The Tropical Fruit Forum

Still in the hospital. My wife said they don’t look good but I’ll have to deal with that when I’m recovered. I’ll update when I’m back home.

Guanabanus, thank you I’ll look into that.

I tried (briefly) to let my dairy cow graze it but she went straight to the bananas and tore them up and broke a few mango branches on the way so she’s banned

Galations522 That old man wouldn’t happen to have been Duane Kopta?  I’m leaning towards sugarcane and eventually some anonas grafted to pond apple if I can find them. Brazilian pepper is the devil around here but if they can be grafted to mango I’ve got some experimenting to do.

Instead of mowing the 10” of Bahia grass in my small grove, I decided to let the horse graze it. She did an awesome job (the manure went to compost) and never tried to eat any trees.The problem was she broke too many branches. This got me thinking of a better way to manage weeds and grass. If the big hose worked then a small pony should be able to do the same job without breaking as many branches but they require too much upkeep. I’m thinking sheep might be a good option but I’m not sure if they will eat mango trees (plus they taste good). Does anyone have any experience with sheep and mango trees? Or another livestock option?

Here is my young soursop after 6hours of 31 degrees, a few nights ago. This and the bananas and took the worst damage. The mangos made it it with very little damage.

So I have a section of pasture that is on a hill, with acidic black muck and is wet during the summer and fall and bone dry in the winter and spring. It’s right next to my little mango grove (White sand) and I was wondering what fruit I could plant to make use of the space.

I live in Avon Park and spotting mango trees as I’m driving is a bit of a hobby of mine( my wife’s is yelling at me to keep my eyes on the road) I’ve spoken to several old timers in AP and there are a ton of old mango trees in this area. There is one near US 27 and Hwy 17 that is the biggest mango tree I’ve ever seen. The owner dose not know what type it is but they are delicious and he says the tree was there 50 years ago when his family purchased the property. It’s so good I’ve grafted it and have 3 of them for myself and have grafted it to some trees for family. Memorial drive has several trees that are as big as live oaks as well.