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SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« on: February 25, 2018, 04:40:31 PM »
Figured since it's 1,000 degrees out I may as well get some work done today and snap some pictures while I'm at it. Here's the update for late February 2018.




A good chunk of the morning was spent saying goodbye to this Christmas loquat tree. In 4-5 years, it has never produced a single fruit. It makes tiny little shriveled up messes. Whole tree would be gone but chainsaw chain got dull halfway through the process. No waste though... straight to the chipper for you!




Fresh mulch!





Pineapple alley. Mix of pineapples - 3 or 4 Kauai sugarloaf, a couple white jade, and a couple store bought Doles.





Cogshall. Not a single fruit last year. Hopefully a few this year.



Miracle fruit. Got more use out of it when I used the juicer. Now that I use a blender for smoothees we don't really use these for anything.



Pink lemon. More of a novelty but we get a few lemons here and there.



Alano sapodilla. Made a few already.



More pineapples. Eleuthera.



Mallika mango.



Frankenstein. Har grafted some sweet tart and edgar on this seedling. Still waiting for flowering. Nada so far.



My workhorse Glenn mango.



young Kari starfruit. Still has some work to do before it catches up to its big brother.



I'm getting tired of these mother fu@#$% iguanas in my mother fu#$%^ papaya trees! Can't seem to keep them from destroying these young Hawaiian papayas. These are Sunrise. Every time they flush they get destroyed.



Fwang Tung starfruit. Not my cup of tea, but the wife loves them.



Nam Doc Mai



Sweetheart lychee. This one gets decimated by the weevils. Has some flowers. We'll see.



Hasya sapodilla. It's actually produced a few thus far.



Mauritius lychee. Loaded with flowers.



Jujube. Last weekend I chopped down the 13 foot monster jujube whose rootstock killed off the graft. It bloodied me up but I won the battle when I kicked the stump into the lake screaming "THIS IS SPARTA!"



Unhappy Edgar mango. I pugged it last year because it was super lanky. It just doesn't want to grow.



Fruit Punch mango. First year with fruit.



Cherry of the Rio Grande. Thus far a dud. It's high on the list of "replaceable."



Abiu from Noel. Thus far no fruit. The lobate scales are attacking it pretty hard.



Angie mango.



UF Sun peach. Disappointing year. Some flowers but it kept most of its leaves this year for some reason.



I want to say "Morena" sapodilla but not sure. This went where the old jujube was. Chainsawing the roots of the jujube is what dulled my blade.



Malay Apple. Been 3-4 years with no flowers. Hopefully some day.



Coconut Cream mango.



Sabara jaboticaba. I'm guessing a few more years until fruit.



Soursop waiting for a spot to open up somewhere.



Grimal jaboticaba. Also waiting for a spot.



Meyer lemon. Lots of flowers.



herb/veggie raised box # 1. This one has mint, basil, rosemary, arugula, carrots (just harvested them).



Some kind of mandarin bought from Excalibur. Japanese type name.



Raised garden box # 2. This one has arugula, lettuce (2 types), longevity spinach, new zealand spinach, kale, georgia collards, etc.



Sweet Tart mango. The only casualty of Irma was a sweet tart in this spot for about 5 months before Irma split it right at the graft.



Barbados Cherry.



Lemon Zest. YUM!



Tomato alley.



This Kari starfruit tree is planted atop a nuclear site. Just chopped it back after final harvest. It will be 15 feet again by summer. Amazing tree. Covered in loquat mulch.



Rosigold mango.



Tropic Beauty peach. Again, not a great year for peaches here.



Monroe avocado. Aborted all fruit last year. Hopefully this year it pulls through.



Biew Kiew longan.



Some dragonfruit



Don't tell the iguanas about these Hawaiian papayas. Rainbow.



Lacatan bananas. Very good.



Grumichama.



Yehuda loquat. Excellent. Got a lot this year. Fruit flies got a lot too.



Red jaboticaba. Definitely the one to get if you're not patient.



Pickering mango.



Another sweetheart lychee. The weevils haven't really found this out yet.



Monstera Deliciosa guarded by an attack lizard.

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2018, 06:04:15 PM »
Everything looks healthy. You're either fertilizing or the soil there is reasonably nice (or a combo of both). The sabara jaboticaba has burnt leaf tips, which I think is a fungal issue. Mine used to do the same thing until I started hitting it with fungicide along with my mangoes. It might also want a little more minors (hard to tell with the lighting). It's not far away from fruiting though.

I see a lot of dollar weed. That's one of my most disliked weeds due to how difficult it is to pull out (you have to pick out every last rhizome). If you dig the plastic edging into the soil a few inches, you can stop it from entering. I ended up having to put plastic edging along the property line to prevent it from re-entering from the neighbor's yard.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2018, 06:41:13 PM »
Everything looks healthy. You're either fertilizing or the soil there is reasonably nice (or a combo of both). The sabara jaboticaba has burnt leaf tips, which I think is a fungal issue. Mine used to do the same thing until I started hitting it with fungicide along with my mangoes. It might also want a little more minors (hard to tell with the lighting). It's not far away from fruiting though.

I see a lot of dollar weed. That's one of my most disliked weeds due to how difficult it is to pull out (you have to pick out every last rhizome). If you dig the plastic edging into the soil a few inches, you can stop it from entering. I ended up having to put plastic edging along the property line to prevent it from re-entering from the neighbor's yard.

It's probably a combo of fertilizing (granular + foliar sprays) and decent soil (until you get near the canal and then you need a prison chain gang to break up the coral). I'll hit the jaboticaba with some plant doctor and see if that does anything.

The dollar weed is the bane of my existence. I haven't hit the lawn with weed & feed in a year or so as I'm hesitant to do so when stuff is flowering. Not sure I want all that nitrogen and weed kill going down when I'm trying to get fruit. The result is the dollar weed is winning the battle. I wish there was an easy solution other than setting fire to the lawn.

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2018, 07:11:48 PM »
The yard is looking good.
Doesn't seem like many people have much success with Abiu.

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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2018, 08:10:50 PM »
I like your estate!

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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2018, 09:07:27 PM »
Very nice looking.

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2018, 10:03:52 PM »
Great tour.

Did my grafts grow well, or did the seedling branches re-dominate?
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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2018, 11:08:00 PM »
Awesome, I love Florida.

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2018, 12:16:48 AM »
Hahaha I just noticed your location — people’s socialist republic of California. Classic.

Awesome, I love Florida.
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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2018, 05:06:55 AM »
Great tour.

Did my grafts grow well, or did the seedling branches re-dominate?

Al the grafts are growing well and tree is nice and healthy.

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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2018, 09:11:19 AM »
Beautiful yard and trees. I can only imagine what I’d plant if I had that much yard space.

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2018, 11:39:57 AM »
I'd like to get a small electric chipper like yours. Are you happy with it? Where'd you get it?

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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2018, 11:41:11 AM »


Beautiful yard!! Great trees!

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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2018, 01:08:29 PM »
I'd like to get a small electric chipper like yours. Are you happy with it? Where'd you get it?

I'm happy with it, but it's not cheap. Because I'm lazy and prefer machines that start with the flip of a switch, I decided electric was the way to go. The problem is that the vast majority can't chip anything other than twigs. This one supposedly chips up to 2.5 inch branches (though I find anything that thick shuts it down). I've been very happy with it, but it's relatively higher voltage so you also need to have an outlet essentially dedicated to the chipper. I've blown a few fuses figuring that out. Given the amount of pruning we do, I just like the fact that I'm not sending this stuff to a garbage dump somewhere.

http://www.patriot-products-inc.com/P/30/WoodChipperLeafShredder15hpElectric

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Re: SaveMeJebus Yard Tour: 2018 Update
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2018, 01:18:51 PM »
You do have a nice yard!! Can you please post a pic of one of your white jades? (For comparison)
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« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2018, 01:20:03 PM »
Beautiful garden and amazing mix of plants. Your coconut cream gives me much hope! thanks for posting.

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« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2018, 02:01:17 PM »
I'd like to get a small electric chipper like yours. Are you happy with it? Where'd you get it?

I'm happy with it, but it's not cheap. Because I'm lazy and prefer machines that start with the flip of a switch, I decided electric was the way to go. The problem is that the vast majority can't chip anything other than twigs. This one supposedly chips up to 2.5 inch branches (though I find anything that thick shuts it down). I've been very happy with it, but it's relatively higher voltage so you also need to have an outlet essentially dedicated to the chipper. I've blown a few fuses figuring that out. Given the amount of pruning we do, I just like the fact that I'm not sending this stuff to a garbage dump somewhere.

http://www.patriot-products-inc.com/P/30/WoodChipperLeafShredder15hpElectric

I'll have to put that on my wish list with a new baby coming any day now, not sure I can get the wife to agree on a $1k chipper at the moment lol...

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« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2018, 02:14:21 PM »
You do have a nice yard!! Can you please post a pic of one of your white jades? (For comparison)




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« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2018, 04:40:07 PM »
Another option in that price range for chipper shredders is the American made Mackissic SC800. It uses a hammer mill, which is nice because the blades never go dull (it pulverizes stuff). The motor is a 6 or 8 HP briggs & strat (fairly powerful). The one thing that a hammermill struggles with is wet and fibrous debris eg, papaya trees, banana trees. But those typical decompose pretty quickly on their own. The nice thing is that you don't need to worry about destroying blades with rocks / dirt. I once dropped my felcos down the shredder chute. It destroyed the pruners, but the blades were fine.

For a little bit more, there is the commercial line (Merry Mac). I have this one, but with an upgraded Honda motor: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200306955_200306955 I normally end up pruning about 30 trees per year, and it hasn't ever let me down.

If you check ebay, you can find some deals on them. I got mine for about 1/2 retail price. You'll even see units for sale from the 80's -- they last forever.
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« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2018, 05:02:06 PM »
You do have a nice yard!! Can you please post a pic of one of your white jades? (For comparison)




Thank you! (I thought I had a different one)
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« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2018, 06:56:52 PM »
Just took the tour ......... WOW! ....... well done!

That does not look like iguana damage ........ I'm thinking t-Rex

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« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2018, 08:52:09 PM »
Another option in that price range for chipper shredders is the American made Mackissic SC800. It uses a hammer mill, which is nice because the blades never go dull (it pulverizes stuff). The motor is a 6 or 8 HP briggs & strat (fairly powerful). The one thing that a hammermill struggles with is wet and fibrous debris eg, papaya trees, banana trees. But those typical decompose pretty quickly on their own. The nice thing is that you don't need to worry about destroying blades with rocks / dirt. I once dropped my felcos down the shredder chute. It destroyed the pruners, but the blades were fine.

For a little bit more, there is the commercial line (Merry Mac). I have this one, but with an upgraded Honda motor: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200306955_200306955 I normally end up pruning about 30 trees per year, and it hasn't ever let me down.

If you check ebay, you can find some deals on them. I got mine for about 1/2 retail price. You'll even see units for sale from the 80's -- they last forever.

Thanks for the info! I never even thought about getting a chipper until I saw SaveMeJebus' photo. If I only had a chipper after Irma, I'd have enough mulch to last me a few years...



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« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2018, 05:18:55 AM »
Another option in that price range for chipper shredders is the American made Mackissic SC800. It uses a hammer mill, which is nice because the blades never go dull (it pulverizes stuff). The motor is a 6 or 8 HP briggs & strat (fairly powerful). The one thing that a hammermill struggles with is wet and fibrous debris eg, papaya trees, banana trees. But those typical decompose pretty quickly on their own. The nice thing is that you don't need to worry about destroying blades with rocks / dirt. I once dropped my felcos down the shredder chute. It destroyed the pruners, but the blades were fine.

For a little bit more, there is the commercial line (Merry Mac). I have this one, but with an upgraded Honda motor: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200306955_200306955 I normally end up pruning about 30 trees per year, and it hasn't ever let me down.

If you check ebay, you can find some deals on them. I got mine for about 1/2 retail price. You'll even see units for sale from the 80's -- they last forever.

Thanks for the info! I never even thought about getting a chipper until I saw SaveMeJebus' photo. If I only had a chipper after Irma, I'd have enough mulch to last me a few years...



That's actually when I bought the chipper - a couple weeks after Irma. I got tired of the cul-de-sac absolutely covered in branches everywhere with no sign from the city that it was ever going to be cleaned out. I spent a few days attacking those piles and have since used it for every tree that I've pruned.