The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hi all.  I've been following this thread for a long time.  Lot's of very good info here so thanks to all for this Mango Culture 101 course.  My question is related to potassium bicarbonate.  I have used this with great success as a foliar prophylactic treatment for fungus and as a nutritional supplement in the past on my mango trees...but not during flowering.  Is there any harm in spraying K bicarbonate on mango inflorescences?   

You got quite the assemblage of critters. That goanna looks quite menacing. If history is any guide, someone will release one soon enough in the Everglades. Our unvasive green iguana is bad enough but pythons and tegus and monitor lizards are just around the corner. All invasive.

Probably the only thing I remember from the 1970s when I was studying forestry.

One other thing, I apply the spray at or near dusk whennthe stoma are opening.

Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and hope to learn a great deal from those with vastly more experience. I live in Marathon in the Florida keys and recently started a small garden with my wife. Apparently this is to be my retirement project when I retire in 2 years. Everything is new in the ground since Hurricane Irma tore through here in Sept 2017. Here's what we have planted so far: fwang tung carambola, Borneo red jakfruit, Carrie mango, sweet tart mango, gold nugget mango, coconut cream mango, orange sherbet mango, Tebow (=Young) mango, Choquette avocado, catalina avocado, Bruce canistel, Ross sapote, Magana mamey sapote, Marin mamey sapote, abieu, imbe, red mulberry, grumichama, red jaboticaba, Tesoro mamee apple,  dwarf namwa banana, mysore banana, dwarf red banana, praying hands banana, Saba banana, ice cream banana, apple banana, dwarf Orinoco banana, Barbafos cherry, Key lime (of course), calamondin, blood orange, guanabana,. We also have some of the less eaten fruits like Monstera deliciosa, pindo pallm, cocoplum, Cereus spp. and Opuntia spp cacti. We also have, of course, coconuts. Only a few things have fruited so far but this year things should start rocking. We have the issues with high alkalinity soil but given that we are drier than mainland Florida, we are hopeful that anthracnose and other fungal diseases will be minimal. Most irrigation is from cisterns. Anyway, looking forward to learning a lot and maybe/hopefully making some new friends.