One of my mangoes sufffered aesthetic damage due to cold.
We have been getting Constant 3 weeks of low 30s & high 20s (27f) on several occassions.

Quote from: Coach62 on February 12, 2019, 06:56:53 PM

Can he approach graft a different rootstock?  Would that at least alleviate the problem?

I have tried this but the results were mixed so I don’t recommend it. I would rather start with a rootstock that does perform well here.

For anyone using Abound, make sure you are following the recommendations and not applying it more than you should. Also make sure you are alternating it with other fungicides from a different group so that the organisms don’t build up resistance.

If you’re using this product without knowledge of How to alternate it with fungicides from a different group, you probably shouldn’t be using it. We could be creating superbugs that are resistant to Azoxystrobin.

Simon

Absolutely. I used it once upon drenching a newly transplanted plant from Fl to kill any possible harmful microorganism as a precautionary measure. Nothing more. Nothing less.

I lost all my mango trees from FL few years back but after using abound on newly delivered trees from FL, i spray and drench them with abound. As well as drench with seaweed and powder & pellet mycorrizae...

So far so good. No noticeable gummosis or phomompsis(dieback) for close to 2 years now.... i know i still have a long way to go since my trees are still on the juvenile stage.

Im no expert, however, im jst sharing on what i had observed.


Here are the mango varieties i lost b4 infusing abound 15gal  carrie, 3 gal buttercream, 7 gal sweet tart, 3 15 gal lemon zests, 2 25 gal coconut cream & 3 gal guava & 3 gal taralay.

You can buy lemongrass seeds.  The thing with lemongrass is its tropical and needs water in summer and gets cold damaged in winter.  There are better grasses to use for our arid climate but most of them are highly invasive.

My cousin who lives 20 mins away from me (unprotected frontyard) have a big lemon grass and never got cold damage. I personally own a small lemon grass on pot & we have been consistently been on the low 30s, 27 the lowest and i dont see no cold damage. I own the lemon grass for 2 yrs now.

Currently 39 out in the front.   

How cold did u get waterf?

Low of 27 today

Currently 36f at 11:23pm.

I suspect will dip 28-30f at 6am

I got fuyu, jumbo, sharpie, regular luc seedlings growing in pot full sun & out in the winter with a lowest 27 temps & 122f temp last yr in CA & they are not bothered by the extremes we have.

Best mango Variety? 

I will only respond to growth and in that regard, Coconut Cream is Number 1 at my location. My Grafted two-year-old tree is doing very well. (see Photo)

In two years it has outgrown other mango cultivars here in Calif. I do not know why but in our mild climate CC does well indeed.

My Lemon Zest appears to be #2 in terms of growth but I need more time to make that determination.

Sweet Tart is #3 in terms of growth at my So Cal location.

More information is needed to draw any long-term conclusions but there are many new exciting varieties now becoming available thanks to zill.

Johnny

That is nice coconut cream on manila.

Quote from: JF on October 01, 2018, 09:29:00 PM

As mango season approaches and end in SoCal I edit my top ten list once again








1.LZ
2. Señorita
3.ST
4.Zinc
5.E4
6.OS
7.Creme brûlée
8.Parson
9.M4
10.HK

Change in the rankings. California mangos are much sweeter than the hundreds of Florida mangos I’ve tried this year, amazing 1.6lb LZ!!

I hav to agree with u.. ur last year cac & lz was way sweeter than the ones in Florida

1 year old isan atis from seed. Out of 6 seeds, this was thriving 122f temps & 27 temps. I do wonder of its only me that its growing too slow for me(perhaps lack of humidity)?

My lz in a manila rootstock by JF.