I'm posting on behalf of my daughter who has just bought one of these. She lives in Ipswich and has just planted the tree. It has dropped almost all of its leaves in the first week in the ground, and one of the few remaining leaves has black edges. I haven't seen it, as I'm living off-shore, but thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. My only suggestion is that it might be suffering transplant shock and dropping its leaves until it gets the roots established in the new location. Any ideas from anyone who knows these trees? She was going to shift it to another location, but I suggested she leave it where it is, give it a light foliar feed, and see what happens. She's trying to raise 5 kids on her own so the fruit trees are very significant to the family. Any suggestions appreciated.
Re: Chocolate pudding tree Pablito, This may contravene urban myth but I believe your lil choc pudding tree is doing ok. The black edges are probably a way of the plant throwing off leaves as a nutrient swap. Make sure the plant is not overwatered and it is freedraining. I have seen chocpudding trees grown on sand. cheers, ho-hum
Re: Chocolate pudding tree Im not sure about specific requirements but they definately grow very well with little attention. My 3 year old Chocolate puuding fruit (Black sapote) is growing in heathland sand with a ph of 4.5, it never gets watered, has an occasional feed of seaweed, and it has about 6 fruit on at the moment. As Ho-hum said, just make sure there is ample drainage. Good luck. Dunc
