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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Do you leave leaves under trees?
« Last post by Maria in Brevard on Today at 10:57:37 PM »
Hi everyone. Do you remove leaves from under your fruit trees? Some produce a lot! Like lychee. I used to do it and put wood mulch but is it necessary? What are pros and cons of leaving leaves under the tree?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cocktail Trees
« Last post by JCorte on Today at 10:50:02 PM »
Kevin, your trees look great.  That'll be exciting when they all start to fruit.

Not sure if you've grown Spice Zee in the past, but it's known to get scarred and deformed fruit from thrip damage.  If you remove the blossoms right after fruit set while you're thinning that helps to keep the fruits looking good.

Janet
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« Last post by JCorte on Today at 10:42:44 PM »
Agroventuresperu,

There are several good lectures by Dr. Christine Jones and Dr. Elaine Ingham online if you search their names and soil health. 

I agree John Kempf's Regenerative Agriculture Podcast is my favorite.  Some of my favorites from his podcasts and webinars:

Redox: The driver of soil microbial interactions with Olivier Husson
How healthy plants create healthy soil
How to diagnose hidden hunger and mineral imbalances
Plant Health Pyramid
Managing Nutrition at Critical Points of Influence

The more I read and learn, the more I realize that what I think is best isn't necessarily right for everyone and I try not to make too many judgements about what other people are doing.  I experiment a lot and do what works best for me but what's best is continuously evolving.  What I think is most helpful is for as many of us to share our experiences so that we may learn from each other.

I think in general most people are doing the best they can under their circumstances and with the information they have.  My livelihood doesn't depend on crops not being destroyed by pests or diseases, so it's an easy choice for me to not use pesticides. 

Janet
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Nice how long has your tree been fruiting!? Mine is flowering this year.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Achacha issue: pale new growth
« Last post by CeeJey on Today at 10:36:56 PM »
Yep, same, all mine either have pink or reddish new growth that fades to green. One has yellowish like a lemondrop that also fades to green. They just do that.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Achacha issue: pale new growth
« Last post by BloomAndSprout on Today at 10:23:44 PM »
I have a lot of garcinias, and they either look like that, or deep red.  This is how achacha is supposed to look.
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I wish I could find the paper now, but a while back I read some published research (or maybe a thesis) about a food forest leftover from the Mayan times. The forest, still growing, had attained a self perpetuating alternative stable state, reinforced by feedbacks including selective foraging on prime fruits, which resulted in reseeding. The feedbacks prevented invasion by the surrounding jungle. I have included the key terms in this post, so maybe some googling will find the paper. Anyway, maybe if you leave your trees to nature, they’ll win.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Achacha issue: pale new growth
« Last post by kapps on Today at 10:17:26 PM »
Yep, that looks fine.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Oily citrus
« Last post by SplorKeLZ on Today at 10:13:23 PM »
Looks like a severe scale infestation, not a disease.  I see scale insects all over your plants in those pictures, especially along the center of the leaf veins and on the branches.   Blast them off with water, then treat with soap spray or diluted hort oil. 

These will spread and likely already have reached nearby trees, inspect them carefully.

The shiny spots are honeydew excretions from the insects and the black spots are mold growing on the honeydew.
thanks! That’s quite the predicament, luckily they aren't near my other plants yet
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« Last post by gozp on Today at 10:12:01 PM »
Lets see the progress of everybody's yangmei :)
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