The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: spaugh on March 20, 2022, 10:47:32 PM

It looks like salt burn and the black stuff is seperate and looks like mold.  And the leaves are slightly chlorotic from high PH or over watering.  But thats pretty normal for a potted avocado tree.  It isnt really anything to worry about.  It will shed those leaves this spring and flush new leaves.  The tree looks fine really.  It will look better when it starts doing the spring flush.

Thank you so much for your reply. Should I do anything about the moldy spot? I am a little concerned that fungus can spread quite fast.

Is the tree in a humid spot like outdoors/greenhouse or is it in your house?  Has it been pretty wet there?

I dont think its much to worry about really.  The tree isnt a perfect specimen but its not about to die either.  I think it looks pretty happy overall.

I just ignore it.  I see a few aphids here and there but the tree looks good and makes tons of fruit so who cares? 

If your infestation is so bad that its causing the health of the tree to decline, you may need to back off on your nitrogen fertilizer.  Excessive nitrogen can cause bug problems.  Not necessarily what is causing yours but something to consider.  Especially water soluable nitrogen causes rapid soft growth that bugs are attrwcted to.

your trees probably just self pollinated or they are cross pollinating.  i doubt they would be mislabeled.  they are likely self pollinating but do better with a 2nd tree around. 

Where did you get the corral champaigne tree?  Is there a place that sells scionwood?  I planted 6 mazzard rootstocks and will top work them in January 2023.  Will need to decide what types to graft. 

Its a boy!

No no, wait its a girl!!

 

All my lychee and longans are flowering now, and mangos. 

Mist heads have a couple issues.  The clog easily and also blow all over in the wind.  Not easy to get the water where you want it most will be lost quickly to evap and wind.  A spinning micro sprinkler on the other hand throws larger droplets and goes in a large radius.  1 of those on a 6 or 8ft high sprinkler riser can toss a 20ft+ circle.  And they are adjustable.

Watering down plants in the super heat and sun WILL NOT burn them contrary to what some people may tell you.  Hosing down plants on those crazy hot days is the best thing for them.  You can see them perk right up almost immediately. 

If your goal is wet below the plants then just use the micro sprinklers on a short riser. 

Dripdepot.com has all kinds of goodies. 

I dont have any now.  Just started some new ones a couple months ago that are still tiny. 

Bill, put the seeds in the pots, you will have rootstocks in a year.  Do something else in the meantime. 

Its good timing.  They should ripen by end of summer.  This is when you want the flower to form. 

i top worked it with cherimoya, problem solved.  the dream had a decent lemonene component to it but not in the same league as a good cherimoya IMO.

dream is less atemoya like than most but it really doesnt taste like a regular cherimoya to me.  i noticed they crack badly like other atemoyas here where no cherimoyas crack.

havent tried pink mamoths so I cant comment on that sorry. 

Yeah the little grafted trees get hammered here and need staking and shading, painting...  i got a bunch of hass on dusa from the nursury and they are the weak little twigs.  Had to stake them and paint their long skinny excuses for trunks. 

Seedlings just take the abuse and get tough right off the bat.  Plus I can see how the seedling looks through winter before grafting.  And if it looks extra chlorotic or weak growing, I just yank them and start with a new one.  Sometimes I put 2 seedlings in one planting spot spaced a foot or 2 apart also just to up the odds of success.  Then once one is successfully grafted, yank the 2nd one.