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Trees can be grafted or cloned by air-layer. 2 Pruning Little pruning is required. Keep to ft for ease of harvest. Fertilizing Use of minor elements is desirable. Use nutritional spray on spring flush of growth. Irrigation The grumichama requires regular irrigaion when young. Once established, it is moderatlely drought tolerant. 3 Pests. Oct 30, So Ash, feed your tree a lot of good chook manure based fertilizer with extra potassium, put lots of lucerne mulch & cow manure around it & water it well.

Mine is 4mx4m & quite dense now so I'm thinking this year after fruiting I should give it a good prune as it fruits on new wood. Letsgokate. Mar 04, The slow growing Grumichama can take four to five years to produce fruit when the tree is started from seeds.

Young, shallowrooted trees require protection from strong winds.

Grumichama cherry trees can also be propagated by cuttings or grafting. The tree can reach heights of 25 to 35 feet (8 to 11 m.) but are often pruned to nine to ten feet (about 3 m.) tall or grown as a hedge to facilitate an easier harvest.

Grumichama, also called Brazil cherry and Spanish cherry, is an attractive tree growing up to 45 feet in height with thick waxy oblong deep green 3 to 4 inch leaves. The tree can be pruned as a shrub and kept at 6-foot heights to facilitate harvesting. In Hawaii it produces fruit from foot to foot elevation. As with most Eugenia species, grumichama requires a little pruning for keeping the desired height or shaping and removing dead wood.

Weed control is crucial during the first few years of growth. Mulching with organic materials or black polyethylene sheets reduces weed growth. Young, shallowrooted trees require protection from strong takedownstump.bar: g. Dec 05, Growing the Grumichama fruit shrub description and what the fruit tastes like.-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-Please watch:"5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions" https://ww.