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White sapote, Casimiroa edulis
TL;DR
-pest resistant
-can fruit in large pot
-bring indoors when temps go below 27F
-same nutritional/water needs as citrus
-“Suebelle” cultivar can flower/fruit more than once a year
-tasty fruit
-toxic seeds
I got the 3 month old seedling for $12 bc at the time grafted trees were price-gouged bc of Covid. I figured I could graft mature branches on it but it grew so fast and started flowering so young I didn’t bother.
Guess we’ll see what happens.
Since they’re primarily a winter-flowering tree, I companion planted crocuses to attract more pollinators. So far I’ve seen sweat bees and other small insects at the flowers.