The Tropical Fruit Forum

A nice stretch of cool to cold dry weather...should bode well for mango and lychees😊

Someone told me they wanted to plant a mango tree just for the shade aspect, as they loved the look of a full grown mango tree.  What are recommendations for fastest growing types?  Not concerned on fruit taste, quality etc.

After the Manatee Fruit Council sale, I responded to a nearby lychee fruit sale ad and the guy had 4 absolutely beautiful 25 ft lychee trees and incredible mango trees full of fruit in his yard. He planted them 20 years ago and they were really something to see. All organic and he only uses oak mulch from a friend.  I live in Fort Myers so trying to find a closer  source. Any ideas?

Oh and his Mauritius lychees were fantastic!

Looking to find which vendors may have the following items---
Atemoya
Black Sapote
Jujube
Sugar Apple
Pineapples

If you are a vendor heading there and will have these varieties, please PM me and I would like to head right to your booth. It gets kind of crazy inside and hopefully I will get a shot at a few of these. Last couple sales have been great. Thanks in advance--

Wondering if any of the Florida fruit stands are offering this season's fruits yet?  Mangoes, avocados or otherwise?

Does anyone have a series of photos showing the mango lifecycle from bloom to harvest?  This is my first year with an opportunity to harvest some fruit and wondered if anyone has captured the process in pictures?

So I read that today is probably the last time to fertilize mangos, how about September and October fertilizing of others--lychee, avocados, jackfruit, caimito etc.? Any general rules for the rest of the warm season?

Hello everyone--this is the same nursery I first posted about last month. Due to the sudden passing of the owner, the family is working to sell out their stock of plants. About 100+ various mangoes, sapodilla, a couple lychee trees, figs, avocados plus another huge assortment of palms---royal, foxtail, sylvestors, canary and Bismarcks.  3 gal Fruit trees starting at $30 less 50% and available in sizes up to 65 gal.  Bring your truck, limited help in loading, but they will see what they can do if you need to arrange to return for pickup. I saw NDM, Glen, VP, Carrie, Kent, Keitt, PSM and more in the mangoes---nothing exotic but nice trees with a chance to start or add to your collection at a great price and for a great cause.

Sale starts at 930am sharp this Saturday Aug 1   3220 SW Pine Island Rd Cape Coral---SW corner of Pine Island Rd and Burnt Store Rd

Thanks for all of the great info on this board. With a collection of 2-3 year old container mangos plus a couple in the yard, I wanted to see what type of maintenance would be good to focus on in the next 90 days?   Specifically thinking of the following categories and the Do's and Don'ts.

Pruning
Fertilizing
Watering
Foliar Feeding
Repotting

With the wealth of experience and knowledge on this board, I think we can get some good info to share. Thanks in advance.

Looking for some to plant and grow some root stock.  If anyone has any let me know please and thank you.

Great forum with lots of information. Being relatively new to the fruit  growing world I have a question on mango rootstock and seedlings. If I graft the scions from known varieties of seedlings to the recommended rootstock, will I end up with the original seedlings plant variety when it reaches maturity?

Just picked up a 3 gallon Pickering about 2 weeks ago and up potted into a 25 gallon container of good well drained potting soil. The weather has been especially hot and windy of late and I am afraid I seeing the beginning of leaf burn. I now know the up potting was a couple steps too large, and I went ahead and moved back into a 7 gallon pot and moved it out of direct sun. I think the up potting combined with the hot dry air has caused the issue. I hope I caught it early but anyone have ideas of what else I may need to do?  I am not familiar with foliar sprays--is there a topic thread that can cover this in detail if this is what I need?