go to Malta. The one problem is that where I live is too cold for Loquats to grow most years. Flowers get ruined by the cold here in supposed 7b. So I will have to keep them potted. I am trying to get one or more of the Maltese varieties of Nespla imported as cuttings to where I live, in North Carolina, here the winters range from 7a to 9a for cold hardiness zone. I will be grafting on to a plant related to Loquat, it's probably the best choice for a root-stock, when growing Loquat in a pot. It's a root stock that dwarfs loquat yet should keep the fruit the same size, and make the plant stronger. More resilient to other problems, not less sensitive to salt though. Luckily we don't have a problem with salt here. I am hoping to get 3 out of the 7 varieties of Maltese Naspla. I already know of 2 people who have Maltese Naspla. One has one Maltese variety, I am not sure how many varieties the other person has. One person has already promised me cuttings, the other has not been asked yet, although hes a very nice person. I will be meeting him the next time I visit Malta. Oh and the one who has already promised me cuttings will also send me cuttings of a seedling he grew from a Loquat tree originating in Central Portugal that has large incredible fruit. It appears to be one of those very rare varieties that if you grow it from seed, it turns out surprisingly like the tree that the fruit came from. One of the varieties from Malta is that way. I think that the tree in Portugal might be a variety called 'Tanaka'. It's popularly grown in Portugal, to sell the fruit. Yet I don't know for sure what the mystery tree in Portugal is. I live hours away from the ocean. PS: I read that the year after grafting, or the year after that is when fruit produces from a loquat graft, if the tree is big enough, I think that yours is.
Orlando Backyard Gardening lol.. you totally should. I love loquats. Do you have one? Or have you tried the fruit? I would have 5 trees if i could. But once these get mature they produce plenty of fruit.
Not yet...but there are not too many fruits I don't like...Im interested in growing trees that I know do well in my area that won't be harmed by the occasional hard freezes here in Orlando Fl. Might get one and container grow it at least for a while till it gets a decent size..will look for a champagne variety
Orlando Backyard Gardening that makes sense I feel the same way. I love all fruit trees as well. I al defiantly getting a Champagne loquat. That is a benefit of container gardening. You can move it around untill you find the perfect spot for it.
Loquats from seed does not come true to the parent plant! Meaning it does not matter what species it is because you won't get the same tasting fruit. Only grafted loquats are true to the parent plant.
I just order some seeds from Plant Abundance. He has a few in his backyard food forest. I am going to try and grow from seed. They can take from 5-7 years to produce fruit. It looks like the one you have there is about 3-4 years old. So if you really want loquats next year them you might have to buy an older tree in a bigger pot. But my vote is to wait it out and see where that one goes. I plan on putting then in 20-30 gallon pots for the long haul before planting them in the ground.
Just be patient. It's crazy but I have the same golden nugget from a nursery. I assumed it was grafted and was expecting fruit the season after still didn't get anything. It's not been 3 years and its finally flowering. Being patient it a virtue for gardening. Plus trees from seedlings are better. the fruit quality is better and best of all the seeds are fertile.
Pixie PaganMoon many people get fruit trees to successfully fruit after injuring the base of the tree. It makes the tree go into stress to produce fruits so that it will make babies and continue its lineage. You can tap the base of the stem aggressively with a crowbar.
I grew up eating loquats a lot. My grandparents had a big, beautiful tree that produced so much fruit every year. In the French speaking community I grew up in in Louisiana, we called them "mispilusses" (it's related to the word "nisperos" in Spanish and "nespoli" in Italian. I believe the Latin word it comes from is "mespilus" or something similar). They're also commonly called Japanese plums in English. I want one so bad, and now, thanks to you, I'm realizing I should probably get a grafted tree.
I planted my first loquat today. Fingers crossed....will live long and bear delicious fruit.
Omg how exciting 🙌😍 did you put it in the ground?
@@GardenloveHomestead Yes. Am terrified that it will grow taller than my house. 😅
OMG 😮 I CANT BELIEVE YOU DID IT! Wowwwww and it looks like it may make it! The leaves on the grafts would have wilted and fell off by now if it didn’t take. Just be patient with this tree BUT and that a big BUT! STILL buy a grafted variety. Only because I want loquats NOWWWWW!😂 I want a grafted variety too we just don’t have any here. I may have to order one.
leadfarmer73 yes🤗😅 thank you for making it sound so easy. I was so intimidated to graft anything untill I saw how you did it ☺. I think they did take . We will find out🙏🙏. I'll keep you guys posted. I think might get another one 😐🤔 I just dont have the space for two Loquats 😭😭. I'm sure I'll figure something out. Yours look alot older, it might fruit sooner. Plus you put it in the ground, its going to take off.☺ Thank you
i have found a 40 year old Loquat tree in the neighborhood! the family is going to allow me to air graft it!! im doing it tomorrow!
I say go ahead and get you one that's grafted and keep working on that one so you can get your fruit. love it that's what I'm getting a loquat and a persimmons great video Diana
Mari's Vegetable Garden Thank you, I think I agree. I might get a grafted one. Ill just have to figured something out because I am limited space 😅. Yay! Your going to love them both. Thank you 💓
Hi, Diana !!! How are you doing? Thanks for sharing your tree and some great info and tips. Enjoyed! See you next Saturday for more videos my, friend.
Jenita Lovingit!! Have no idea how i missed this. Much love! See you soon
I just bought one from a nursery but I didn't ask the variety. I did ask him when it will fruit and he said in 2 years. I want to replant it into a bigger container. We plan to buy more- that will fruit sooner. Buy the grafted one! Loquat is are favorite too and we want fruit asap. Have you tried using the leaves to make tea? I watched a youtube video on it recently
Jacquelyn Gibson thats awesome. Was your grafted? If you have the room you should totally get at less one more. Then you can graft other veriaties. You should defenatly transplant it, to give it room to grow over this growing season. 🤗. I think I will get another one. Thanks
Garden love I don't know if it is grafted or not? And I'm not sure how to tell. We have plenty of room where we are for as many fruit trees as we want- but we want to keep them in containers until we buy our own land.
Jacquelyn Gibson I dont blame you. I also kept my trees in container because I knew I was going to move. The nice thing is that when I move I already had a small collection. It took a moving truck to get alll of my plants. :/ lol... I might do a vidoe so you can see what a graft looks like. Its good to know. :)
Good luck with the graft....hope to see new leaves from that graft soon..cant wait..
Orlando Backyard Gardening thank you! Me too cant wait. :)
Hello, I know I have never met you, yet I appreciate your passion for the Loquat tree. I had one many years ago, and I was very proud to have it grown one up from a seedling, much as an avocado tree grows up from a single nut. Unfortunatley , My LandLord cut it down for no good reason, and now I miss my Loquat tree very much. I am not an expert on these things, All I know is when this specimen was in my yard, It bloomed! I live in Southern California, and I tell you, this magnificent plant was just happy as can be. It was just magnificent. Just don't graft them very much, as they are very adaptable, and are very hardy. In the long run, they will not disappoint you. Keep the faith. Enjoyed watching your video. P.S. Happy Birthday to Ringo Starr
Thabknyou for watching, I'm so sorry to hear about your tree. I would miss it too. Maybe you can buy one or start another one from seed.
I had a loquat as a kid. Loved it. It died of root rot. We don't know how old it was, or what variety it was because it came with the house and was already mature.
I had NO idea there were different varieties. I bought a seedling off the Facebook marketplace and was told it was 2 years old, but it's not even a foot tall. Thinking about repotting it to see how it does. I do know it was grown from seed.
Oh nooo thats a sad story. Loquats are amazing and they dont need tons of water special the bigger they get, however if you have them in containers thats a different story. I think repotting is a great idea. And im sure it will grow soon specially since its warming up. 🤗🙂. Thabk you for your support and watching. Please keep me posted on your little baby loquat🤗🙂
I wish I could send you a picture. Does your channel have a Facebook page?
@@LadyWeasel hi, I do have Facebook and also Instagram. Instagram seems easier to use and communicate in. Its under Garden_love03
Oh my god. I bought one today from the same nursery and I recognize that we live in the same neighborhood! I must subscribe.
Hi, thank you for your support neighbor. Hownis your loqaut now? Did it fruit this year?
We had a golden nugget and it took about 8 years before we had our first fruit but after that the tree made some of the best loquats I have ever tasted... they were super juicy and sweet my go to refreshing summer fruit. If trimmed properly the trees have beautiful leaves and a beautiful canopy.
Hi Diana, if you have seedling then it isn't a Gold Nugget, its a new variety, you can call it "Diana" if you want. Plants grown from seed are like people in that they are a unique combination of the genes of the parents. The other thing about a seedling is that its likely to be a great big tree but the fruit is unlikely to be as good as one of the named/improved varieties. I have a Champagne in a pot that gives me a small number of fruit but there are so many trees around southern California that you can get fruit often by asking the owner if you can pick some. The key to sweet and large fruits on loquat is thinning the fruits. It seems like there is a given amount of sugar in a growing season and the more fruits the tree is allowed to hold, the more bland the taste and smaller the size.
I would suggest that you buy another for cross pollination when it does flower
Best tree ever full of fruit no pests no care
Thank you 😊
I have a loquat seedling growing in my garden! I was able to sprout all the seeds but only the only in the ground survived. Most likely from neglect and not watering enough in summer because they were in tiny pots. But my goal is to graft a good variety and my friend has the chamapnge I think. But so far mine has been growing pretty slowly. But I've always heard great things about loquat fruit so I'm excited to one day taste it!
Great video! I 🙏🏾 your graft takes. I am growing two from seeds. I’m not expecting any fruit for years. The owner said his tree is 13 years old and is fertilizer with Organic fertilize. Growing Loquat Tree from seeds is just an experiment. I will eventually buy a couple of trees and I will remember to do get grafted ones thanks to your great video. Keep Growing and Happy Gardening!
Cheryl’s Organic Food Forest **** Thank you 🙏. Growing things from seeds is an experience, its fun and rewarding. If I new this was a seedling I think I eould have tried to grow it myself. But to late lol... that is great, that you got an organic seedling. I am sure after a few years it will fruit. Thank you for your support. Happy gardening, and have an amazing weekend 💓💚💓
My loquat tree just fruited out of no where I've had it for 1 year. I have it sitting low in the wine barrel. I watered it whenevers and bam came home one day flowers then they turned to pods and less than a month later fruit. I have it next to a dwarf kumquat tree that fruited last month, dont know if that sped things up. But i usually use a mix of the Kellogg's raised bed mix with top soil bone and blood meal citrus manure and citrus fertilizer then I dont fertilizer after that usual lasts for the season or more. I will amend with my castings. But I lack compost i always forget to buy it or make it. Just stared a pile last week.
Nice video. I have two nisperos that I grew from seeds that have yet to bear fruit although they are quite tall (and in the ground). We are in Central Texas where it has a similar climate to where they came from (southeast Spain). I'm thinking that I might still have to wait but they leaf out very well but probably need some pruning. Thanks for your information!
Thats amazing! I'm sure it will produce fruit before you know it. How old are they? Dont miss out on the video I just posted. This tree fruited yay! Fruit was tasty check it out.
just started drinking the tea..from our tree. its good with ginger and lemon grass.. we add sugar
yes buy a Big Jim Loquat !! and for the golden nugget air layer some of the branches instead of pruning them !! they'll make great gifts or do a giveaway to your subscribers , either way I think you should make the most of your tree !
Alex Tovar That's a great idea. I think I will do that. Do you have a big jim? How is it? Some one recommended Champaign Loquat. ??
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Gree these from seeds from Morocco.
Took 4-5 years to give fruit
Wow that is awesome! Im happy to hear that! My tree started Fruiting the spring after yhis video lol.
Just remember that when loquats fruit, the branches bend all the way towards the ground on smaller trees. You might want to train in a cylinder shape, to keep the side branches short in your courtyard, to keep the fruit closer to the trunk taking up less room
Great tips thank you.
I grew up on loquats. We use to raid loquat trees when we was little, now I have a huge tree in my backyard.
What is the best fertilizer and soil for the tree? I am new and planning to buy one.
@@krayziejerry I would was a wet napkin in a ziplock bag to germinate seeds and put in potting soil until tree is snout 12 inches tall and then use actual soil where tree will be planted to prevent shock to the tree when it’s put into the ground.
Any idea where to buy a Nagasakiwase loquat tree or seeds in USA
I love your videos I'm trying to get my orange tree to sprout oranges and my mangoes
Thanknyou so much! If their in pots make sure you give them fertilizer every 2 months or every month, plenty of water when their flowering and make sure they are in a spot they like. Please keep me posted 😀🤗 Im sure they will be Fruiting in no time. Also the age and size of the tree matters too.
what area of southern California are you in? can you tell us the city and USDA zone? Thanks
Great video
Hi sorry I missed this, I'm in zone 9b Santa Santa Clarita CA. Where are you located and zone?
@@GardenloveHomestead Palmdale CA zone b sometime 8a
I can’t believe your loquat came out after you talk about loquat in front of this loquat tree
Ahahahaha
Nice job!!!👍
Lol I know its funny. It got scare it was going to get the boot. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂.
Why not buy another one? That way you can have multiple varieties and lots of your favourite fruit! As long as you have space for another one I guess.
Prairie Plantgirl dont know how I missed this. I want to buy another one but I dont have the space and these are not small trees 😣 🤔
Good
Thanks
Diana My loquat tree's leaves are still green. There's a problem the leaves are drooping down though. I'm not sure what's happening to it. What should I do?
there could be a few things wrong with them. check the soil for water log, or not enough water, is it getting enough sun? has it been in the same pot to long?
@@GardenloveHomestead excellent thank you Diana.
@@JoseGarcia-ej7fe Thank you 🤗💚💚💚💚
Great info Mrs.Diana now I know what to do
Rob's Yard thank you, glad you found it informative. Do you have any fruit trees?
Garden love Yes several
Air layer the loquat tree i think that is the best choice and depending on the thickness of the branch it can fruit in 2 years
Grafted Champagne Loquat! Champagne Champagne!! They fruit fast !
So Cal backyard Orchard Thank you! I am going to look for one. Ill definatly getting one. By the way I put the link to your tour on this video. ☺🤗👍. Thanks
I personally prefer to let nature take its turn, I grew all of my loquat trees from seeds and I do get awesome fruit from all of them. Just be patient and enjoy growing it.
I also have avocado trees and it took about 13 years to give fruits but when they did , i harvest over 400 avocados from just one tree. Let nature do it’s work.
Wow that is amazing, your right i need to be patient. I did give me fruit last year right after this video. This year it didnt have much due to the fact that I didnt give it the care I usually do. But this year will be another year. Thank you for watching 😊
What is the best fertilizer for fruit trees?
mike lee I use my home made compost as a fertilizer, however, fish fertilizer it’s awesome as well. 🦋
I bought my Japanese plum tree and it took 11 years and it's just now bearing fruit but it only bears fruit on one side
Omg wow! Was it in the ground? Holy mole! Was it a seedling? I just posted a video on my loquat it fruited and it taste yummy. It took 4 years for this one, growing in a container.
@@GardenloveHomestead I bought two trees and set them out 15 feet apart from one another but the bunny rabbits ate the bark off of the bottom of the tree and it died. I painted the roots up to about 24 inches up with white paint I also split a 2 liter Sprite bottle placed it around the tree trunk I cut the top and bottom out of the bottle and ductaped it together the white paint was unpalatable to the rabbits it also covered up existing holes in the tree trunk and that prevented insects from boring into the trunk of the tree . All of this was during first year when the tree was around 5 foot tall
@@GardenloveHomestead I think that one of the reasons that it only has fruit on the east side of the tree is because #1 the wind and the cold stunted the West side when it blomed #2 I may have to get another plum tree to cross pollinate
@@megalodon4228 those are good points hopefully this next year the wins aren't that bad. Keeping my fingers cross for you. Let me know, I'm sure we will be in contact.
@@GardenloveHomestead just throw the seeds on the ground and they will sprout we are keeping the seeds and we are planning to use the trees for a Border fence/privatce fence
It will took 6 to 8 years ... fruits to appear
U can use the leafs ....like green tea
Thanks, the spring after this video it flower and fruited 🤗 this year its going in the ground 🙂
I heard if you soak something in vinegar & place it in your garden it will keep the rodents away
DJ Chancla really, that is interesting ill try anything lol... have you tried it?
I haven't had any problems yet with rodents
Hey I am from India and i have a Loquat fruit around 4 years aged
It is being blossoming since two years but no fruiting occurs.
Does the tree need a pair for getting fruit?
Hi thank you for reaching out and welcome to my channel. Some Loquat's trees are self pollinator when other aren't. What kind of Loquat do you have? Also is it in the ground? or in a pot? is your tree as bis as mine? sorry for all the questions but there is so many factor that can be preventing you r tree from producing fruit.
Hiya thanks for the reply
About the plant
Its on ground and its been 3 years and its now fully grown (like it reached above my terrus)
It blossoms every season and now it has a lot of flowers but sadly it just dies and not change to fruits.
What part of India are you from ?
Yes, some types require another tree in order to fruit.
I just bought one and planted it in the ground but the leaves are dying and falling off the tree .
Ooohhhh noooo, what is the weather like over there? What kind of soil do you have? These trees like shade when their young.
Yeah I just found that out I just planted in my back yard out in the open . I'll have to cover it up because there's no shade no where in my yard.
I vote for graft another mature variety to save space & fruits sooner.😍😊
Will air layered plant fruit soon?
They could but air layer need time to grow and establish itself. In order for any tree to produce fruit it needs a good established root system.
They hate very salty soil too, or being watered with salty water. They hate fertilizer/nitrogen, they are sensitive to bacteria, for example cow manure that is not composted in hot temperatures is dangerous for the Loquat tree. Even adding those things to the top of the soil sparingly is dangerous to those trees.
Hi thank you for this information. Great tips. Luckily I do not have any of those. Only tap water, organic fertilizer, and conpost. Where are you located? Are you near the ocean? Do you have a loquat, if so what variety?
@@GardenloveHomestead I am doing research on loquats before I get any, yet I do have a friend who has a loquat on the Island of Malta, tree after tree of his died, his last loquat is doing much better because he figured out that loquat trees are more sensitive to salt than all his other plants, on Malta many farmers use spring water from the ground, my friend not being a farmer does not have that option. He had to stop watering his Loquat plant and he covered it with mulch, to help keep the ground from drying out on the desert like months in Malta. The plant is healthy on the most part. Stress shows on the leaves though, caused by the salt. The ground it's self has lots of salt. Loquat plants them selves are sensitive to salt, even when grafted to a root stock of something that is not Loquat. Organic fertilizer is more gentle on plants and on their roots, I have noticed that. Plus for how much soil you have in your pots, even in that up-potting video of yours, you are not putting much fertilizer. That and it's a gentler fertilizer.
I got a lot of my information from a book written in 1922, it was written by a government agriculturist in Malta. I have a lot of interest in Malta because my parents, my aunt here in the USA were born there, I have visited there a lot of times, especially 2006 and earlier. First I started collecting fig trees after trying fresh figs in Malta. In time I started to grow more and more interest in to growing things like they grow in Malta. Loquats, or Nespla (Nespli) as they call them in Malta are one of the most popular fruits in Malta, yet I have not tried it since March - May is not a time I ever feel tempted to go to Malta.
The one problem is that where I live is too cold for Loquats to grow most years. Flowers get ruined by the cold here in supposed 7b. So I will have to keep them potted. I am trying to get one or more of the Maltese varieties of Nespla imported as cuttings to where I live, in North Carolina, here the winters range from 7a to 9a for cold hardiness zone. I will be grafting on to a plant related to Loquat, it's probably the best choice for a root-stock, when growing Loquat in a pot. It's a root stock that dwarfs loquat yet should keep the fruit the same size, and make the plant stronger. More resilient to other problems, not less sensitive to salt though. Luckily we don't have a problem with salt here.
I am hoping to get 3 out of the 7 varieties of Maltese Naspla. I already know of 2 people who have Maltese Naspla. One has one Maltese variety, I am not sure how many varieties the other person has. One person has already promised me cuttings, the other has not been asked yet, although hes a very nice person. I will be meeting him the next time I visit Malta. Oh and the one who has already promised me cuttings will also send me cuttings of a seedling he grew from a Loquat tree originating in Central Portugal that has large incredible fruit. It appears to be one of those very rare varieties that if you grow it from seed, it turns out surprisingly like the tree that the fruit came from. One of the varieties from Malta is that way. I think that the tree in Portugal might be a variety called 'Tanaka'. It's popularly grown in Portugal, to sell the fruit. Yet I don't know for sure what the mystery tree in Portugal is.
I live hours away from the ocean.
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I read that the year after grafting, or the year after that is when fruit produces from a loquat graft, if the tree is big enough, I think that yours is.
I would get another tree that will bear fruit in a reasonable time. I also have have a loquat in a container
DJ Chancla I think I will get another one. They can totally fruit in containers. How old is yours and how long has it been in its current container?
Did your graft take?
Hi no it didnt but I will try again this summer. Thank you for asking.
You and lead gardener making me want to go out and get me a loquat...hmmm
Orlando Backyard Gardening lol.. you totally should. I love loquats. Do you have one? Or have you tried the fruit? I would have 5 trees if i could. But once these get mature they produce plenty of fruit.
Not yet...but there are not too many fruits I don't like...Im interested in growing trees that I know do well in my area that won't be harmed by the occasional hard freezes here in Orlando Fl. Might get one and container grow it at least for a while till it gets a decent size..will look for a champagne variety
Orlando Backyard Gardening that makes sense I feel the same way. I love all fruit trees as well. I al defiantly getting a Champagne loquat. That is a benefit of container gardening. You can move it around untill you find the perfect spot for it.
It takes 3-5 years to start fruiting
Loquats from seed does not come true to the parent plant! Meaning it does not matter what species it is because you won't get the same tasting fruit. Only grafted loquats are true to the parent plant.
I just order some seeds from Plant Abundance. He has a few in his backyard food forest. I am going to try and grow from seed. They can take from 5-7 years to produce fruit. It looks like the one you have there is about 3-4 years old. So if you really want loquats next year them you might have to buy an older tree in a bigger pot. But my vote is to wait it out and see where that one goes. I plan on putting then in 20-30 gallon pots for the long haul before planting them in the ground.
Just be patient. It's crazy but I have the same golden nugget from a nursery. I assumed it was grafted and was expecting fruit the season after still didn't get anything. It's not been 3 years and its finally flowering. Being patient it a virtue for gardening. Plus trees from seedlings are better. the fruit quality is better and best of all the seeds are fertile.
That's awesome, this tree actually flower and its setting fruit! Yay, soo happy!
I got mine in 1990 made fruits in 2005
Do all three!!
They take 10 years to fruit . I have had one for 12 years and it still hasn’t fruited
hi It actually flowers and produce months after I recorded this vidoe lol. I think it got scared lol
Pixie PaganMoon I Think it varies, some has even had Them bear *fruits after 3-4 years.
Pixie PaganMoon many people get fruit trees to successfully fruit after injuring the base of the tree. It makes the tree go into stress to produce fruits so that it will make babies and continue its lineage. You can tap the base of the stem
aggressively with a crowbar.
Gina haha “with a crowbar
Buenos días: el nipero ése yo no lo conozco
A tip on making your video more watchable. Change the shot every few seconds. People don’t like watching the same view for more than 7-10 seconds.
Get your fruit at the market and eat it while you watch this plant grow, dont do anyghing else
Buy another
Yes u need one!
Let it grow give it blooming hormones
first world problem lmao 😂
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So much talk, so little substance!
lady you talk to much,
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This girl must have fertilized her mouth. It is overgrown.