The Tropical Fruit Forum

Interested in using Axilo Mix 5 for foliar application.  Is there a conversion of use on a smaller scale?  For instance, amount of product mixed per gallon.

WTB cherimoya seedlings/rootstock?  Thank you

I am hoping to be able to purchase an Amber or Berry jack seedling from someone.  I was a little late in asking Mike for seeds.  If anyone has any extras please mail me.  Thanks in advance.

Every year I have a mockingbird nest and cardinal nest among my trees.  The best was a few years ago the cardinals built there nest in a muscadine vine that is trellised just outside the kitchen window.  It was so fun to watch it. 

The picture I attached is a mockingbird nest in my grumichama from this year.  I don't know why, but the birds never attack any of my Eugenia's. 

I tried 5 Pickering mangos.  1 was very good and the other four had a very off flavor, not sure why.

Had my first pitomba today and it was very tasty.  As with Adam it was much better than last year which was its first year fruiting.  It had no resinous piney flavor that it had last year.  Can't wait for the rest of the harvest.  Also, my pitombas are about twice the size of my grums.

Jeff, isn't your big canistel a Bruce? 

Went to the Fruit/spice park today.  Early in the season for most stuff there but I think I made out ok.  Made it to the row of jab's and wanted to find the white jaboticaba.  I told my wife to look for the jab with yellow leaves, and sure enough it stood out.  Lo and behold, there was one fruit left on the tree.  And it happened to fall on the ground right in front of me!

For me the big hit was the Redlands white sapote.  From afar I saw some man gorging on fruit beneath a tree and figured it was a good one to check out.  Upon arrival the guy looked like a scene from walking dead, only this time he was feasting on white sapote not human.  He had sapote all over his face and shirt and commented that he forgot his knife, haha.  Well after one bite, even though I had brought my knife I looked the same as the other guy.  It was sooo good.  There was also Bonita springs which was good but not quite as good as the Redlands.

I then feasted on many mangos.  Some I recognized, some I didn't.  The clear winner for today was the Spirit of 76.  Absolutely delish.

I then headed to Pine Island for a first visit.  I was looking for a couple things they didn't have so I drove over to Lara Farms.  Julian spent nearly 1.5 hrs giving me a tour.  Along the way I collected a bunch of mangos and mamey fruit.  I also picked up a Ross sapote, haysa sapodilla, green sapote and a gefner atemoya tree, all for $15 each.

I am stuffed with a ton of mangos I need to go through!!!  On a side note, I had a Pineapple pleasure from zills that was incredible.  The whole family loved it, probably tied with Edward, if not a touch better.

Visiting WPB for the week and visited Alex.  Got Edward, pico, Duncan, carabao, baileys marvel and Simmonds.  I expected the Edward to be great and it was.  I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the pico.  I thought it was outstanding.

Can't to visit again Alex, should only be a day or two!

The UF collection is in Lake Alfred and is being run by Bill Castle.  I have 9 cv's from UF but they are small trees still.  I may get to try at least one this year if this guy holds on.  It's the Nikitski ranni.

Here is a honeybee working a grum flower!

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I would like one pad of Visalia yellow, torrance pch 1, and jeronimo mv.

Thanks!!!