Seeds are separated by squeezing the seedy pulp into a container, covering with water, and letting the liquid stand for 4 days to ferment. The seeds are then strained out and dried before sowing. The seeds will retain viability for a year or more if kept dry. Germination takes place in 3 weeks. The plant fruits in 3 - 5 years from seed.
Vegetative means are necessary to reproduce a variety.
Young wood cuttings will root within two months with bottom heat and mist. Whip, tongue or veneer grafting methods are sometimes successful, as is air-layering and ground layering. It is occasionally attacked by by black scale in California, as well as fruit flies where that is a problem. As the fruit matures, its color changes almost imperceptibly. The best way is to allow them to fall from the tree.