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Phoenix Mango Tree
FruitFreak:
Little Phoenix tree living up to its name.
mangomongo:
I don't think shes going to make it.
TnTrobbie:
I cant tell but did it snap at the graft?
WGphil:
That’s a shame
My Phoenix had a week trunk to start
Had to stake it to stay upright
I still have it staked as a precaution
FruitFreak:
Trust me She is making it.
The story goes after the severe flooding post IRMA a disease started to eat away at the trunk causing it to lean over. I attempted to stake the tree upright when the already weakened trunk snapped above the graft line. I left it alone for months thinking it would just get baked in the sun and die. There was a time when I contemplated just removing it but then curiosity got the best of me :) Eventually it stopped declining and began to flush new growth upward. It is now flowering like most of the other trees on the farm. Rob advised me awhile ago about Mangos ability to compartmentalize damage and this is a perfect example.
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