50 Naranjilla – Lulo – Seeds- Rare Tropical Fruit – Solanum Quitoense price checker price checker Description Gallery
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The Naranjilla Solanum quitoense is a tomato relative native to the northern part of South America and it’s cultivated usually at high elevations, between three and seven thousand feet. The plant can grow to heights of six to ten feet with very large spiny leaves, often measuring 18 inches long, and five to eight inches wide or bigger. The dark green leaves have purple veins on the upper surface and whitish or purplish on the lower surface. All parts of the plant are very pubescent and contain many thorns. The globular shaped fruit usually measure an inch and a half to two and a half inches diameter at maturity. They are bright orange and covered with short brittle hairs, which can be easily removed by rubbing. When cut open, the fruit resembles a tomato with green, acid pulp and many small seeds. A delicious and refreshing green colored juice is prepared from the fruits and the fruits can be made into drinks, or used in preserves and pies. Production of the naranjilla is pretty much year round, although more fruits are produced during the summer months because of better growing conditions. Plants can be propagated easily by seeds . Most plants begin to bear at six to twelve months of age and continued production can be expected for three to four years, before the plants begin to decline. Like tomatoes, naranjilla is very subject to root knot, nematode, and other soil problems, and this causes a gradual decline. You can escape this problem by growing the plants in large containers, with an enriched potting medium.
Specification: 50 Naranjilla – Lulo – Seeds- Rare Tropical Fruit – Solanum Quitoense price checker price checker Description Gallery
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Derrick –
I am a professional grower. Thought it would be nice to have some rare lulo. All 50 or should i say 49 sent to me are dead. None sprouted with my heat mat and greenhouse method
Daniel Hernandez –
Did my research and these seeds didn’t germinate.
Wayne Marsonette –
Seeds did not grow, not viable seeds
jorge henao –
No one grow