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Started this plant from seed. It is now about 5' tall & wide. It fruited three years ago, had flowers two years ago, nothing last year...Read More
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if you have aphids i would NOT add fertilizer.
recent research shows excess nitrogen makes the cells of new grow...Read More
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We live on the Coast in San Diego, and bought a Starfuit tree last week. It's a grafted Kari and about 6 feet tall. ...Read More
I have this plant growing indoors and it really makes a good-looking plant for decoration (You can see it in one of the photos). My plant...Read More
I have not grown this plant. Averrhoa carambola is thought to have originated in Ceylon and the Moluccas; however in southeast Asia and...Read More
I started this plant earlier this year from seed and it has really taken off quite well! A very pretty and airy plant, I'm going to try t...Read More
San Francisco Conservatory of Flower's own description of one of their medicinal fruits:
"Common name: Starfruit
Scientific...Read More
We moved into this house last February, a Northwest suburb of Houston, and it had two mature starfruit trees. They produced pretty consta...Read More
I have no plant of this variety, but grows in some farms owned by others. To my knowledge, this is the season when it grows more and th...Read More
I have found that there are (at least) two types of carambola trees. One produces sweet fruit and the other type is quite acidic. Fort...Read More
my sister started our tree from a seed. everyone told her that it couldn't be done, but our tree is doing well and is only a few months old.
This has beautiful foliage that folds in at night. When the fruit hangs on the tree it adds even more to the tree's beauty. The fruit i...Read More
The fruit is absolutely delicious and refreshing! We have bought an area to build our house, and there´s a Star Fruit tree growing there...Read More
The fruit, like no other, has a nice thirst-quenching ability. The tree needs, above all, good drainage. And that means it needs an appli...Read More
Carambola grows well in a wide range of soils. It requires adequate moisture throughout the year but does not tolerate waterlogging. Regu...Read More