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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Batten Down the Hatches....Hurricane Dorian
« on: August 30, 2019, 01:03:56 PM »
Oh darn, I thought they were talking about Hurricane Durian. I LOVE durian!
"Never mind!"
Clay
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Clay
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Yes of course, theres no husk in that photo. Eat the mango, dehusk, toss in pot of dirt.
Thanks, I have 6 organic mangoes from Costco. Just checked and they are kent from mexico that were hot water treated. Hopefully they should work.
That's suck ass. This is why I want to move out of the people's social republic of California to rural southern Florida.
I have a lot of friends in CAlifornia . Who call me and I call mostly about plants. But at a decent time not 12:51 AM. I know there is a time difference. I post my phone # on this forum to help, trade and sell plants. I will do nothing to help this person. That is what he was asking for help.
https://youtu.be/zh1AnvNa6mc
This is a video that’s been shared on the forum before. I pretty much followed these guidelines. At about 8:30 into the video it details pruning instructions, I recommend watching the whole video, very informative!
... Carrie here ripens in Mid-July/Early August. ...How about putting up a sign that says: "NOTICE - This fruit is not ripe until September/October. Don't waste your time harvesting until then."
At my location, the soil is very poor for tropical plants(heavy clay). The most effective way to deal with it is to Remove and Replace the clay soil. It is labor intensive and does involve some expense so I know most people will not do this but it is by far the most effective method. I remove the clay from a 4 foot X 4 foot area about 20-24" deep and replace it with a mix of beautiful sandy loom soil I purchased along with some sand and pumice. The mix is as follows 75% topsoil, 15% washed sand and 10% pumice. After the hole has been backfilled I plant a manila mango seedling tree. Growth has been excellent using this method.
Johnny
First fruiting of my black Surinam, it’s about 4 years old. Second fruit on my red Surinam that’s about 5 years old. The black are by far much sweeter. My red had bitter cherries when it first produced but now they are much sweeter yet still not as sweet as the black.
I make my own fish emulsion by up-cycling scraps from a local fish market and fermenting it like wine/cheese. Last year I made 40 gallons. It does smell similar to fish but with a sour/sweet component and may not be acceptable in a close neighborhood but the process had virtually no smell and even vegans found the smell to be tolerable. We do have raccoons and they caused no problem.
I basically scaled up this process using a 60 gallon sealed Greek olive barrel with an airlock. Whole fish was added to a lactic acid culture with sugar, the bacteria did the rest over a few months to liquefy everything except scales and bones. So, if you want something less smelly try fish hydrolysate instead of emulsion. It is a very good amendment and made use of something otherwise thrown into the bay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyTUQHjOfS0
I've been getting some nice Kents from Costco for about two months. I sliced up several boxes of them and dehydrated them so I can enjoy them for a few more months. Today I was at Costco and saw they now only have Tommys.... No wait, what is that in the back? A few boxes of Keitts (from Mexico)! So I bought two boxes of those to try out. The price was right: 6 mangoes for $5.49. I'll let them sit for a few days to sweeten up a bit. If they are good, I'll go back for more and get the dehydrator back out.
Haven't seen any California Keitts though.
Nice set of pictures!
The tender top leaves look seriously deficient in Zinc and Copper, and the previous flush looks mildly deficient in Iron--- so the new growth is probably also deficient in Iron.
Spraying the Southern Ag Citrus micronutrient mix at a dilute / weak / lowest-recommended rate, with some kelp added, on the new growth and on the still-hardening-up previous flush, in the very early morning, or before sunset, would be more effective than the drenching in this case--- as you have already found that not enough is rising from the soil, to some portions of your tree.
As Ibliz pointed out, the scorch marks do look like thrips damage--- but that still needs to be verified.
Do you have a traditional magnifier, in the 8X to 16X range? Or a digital camara phone attachment to take microscopic pictures?
The stem blackening looks like anthracnose.