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mucholove | 4 years ago

I have Acerola cherry too—but the only ones that fruit or flower are in full aun.

Will need to try small Caimito.

My understory plants are coffee and cacao. Also banana can grow.

We have a Zapote tree and we need to find a place between the Coconuts…your comment makes me want to find a new spot for the lemon tree…

Would love to connect!

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smallerfish|4 years ago

> I have Acerola cherry too—but the only ones that fruit or flower are in full aun.

Interesting, I've always read in permaculture books that nanking is a good understory fruiter, and my local permie nurseryman said the same. Maybe it's a myth. How shaded are your non producing ones?

Oh and I have a nicely producing lime tree (at least 20+ years old) that at best gets 1 hour of dappled sun a day - it's on the edge but with very thick canopy above it. Here they call the variety "limon" - my understanding is that it's an ancestor to modern lime/lemon varieties.