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« Reply #50 on: February 10, 2018, 08:26:36 AM »
Thanks Mark, Im really excited about the bananas.  When the sun comes up here shortly (its 530 here) I will snap another photo.  Those things are growing so fast now all the hands are showing.  I have been piling on compost, food scraps, and mulch and watering every day or every other day a little water to keep it all cooking.  Going to give a shot of potassium sulfate today or maybe sul po mag. 

Have lots of work in the yard to get done today.  Have a few stone fruits already setting fruit, others are still dormant.  I'm not sure we have gotten below 45F at all this winter so it will be interesting to see what the stone fruits do.
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« Reply #51 on: February 10, 2018, 11:18:43 AM »
These have been on the tree just under 2 weeks, they exploded

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« Reply #52 on: February 11, 2018, 09:31:50 AM »
Amazing! 

Coastal folks rave about the low chill Tropic Snow peach.  Supposed to be very sweet.

Getting a bit tired of winter.  Temp has dropped to 26F now at 8:30, is going lower tomorrow morn.



In the states doesn't matter where you live, our weather events and local climes are never kind to us 360 days out of the year. Always something to bitch about.  :D

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« Reply #53 on: February 11, 2018, 11:09:23 AM »
Amazing! 

Coastal folks rave about the low chill Tropic Snow peach.  Supposed to be very sweet.

Getting a bit tired of winter.  Temp has dropped to 26F now at 8:30, is going lower tomorrow morn.



In the states doesn't matter where you live, our weather events and local climes are never kind to us 360 days out of the year. Always something to bitch about.  :D

No breaks from nature thats for sure.  I have the tropic snow peach, picked that one up this year.  Heres the list of stone fruits we have.  Pretty much all the top tier low chill stuff.  We have the Zaiger genetic stuff here.  Its like the Zills of the stone fruit world.

APRICOT:
Tropic Gold
Gold kist

APRIUM:
Cot n candy
Flavor delight

CHERRY:
Lapins
Minnie royal
Royal lee
Riyal crimson

NECTARINE:
Arctic Star white subacid
Double delight
Snow queen
Spice zee nectaplum

PEACH:
August pride
Evas pride
Florida prince
May pride
Mid pride
Tropic snow

PEAR:
Hood
Keiffer
Pineapple

PERSIMMON:
Fuyu

PLUOT:
Emerald drop
Flavor grenade
Flavorosa
Splash

POMEGRANITE:
Desertini
Wonderful
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« Reply #54 on: February 11, 2018, 11:25:05 AM »
Heres what we are harvesting now.  Feels good to eat as much of these as you want.  I can't believe the guava tree is still producing.  Hass avocado, dancy mandarin, white guava.  All over achievers.

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« Reply #55 on: February 11, 2018, 12:50:59 PM »
Good gawd, you have a garden of Eden!  For some reason the Pluots, apricots and Apriums don't do well in my area.  Cherries neither.

Enjoy the fruits of your labor!

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« Reply #56 on: February 11, 2018, 05:43:20 PM »
Hey Brad.
What can I say. What a beautiful garden.

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« Reply #57 on: February 11, 2018, 08:04:50 PM »
Thanks.  Mark, its potential garden of eden at this point.  Trees are young and we are working with a very hot dry piece of land.  We will see, I am optimistic but a bit skeptical how well the stone fruits will do.  The neighbors and GregA who lives close by seem to do well.
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« Reply #58 on: March 11, 2018, 02:36:51 PM »
Hi Brad, awesome pictures. Love the avocado trees.

Is the Royal Crimson cherry doing well in your garden?

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« Reply #59 on: May 08, 2018, 01:46:00 PM »
some photos from today.  Told Mark I would send some photos...  Still waiting on those bananas.

New stone fruits on the bare hill with the pipes.  20x20ft spacing 


florida tree that just wants to flower.  20222 winters mango.  Seems to be healthy through winter at least.  Has a couple little mangos after a year in the ground.


avocados


lamb hass


pinkertons


reeds


mexicola that I thought was a goner.  Made a full comeback last summer. 


peaches



New mango plantings.  I have about 15 plants on this hill on 15ft spacing.  Some are seedlings and some are from FL.   Everything did good through winter.



Simons multi rootstock tree



Simons aloha on manilla



Newly planted FL mangos and Eugenias








New grafted avocado plants in ground



mandarin orange



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« Reply #60 on: May 08, 2018, 01:55:14 PM »
bananas













DF



tomatos



euphorbias


guavas



passion fruit vine



zeroscapes, save the water for fruits






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« Reply #61 on: May 08, 2018, 02:02:30 PM »
Beautiful location and pictures! Where are the cherimoyas ?
Your guava tree is similar to mine in size, mine gave me 1 guava last year (2 years in ground, first time fruiting), this years seems to be producing more flower buds. how much does your tree produced approximatively?
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« Reply #62 on: May 08, 2018, 02:03:47 PM »
your yard looks great!

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« Reply #63 on: May 08, 2018, 04:08:59 PM »
Beautiful location and pictures! Where are the cherimoyas ?
Your guava tree is similar to mine in size, mine gave me 1 guava last year (2 years in ground, first time fruiting), this years seems to be producing more flower buds. how much does your tree produced approximatively?

You probably won't believe it but both guava gave around 100 guava after 1 year.  They were absolutely loaded.  And I had thinned about half the fruit. 

We had a 3rd guava but the fruit were green and hard with no flavor.  They never ripened or tasted ood so I removed it and put in a loquat.
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« Reply #64 on: May 08, 2018, 08:33:20 PM »
your yard looks great!

Thank you!  I put a ton of work into this place.  Now we can never move.
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« Reply #65 on: May 08, 2018, 09:27:48 PM »
Nice Spaugh!
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« Reply #66 on: May 08, 2018, 09:28:15 PM »
your yard looks great!

Thank you!  I put a ton of work into this place.  Now we can never move.

Very impressive on a harsh landscape where you have to bring water to every tree and plant.  I suppose you are putting soluble fertilizers in the irrigation water from time to time.

One upside is few insect pests and fungus at such a dry location.   I like the front yard of your house landscaping.......zeroscapes
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« Reply #67 on: May 08, 2018, 09:42:53 PM »
your yard looks great!

Thank you!  I put a ton of work into this place.  Now we can never move.

Very impressive on a harsh landscape where you have to bring water to every tree and plant.  I suppose you are putting soluble fertilizers in the irrigation water from time to time.

One upside is few insect pests and fungus at such a dry location.   I like the front yard of your house landscaping.......zeroscapes

I just mulch everything and toss fertilizer occasionally onto the mulch and water it in.  I go through a few dump truck loads of mulch per year.  Its a real pain to move around since there are large hills and it has to be carried by hand.  Don't use anything in the plumbing system but well water.  And never spray fertilizers, fungicides or pesticides other than BT on my tomatoes. 

The only bug issues are ants and aphids for the most part.

We do get powdery mildew on some squash and melons, and grapes.  Must just be from the perspiration. 
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« Reply #68 on: May 08, 2018, 09:51:58 PM »
Your trees and cacti are amazing! Something really special going on there.

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« Reply #69 on: May 09, 2018, 12:24:05 AM »
Amazing trees and so pleasing to see. Good job and congrats Brad! Can’t wait to see when the trees are even bigger.

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« Reply #70 on: May 09, 2018, 12:34:35 AM »
Wow, amazing place you've got going Brad, I can tell you've put a lot of work into your place an every thing looks super happy! Enjoy the fruit's of your labors ;) 8)

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« Reply #71 on: May 09, 2018, 01:02:35 AM »
Your garden looks wonderful.

How have you been dealing with coyotes, and do they eat your fruit?  I see you have deer fencing up -- do the coyotes go under / over / through it?  I've been hearing from folks that coyotes are making a comeback in SoCal and that you can't have outdoor cats or small/medium dogs anymore in some areas because of them, and that means that rodents can have an easy time in the garden.

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« Reply #72 on: May 09, 2018, 01:27:34 AM »
Yeah we have coyotes and rabbits and deer.  The deer fence keeps them all out.  There is 4ft x 1" mesh chicken wire on the bottom of the fence.  2ft above ground and 2ft on the ground.  Rocks stacked and rebar spikes on the ground part to hold it down.  The coyotes won't jump it for whatever reason.  I had them coming and eating fruit before putting up the fence and before adding the chicken wire they would dig under.  The deer eat trees, coyotes eat fruit and rabbits eat tree trunks and vegetables.  Now they are all locked out.  It's a huge pain because I have to fence any new grow areas.  I have just 1 acre fenced off but have 5 more acres of hillside that I can't use unless it's fenced off.  I'm in the process of adding another acre of fenced area.

I snared a coyote that was eating peaches last year.   I didn't want to do it but she kept coming and eating my food so I trapped and killed her.


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« Reply #73 on: May 09, 2018, 01:31:48 AM »
Here's a video of the coyote in the tree
https://youtu.be/NLAxvnHOPME
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« Reply #74 on: May 09, 2018, 09:33:16 AM »

Thank you!  I put a ton of work into this place.  Now we can never move.

Holy batshit Robin!   Fruit paradise, just amazing!  What surprises me is how well your trees do in spite of the heat and ultra low RH.

Keep up the good work!