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My Venus has gigantic leaves. Like nothing I've ever seen on a mango tree. I will try to post some pics later.
Might be a good late season alternative to Keitt...so I hear. Never ate one. Few people have this tree.
Mr. Maniac - I've actually managed to graft a scion sent to me by a generous Florida mango crazy man onto a Manila Rootstock this last year. It's currently in a pot, but it's going in the ground in the next few days...It's very small - 10 inches tall at this point, but now I'm excitedto see how it does in our toasty dry desert climate! This will be the smallest mango I've everplanted....and also glad to hear it grows bushy - any comments on its growth vigor?I'll post a picture in a bit...Gary
Zinc is a rock star. Weird that we didn't really hear much about zinc and his progeny until just recently.
Does Walter have a Venus tree? I can't remember if i had one or two from him last year. I think i may have had a piece of one that Walter had set aside. Rob you were there, perhaps you recall. Either way, i preferred the Providence over everything else i tasted that day, and bought the tree too.
Quote from: jc on March 04, 2015, 02:15:30 PMDoes Walter have a Venus tree? I can't remember if i had one or two from him last year. I think i may have had a piece of one that Walter had set aside. Rob you were there, perhaps you recall. Either way, i preferred the Providence over everything else i tasted that day, and bought the tree too.Yes, Walter has Venus however I believe it was Crystal and West Indan that you tried that day. The West Indian was the one with the stronger flavor, almost guava like.
That's true but he also brought something out of the house, it was already cut. The Crystal and the West Indian were whole fruit and they were out in the fruit stand. I can't remember what he brought out of the house I don't know if it was Venus. I remember liking whichever fruit came out of the house but ultimately preferred the Providence. Maybe the Providence came out of the house I don't remember. I know he picked a couple of Providence off the tree and I got at least one of those.Quote from: bsbullie on March 05, 2015, 07:57:57 AMQuote from: jc on March 04, 2015, 02:15:30 PMDoes Walter have a Venus tree? I can't remember if i had one or two from him last year. I think i may have had a piece of one that Walter had set aside. Rob you were there, perhaps you recall. Either way, i preferred the Providence over everything else i tasted that day, and bought the tree too.Yes, Walter has Venus however I believe it was Crystal and West Indan that you tried that day. The West Indian was the one with the stronger flavor, almost guava like.
Mr. mangonuts - here's a pic of the small grafted Venus. When I turned the plant aroundI noticed a couple new shoots coming up! Looks healthy. It was the standard cleft graft on a manila.Yeah, I've not had a lot of luck with grafting directly on planted trees and I think you (and I) probably know by now with our heat, the window for grafting is much narrower than for everyone else. I think I managed this one late summer but can't remember. I remember I shaded it heavily and gave it a good chance to take.sorry for the blurry pic....Gary
Does anyone know if Venus is Polyembryonic or Monoembryonic? Thanks,Simon
