Bloom Fairy Coming to South Florida

[johnb51]

I'm with you, greenman.  My neighbors are fascinated with my sapodilla tree.  They think it's kiwi fruit.  I, too, give samples, and someone at the end of the block planted their own, so this does work!

[pineislander]

A video walk-through of about 90% of my mango grove. Many varieties, 50 trees in all some I haven't identified. The trees were planted 5 years ago. I bought the place 3 years ago but wasn't able to be there and attend to them, they are in need of pruning. Good bloom this year even with no maintenance so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urfo160to

[puglvr1]

What a beautiful sight to see, Wow!!!! All those future mangoes!!! Congrats!! Thanks for the video 

Are you planning on selling them to the public when they're ready?

[pineislander]

Yes, I'll be selling what I can't eat.

[puglvr1]

Please post when they are ready for sale, Thanks! Please email me with the info when the time comes...I'm not that far from you.

[GrassFlats]

Holy moly! You could make a killing selling mangoes dude!

[FruitFreak]

A video walk-through of about 90% of my mango grove. Many varieties, 50 trees in all some I haven't identified. The trees were planted 5 years ago. I bought the place 3 years ago but wasn't able to be there and attend to them, they are in need of pruning. Good bloom this year even with no maintenance so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urfo160to

Curious to know the tree x row spacing?  Looks nice

[pineislander]

Curious to know the tree x row spacing?  Looks nice

Spacing is 14 ft in row and 23 ft between rows. They are bedded about 18" high for drainage.
Planted in 2013, but may have been from 25 gal or more nursery stock.

[zands]

The cold snap of yesterday and today/hopefully tomorrow should stimulate more swelling buds to put out mango panicles. Or is March 15th too late?

[bsbullie]

The cold snap of yesterday and today/hopefully tomorrow should stimulate more swelling buds to put out mango panicles. Or is March 15th too late?

Not too late to push out flowers but I have also seen on very late blooms, if temps rise to extremes when fruit is trying to set, actual set can be inconsistent to somewhat on the poor side relatively speaking.

[Future]

A video walk-through of about 90% of my mango grove. Many varieties, 50 trees in all some I haven't identified. The trees were planted 5 years ago. I bought the place 3 years ago but wasn't able to be there and attend to them, they are in need of pruning. Good bloom this year even with no maintenance so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urfo160to

That is impressive!  Happy harvest!

[greenman62]

A video walk-through of about 90% of my mango grove. Many varieties, 50 trees in all some I haven't identified. The trees were planted 5 years ago. I bought the place 3 years ago but wasn't able to be there and attend to them, they are in need of pruning. Good bloom this year even with no maintenance so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urfo160to

wow, thats awsome.
I love the sound of "crunch crunch" of the leaves.
good natural mulch.
I think i would grow a couple of acacia on the north side
or plant some eleaegnus in between the rows as a nitrogen fixer
and comfrey for mulch and minerals.

do you plan on selling the place anytime soon
i guess i would have to also buy a house in Fla which isnt cheap... LOL

My backyard is getting really full
i might have to lok at buying an empty lot near here.

[baccarat0809]

A video walk-through of about 90% of my mango grove. Many varieties, 50 trees in all some I haven't identified. The trees were planted 5 years ago. I bought the place 3 years ago but wasn't able to be there and attend to them, they are in need of pruning. Good bloom this year even with no maintenance so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urfo160to

Wow - at about a minute 40 seconds in there's a tree that's full of fruit already.  Do you know the variety on that one?

[pineislander]

Wow - at about a minute 40 seconds in there's a tree that's full of fruit already.  Do you know the variety on that one?

A Thai variety of 'green mango', very early and very sour now which is just what they want. I'm advised to sell it that way because the variety gets large but is quite susceptible to anthracnose later. Can't recall the name, and have a lot of sorting out to do on the varieties here.

[pineislander]

wow, thats awsome.
I love the sound of "crunch crunch" of the leaves.
good natural mulch.
I think i would grow a couple of acacia on the north side
or plant some eleaegnus in between the rows as a nitrogen fixer
and comfrey for mulch and minerals.

There's really no room at this point for more trees in the mango planting which is 1/2 acre. I'm preparing an acre to plant this summer, and will be doing misc tropical fruit with intercrops as it matures. My northern border will be 350 ft of sweet edible shoot bamboo, 3-4" diameter x 30-40 ft tall, western border is the seagrape lined fence at the start of the video. Neither Russian Olive or comfrey do very well around here, but the dryland tropical legumes do well. I'm about zone 10a-b.

[zands]

The cold snap of yesterday and today/hopefully tomorrow should stimulate more swelling buds to put out mango panicles. Or is March 15th too late?

Not too late to push out flowers but I have also seen on very late blooms, if temps rise to extremes when fruit is trying to set, actual set can be inconsistent to somewhat on the poor side relatively speaking.

Thanks bsb. The bloom situation is being monitored closely! 

[zands]

My northern border will be 350 ft of sweet edible shoot bamboo, 3-4" diameter x 30-40 ft tall,

You must be planning on selling fresh bamboo shoots. They seem to have good shelf life. I see them sold in bulk in Chinese supermarkets. Submerged in water in 5 gallon plastic buckets. Where did you buy them? I should plant a few.

[pineislander]

My northern border will be 350 ft of sweet edible shoot bamboo, 3-4" diameter x 30-40 ft tall,

You must be planning on selling fresh bamboo shoots. They seem to have good shelf life. I see them sold in bulk in Chinese supermarkets. Submerged in water in 5 gallon plastic buckets. Where did you buy them? I should plant a few.

I was going to plant a windbreak along the border anyways, and was offered cuttings. First I have to clear a 350 ft treeline full of Brazil Pepper and Earleaf acacia, and then plant cuttings in situ under drip irrigation this summer. I'm told there is a market, and why not grow something which can be harvested as a dual purpose planting? Hopefully I will see how it goes. If the propagation is successful, in a few years I'll be able to sell shoots/plants/cuttings.

[zands]

My northern border will be 350 ft of sweet edible shoot bamboo, 3-4" diameter x 30-40 ft tall,

You must be planning on selling fresh bamboo shoots. They seem to have good shelf life. I see them sold in bulk in Chinese supermarkets. Submerged in water in 5 gallon plastic buckets. Where did you buy them? I should plant a few.

I was going to plant a windbreak along the border anyways, and was offered cuttings. First I have to clear a 350 ft treeline full of Brazil Pepper and Earleaf acacia, and then plant cuttings in situ under drip irrigation this summer. I'm told there is a market, and why not grow something which can be harvested as a dual purpose planting? Hopefully I will see how it goes. If the propagation is successful, in a few years I'll be able to sell shoots/plants/cuttings.

Internet says they grow 40 ft high so should look nice. If I get some planted I will top them off at twenty ft. I will have to research if this is harmful to bamboo. Good luck!

[Dangermouse01]

My Peach Cobbler.


DM

[puglvr1]

Very nice tree DM!!! Great looking blooms!!

[savemejebus]

another year of super heavy bloom on coconut cream, another year with 2 or so bb sized fruit when all is said and done.

[murahilin]

another year of super heavy bloom on coconut cream, another year with 2 or so bb sized fruit when all is said and done.

Last year I got about 120 Coconut Cream fruit from one tree. I only sprayed it once or twice with Serenade.

[Squam256]

another year of super heavy bloom on coconut cream, another year with 2 or so bb sized fruit when all is said and done.

They are erratic, unreliable fruiters due to a tendency towards bad ratios of male flowers some years.

[Cookie Monster]

My coco cream trees are both loaded with bb's -- hundreds of them.