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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Lemon Zest issue - any suggestions?

« on: December 05, 2017, 06:48:44 PM »

Hey Everyone - I live in SW Fl near the gulf in very sandy soil. I’ve been fortunate to have very few issues with my mango trees thus far (Pickering, Glenn, Valencia Pride, lemon zest, PPK, Maha Chanok, Nam Doc Mai, Angie, Sweet Tart, Lancatilla). Strangely - my relatively young Lemon Zest has started looking sickly. Any ideas what might be wrong and how to improve t based on the pictures below? Any help would be hugely appreciated!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / 6 yr old Avocado wont fruit

« on: December 23, 2016, 08:43:02 PM »

Hi All - We have a huge brogdon avocado tree planted 6-7 years ago. It has never fruited despite being big enough to carry 50-100 fruit. Last year it flowered, there were bugs on it, lots of little berries but they all dropped. I planted a Day avocado near it to try and get cross-polination, but the Brogdon has already shaded it out! Any suggestions or approaches on what I can do this year to ensure I get fruit? I live in SW florida near the gulf with heavily sandy soil.

As always, this forum and your advice is so greatly appreciated!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Multi-grafting Experience & Combinations

« on: July 10, 2016, 02:07:59 PM »

Hi All - So I've finally done it. I have (almost) all of the mango varieties I want - and they're all growing and fruiting fairly well. That said, I have way too many trees planted for the size of my lot. (11 in total - Lemon Zest, Maha Chanok, Angie, PPK x2, NDM, Glenn, Velencia Pride, Lancetilla, Pickering, an unknown 25 yr old tree with large, almost entirely purple mangos).

After reading the bad reviews on Lancetilla 2 years ago I started top working portions of that tree with other varieties. This season it fruited ~5 Lancetilla, 30 Glenn, and 5 NDM. It's incredible to see different varieties that are totally different shapes, sizes, and colors hanging from the same tree.

This summer I completely top worked one of my 2 PPK trees with Maha, Angie, and Pickering... hoping that I could manage the growth habits to keep them in relative balance. The grafts took and have had 1 flush of growth thus far.

I'd like to start combining other trees to keep the diversity but reduce the footprint (or increase the number of varieties I can have). I'm at the point where I have more mangoes than I can eat in a summer, so diversity is a big part of the equation for me.

My latest thought is to combine VP, PPK, and LZ. My VP tree is about 6 years old and would be the best rootstock to top work. I've aggressively pruned it to limit the size, and, probably for that reason, it hasnt fruited very well (maybe 12 fruit this year). Do you all think that would work or would the VP dominate given its extreme vigor?

More broadly - what are the best variety combinations others have found?

Thanks!

Brett

Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Best pair for Brogdon

« on: April 20, 2015, 07:47:45 PM »

Hi All -

I have a 6 year old in-ground Brogdon that still hasnt fruited. This year it had a huge bloom, but alas, not a single fruit. I'd like to get an "A" flower type avocado to pair with it in hopes of getting some fruiting action. I'm wondering what forum members feel are the best "A" flower type avocados to pair with a Brogdon???

I bought a Nishikawa on the original hype but am disappointed to see the most recent reports from Carlos. Ideally I would like to get something top notch but dependable (like a Glenn Mango).

Also - if any kind soul is willing to share budwood please PM me! I'd be happy to trade or pay for shipping!

THANKS!

Brett
SW Florida

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Can I graft citrus now in south florida

« on: December 18, 2013, 07:08:50 PM »

Hi everyone - I have a Nagami kumquat that died back last year and only has a few small shoots. I recently got a centennial kumquat tree. Id really like to graft the Nagami onto the centennial so that I have both varieties. I've grafted mangos and avos with success in the past. I'm wondering if I can t-bud (or any other graft technique) for citrus at this time of year? If so, any particular tips to make it take? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Brett

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Great pommelo variety

« on: December 02, 2012, 08:55:53 PM »

I purchased a pomelo from the asian market the other day and was shocked at what I found inside. It was sweet, flavorful, and incredibly delicious. If I could have pomelo like that I'd be in heaven. Anyone know of pomelo varieties that taste this way (as opposed to the standard acidic sourish flavor)?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Grafting without parafilm

« on: May 27, 2012, 10:22:24 PM »

Im attempting my first mango grafts this week but have no parafilm. Any household items work? My graft kit came with long rubber bands but not sure that will allow enough moisture. Going to try side veneer grafts. Any tips on what to use in lieu of parafilm would be great.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Mango Purchase - how old is a 3, 7, 15 gal tree?

« on: May 07, 2012, 05:51:41 PM »

I'm considering a few additional trees (Lemon Zest, Angie, Maha Chanok) if I can find them. I'm trying to determine if it's worth paying for the larger size tree. Pine Island has them for 3 gal = $35, 7 gal = $65, 15 gal = $95.

How much time am I saving by getting a 15 gal tree rather than a 3 gal tree? Is that roughly 1 year of growth? More... less? Any help would be great.

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