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I am also waiting to see what actual damage my trees received.
If you watered heavy the night before you may have saved the roots and
may get new growth from your trees? Last year I had two very small seedling
Kwai muks and one came back? I have heard jackfruits will come back as well
as sugar apples? I covered 14 trees, it took the whole day. I watered with 10 gallons
of water, then I covered the trees with mulch a foot above the graft lines, then I placed
a tomato cage around the trees and then I pinned heavy sheets and comforters over the
tomato cages. and this is one of my mangos now





But luckily I see this now





On the fence now I still have

5 mangos            I covered 4 of the trees
1 Hass avocado    I didn't cover and most likely dead
2 grafted canistels
2 macadamias
4-5 sugar apples
1 birula
1 geffner
1 dream
2 ice cream bean
2 achachas
2 lychees
1 longan
1 kwai muk  I checked today and it had new green growth on the lower trunk
3 grafted sapodillas
2 red strawberry trees

Hello, can you please tell me what seeds you still have available? Thanks

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The annonas seem ok. They were mostly dormant anyway. I did have a red custard apple
with 10 half grown fruits that defoliated and the fruit turned purple. I think the tree is
ok but no Spring fruit this year. One did ripen before the cold and was outstanding

Well I have about 20 trees that are on the fence for recovering
a couple ice cream beans, a couple achachas, a couple grafted canistels.
I covered 14 smaller mangos, avocados, macadamias, which mostly seemed
not to help much. I spent the whole day watering heavy and pushing mulch up a couple
feet and then I put a tomato cage around the tree and covered with heavy blankets
and comforters.
But
Yesterday I noticed 4 green buds about 4" above the graft line on my super alphonso
and today I see about 8-10 new green buds on my honeykiss. well above the graft line
I also see several new green leaves on a black sapote.
Anyone else see some good signs?
 

Did you get a tracking #?
You should be able to see if the shipment was ever shipped
and the current status?

Here's a close up of the contorted mulberry

Looking for 3-4 scions, located in central Florida.

What type are you looking for?
I have supersweet and Sue belle

@Gulfgardener
I put a Mamey into a really big plastic bag 10x12 that reached all the way to the ground and it still took major damage. Other trees nearby that I didn't cover were fine. I think with irrigation under the plastic it would work well. The temperature here bottomed out at 35F but the plastic still managed to freeze the trees. My Edward, Fairchild and Rosigold weren't covered and didn't even lose their flowers or baby Mangos.

I have always heard mamey can't handle 40F?

I was given a pod this year and got to try a sweet tamarind this year.
It was very good and I saved the seeds. Will they grow true?

What does it look like? So far the fruit I got this year seemed fine?

add red custard apple seeds

It's better to be safe then sorry
I went to the local Kiwannis and asked them to save bed sheets for me.
They usually throw them away. I gave them a $20 donation and have a
tote full of sheets that I have used for the past 10 years. I water the trees
heavy the day before with well water that comes out at 70F and usually put
stakes around the tree and use clothes pins to keep the sheets in place. Some
cold nights are very windy. Last night we were suppose to be 34F and my
thermometer said 32F. I actually had some nice homemade tomato cages and
I put them around 5 small trees and then wrapped the sheets around the frames.
I would protect those trees until they get too large and you can't cover them.
If the sheet hits the leaves they are toast