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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Frozen trees

« on: February 04, 2021, 02:28:46 PM »

So I’m in the hospital and my wife sends me a picture of some of my fruit trees. It got down to 26 but she turned on the irrigation as soon as it hit 32 and left it on until the temp was 33. Do you think they will make it? Most of the smaller mango and avocado are encased in ice and the larger ones only the lower parts. Unfortunately I won’t see the results for a few more days. I hope I come home to some living trees.

Tropical Fruit Discussion / Which livestock for mango grove?

« on: January 11, 2021, 11:26:30 AM »

Instead of mowing the 10” of Bahia grass in my small grove, I decided to let the horse graze it. She did an awesome job (the manure went to compost) and never tried to eat any trees.The problem was she broke too many branches. This got me thinking of a better way to manage weeds and grass. If the big hose worked then a small pony should be able to do the same job without breaking as many branches but they require too much upkeep. I’m thinking sheep might be a good option but I’m not sure if they will eat mango trees (plus they taste good). Does anyone have any experience with sheep and mango trees? Or another livestock option?

Tropical Fruit Discussion / What to plant in wet muck soil

« on: October 11, 2020, 08:24:27 AM »

So I have a section of pasture that is on a hill, with acidic black muck and is wet during the summer and fall and bone dry in the winter and spring. It’s right next to my little mango grove (White sand) and I was wondering what fruit I could plant to make use of the space.