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It was a really good tasting mango

My grafting list consists of Ah Ping reasoning I'm going to graft it onto the west side of cotton candy which will be visible from my sliding glass door. It is ultra early and has a beautiful red fruit Pleasant to the eye. Secondly some more Dupuis Saigon on two large Valencia Pride. Reasoning it is early delicious and highly recommended by Walter. Thirdly Sunrise on large Valencia Pride. Reasoning it is said to be a good alternative to Jakarta for folks in the interior. Lastly Super Julie in a big way onto ST. Reasoning easy bloomer that I fell in love with last season. At this point in my life I want consistent bloomers because time is precious. In addendum to lastly I acquired a Starch mango tree from Lara Farms that I'm waiting to be able to get budwood. And there's a local seedling of Blackie that came from Jamaica many years ago. That seems by the shape of the fruit to have been cross pollinated with Julie. This will be it's second season of fruiting. Hoping this season confirms last. My friends tree seems uniquely special. So I may be grafting this onto a ital provision tree

Dupuis Saigon budwood got from Walter last season

 All great choices!!! Not many people know about AhPing, definitely a favorite of mine. I’ve been trying to get it ever since I first fell in love with it lol.
 Surprised you wouldn’t put Sunrise and SuperJulie on that Valencia Pride and keep ST its own tree.. but it sounds like you are trying to limit how many varieties you have on a tree? I’ve lost Dupuis Saigon a few seasons ago.
 
This year as far as grafting I’m hoping to move varieties from the temporary trees that they were placed on, to some planted seedlings. Varieties that I plan to move are- Mulgoba, Cac, Edgar, Coconut Cream, Sunrise, Kesar, & Shwehinta/Raw Honey. Also maybe Mallika.
 
Only other ones I’m really looking forward to grafting more of are Pina Colada, Super Alphonso, Angie, Fruit Punch, Orange Essence, Venus, Sweet Tart, Cotton Candy, and maybe Sugarloaf. Reasoning is flavor complexity and also want to add more later season varieties or more of them.

Quote from: 561MangoFanatic on February 17, 2023, 04:27:05 PM

Definitely separate before you plant! And if you do, plant one in ground and the other in pots.. see what grows best for you. Don’t know what your soil is like in St Pete’s but here on the other side of Fl the soil can be/gets too compacted and most of them end up with a miniature pineapple.

Thanks, I will separate them and not a bad idea to keep a couple back in pots. How large of a container is necessary for a pineapple to fruit?

Galatians522 was spot on!

You’ll probably be interested in these as well- https://youtu.be/3JdSxIDsQcE

https://youtu.be/rhi4EpBpbnw

https://youtu.be/21Za62GdTrI

https://youtu.be/D_jUu6RmQjQ

... and as quickly as they came, the flies are gone again.
Something is fishy not right.

I think "fishy" would bring flies so lets stay with "not right", yes?

Quite! I hope you have better luck ahead

I also don’t have many flies or bees but there are a couple. I have notice that the sap/nectar that’s usually at the end of the flowers are not as predominant as in previous years and blooms and so the flowers aren’t as fragrant as usual either.. could this possibly be what Alex refers to as more “male” flowers on the panicle or could this be from drier climate conditions??

Is the Black Thai edible? If so, is it mostly seeds?

I’m told it’s edible. I’m still waiting for it to fruit

Going to sell some scions, cuttings, and pups for a brief period. This will be in the US only! All orders need to be confirmed between both individuals and then PREPAID before scions, cuttings, or pups are prepared due to prior orders either not paid for or fictitious orders placed.

Scions are $5 each, 2 scion minimum. (Plus + Shipping) Scions will be wrapped in buddy tape.
Cuttings & pups $20 each or 2 for $35. (Plus +Shipping)

All orders will be shipped USPS Priority 2-3 days with Tracking Number-

Small order shipping handling-$12
Medium size order shipping and handling- $17
Big orders shipping and handling-$25.


Scions-

(*) means not available at this time.

Mango-

1.Best   
2.Cogshall   
3.PPK/Lemon Meringue
4.Hatcher
5.Keitt   
6.Carrie
7.Phoenix
8.Venus
9.Florigon 
10.Cotton Candy*
11.Duncan
12.SweetTart
13.Zill Indo-Chinese*
14.Taralay
15.J12/Super Julie
16.Guava
17.ButterCream
18.Edward
19.Dot*
20.Orange Sherbet
21.Alphonso*
22.L22 (my own seedling)*
23.J23 (my own seedling)*
24.ShweHintha*
25.Glenn*
26.Son Pari*
27.Rapoza*
28.Kesar*
29.Sunrise
30.Dupuis Saigon*
31.Edgar*
32.M-4*
33.Cac
34.Mulgoba*
35.Juicy Peach*
36.Pineapple Pleasure
37.Orange Essence*
38.Sugarloaf*
39.Marlys
40.K3/ Kathy*
41.Perez (Speculated Edward seedling)
42.Rumani*
43.Apricot*
44.Fruit Punch*
45.Paige*
46.Coconut Cream***
47.Peach Cobbler*
48.Ryan
49.Mallika*
50.Honey Kiss*
51.Karen Michelle*



Avocado-

1.Day
2.Oro Negro
3.Lula*

Dragon Fruit-

1. American Beauty
2. Natural Mystic*
3. Haley’s Comet*
4. Edgar’s Baby
5. Mega Yellow
6. Purple Haze
7. Tricia
8. Lisa
9. Red ES 1
10. Physical Graffiti
11. Neon
12. Nicaraguan Red
13. Mr Woo
14. Cosmic Charlie
15. H. Guatemalensis
16. Condor
17. Dark Star
18. S8/Sugar
19. Maria Rosa
20. San Ignacio
21. Frankies Red*
22. Pink Panther
23. Thompson G2
24. Bruni
25. Ax
26. Paisley
27. Rixford
28. Country Roads
29. S. Setaceus


Banana pups-

1. Truly Tiny
2. Dwarf Cavendish
3. Gran Nain
4. Manzano
5. Rasa Kadali / Njaalipoovan
6. Blue Java / Ice Cream*
7. Gros Michelle
8. Dwarf Namwah
9. Namwah
10. Mysore
11.Black Thai (seeded banana)
12. GoldFinger
13. SweetHeart
14. Williams
15. Kandrian
16. Praying Hands*
17. Dwarf Puerto Rican (Plantain)
18. Cardaba (Plantain)

I'm more interested in trying this mango the Marc Anthony

https://youtu.be/0-X3kiluDg0

It was good but wasn’t wowed by it.. I was told that it wasn’t as flavorful as prior years when I tried it last year

Mine is still too young and has not fruited yet.. mine actually kinda struggled after transplant and just recently started taking off

I have a Tropic Sweet in ground 10 years and I've gotten maybe two edible fruits out of it while my Tropic Beauty is in ground 7 years gives me dozens of fruit every year. I gave up on the TS, and I let it run wild and will give it the chop this summer.

I’ve been so on the fence about getting this TS, THANK YOU For posting this about yours!!

Big Shoutout and Thank You to Mike at TreesNMore! First time stopping by and appreciate the help and time to take me and show me what cool things are going on!















As you can see from some of the pictures they’re are going quickly! I wish I would’ve gone there years ago but still a great new favorite place of mine I will be highly recommending from now on! Thanks Mike! 🤓

I just wanted to let you know I found a nursery by me today selling 7gal Florida Grande Peach trees