The Tropical Fruit Forum

A small branch on my inlaws tree broke off early=82 avocados collected. Needless to say it's very productive. I know we try to identify mangoes all the time. Didn't know if you could do the same thing with avocados.

Trying to identify the parent plant- it is a seedling from a commercial avocado bought in FL about 15 years ago.
A watercado (large variety)
When ripened off the tree the skin turns purple.

Here's some pics

Anyone in Polk county or east Hillsborough with extra mangoes or other tropical fruit to share or buy? Looking for some fresh. Not Tommy Atkins

Thanks!

Going to be picking up a 7 Gallon Venus I have reserved soon and hopefully a similar size Pickering, though it may end up being smaller.

Dave Wilson fever has got me and I think I'm going to 2 in 1 hole them to save space. From reading articles on the forum both of these varieties seem to have a small growth habitat and should be compatible. Plus, going Pickering and Venus gives me an early/mid and a late. Any flaws in my logic? I know Harry has grown 3 Mahachanoks together and several people have used other tropicals, has anyone else successfully done this with previously potted grafted mangos specifically (as opposed to seedlings)?

I know many on the forum are more multigraft minded, but unfortunately I don't have time to learn that new skil! Though I would be open in he future to grafting other small varieties such as Mahachanok onto the pairing.

Getting excited!

So, I know it's a little early to think about strawberries down here in our zones (9b for me), but I wanted to get a jump on the prep for the red-berried wonders.

Specifically, I've been looking over the forum about ways to hang/protect from ants and bugs mostly but birds too maybe. So, how do you muscle out the would be intruders vandalizing and committing grand theft in your strawberry plants. Keep em elevated? Special enclosure? Etc...