In many areas of Florida, the water desk is inside seven toes. If you live in an area with a shallow water desk, plant the tree on an elevated mound. Although mamey sapote bushes require constant moisture, they don’t tolerate persistently saturated situations. These conditions will outcome within the tree growing root rot. They require a location…[Read more]

I even have my White Sapote planted east facing with some largeAsh trees behind it. It does get a lotof afternoon shade, but I don’t imagine that is best after it’s moreestablished. I’m looking for ways toget it extra solar by pruning back the Ash timber to see how that effects thegrowth this year.

Water the sapote deeply to establish a str…[Read more]