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I didn't try with mangos, but I did an approach graft with 2 cherimoyas which isn't doing too well. I think I tied them together too tight, and left the ties on too long. I also didn't cut deep enough. I think the thing to do is to be bold when you cut, but a little mellow when you tie the trees together.

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Great success story, Simon, and thanks for sharing. I am going this route with mangos. I bought 4 grafted ones from Emily, and 3 died. Only Glenn survived. I am now planting mango seeds in the ground to graft in the future. My cousin had 2 avocados from HD that died. Mine, a Hass, is doing OK though (knock on woods) in its 3rd year with 20 some fruits still hanging.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hak Ip, Sweet Heart, Or Kaimana?
« on: October 10, 2014, 10:19:54 PM »
Claymango, I have a Kaimana, but it hasn't fruited yet. It had some flowers early this year, but they all dropped when we had those Santa Ana winds in March. I don't want to discourage you, but I am kind of over the lychees now. I bought 5 of them last year. they put out some nice foliage and some flowers, but all the flowers and half of the canopies were gone with the Santa Ana winds. Very frustrating. I'll just have to stick with store bought lychees.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which root stock for mangos
« on: October 06, 2014, 12:43:47 AM »
Thanks, Mark and JF.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mangos for mild climate
« on: October 06, 2014, 12:41:32 AM »
Thanks, Rick and Warren, for sharing.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Which root stock for mangos
« on: October 05, 2014, 11:40:24 PM »
I am planning on planting mango seeds in the ground to graft in the future. I have read that the best root stock for SoCal is Manila, but let say I would like to graft a Kent or a Keit, would an Indian type mango seed be more suitable to plant?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: When is a branch a scion?
« on: October 04, 2014, 06:49:48 PM »
Good questions, Gary. I have also wanted to know how to collect scions too. I just looked on Youtube, and I found these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XUwNf9ei-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fdSCrqglcTc

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: SorryI have not beeen on lately
« on: October 03, 2014, 11:48:45 PM »
Get well soon, Millet.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Heat advisory for SoCal
« on: October 03, 2014, 04:52:33 PM »
88F in the shade at my house right now (1:50pm). My trees are loving it, especially the papayas and mangoes.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My soursop seedlings
« on: September 29, 2014, 11:24:56 PM »
Gary, I don't mind a soursop forest in SoCal.   :) I am working toward a little oasis of annonas, mangos, and papayas in my neighborhood.
Newgen, I love the soursops' shiny leaves too. They look so healthy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My soursop seedlings
« on: September 29, 2014, 04:10:29 PM »
Thanks, Newgen, for sharing your experience. Have your soursops fruited yet? Several years ago, when I didn't know anything about tree planting, I went to Colombia, and brought home a few seeds from a humongous soursop. The fruits they had there were  bigger than a person's head. I took pictures, I'll try to find them to post. The seeds sprouted, but the little plants all died that winter because I left them outside in the yard.  >:(

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / My soursop seedlings (One year update)
« on: September 29, 2014, 12:35:31 PM »
These cute 5" tall soursops were from seeds kindly given to me by a forum member. I planted the seeds exactly 10 weeks ago today. Only 2 out of the 22 seeds didn't make it. I am planning on keeping them in this planter until next spring before I put them in separate pots, so I can cover them during the wintertime. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but from my limited experience with soursop trees, I notice they lose their leaves when it's cold, and that although they love the hot temperature, they don't like hot sun. They prefer some shade. In the first picture, on the upper left corner you'll notice a stowaway Cherimoya, probably from a previous batch of them grown in this same planter.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Transplanting a sugar apple
« on: September 28, 2014, 08:27:36 PM »
Congrats, Gary, and thanks for the update.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please ID my Atemoya
« on: September 27, 2014, 10:59:24 PM »
"some bad pruning decisions on my part"

JF, I need to learn how to take care of my annonas as much as possible, and I have learned a lot from you. Could you share what those bad pruning decisions were? I read on different forums that the branches need to be pruned by 1/3 in March, and I did it this year, but I don't know if it was a good thing or not. My tree put out a lot of branches but not too many fruits, only 4.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please ID my Atemoya
« on: September 27, 2014, 04:07:58 PM »
Thanks, JF, the tree is grafted.
Thanks, PltWorld. It does look similar to your fruit. So it could be a Gefner or an AP. I am slowly narrowing it down  :)

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Thanks, JF, I am going to follow your lead next February.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please ID my Atemoya
« on: September 27, 2014, 12:22:59 AM »
JF, if you read this, could you identify this Atemoya? Is it possibly a Lisa, a Gefner, or an AP?

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JF, do you defoliate the whole tree?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Please ID my Atemoya
« on: September 26, 2014, 02:44:15 PM »
I bought the tree at Mimosa Anaheim 2 years ago. They only labeled it as Atemoya. Could you identify it or guess the closest variety it may be related to? Thanks in advance.
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JF, your avocado trees do look good. Do you ever have to deal with spider mites?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Longan and Lychee
« on: September 13, 2014, 05:22:37 PM »
Gary, it's much easier to do an airlayer if you know someone who has a good tree. I just did 7 airlayers from my cousin's 20 year old longan tree in April, we cut 5 of them off (the other 2 healed over, so we redid them) early August, potted them, and here they are. The branches are almost 1 1/2" thick. They dropped all their leaves, but have since put out new ones.
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As for Lychees, I believe they are also very easy to air layer.

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Thanks for the heads up, JF. I hope it's not going to be as bad as the heat waves we had in March, because of the high humidity we have now. No Santa Ana winds helps too.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: paper thin Glenn mango seed
« on: September 08, 2014, 09:19:54 PM »
Thanks, Simon, Gary, and Mr Clean. Gary, I always envy the tree growth you guys get in Florida, but for just once, with this Glenn, I want it to stay on the small size. I just want it to bear a lot of large and tasty fruits. ;D. I think for me, the best way to get my trees to bear fruits is to threaten them with the ax.  :). All kidding aside, I am convinced your Glenn with bear fruits next year. My tree is just a stick, but I've seen Puglvr's pic of her Glenn. I really like the shape it has. Hope one day mine will look like that.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: paper thin Glenn mango seed
« on: September 07, 2014, 10:30:49 AM »
Thanks, Warren. The fruits were ripe, so they were very fragrant, which is nice, because I can rarely smell store bought mangoes anymore. Taste wise, they were just very sweet, no complexity. I have only tasted store bought Kent, Manila/Ataulfo, Tommy Atkins, so I don't have much to compare to, but I think I prefer Kent and Manila, even store bought. Maybe if I pick the Glenns a little less ripe they would taste better? Which of the mangoes you grow do you like best? BTW, I let my small tree have fruits on purpose because I don't want it to grow too big.
Thanks for mentioning "cukes". Now I have to look that up. I've seen egg-size Manilla mangoes in the stores, but have never tried them. The ladies that bought them told me they were very sweet. Are those cukes, or a separate varieties of mangoes?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / paper thin Glenn mango seed
« on: September 07, 2014, 01:07:47 AM »
My Glenn mango purchased last year is around 4', with no branches, had 4 ripe large egg-size fruits. They are very sweet, but the seeds are paper thin. Does it mean the fruits were not pollinated?

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