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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Your secret soil ingredients
« on: January 24, 2018, 09:56:32 AM »
I just recently turned my narrow side yard into a 'garden' of sorts. I've made about 150 of the 200 square feet  into beds on the south side of the house. I planted a pomogranate for my daughter and some bananas take up a corner, but the rest is free and clear and straight sand! I would like to have some perennials as well as some space for veggies.

I'm not wanting to build raised beds and haul in a bunch of topsoil, so I've been thinking about what to amend the existing soil with. I'm definitely going to put in what little homemade compost I have (my compost barrel makes a pittance, and never gets hot, so it takes a long time too!). I want to find some Oil Dri because I know the clay they use has some ionic bonding properties. I figured that would be a good addition to help with moisture and nutrient retention and be somewhat permanent. I plan on making some biochar from the HLB infected citrus tree I cut down recently and add that as well. I figured peat to help with organic matter and acidity as well. But beyond that, IDK.

What do you all use in your south florida sugar sand gardens?

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Citrus General Discussion / Understory Citrus
« on: January 18, 2018, 07:02:59 PM »
Just saw this video from Pete Kanaris of Green Dreams about understory citrus showing possible resilience to HLB.

Here is the YT link. Anyone seen this before? Is it just wishful thinking?

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Citrus General Discussion / Range of ACP
« on: January 05, 2018, 01:50:25 PM »
How far north has the ACP been positively identified? I haven't seen what it's seasonal limitations are.

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Strawberry plants? where to go?
« on: October 25, 2017, 09:03:25 AM »
Where does everyone go to get their strawberry plants each fall? I see very few options for any of the varieties that UF IFAS recommend for Florida.

Can  the veterans offer some options?

Thanks

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Avocados for $0.30 a pound?
« on: August 28, 2017, 08:58:23 PM »
Was just trolling CL and saw an ad where a seller was willing to sell South Florida avocados for 30 cents a pound (150 lb minimum). Would negotiate for even less for larger purchases.

Are South Florida avocados really that hard to unload?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Soursop (guanabana) or atemoya?
« on: August 05, 2017, 01:18:32 PM »
I'm seriously considering planting one of these, but I can't decide on which one. There are several others scattered around my neighborhood, but I'm not good at identifying them from a distance.

I've heard good things about both. So, what does the collective think or prefer?

Thanks for any comments.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / bananas keep failing under fruit load
« on: July 16, 2017, 09:03:08 AM »
Someone help me. I have a small patch of fingerling bananas (not sure what variety), from a pup a friend gave me. Trunks (stems) only grow 5-6 feet high. But almost every time, when they set an arm, the stems fail and I end up pulling less than mature arms off of failed plants.

What am I doing wrong? Is it a nutrient or water problem? The stems seem sturdy enough right up to when they fall over.

Someone give me a hand. I have yet to get them to ripen on the tree.

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Citrus General Discussion / Bark spalling
« on: June 08, 2017, 12:17:24 PM »
Guys, I don't know what is causing this on my honeybell tangelo.

First I noticed it on an exposed root. The bark on top just curled up and popped off. At first I thought it was due to sunburn as the canopy is not protecting this area. So I mulched it.

Now, I have noticed a fist sized area on the trunk doing the same thing. I would not think it would be sunburn here as it is better protected.

I have not found any disease descriptions that mention bark spalling like this.

Does anyone have any ideas?

TIA

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Palm Beach Rare Fruit Council Plant Sale
« on: May 14, 2017, 05:48:29 PM »
Coming up Saturday May 20 at the fairgrounds. Anyone been to one of these before, and is it worth my time?

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Citrus General Discussion / Citrus Psyllid/HLB - alternate host plants
« on: April 20, 2017, 11:56:35 AM »
For those keeping up on the research, the psyllid must have some alternate host plants it survives on, other than citrus it transmits the HLB to.

Have those alternate host plants been identified?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / help with lemon guava
« on: March 13, 2017, 08:56:34 PM »
Hi all. I planted a lemon guava in my front garden bed before Thanksgiving. It has literally done nothing in that time. It hasn't grown. It hasn't dropped any leaves. Doesn't show any sign of deficiency that I can tell. It set a couple of fruit from buds that were on it when I planted it, but that's all.

I just gave it a sprinkle of fertilizer in the last month, but still nothing.

Any suggestions, or am I just being impatient?

TIA

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Favorite Eugenia spp.
« on: January 23, 2017, 05:03:48 PM »
I'm wondering from those of you who have grown and/or sampled various of the eugenia species, which is your favorite?

I have room for 1 or 2, but not all. Your input will help me decide.

Thanks up front.

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