The Tropical Fruit Forum

A few members have asked me if they could combine Mamey with the mangos, sapodillas and anonas to reach the 10 minimum scions. The answer is Yes. Another question was is there a discount on scions if I buy more? The answer is Yes. The price drops to $4 per scions if you buy 100 or more. Another question was can I combine my order with someone else to reach the 100 scions. The answer is Yes as along as you have one address to ship. I will not do a group order and ship to each individual. If there are any more questions please PM or email me.
Thanks for yr patience
Frank

That's customer service for you! One of the nicest person I ever met and knowledgeable at that.   If you ever have the time it's worth driving down to his place, of course check with him first.  Kinda give you an idea what you can turn your own yard into.

 Thanks again Frank

The roots starved to death during the month or two after all the leaves were cut off the root-stock during high-metabolism/ active growth time of year.

Four to six good-sized leaves must be left on the root-stock until that are at least that many mature, hardened up leaves on the scion.  Tender new growth is not photosynthesizing enough for its own needs, much less for the needs of the roots and trunk, which are all live cells needing glucose to survive.  Remember that fertilizers are mineral supplements, not food, in the sense of source of energy to live.  Fertilizers will actually make a situation like this much worse.  And any disease or pest finds the plant defenseless.

that was my other thought maybe I topped the rootstock too soon.  I guess I luck out with my other grafts that I did the same.  I thought the new growth was enough and the rootstock would put all it's energy into the graft to survive

so I went and barerooted it....didnt know how to do it so lost most of it Brad, drain holes weren't clogged and no white stuff.  I use promix hp and mix about a 3rd of bark into it.  I felt the soil ...it was moist but not water logged.  the base of the stump does seem to have excessive moisture tho. 
     Behl I did about 8 grafts the 1st time and only one lost so far ....this one was 1 out of 10.  the 1st time I just thought it was stress due to that 112 day....i did place all of them in full shade for the day but only one reacted this way.  I consider myself lucky.  But it happen again to this one in the 2nd batch so i was puzzled.   
    The first one was a pierce this one is a Selma.  in both batch had couple of the same that survived and are thriving in pot.  That's why it's puzzling. 

this is the second time it happened.  it was going strong then leaves starts looking like this.  The other one was much bigger then this one and did the same thing.   just a failed graft? overwatered?

thanks all moved them to a place with a lil more shade

1st I thought it might be just old leaves but I saw similar thing on my small lychee tree too......all trees are in full sun

Quote from: boxturtle on August 05, 2018, 10:49:59 PM

so e4 is not the same as m4?

No...why would you think they are the same?


I saw numerous post on this site said they were the same :/

so e4 is not the same as m4?

i'm exploring a fast and easy way to shade or protect my trees from high winds.  The main tree I want to protect is my sweetheart lychee it's about 7ft tall now and just as wide.  I always lose a branch or two in high winds but nothing to bad this past year.  The last scrotcher toasted 40% of it's leaves thankfully no damage to the branches.   The best solution so for is those instant screenhouse but the height of those are only 7 and half feet tall.

https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-Instant-Screenhouse-10-Feet/dp/B00339C3G4/ref=sr_1_5?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1533223513&sr=1-5&keywords=coleman+screenhouse&dpID=41757o0VRNL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

something like this.....but I will have to add 2 to 3 feet to the poles to increase the height....replace the roof with shad cloth

anybody have another better idea?

bigger is not always better for most trees a true 15gallon is the sweet spot.....I say true because I been seeing a growing trend that nurseries are up potting just to get higher prices 

lol what is this? so Simon post a want to buy ad and others hop on? this takes thread jacking to a whole different level

what type of trees? generally you don't want to disturb the rootball like spaugh said you better off just putting into the  ground with the mix...the mix won't do it any harm if anything it might encourage  your tree to root out more. 

spray it now