1
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting most kinds of Fruit trees successfully
« on: September 07, 2013, 09:40:01 PM »
Hey guys I added some more videos...Hope they help. Enjoy!!
The Tropical Fruit Forum
Uniting Growers Worldwide!
News:
The Internet's Finest Tropical Fruit Discussion Forum!
"All discussion content within the forum reflects the views of the individual participants and does not necessarily represent the views held by the Tropical Fruit Forum as an organization."
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
Pages: [1]
2
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Training and Pruning a Standard Mango tree to be a dwarf tree.
« on: September 02, 2013, 03:51:24 PM »
Another post from the Mango Professor!
Dwarfing Standard Mango Trees
Our approach to working with mangoes from the beginning has been in the category of research and development. That is how we solved the problem of conversion of a tropical fruit tree to one that will soon be common place in sub-tropical parts of the world like Southern California.
We have also been working on some of the other problems associated with this wonderful fruit tree. In the tropics, mango trees are giants that reach great heights and widths. This presents a huge problem when it comes to fruit harvest and orchard maintenance. We have been working on dwarfing these giants and found some of our R&D friends in India who were a little further along than we are. They have been able to train standard mango varieties to the size of an orchard size lemon tree. In other words, they have tamed the giant. What they found was that by pruning and shaping, they can get a standard variety of mango tree to maintain a height of between 7 or 8 feet and a similar width. This means much easier orchard maintenance and much better uniformity of fruit size. For mango varieties where the fruit need to be thinned to get market size mangoes it can be done quickly and easily. When it comes to harvest, it can be done without ladders or high lift machines, greatly reducing cost. For anyone who is considering top working a mango tree or a new planting, we strongly suggest you consider utilizing this new technique. Whether you are a back yard gardener or an agricultural grower, this offers the benefits of saving space, ease of picking the harvest, much higher mango production per acre and lower water use as larger trees require a lot more water, the last two are very important factors for farmers.
Since we got the information through discussions with our R & D friends, Tony prepared the attached image of how the trimming and training is done using these new pruning techniques developed in India.
Dwarfing Standard Mango Trees
Our approach to working with mangoes from the beginning has been in the category of research and development. That is how we solved the problem of conversion of a tropical fruit tree to one that will soon be common place in sub-tropical parts of the world like Southern California.
We have also been working on some of the other problems associated with this wonderful fruit tree. In the tropics, mango trees are giants that reach great heights and widths. This presents a huge problem when it comes to fruit harvest and orchard maintenance. We have been working on dwarfing these giants and found some of our R&D friends in India who were a little further along than we are. They have been able to train standard mango varieties to the size of an orchard size lemon tree. In other words, they have tamed the giant. What they found was that by pruning and shaping, they can get a standard variety of mango tree to maintain a height of between 7 or 8 feet and a similar width. This means much easier orchard maintenance and much better uniformity of fruit size. For mango varieties where the fruit need to be thinned to get market size mangoes it can be done quickly and easily. When it comes to harvest, it can be done without ladders or high lift machines, greatly reducing cost. For anyone who is considering top working a mango tree or a new planting, we strongly suggest you consider utilizing this new technique. Whether you are a back yard gardener or an agricultural grower, this offers the benefits of saving space, ease of picking the harvest, much higher mango production per acre and lower water use as larger trees require a lot more water, the last two are very important factors for farmers.
Since we got the information through discussions with our R & D friends, Tony prepared the attached image of how the trimming and training is done using these new pruning techniques developed in India.
3
Recipes / Re: Mangoes for a gathering of family and friends
« on: September 02, 2013, 12:51:40 PM »
Here's the recipe:
Somis Salsa
A great twist on the classic mango salsa with a little kick!
Ingredients:
1 Mango - firm (almost ripe, not quite there.) peeled, pitted & diced.
1 Mango - soft (ripe) peeled pitted & diced.
1 Avocado - peeled, pitted and diced.
1 cup worth of your favored type of fresh tomatoes diced.
1 red bell pepper, seeds removed and diced
3/4 cup chopped red onion
1 Jalapeno pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped.
1 Tablespoon white sugar
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
2 Tablespoons White wine vinegar
1 Teaspoon salt
Preparation...
Mix it all together gently, except avocados and salt.
Gently fold in avocados last and season salt to taste!
We also have almost 100 other "mango" related recipes on the recipe page on our website.
All rated 4-5 stars out of 5 stars.
If your searching for something unique and great tasting for a BBQ today!!!
Somis Salsa
A great twist on the classic mango salsa with a little kick!
Ingredients:
1 Mango - firm (almost ripe, not quite there.) peeled, pitted & diced.
1 Mango - soft (ripe) peeled pitted & diced.
1 Avocado - peeled, pitted and diced.
1 cup worth of your favored type of fresh tomatoes diced.
1 red bell pepper, seeds removed and diced
3/4 cup chopped red onion
1 Jalapeno pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped.
1 Tablespoon white sugar
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
2 Tablespoons White wine vinegar
1 Teaspoon salt
Preparation...
Mix it all together gently, except avocados and salt.
Gently fold in avocados last and season salt to taste!
We also have almost 100 other "mango" related recipes on the recipe page on our website.
All rated 4-5 stars out of 5 stars.
If your searching for something unique and great tasting for a BBQ today!!!
4
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: September 02, 2013, 01:04:54 AM »
I figured I'd let everyone see how the Tequila Sunrise mangoes are coming along...
I snapped this picture while shooting for our latest video.
I snapped this picture while shooting for our latest video.
5
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Grafting most kinds of Fruit trees successfully
« on: September 01, 2013, 03:47:03 PM »
Here is another video post from the Mango Professor.
It's going to be a several part series...so I will post the videos as we complete them...
These will deal specifically with how to increase your success when it comes to grafting your fruit trees.
Once more your comments are welcome, Thanks!
Part 1 Prepping your budwood for successful grafting.
How to graft a fruit tree. Part 1: Preparing Budwood for grafting
Part 2 when to harvest your budwood for successful grafting.
Part 2 when to harvest your budwood for successful grafting
Part 3 Option # 1. How to graft onto a seedling.
Part 3 Option # 1. How to graft onto a seedling
Part 3 Option # 2. How to "topwork" (graft) onto an established tree.
Part 3 Option # 2. How to "topwork" (graft) onto an established tree
~ Tony
It's going to be a several part series...so I will post the videos as we complete them...
These will deal specifically with how to increase your success when it comes to grafting your fruit trees.
Once more your comments are welcome, Thanks!
Part 1 Prepping your budwood for successful grafting.
How to graft a fruit tree. Part 1: Preparing Budwood for grafting
Part 2 when to harvest your budwood for successful grafting.
Part 2 when to harvest your budwood for successful grafting
Part 3 Option # 1. How to graft onto a seedling.
Part 3 Option # 1. How to graft onto a seedling
Part 3 Option # 2. How to "topwork" (graft) onto an established tree.
Part 3 Option # 2. How to "topwork" (graft) onto an established tree
~ Tony
6
Tropical Fruit Discussion / How to grow a mango from seed
« on: August 28, 2013, 09:38:14 PM »
The Mango Professor was having a little trouble posting this...so I'm helping out here.
This is his "how to" video on YouTube ...
How to grow a Mango Tree from Seed.
Please let us know what you think....I am in the process of editing some more, that will be posted soon
on topics such as grafting and troubleshooting different problems growing mangoes.
He has been receiving many questions and we are hoping that these instructional videos will be helpful to the members on the forum! Thanks!
~ Tony
SoCalPlantBreeders.com
This is his "how to" video on YouTube ...
How to grow a Mango Tree from Seed.
Please let us know what you think....I am in the process of editing some more, that will be posted soon
on topics such as grafting and troubleshooting different problems growing mangoes.
He has been receiving many questions and we are hoping that these instructional videos will be helpful to the members on the forum! Thanks!
~ Tony
SoCalPlantBreeders.com
7
Recipes / The World's Best Mango Recipes
« on: August 24, 2013, 01:12:55 AM »
As a Thank you for our friends here on the Tropical Fruit Forum
We have worked long and hard and assembled the world's best Mango Recipes and stuck them all in one place.
Of course they have pictures so you can decide with your eyes before deciding with your taste buds!
Many are favorites of ours and I hope that you will enjoy them as well!
Please let me know if I'm missing anything such as your favorite recipe so that I can add it.
Thank you & God bless!
http://www.socalplantbreeders.com/#!recipes/crd8
We have worked long and hard and assembled the world's best Mango Recipes and stuck them all in one place.
Of course they have pictures so you can decide with your eyes before deciding with your taste buds!
Many are favorites of ours and I hope that you will enjoy them as well!
Please let me know if I'm missing anything such as your favorite recipe so that I can add it.
Thank you & God bless!
http://www.socalplantbreeders.com/#!recipes/crd8
8
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself
« on: August 24, 2013, 12:48:55 AM »
Hi, I'm Tony.
I'm the webmaster for SoCalPlantBreeders.com
I'm also an avid tropical gardner as well.
I currently reside in Ventura California.
I'm the webmaster for SoCalPlantBreeders.com
I'm also an avid tropical gardner as well.
I currently reside in Ventura California.
Pages: [1]
SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk