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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New favorite mulberry
« Last post by Pau on March 18, 2024, 11:48:32 PM »
So franks taste better thab black pakistan?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / New favorite mulberry
« Last post by achetadomestica on March 18, 2024, 11:43:06 PM »



Here is a plate with mulberries from 10 trees with 9 different varieties.
This year the birds are letting me have my mulberries.
Two new ones this year include Siam Jumbo and Frank's Moms
The Siam Jumbo is the juiciest mulberry I have ever tried and very
good sweet flavor. Frank's Mom is a Mulberry I received from Frank
that he found at his Mom's house. It has large leaves like a Tice but it
is the best Mulberry I have ever tried. Nice juicy sweet berry. I have two
others in my yard that are suppose to be Tice and it blows them away.
The World's Best looks like the Thai Dwarf but the mulberry is a little
sweeter.   
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Yangmei (Morella/Myrica rubra) thread
« Last post by FruitFool on March 18, 2024, 11:36:11 PM »
Looking good, Simon.
Hope you will have lots of fruits ripen.

Fruitfool
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Eugenia uniflora 'Dwarf Orange' budwood
« Last post by FruitFool on March 18, 2024, 11:28:20 PM »
PM sent.

Fruitfool
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It used to happen a lot here in Florida with our citrus groves. Its a lot of work to the pull vines out of trees and cut the Brazilian pepper bushes down, etc. Very few of the trees ever died, though. On occasion it is helpful to have an overgrown grove. Particularly durring freezes. The vines take the brunt of the cold at the tops of the trees and the bushes help hold the heat in. In one particular story I heard recounted, the only grove to survive a freeze had been abandoned a year or two before. The higher price of fruit the next year paid for the grove to get cleaned up and then it still turned a profit.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Do you leave leaves under trees?
« Last post by elouicious on March 18, 2024, 11:27:41 PM »
We keep our lychee leaves. They make a good mulch and put nutrients back into the soil. The only readon you would remove leaves is if they are harboring a pathogen of some kind.

+1 they are a custom made mulch
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Do you leave leaves under trees?
« Last post by Galatians522 on March 18, 2024, 11:09:54 PM »
We keep our lychee leaves. They make a good mulch and put nutrients back into the soil. The only readon you would remove leaves is if they are harboring a pathogen of some kind.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Do you leave leaves under trees?
« Last post by Maria in Brevard on March 18, 2024, 10:57:37 PM »
Hi everyone. Do you remove leaves from under your fruit trees? Some produce a lot! Like lychee. I used to do it and put wood mulch but is it necessary? What are pros and cons of leaving leaves under the tree?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cocktail Trees
« Last post by JCorte on March 18, 2024, 10:50:02 PM »
Kevin, your trees look great.  That'll be exciting when they all start to fruit.

Not sure if you've grown Spice Zee in the past, but it's known to get scarred and deformed fruit from thrip damage.  If you remove the blossoms right after fruit set while you're thinning that helps to keep the fruits looking good.

Janet
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Natural Farming?
« Last post by JCorte on March 18, 2024, 10:42:44 PM »
Agroventuresperu,

There are several good lectures by Dr. Christine Jones and Dr. Elaine Ingham online if you search their names and soil health. 

I agree John Kempf's Regenerative Agriculture Podcast is my favorite.  Some of my favorites from his podcasts and webinars:

Redox: The driver of soil microbial interactions with Olivier Husson
How healthy plants create healthy soil
How to diagnose hidden hunger and mineral imbalances
Plant Health Pyramid
Managing Nutrition at Critical Points of Influence

The more I read and learn, the more I realize that what I think is best isn't necessarily right for everyone and I try not to make too many judgements about what other people are doing.  I experiment a lot and do what works best for me but what's best is continuously evolving.  What I think is most helpful is for as many of us to share our experiences so that we may learn from each other.

I think in general most people are doing the best they can under their circumstances and with the information they have.  My livelihood doesn't depend on crops not being destroyed by pests or diseases, so it's an easy choice for me to not use pesticides. 

Janet
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