I took some pictures of the garden this Saturday. Everything is looking good, the high heat the last few months and days has really pushed this along.
'Yellow Dragon' Dragon Fruit, getting ready to bloom.
'Ewais' Mango, fruits forming.
Chilacayote (Cucurbita ficifolia), have about 20 squashes in different sizes. This is the largest so far, about the size of a small canary melon.
'Manila' mango, looking good did a tip pruning about 3 months ago.
1yr old Reed avocado seedling, I was originally thinking of grafting. However, I am now going to up it into a 12 gal superoots. Hoping it will fruit in a few years, maybe its a good quality fruit. There is a good chance this was crossed with the hass avocado next to it.
Surinam cherry, defoliated shortly after transplant. Its now flushing with new growth and looks to be recovering. I suppose its kind of like the white sapote with shedding its leaves.
'Subelle' White Sapote, looking great in a 15 gal container.
'Julie' Mango, has not been the healthiest mango. It is flushing new growth now though, and seems to be happier.
Marula, in a 12 gal superoots.
Lucuma, looking nice after repot into 12 gal superoots.
'Holiday' avocado, in a 15 gal container.
Section of the garden #1
Section of the garden #2
Section of the garden #3
Acai palms, one on the left has been growing outside in CA for over a year. The one on the right has been growing about 6 months outdoors. I am hoping to leave them outdoors a majority of the time, unless a freak freeze comes.
Finally starting to get great results in the container garden, after about 5 years of trial and error. Changing up from the store bought mixes made a big difference, using mainly pine bark mixes with other additives such as coco coir, peatmoss, perlite, charcoal helped a ton. For fertilizer I have been using sea kelp powder, rock phosphate powder, liquid compost tea. Occasionally been using chelated iron. azomite, mycorrhizal, and magnesium sulfate. I hope everyone enjoys! Please ask me questions, I hope I can pass any helpful info for those container gardeners. Giving them idea or steering them away from the mistakes.