Black Sapote (forum)

Jan from Sydney starts with ...
Purchased November 2019 from Daleys and just picked 7 lovely fruit January 2022 even though the tree is still very small. The fruit really does have the texture and taste of chocolate pudding. I think that I should have picked them last August but I didn't realise that they don't ripen on the tree. Maybe because I left them on the tree so long, they have a superior taste? I love them. I am going to grow more of these trees! Jan from Sydney, NSW
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Time: 22nd February 2022 11:00am

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davewastech1 says...
They look good. Did you pick them recently? (Up in Cairns I have picked some and eaten them in mid winter).
You can tell whether they are ready to pick because the calyx begins to lift up off the fruit. Daleys have an excellent video on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvIlsQT_LY
Love black sapote 😊
Do they suffer from fruit fly in Sydney?

Time: 23rd February 2022 3:00pm

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Jan from Sydney says...
I picked them at the end of January. Half of them have ripened so far by 24th Feb and they tasted great. After losing my nectarines to fruit fly in Sydney I haven't given any fruit fly a chance as I bag the black sapote fruit when they are quite small. Wow - mid winter in Cairns sounds great.

Time: 24th February 2022 10:25am

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davewastech1 says...
I ate quite a few in Cairns (winter) and didn't find any fruit fly (might be a bit hard to spot them given the chocolate pudding colour 😁 )
The tree grows quite big in the tropics.

Time: 16th March 2022 10:42pm

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Julie says...
As fruit fly maggots are white, I think they would be quite easy to see. They turn the inside of fruit into a mush, which you would definitely notice.

Time: 21st March 2022 6:32pm

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davewastech1 says...
Yeah probably. Mind you black sapote has to be almost a mush, otherwise it's not ready to eat

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Time: 17th December 2022 5:23pm

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