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Based on my experience I would Not recommend growing the Pineapple Pleasure mango tree in SoCal. I planted one in the ground in 2022 from a #15 pot and it grew poorly this year and is highly suspectable to powdery mildew. All of my other mango trees except for Lemon Zest did not have this issue. After doing some additional research I removed the Pineapple Pleasure and planted a Parfianka pomegranate tree Instead.
There are too many other mango trees that are far more vigorous and much more disease resistant than PP. Seacrest, Peach Cobbler, Guava, Orange Essence, Val-Carrie and Fruit Punch are all doing well at my location and don’t have the problems of PP or LZ.
Johnny
I get about 90% take’s depending on the season.
Simon
Wow! Any lessons learned? I've come to appreciate the value of fresh scions but other than that not sure what drives uo the success rate...
The Bruster lychee fruit I recieved from Kaz near Fullerton about a week a go were delicious and very juicy. About 30-40% of the fruit had a chicken seed or a very small seed. 40-45% of the fruit had the standard large seed. The remainder were somewhere inbetween with a medium seed.
I also noticed the smaller the fruit size was the more likely the chicken tongue was present. The smaller fruit were better with more flesh.
My three yeard old Brewster tree is flushing now so looking foward to more fruit in a few years. Lychee trees love water so I water mine frequently.
Johnny
I have a Guava tree that didn't produce this year and I didn't like the growth habit where it was in the yard (too lanky and spreading), so I completely decapitated the tree, and bark grafted 5 scions 2 times. 1st attempt used grafting wax, and think I applied too much that got into all the 5 grafts.
The 2nd attempt, I didn't use grafting wax, but used grafting tape on the top to seal everything up. Then I secured the scions to the rootstock with black electrical tape, and further secured with large rubber bands. Covered and taped down a clear plastic bag to prevent rain from getting in. The scions dried up in about 2 weeks. I even positioned the scions to the edge of where I separated the bark, as I read that would increase success rate. I took pics of the aftermath and believe mold got in perhaps because all 5 failed again?
I'm thinking about attempting coffin style grafts on the stumps with 5 more scions. I was thinking of placing the grafts on top of where the stump is beginning to shoot out new growth. Would that increase my chances of success? Would coffin style grafts do well on a stump? Or should I try an alternate graft method or are there any recommended adjustments I should make to the bark graft?
Pic right after grafting showing the finished grafting work (2nd attempt):
The aftermath results
Potential locations of coffin grafts where new growth is coming out:
Anyone have updates on their figs for 2023 in SoCal?
My wild seedling find, called Betty#1 is doing well after I grafted it on my potted trees. I'm getting some fruits for the first time this year, it is very good tasting. I did measure the brix =28, reminds me of fig newton tastes. I will taste a few more next week so I will try to see what other flavors it has. I plan to make more smaller trees of Betty#1 for myself since it tastes so good. Maybe I will sell it on Figbid for $200. Once I taste the Angelito fruit I can see if it ranks in the top 10 here.
Anyone tastes any of the following, please comment on their taste:
- Angelito
- Boysenberry Blush
- Cessac
- Figoin
- NV1
- Exquisito
- NSDC
- Thermalito
- Jamal Al Asfar
- White Madeira #1
- Black Manzanita
- Meteorito
I only tasted the Cessac, Exquisito so far on this list. Need to reduce the number of fig varieties in my yard.