Loquat Tree

[Baymule]

It got down to 22* last night, but warmed back up today. It is supposed to get cold again tonight, then warm back up. I didn't blanket the tree or do anything to it, it looks ok today.

If it sets fruit and is ready by February through April, then it's going to be pretty much a lost cause. Our weather will be too cold for it. It is out in the open, not up against a wall or solid structure. Last January we had snow, ice and it got down to 10 degrees.

Why do local nurseries sell fruit trees that have about as much chance of an ice cube on the sidewalk on a 100* day?

 

[Baymule]

LOL - I don't even have a loquat tree - even though one of the neighbors used to.... Anyway - I just googled it and that's what I found so it's not personal info. But, I'd like a loquat tree - may look into that!

Want mine?

 

[CntryBoy777]

@frustratedearthmother we have an abundance of them....how many would ya like??......

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I've never tasted a loquat! Are they worth the trouble of digging a hole?

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I have tried one ripe and had some jam.....Personally I wouldn't fill a empty hole with one, but I didn't like having orange or grapefruit trees either....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I appreciate that honest opinion, lol!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I appreciate that honest opinion, lol!

Fruit trees are alot of work, and you can only eat so much fruit...it's the fruit on the ground rotting , bugs and smell that got to me.....you got to keep picking the droppins up daily...yuck
Didn't mean to sound too negative, but that's my story n I'm stickin to it......lol

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's what I was looking for. They aren't terribly popular fruit trees - at least not around here. Just wondered if there was a reason for that and maybe there is!

 

[Baymule]

I'm not going to coddle it. The tree survives just fine in cold weather, but it the blooms and fruit won't survive, then it has no value to me. I'll yank it up and plant a jujube tree.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

There ya go! I'm short of spaces to plant any more trees (as long as I have goats). So, I have to be very discriminating about what to plant. So far, the loquat tree isn't topping any list.