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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Advice for mango tree Houston, TX area Zone 9a
« on: June 19, 2022, 09:38:16 AM »
Pickering mango is on the list of that local fruit nursery.  Gonna call tomorrow to confirm they're available. 

Thanks for the suggestion and the resource link.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Advice for mango tree Houston, TX area Zone 9a
« on: June 18, 2022, 03:49:14 PM »
Quote from: elouicious on June 18, 2022, 02:35:29 PM
Unless he is willing to protect it every year I think container grown is the way to go

So the low temps are likely to be an issue?  That's ok, he's fine with container grown and moving inside during low temps. 

Going the container route, would a dwarf variety be a better choice?   

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Advice for mango tree Houston, TX area Zone 9a
« on: June 18, 2022, 12:14:08 PM »
My brother-in-law lives in Houston and has been asking me for a mango tree he can grow in Houston, either in ground or in a wheeled large container.  I'm located in South Florida so I can grow pretty much any mango out there.  I likely have access to more mango sellers and variety than he does so maybe I can find him a suitable plant.  Any advice on a variety of mango that would be preferable to the Houston area?  Any advice on sources in S.FL also appreciated.   I kinda have a feeling his area could grow many of the varieties as well but don't know for sure.
There's a nursery (http://www.excaliburfruittrees.com/fruits.html) near me that specializes in fruit trees.  They have a huge selection of mangoes so I'll make a visit there soon. 
Thx

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Huge pineapple plant that just keeps growing but no bloom
« on: February 13, 2020, 11:37:23 PM »
Quote from: edzone9 on February 13, 2020, 03:20:30 PM
3 years for 1 fruit ?
Yikes

You ain't kidding.  Never waited so long.

I've got 2 flowers starting out on from a couple of commercial (store) pineapple plants.  They are the quickest producers by far.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Huge pineapple plant that just keeps growing but no bloom
« on: February 13, 2020, 11:35:34 PM »
Quote from: Galka on February 13, 2020, 04:36:41 PM
I'd say it's a White Jade.

Could be.  I got my first white jade fruit this past summer from another plant I was growing.  Great pineapple.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Huge pineapple plant that just keeps growing but no bloom
« on: February 11, 2020, 10:19:30 PM »
Quote from: Oolie on February 11, 2020, 09:44:28 PM
Sprinkling osmocote on top and watering normally seems to do it for us in so-cal.

I do that from time to time.  Most of my plants bloom in typical time frames.  The commercial varieties sometimes too soon.  This stubborn one has not.  My Maui Gold is another that grows so slow, it might be ready in 10 yrs. LOL

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Huge pineapple plant that just keeps growing but no bloom
« on: February 11, 2020, 09:23:09 PM »
Quote from: Grapebush on February 11, 2020, 09:17:57 PM
You might want to try to force it to flower using calcium carbide.

I had recently briefly read something on using calcium carbide.  I might look into that further.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Huge pineapple plant that just keeps growing but no bloom
« on: February 11, 2020, 09:08:47 PM »
I've got a pineapple plant that must be about 3 yrs old and is one of the few of my garden that has yet to bloom.  It measures nearly 6 ft in length/height.  It's so long that half of it is laying on its side  I tried a year ago to force it to flower with an apple but it didn't work.  I can't remember what variety it is.  Is it common for a pineapple plant to grow so large?

In the photo the red line is the main 6ft plant.  The blue lines are suckers off the main one.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White Jade Pineapple
« on: September 22, 2019, 12:02:42 PM »
Harvested my first White Jade last week.  I really had no idea what kind of pineapple it was at first since it had been planted at least 2 yrs ago and I just forgot what was what.  I was very hesistant to pick it since my other pineapples go full golden yellow when completely ripe, some of them very quickly.  The White Jade fruit was left maturing for a few months at least but I got skeptical and decided pull it.  The skin gave a little when squeezed and had slight yellow pigmentations.  Also I could see ants around the fruit. 

Anyway, once my wife sliced it up it was white and the core was soft and edible.  It had a slight tartness to it but was very tasty.  I probably pulled it a little early but it was still good.  I got some left in the fridge I'm gonna eat for breakfast today.  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: With all the Mango talk, I want a mango tree but which?
« on: July 05, 2018, 11:23:16 PM »
I'd like to thank everyone for all the responses so far.  Good info and plenty to research and ponder.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best place to buy pineapple plants or slips
« on: July 03, 2018, 08:55:59 AM »
Quote from: Evildeadguy on July 03, 2018, 08:24:21 AM


if you want huge great tasting pineapples try using a 30-10-10 + epsom salt  you will get really huge plants within one year than you force the pineapple plant to flower and 6 months later you have a huge pineapple that taste great....... and your Gardenias will love the 30-10-10 cause Gardenias are a acid loving plant as are pineapple plants.... just don't over do it photo below is of my red spanish pineapple plants at 12 months before being forced to flower



I might need to force my largest plant to flower.

I see from your photo that they're container grown.  I might want to do the same.  Is there a minimum or recommended container size?  Do you keep them in container all the way through fruiting?
Do they need direct sunlight during the winter months.  Sunny spots are becoming less available in my yard.

Btw, I'd be interested in buying some slips if you got'em.  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best place to buy pineapple plants or slips
« on: July 02, 2018, 11:31:11 PM »
I might try that Foliage Pro.  I occasionally use my Banana Fuel on my pineapples but not sure if it's optimal for them.

As far as the granules go, yep, you gotta be careful with them or they'll burn whatever plant material they come in contact with.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best place to buy pineapple plants or slips
« on: July 02, 2018, 08:52:05 PM »
Quote from: baccarat0809 on July 02, 2018, 08:23:42 PM



Nothing better than free.  Over 60 pineapples growing all of them from twist-offs.  Started planting the twist-offs in March of 2017 and have had a 90% take rate just by putting them into the ground.

I have fertilized them a few times and they're under two large palm trees so they get a good amount of shade every day.  No signs yet of any flowers coming out but I have probably 4 or 5 plants that are bigger than the others that I think will produce this year for me.  Fingers crossed.

If not - nothing ventured nothing gained as they were free.

What you using for fert?  I have on plant in particular that is huge yet no flower, not a grocery store top.  They all seem to flower at various times while being the same age.  One of my store tops flowered within 12 months.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: With all the Mango talk, I want a mango tree but which?
« on: July 02, 2018, 08:48:45 PM »
Quote from: FLnative on July 02, 2018, 06:25:37 PM
I would suggest going by Zill's Mango Store (I believe open in the summer every day but Saturday).
Located at :

197 SE 27th Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL33435-7607
Phone: (561) 737-9419 CALL AHEAD!

You can purchase and try a wide variety of mango's discussed on the forum to see what you like. In addition, they will kindly answer any questions about individual trees.

Yeah, I looked them up as well as Tropical Acres Farms.  They're both open this Wednesday so I'll give at least one of them a visit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: With all the Mango talk, I want a mango tree but which?
« on: July 02, 2018, 05:34:17 PM »
Quote from: Sleepdoc on July 02, 2018, 04:50:21 PM
There will never be a consensus on the best one to grow/plant.  Personally, knowing what I know now, I would plant a tree and multigraft/topwork it.  It sounds ominous, but it's not that difficult (youtube).  You can do that yourself or possibly pay someone to do it for you.

Having more than one variety in the future will pay dividends. 

Go for different tastes and shapes, and similar growth habits.

Wow, a Frankenstein mango tree, brilliant.  If it's truly as easy as it looks and reliable it's a great idea.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best place to buy pineapple plants or slips
« on: July 02, 2018, 05:14:20 PM »
$60 is pretty steep for a pineapple.  I try to go with what I can find locally, whether it's at a nursery or some store tops. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: With all the Mango talk, I want a mango tree but which?
« on: July 02, 2018, 05:13:07 PM »
Quote from: mangokothiyan on July 02, 2018, 04:57:38 PM

If you want a tree that stays smaller than most and is very productive, pick Honey Kiss. It is late season and tastes great. Pickering stays even smaller, but taste wise, I prefer Honey Kiss. I like Dwarf Hawaiian a lot as well, but it is early season and needs spraying for a real good fruit set. Glenn is productive but tastes bland sometimes, when there has been a lot of rain.

PPK and Lemon Zest both taste great. Not precocious but productive. Edgar is another variety that tastes great (one of my favorites) and is productive.

As far as tree size goes, whats considered standard for most?  My Maple tree is not tiny.  I'd like it to have an elevated but somewhat spread canopy for the shade.  I guess part of that can come from trimming it myself.

Our previous mango tree looked horrible, thick trunk but scraggly limbs. Been through a number of hurricanes, Andrew, Katrina, Wilma, Matthew, Irma plus countless tropical storms.
Here's the only pic I have, not in good focus but has a few mangoes still on it:



 


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / With all the Mango talk, I want a mango tree but which?
« on: July 02, 2018, 04:08:49 PM »
As mango lovers, we'd like to add a tree to our yard.  When we lived in Miami we had a mango tree in the yard that would yield some pretty large sized mangoes but pretty run mill generic mangoes I think, nothing special.

We're in Palm Beach now.  We have the yard filled with coconut, banana, and pineapples but lacking a mango tree.  Presently we have a large Florida Maple tree that would need to come down to make room for the mango.

So my question is what variety to grow?  We only have room for one.  I see lots of talk here about top tier mangoes such as LZ, OS, PPK, CC, etc. I never realized there were so many and of varying quality.  I figure we need to taste some of these so I need to find where we can buy some.  One other thing I'd like is for it to double as a shade tree for our picnic bench as our maple has once it gains size.

Anyways what are your thoughts on a choice for a mango tree if you could only choose one or which to avoid?

Thx

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: pineapple top planting
« on: June 29, 2018, 03:58:29 PM »
Quote from: pineislander on June 29, 2018, 07:43:23 AM
I set 18-24 inches apart. Larger spacing obtains bigger fruit and commercial plantations plant much closer but use intensive foliar feeding. I expect plant population to increase in the ratoon crop.

Here are the experts doing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJHgXaPzFA

I'll try 18" spacing.  Thx

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: pineapple top planting
« on: June 29, 2018, 07:32:25 AM »
Whats a good spacing for pineapple planting?  I have a few slips I'm about to replant.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My best pineapple season yet
« on: June 26, 2018, 08:49:28 PM »
I have one or two White Jades planted.  Should have a Sugarloaf too though not sure if its the one I already harvested, was yellow and hard, small core though very sweet.  Also have an Elite gold but it's going very slow.

Honestly I lost track of the varieties of my pineapples.

I do plan on growing more though.  I started with about a dozen but want to double that.  Self-grown, they are that good.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: My best pineapple season yet
« on: June 25, 2018, 10:23:44 AM »
Glad to hear your growing is going well.  I just started planting pineapples last year and  just harvested my 1st pineapple a week ago.  Golden like yours it was very sweet and zero acidity. I don't really know the variety but thinking maybe sugarloaf.  I do have a couple of MD-2 pineapples that are actively fruiting too.  Still a few months from ripe I think.  Several more plants that have yet to flower.

What fert and schedule you using on your pineapples?

Pic of mine and recent thread I started:



http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=27746.msg323738#msg323738

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: handling caterpillars on passion fruit
« on: June 18, 2018, 11:28:45 PM »
I also use BT. It's kept them at bay but it washes off after a rain so I'm often having to re-apply.  I also use BT on my banana plants when the worms starting hitting it too.
My vines are less that a year old but growing fast.  Lots of flowers but only one fruit so far, even after hand pollinating. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pineapple ID
« on: June 17, 2018, 11:13:23 AM »
So we ate the pineapple last night.  This is the first time I know of that I eaten a non-commercial pineapple so I can only compare it to those.

As it was being cut, it released a lot of juice which I found unusual.  The flesh was yellow and a little softer than the usual pineapple but not mushy.  The core was not edible, hard but very small. The consistency was very juicy and non-stringy, the typical issue of the fibers getting caught in-between the teeth non-existent.  The taste was awesome.  Very sweet with no trace of tartness.

Though it was a small fruit, it was extremely delicious.  I very much like this variety, whichever it may be, and will be growing more.  Hopefully they bear larger fruit in the future.

I have a couple of commercial (MD-2?) pineapples that have recently started fruiting so it'll be interesting to see how those compare.






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pineapple ID
« on: June 16, 2018, 04:12:45 PM »
So I just harvested it today.  I'm going to wait till tonight to ceremoniously cut the pineapple at my dads place tonight. LOL  I'll post pics of the cut pineapple tomorrow along with my thoughts on the taste.

Still not certain what type of pineapple it is. 








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