Star Fruit Growing TIps

[@McPeg7]

I love your videos. You give so much GREAT information. Many thanks.

[@fish.e]

Thank you for all the information. My starfruit has started to look a little sickly after this winter and you gave me some ideas to help it out.

[@djboomlife2410]

Beautiful the best info I’ve found on star fruit on the net. U answer so many of my question thanks bro.

[@shawnpatrick4703]

Really great information. Thank you for covering subjects that are important and hard to find.

[@purplethumb7887]

Lots of great information. Thank you!

[@digdeepgardeningforlife]

This has been so helpful, thank you! I believe my seedling had been sunburned but this video has given me hope 😅🙏 I am based in New Zealand so this is an indoor plant for me until it is much larger

[@qctropicals]

all the way from New Zealand, awesome

[@MichaelaEhm]

Great tips as always 😊😊👍👍love all your Videos !!!

[@adamfox4765]

So I'm down in Corpus Christi Texas are winners and summers are very close to Phoenix we just have more humidity I keep my star fruit in a pot I water probably every 2 to 3 days checking with a moisture probe that it has water yet the leaves are slightly yellow and not very perky is this actually underwatering vs overwatering. I have plenty of holes in the bottom of the pot so it is well drained and all we have is sandy soil mixed with a lot of compost

[@slong1688]

Do you know why no fruit but has lots of flowers?

[@matthewfarrell317]

Good tips. We have one here im Melbourne, Australia. Zone 4 or equivalent to zone 10. I didnt know they fruited during winter. Interesting. I plan to move its pot from full sun, to the morning/midday spot because i am finding the arvo sun way too strong (due to ozone hole, our summer sun is brutal.) But had thought id pop it in a hole. I must admit i leave it unprotected during winter, -1C to -2C doesnt bother it much at all. We get those temps 4 or 5 times, most of the time our winter nights are 5C lol

[@oneein9183]

wind sensitive is so strange. My 2 ft plants just goes sick everytime I put it in the wind. Question is, will it do that same when it is big tree? Because we do get heavy winds here?

[@qctropicals]

just when young

[@jooood1111]

I have a seedling I haven't watered it for a day and the next day I saw it wilted and dead how much should I water it over here it's 90to 86 degrees in the winter and in the summer sometimes 105 to 90 degrees in the summer how much should I water it in the summer it's almost 119 degrees in the summer

[@qctropicals]

I got a few videos on watering trees in pots and in ground. Check the video library.

[@wolverinegnr]

Would you recommend buying a larger tree and planting in my backyard. There is a nuresery in Homestead that sells them. Thanks You

[@qctropicals]

you're in homestead? awesome!. I would buy the smallest, cheapest tree I could find in your area. I will grow super fast in no time in your area. I need a point of contact in homestead, send me an email :)

[@wolverinegnr]

I live in North Miami but was down in Homestead last weekend and saw plenty of nursery there. I saw one on 147ave called El arbolito nursery and saw they had lots of fruit trees might go there this weekend and see if they have any star fruit tree

[@pauljones8438]

frozen soil???

[@billbag3]

Where are you at what zone?

[@bingwenlu656]

Can you buy a star fruit plant on Etsy? I mean, will it die during shipping?

[@DeuryMota]

Yes thanks

[@annieoneill3876]

Hello, I was wondering if you have IABU tree. If you happen to know if I need to have more than one tree to get fruits? Or it is OK for one tree, since my property has many other fruits trees and bees.

[@jooood1111]

It's ok for one tree it's self fertile

[@kostashalabalakis9734]

Thank you!!!

[@DeuryMota]

Yeah it sounds good to me thanks watched video

[@veronica978]

Can you bring it into the house in winter? And will it stay small but still produce fruit?

[@qctropicals]

you will need lots of light and heat. Otherwise it will be stunted.

[@brandasar7913]

Hello my friend, you have any for sale in 2024 over there at QC Tropicals?

[@qctropicals]

late march

[@brandasar7913]

@@qctropicals thank you for responding Alan thanks for the update. I will definitely be looking for to that.

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

I live in northeast Florida zone 9A can it survive the temps in winter?

[@arpatt77]

Im in nwfl, same zone. Mine survived winter in a greenhouse. I had 2, one died because it was in a shady part of the greenhouse, didnt get enough sun. But the one i had in a sunnier spot dropped its leaves, but survived.

[@TheChenny73]

I live west of Ocala in Dunnellon Florida. You can’t grow Starfruit without protection. It will survive mid twenties with small twig die back. Low twenties will kill major trunks of the tree. Also, the tree is extremely slow to recover from winter damage because they don’t grow until temp averages get into 60s. I’ve learned this from experience. Can you do it. Yes. But you need to prune to keep it small, cover with a teepee greenhouse and hang lights on it. Will it survive on its own? Perhaps for a few years until you get low 20s.

[@TheChenny73]

That being said you can’t have a more beautiful tree in your garden. The pink flowers are amazing and the tree has a graceful look to it. A non fruiting tree that is similar in beauty and stature is the Weeping Bottle Brush (not the standard form).

[@gbb82]

There’s also a Jamaican strawberry tree in your yard.

[@eddymontiel4153]

I was wondering if anyone noticed that🤣🤣

[@kourakis]

My carambola tree loses all its leaves at least once annually; it looks like it's about to die, but so far has always come back. Does anyone have any experience with this, or suggestions? I planted it from a seed from the island of Grenada six years ago; it's outside my apt in urban São Paulo in a big ceramic planter.

[@qctropicals]

You don't get cold in your area do you?

[@kourakis]

@@qctropicals The weather here in São Paulo Brazil is similar to that of Florida: winters are cool, but never go below freezing/0ºC. It's spring now, and my carambola has lost all of it's leaves. It's fine branches are all dry and dead, but the larger branches remain green under the bark. It seem's like it simply lacks water, which is hard to believe since I water it at least once daily, and it's in a painted ceramic pot that doesn't breathe too much. ...Makes me wonder if I don't have a case of root rot, and too much water.

[@qctropicals]

@@kourakis it sounds like it got hit by frost. Check the soil, only way to know how often to water.

[@slong1688]

Do u water it in the winter time too?

[@qctropicals]

when dry ofcourse

[@slong1688]

How often do u water or just when it dry in winter? Also do you fertilize them in winter too?

[@gbb82]

I planted my tree last year and it’s shooting up….It’s about 8 feet tall.

[@dawienatral7083]

grows as a street tree in the philippines full sun

[@carolejackson8357]

Once established, less watering required. No way did we water daily, much less 3x/d!

[@ruthbeamon4218]

How about in a pot

[@qctropicals]

no issues with the ones in containers besides all the fruits blowing off due to the strong winds which we never get around this time of the year.

[@mattcookegoodday5707]

I want to add, when starting the seeds you must start immediately from the fruit before the seeds dry up or may not germinate

[@ll3174]

Are star fruit true to seed?

[@cynthiaharrell784]

Can I grow a star fruit tree in a hot house

[@qctropicals]

Our star fruits experience 120-130F outdoors every summer here in AZ. Is your house hotter than that? If not, I don't see why not?.

[@sandybarringer9410]

​@@qctropicals Your starfruit has never seen 130°

[@qctropicals]

@@sandybarringer9410 This is why I love making videos.... Go on my instagram, I actually have a video showing radiant heat in the 140's 6ft away from that star fruit "in the shade" nonetheless. Geez, I just don't talk out my rear like most people do. Probably reason you keep coming back :) .

[@sandybarringer9410]

@@qctropicals Actually, I checked in on this vid because it popped up as a suggestion, and was curious if you were still pimping the tump love shirt. Don't hide the trump love Alan, rock it baby!!

[@jonathantee16]

@@sandybarringer9410 where was he wearing a trump shirt?

[@LanNguyen-uo1pr]

Where this story

[@lazylizzie5161]

I went outside and noticed the tip of my starfruit had broken off think a branch and hit it. Will it be okay? Be like how nature would be? It's only about 10 months old, has new growth on the lower branches.?

[@qctropicals]

yes

[@Momoshi42]

I have 5 trees under one year age, and I have treated them same way as any other houseplant. They are dropping lowest leaves and branches. Today I learned I'm watering way too little. They almost died when I was away for one weekend and didn't water them before I left. And I thought ficus was a drama queen!

[@qctropicals]

can you go a weekend without water?

[@Momoshi42]

@@qctropicals me or the plants? 😅 Usually half a week before leaves start drooping.

[@qctropicals]

@@Momoshi42 I was being sarcastic :). Treat your plants like you would yourself or your pets and you will be successful. Foliage drop means plant has suffered damage and that will set the plant back months.

[@Momoshi42]

@@qctropicals I have killed so many plants in the past by overwatering them, so I was cautious, now I know better!

[@dawienatral7083]

fruits are HIGH in Oxalic acid,will be Harmfull to eat too many at Once.

[@carolejackson8357]

Some varieties are bitter by most standards. The best trees are NOT grown from seed. Keep learning.....

[@Mitnaged1]

i don't think this Drama quinn tree is worth handling it. there are far better fruit trees than this

[@qctropicals]

anything worth having takes effort.

[@Mitnaged1]

@@qctropicals not when you waste and burn your money and time on it

[@jooood1111]

I have a seedling I haven't watered it for a day and the next day I saw it wilted and dead how much should I water it over here it's 90to 86 degrees in the winter and in the summer sometimes 105 to 90 degrees in the summer how much should I water it in the summer it's almost 119 degrees in the summer