The Tropical Fruit Forum

Pannuds,

If you plant your mango trees where humidity is high then the trees would do fine. My mango trees (2nd years) where I planted near the 15 ft. banana plants do great. It just the flowering is holding its back from another flush. Per tree, dig a big, deep hole and amend it with 2 bag of cactus mixed soil (home depot, red bag), 1/2 bag of worm casting, 1lb of azomite, 1 bag coarse sand, and like 1/2 fluid ounce of vitamin b1 diluted in 3-5 gallon water to minimize transplant. shock.

For the winter protect its with frost cloth with 4-6 stakes surrounding the tree. Not only there was no damage but its flush out growth. I guess the tree like it.

It might be a good idea to buy a water hose filter to filter the chlorine and other contaminants out the water. It also lower the ph level which tropical fruit trees love.

I don't know about your area, but my place has many squirrels and some love to chew on the trunk of the mango trees. 3 mango trees died this year during/after flowering. Half of their trunks are gone. Lol.

Hi Osito,

I planted my  2 jack fruit trees in the open met with disaster in a high, dry heat area. 90% of the leaves defoliated. I gave them the best soil condition too ( lot of sand, peat moss, and cactus mixed soil). I dug them up and put its in a long 15 gallon pots, and placed them near the overgrowth passion fruit vine. They love the added humidity and made a come back. I'll wait until my 1.5-2 feet grow to 3- 4 feet before I plant its back onto the ground. This time, I put in papaya tree or banana ahead of time for the added humidity.

That is a lot of plants in a single container. It is much easier to separate them now than rather later. I think a 5 gallon pot is sufficient for now. Yup, the root do travel fast for jack fruit.

You are a very smart person. I wish I knew your method before I removed like 12 pups last month. Your way is definitely much easier and cleaner. Thanks for sharing.

I moved 2 avocado trees that are 6 months old on the ground which is much easier than your. My advice is to dig large perimeter and move inward. Make sure the soil is dry with some moisture. if it is too wet, the root have to hold a heavier load. Use a large fabric to hold the root ball tying it to the trunk. Have a buddy or 2 to help you move the root ball (don't pull the trunk; have another person hold the trunk so the tree doesn't tilt over) onto the fabric. After back fill the soil at the new location, mix vitamin B1 with water (maybe 15g for your tree) and then water. My avocado trees did't go into shock from my observation.

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Choose the cultivar you like. Wrap it with frost cloth (they have holes for breathing). Surround the base of the tree with medium/large stones because they absorb heat during the day and give off heat for your tree at night. Ruby Supreme sounds good. That how I baby most of my tropical fruit trees.

Thank you Richard. Now I know what to do with that slap of cement 15'x40'

I planted my wax jambu onto the ground early March which I got it from TT. Most of the leaves molted, but many small leaves are pushing out now. The little tree is planted in full blast sunlight (10 hours) and loving it. The more sun ray the happier this tree is in my opinion.

Hi Rambuntantx,

Thanks for your replied. I used to live at Ft. Hood for 3 years and know it can get very cold in Texas. I am going to put my longan trees onto the ground coming May. In late fall, I will erect frost cloth on all 5 sides with large stone/rock inside to absorb the heat during the day and keep the tree warm at night. The method work for all my 8 mango trees. Not only the mango trees had no damage but they also thrived. Therefore, the tropical trees need not to take a step back but only move forward. The lows were 30, 31, 32 in San Jose, CA

Fruitfreak,

If you can get peach to root from air layer, please give us an update. That would be very interesting.

If that was my tree, I would cut the green tape out and stake each leader separately (v-shape). Then, I like to prune both leaders leaving only a few nodes. I have a v-shape white sapote before when planting onto the ground. Now it is a symmetrical 5 ft. tree.

Your papaya are so beautiful. Wish mine were half that decent.