The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hearing that it tastes like Carrie does not bode well for the future of the little angie I have planted in the yard.

Sounds like BS to me. I trim our trees frequently (also in Springs) and have never had an issue. Coral Springs is not great at making its ordinances public though, so who knows... either way, it will be a cold day in he'll when the city tells me how or who can cut my trees.

Hey Mike,

I think my mom contacted you today about the LZ and other 25 gal size mangoes. Take care of her - she's my mommy!

For those of you with avocadoes that mature in October/November, how big are they on your trees now? I've been standing under the monster for minutes at a time hopeful to make out some sort of fruit somewhere, but thus far nothing.

Granted, carambola fruits so prolifically that losing some fruit to ants is not a huge deal. That said, anyone else have ants burrowing into carambola on the tree and basically eating the fruit from the inside out? We've had several fruit this year that basically collapse/disintegrate when touched due to being eaten from the inside. Kinda gross, but I guess that's life. Anyone with an effective ant control for trees with near mature fruit on?

are we talking about the giant avo tree in the back left of your property?  IF so, i would have a hard time believing that it's a pollination issue.  I could see a light bearer, but no fruit at all???  it's a huge tree

Yep - the giant one. It flowered profusely in the Spring but I can't make out a single fruit on the tree. They ripen in October/November, so I assume they'd be big enough to at least see a few by now. That said, the leaves pretty much act as camouflage - I've stood staring at the same spot and not noticed fruit for a minute of hard staring. I suppose anything is possible, but we've only got fruit from this tree in 2010 (when we moved in) and again last year.

Need some help here - we have a huge unknown avocado tree in the yard (must have been here at least a decade before we moved in). It makes delicious avocados in the October/November timeframe - produced a ton of them in 2010 when we moved in and then did not produce until last year (2013). The tree flowered profusely earlier this Spring, but now upon inspection of the tree, I see no fruits forming. Is this normal?

I'd hate to waste so much space in the yard (I could probably plant 3 - 4 trees in the space it takes up) for a tree that only produces every couple years.

yum... I think I have a while before that twig I got from you makes fruit lol.

one word

hostile vegetation

Quote from: savemejebus on July 13, 2014, 06:31:40 PM

Probably pulling a Carrie out and replacing with something that doesn't make me gag. Depends if I love a particular variety or want to top work the Carrie into a cocktail.

Har gets down here. Hire Har to transform it into an LZ and a few others. The bud wood is available. I know someone who had Har do some topworking on a large existing mango tree they were not so pleased with.

Here is fwang tung carmbola

Hmm as you saw today that definitely looks like what was sold to me as Kari. That is pretty disappointing.

We were very disappointed in our Glenn the first year it fruited. Now it's one of our favorites. As of its second year it was great.

Was hoping to try my first LZ this season in the quest to figure out what's getting grafted on my beanstalk seedling tree. Doesn't seem like Zills is going to have any left, but I will give them a call tomorrow. Any leads in the Broward area?

How many people here gave her money? I'm a lawyer (as are a few others on this board) - don't do criminal law, but I have assisted a few clients with gathering evidence and presenting it to local authorities for pursuit/prosecution. The key is presenting them with a clean package showing the trail of what happened. She appears to live in Tamarac, so that would probably need to be done with Broward Sheriff's Office. That said, if she's accepting money from people via paypal/other electronic means, she could possibly be looking at federal wire/mail fraud issues (did a brief stint at the US Attorney's Office, so I know a thing or two about that).

This person has not visited the board since June 30 - I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt because the crime (if true) is not worth the potential punishment here. Most law enforcement is lazy when it comes to financial crimes, but once they get interested, the sentences are extremely harsh. It just doesn't make sense for the dollars at issue here. Not to mention possible 'vigilante' justice - it takes all of 30 seconds to find her address, phone numbers, etc. - there's enough crazy people out there that I would not risk pissing off someone with anger management issues over $20 - $50.

Those of you that sent her money should message each other and start putting together your emails, messages, paypal statements, etc. The more organized you are, the better chance you have of getting somewhere with local or federal authorities.