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Geffner is growing well for me, no flowers yet. Others tell me it does well in South FL and tastes very good. Those growing in other areas tend to have less praise for Geffner.
I'm going to graft cumbe to it this Spring to see how it does.
I'd add Lisa, Dream, and PPC to the list too.
As people in Florida have had success with these so far.
COULD THEY BE SO SLOW!??
one month later and the supposed flower buds are just like that!
Yeh, some jackfruit have those types of leaves. Learned that from here pretty recently.
Custard apples drop there leaves once a year for me.
I’m growing it, assuming this is in reference to Zill O-15.
It is a Jakarta seedling, doesn’t have a name. Medium-sized round shaped fruit. Very delicious fruit with a lot of resin and spice. Original tree is quite productive too. The problem with it is that it has an odd tendency for the fruit seemingly all ripen at once. Talking like a 2 week season max.
I spent 6 weeks traveling around with my gf who is also into fruits.
Techmangam is the same stuff, but it comes in 55 pound bags and is probably a lot cheaper than amazon. I laid down an entire 55 pounds on about 1/4 acre of soil. My theory was that I could saturate the soil with it and create a reservoir that would release slowly with the help of sulfur.
Another idea is to band the MnSO4, with the theory that you can create super saturated "cells" of Mn that will be available to the plant and less likely to get bound by Ca ions.
If the above "lazy" approaches don't work, you'll have to spray MnSO4 about once a month. Basically you have to time your spray with leaf flushes, as hardened leaves don't absorb it very well -- you'll either end up with cute green leaf freckles in the best case or no noticeable amelioration of symptoms in the worst case.
Your absolute K didn't look that bad. Obviously, you're low, but it was the low K saturation that caught my attention. Ca, Mg, and K compete for the same spots, and apparently, Ca is winning :-).
The 8-2-12 is fantastic. But, I use Hars super mix for my mangoes (no nitrogen). I think both have a good Mg / K balance (if memory serves).
Here's some good info on soil K: http://www.spectrumanalytic.com/support/library/ff/Potassium_basics.htm
I think minimum custom mix is in the 1 ton range, and slow release mixes will be pricey. Given the size of your orchard, you should be able to plow through 1 ton / 40 bags pretty quickly. But I wouldn't recommend creating your own mix. I'd get someone like Har to devise one for you.So you are thinking I will need to supplement Mn with foliar or soil drenching? I have MnSO4 from amazon that I was adding to my chelated iron soil drenches, which seems to my untrained eye to be similar to tecmangan. Maybe I should find a chelated Mn?
I bought a 20 pound bag on amazon but I do not see that anymore. Here is the link to 3 pounds:
https://www.amazon.com/Manganese-Fertilizer-Greenway-Biotech-Inc/dp/B00G3YU1TC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485985081&sr=8-1&keywords=manganese+sulfate
My K number is shocking. Har walked my yard and he told me my K was lacking. I have been using 8-2-12-4 since. I need something with low Mg and high K. Seems even 1:1 ratio is not good for some plants. Any companies do custom fertilizer mixes in small batches(500 - 750 pounds) at a reasonable price?
I used Spectrum Analytics. They received the samples Monday and I had the results on Tuesday afternoon.
it's easier and shorter to list what they won't touch.
I got plenty of gophers at my place. That's why I have most of the plants in pots. I know 100% they won't touch:
cherimoya
I'm experimenting with cassava this year into the ground and see if that will poison them.
I thought it was supposed to be humid in FL. Is winter a dry season?
Be careful where you purchase your Barbados cherry. Mine fruited first time this year and were so sour, birds didn't eat them.
For a true cherry, there are some improved versions of capulun cherry that supposedly taste good if you can find them.
As for my favorite, I cannot recommend enough Jamaican cherry. Strong grower, a biut thirsty, fruit are beyond delicious!
