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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Pests, Diseases, and Nutritional Problems
« on: February 17, 2019, 10:13:15 PM »
Where can I buy Brexil multi at a reasonable price? Cheapest I saw $74.99 on eBay for 5 lbs.
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Nutritional spray containing chelated Calcium and Boron, may help the remaining flowers to set fruit.
For all interested I've bought 4 grafted trees from brad past year and all 4 are growing much better than my Florida trees.they actually have dense growth and look like they're in their natural habitat. They easily made it though several rounds of Santa ana winds and more recently 5 days of morning frost.
Brad -thats a great looking tree and I'd buy it from you except I've already got a brad LZ creation! How is that ardith doing by the way?
Pardon me if it has already been discussed. I have been reading a lot on how FL turpentine rootstock doesn't do well in California due to weather, rainfall, soil pH etc. When do they start to deteriorate? All of my trees came from Florida, I bought them in 15 -25 gallons and planted in ground Sep/Oct of last year. Most of them flushed, growing and flowering except for 1 that is in the front of the house where soil is highly compacted. You can see how green they are in the picture below. Should I be worried and is there a remedy?
Edit: 3 gallons from plantogram aren't doing as well as the 15 gallons and larger trees.
How do you move a 45gal pot?
I ponder this often. Macro flora is something i try to create, it’s a biointensive farm system. Most plants work better planted in groups rather than when planted alone. In a healthy natural system you have pools of excess nutrients, the soil is shaded and plants do not compete with each other for nutrients. The carbon above ground equates to carbon below ground and food for all Soil life. Basically biodiversity is healthier than say a grass and mango monoculture. The healthiest area of my farm is the most over planted. Of course pruning to keep a balance is always an issue.
Would you say spacing of 5'-6' between trees is too close? I am guilty of planting trees too close because of space availability.
Edit: I hope it's not going to be an issue in the future when the trees are grown. Trees are in ground since September/October, 2018 from 15 gallon pots.
Close spacing and heavy pruning to keep the size down is a standard practice in some orchard systems. It will only become an issue if you allow it to be one. Like Oscar said sunlight to the lower limbs is important for fruit production, so tightly packed and short trees unless your going for a layered look, with different species, growth habits and light requirements for fruiting.
I ponder this often. Macro flora is something i try to create, it’s a biointensive farm system. Most plants work better planted in groups rather than when planted alone. In a healthy natural system you have pools of excess nutrients, the soil is shaded and plants do not compete with each other for nutrients. The carbon above ground equates to carbon below ground and food for all Soil life. Basically biodiversity is healthier than say a grass and mango monoculture. The healthiest area of my farm is the most over planted. Of course pruning to keep a balance is always an issue.