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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.

Would you recommend a foliar spray that contains both calcium and boron? I have Southern Ag  citrus spray but it seems it doesn’t contain boron. Thanks for your help :)

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Now that non stop rain has stopped for a day, I went out to take a look at Carrie flowers. Most of the flower panicles turned black. We had lots of rain, and lows of 32 F some nights. Is it some kind of black mold on the panicles? Is there a remedy? Thanks.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jabo
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:14:32 PM »
Awesome, how old is the jabo and how long has it been in ground?

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Sale: 2019 anona scions sale
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:03:40 PM »
I am looking forward to it  :)

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Lemon Zest mango tree
« on: February 15, 2019, 07:55:00 PM »
That's very nice of you and Brad. I wish I stumbled upon this forum before going all in on 15 gallon mango trees on turpentine rootstocks. Since most of them are already in ground, my goal is to keep them as happy as possible while learning how to graft, and growing replacements on Cali friendly rootstocks.

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Here are a couple of  pictures of my Carrie, left pic is taken Sep’ 18 after planting, and right pic is taken Jan ‘19. It appears carrie is much fuller with broader leaves than when planted. Is it a typical growth habit of Carrie?


Edit: I mixed it up, right pic is taken Sep’18 and left is taken Jan ‘19



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It's quite far from LA, it's on 27847 Greenspot Rd. Highland, CA. I am sure other Lowe's will start selling grafted mango trees as well.

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She doesn’t ship to CA or AZ, otherowse would love to buy from her. If someone would be kind enough to ship?

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Nice, I like how neatly you planted them. It appears they have been in ground for a while. I will be looking for scions come May if you are willing to sell  ;)

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I spotted a single 5 gallon grafted Keitt on California rootstock at local Lowes for $50.98. Rootstock name isn't mentioned but it is from La Verne. Too bad, I already have an expensive Keitt from plantogram. So, we may see more and more varieties on Cali rootstock if demand persists.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Lemon Zest mango tree
« on: February 13, 2019, 11:17:18 AM »
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?

Could you post some pictures? I am stuck with 20 different varieties of mangoes on turpentine rootstock before I read about it, most of mine were on 15/25 gallons and flowering currently. I am planning to grow ataulfo seedlings in deep nursery bags and graft as a replacements. 

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What were the symptoms before the trees died?

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Yeah, I added 6-12" of mulch from local composting center in the entire section after planting. Added cedar wood chips on top. Below the chips is all soil now. So far, trees not showing any signs of gummosis or droopiness probably because of the short time they have been in ground.

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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.



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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?







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I probably wouldn't worry much. I have transplanted in ground tree into bottomless rootbuilder II pots (sections) in warmer weather in October. Tree was 7-8' tall, ~3" diameter trunk. I watered it everyday through drip with other trees. There is also an Okrung in Champa nursery that was transplanted in a 65 gallon pot from ground, tree was over 10' tall with 6-7" diameter trunk. Okrung is doing well and I believe I saw some fruits as well last summer.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bought wrong surfactant
« on: February 07, 2019, 10:33:27 AM »
You may be able to return it free of charge if you drop it off at Kohl's.

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My place dogged a bullet tonight and was warmer than yesterday, low was 36.1 F in the SW corner.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / FS manual sugarcane juicer
« on: February 06, 2019, 10:43:38 PM »
A manual sugarcane juicer for sale as pictured. Brand new, never used, bought from eBay. I opened it to check, but decided to get an electric one.

$100, priced for local pick up from zip code 92346 only. Please pm if interested, or have any questions.







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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.

Very encouraging and promising. I am already equipped with a bypass pruner, hand saw, loppers, cordless chainsaw and pole saw for the future  ;D I just need a chipper if there is a decent electric one out there.

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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.

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Tonight might be even colder, a freeze warning was issued for inland empire and inland San Diego valleys from 10 pm to 9 am, yikes.

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My north facing perimeter wall registered 27.9 F and SW facing wall registered 31.6 F around 5 am. Temp went up to 28.8 and 33.4 just now (7 am), hope it rises soon.

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