The Tropical Fruit Forum

Wow! That's a great looking Glenn. 

Thanks Calusa!!

My healthy young Maha blooming like crazy, with one little peanut size fruit from a bloom during the Fall.

Great looking Maha Calusa! Very healthy. I do love my Maha and I agree with John the fruit is yummy and nothing beats the fragrance of a ripe Maha, it's heavenly

 

...a little worried about the rain forecast this weekend. Might have to break out the leaf blower and dry some flowers =)
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Roblack your trees are doing great! Looks like a good year for you
 . My trees have started to flower also, some are barely an inch long while others have fully emerged. The Keitt, Maha and 2/3 of the Glenn are the ones most far behind. One Cogshall is barely starting while half of my 2nd Cogshall are almost fully emerged. It's amazing how different the blooming stages in my mango trees. Same temperature water and sun  ...weird. My Lychee is in full bloom, the last 3 years I've not had any fruits from this tree either due to freeze and or who knows what Lol...

Congrats all, thanks for sharing your pictures... hope this year is bumper crop for all of us 
 
 

Thanks John for the clarification , I get sooty mold from time to time with Keitt, probably due to the fact it's in a shady area, hope MBBS stays away here, too many other issues to deal with already 

Happy to hear some of you are getting blooms, fingers crossed this year will be better than last year.

I live in Highlands County and NO blooms whatsoever here, I have a Glenn, 2 Cogshall, Maha and Keitt (though very small tree for being 15 years old). I'm okay with it not having blooms yet since I still have appx 6 weeks of "possible" freezes here...already had 6 or 7 days of overnight lows in the lower 30's, frost but not actual freezing temps. Definitely this year is much later than last year. I had blooms on most of my trees by mid January...Had zero mangoes last summer due to several hours of hard freeze... temps in the mid to upper 20's on January 30 2022...killed all the blooms and many branches got damaged also on my mango trees and just about anything else in the yard  .

Hopefully I won't get blooms till late Feb but that is highly unlikely 

Anyone else have blooms on their mango trees in Central or South FL? Lychee is blooming now but won't hold my breath...I've had freeze/frost kill those the last 3 years also. I really hope we all get mangoes and lychees this year! Last year was horrible for having no mangoes!!

Sorry I don't know about those varieties CarolinaZone or if it varies for grafted/nongrafted. Mine is grafted, and I just leave it alone and it fruits fine.

Glad you figured out the variety puglvr1. Fruit usually ripens here in fall, last year it started early October, will see how things go this year with hurricane season.

Thinking of ordering trees from Ison's next season, https://www.isons.com/product-category/fruit-trees/persimmons/. They don't have a huge selection but seem reasonably priced (the local nurseries mostly start at $50+ anymore). Thinking of just 2 varieties spaced far apart so that seeds won't be an issue.

If anyone else has good online tree sources, would be interested to know.

Hi RS, yeah me too  ...I'm glad I know the variety now than having to wait till next year or more to find out what I have. I purchased my Fuyu from a nursery that is located in north central FL but their prices for Persimmon trees start at $55 but his trees are very healthy and good size. They just happen to come to the MRFC Rare Fruit Tree Sale that was held in Lakewood Ranch back in early May and I was glad because it was closer for me to drive there than their nursery north of Orlando.

Bovine, I'm sorry to hear that your last fruit dropped, it was good size too. I wouldn't have guessed that once they get that size they can still drop? Best of luck that next year will be better.

"Are the buds only supposed to be on the new growth?"
CarolinaZone, I found this link that does say "Persimmon forms only on new growths"
https://rickshory.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/little-persimmon-tree/#:~:text=Where%20do%20the%20persimmons%20come,petaled%20flowers%2C%20typically%20creamy%20white. 

Same here (Highlands County) NO mango at all...zero!! 5 Mango trees and all the blooms were fried by the freeze in Feb. I only saw 5 or 6 lychee fruits  , they only survived because the blooms were on the inside canopy of the tree  , the birds should eat those before they ripen. Last year was a bumper crop for me, had SO many I was giving them away to all my neighbors after I had my fair share.

I was planning on going to the Mango Mania in July but with the price of gas I would spend almost $40 just to get there and back Lol...might have to visit the local produce store and hope they will have some home grown mangoes for sale here from south FL... going to be a bad mango year for me, I hope 2023 will be much better and NO freeze! One day is all it took to wipe out my whole Mango/Lychee season **sigh**

You guys with mangoes this year, enjoy it and think of us poor members as you are enjoying them 

Planted a couple of Persimmon trees, one I planted 3 weeks ago but not sure if it is a 'Chocolate' or 'Fuyu' because the nursery I bought it from only had 2 different varieties for sale and the one that looked the healthiest didn't have a label (of course) so I have a 50/50 chance of one or the other? Does anyone know if you can tell by the leaves which variety it might be? The label on the tree now I asked him for just to have it...it came off another tree  The other one I planted just 4 days ago is definitely a Fuyu bought that at a pretty reliable nursery where all of their trees were labeled.

This is the one in question Chocolate or Fuyu? Can you tell or do I have to wait for fruits?




Wrapped the tree in a small fencing due to deer around my yard eating plants 

This is the Fuyu with the label and about a foot taller that the one above...

I've also added mulch around the tree since that picture was taken...the nursery I bought it from said to add some "light" fertilizer 2-3 times/year during Feb-Sept.

Nice to hear they can fruit in Zone 9b, Great pics everyone and thanks for sharing your experience.

Do you guys do some light pruning during dormancy period Dec or January? Do all the leaves drop even here in Florida and go completely dormant. It is my very first time trying to grow Persimmons. Thanks all!!

Bovine, best of luck with your first possible harvest!

dwfl and orkine - Thankyou!

Should I cut of the dead blooms or just leave them?

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Not an expert but I would remove the dead blooms or at least the ones you can reach, I can't imagine that would hurt especially if it is truly dead. You might even see a second bloom since we still have a few more weeks of colder weather (possible?)

Official low for me this morning was 28.2° and was 32° and below for about 5 hours, I'm sure I will lose the blooms on my tree, the Glenn was full of blooms and my Cogshall had just a few...others haven't started. My lychee had blooms too so I'm assuming those are going to die also  ...still a freeze warning for me for tomorrow but not predicted to be as cold as today...fingers crossed!!

Still have10 Orange Sherbert hang on the tree. My observations are it is very pick friendly. We picked one in early June when it turned from green to light green.It took 13 days to ripen and was very good. We had it when it's nose turn yellow.Which is a sign to pick and it was excellent. I had one that had a little internal breakdown in the bottom. That part was good like  orange pudding. I had one that was a drop or that got bumped and it was excellent. I think Weiss613 assessment of this mango is quite accurate.
I have one little gem hanging on the tree.The one's I had earlier in the season were sweet but not impressive. Starting to get a little bit of buyers remorse. The one i had just an hour ago change that. It  definitely had West Indian flavor. Actually the West Indian sitting next to me said it taste like Mango Palwi. That mango is on the Helen of the West Indies. Which is Saint Lucia.
Sweet tart what can I say. I like them when they turn yellow on the tree. A half Walmart bag has a lot of bartering power. I got guavas and pineapple.Also a Maha Chanok

Mango Bellini made with Welch's sparkling grape juice. Oh so good! 😎
Okay why not Barbados cherry juice Bellini

That drink looks yummy! Care to share the recipe   ...Thanks!!

Every year around this time, the area underneath my Mango trees usually has a good layer of dead mango leaves from the year's growth. Is it okay to leave it for mulch or do you rake it up once a year and discard it? I've always wondered if dead mango leaves are good for mulching the tree, my trees are appx 11-14 years old. Thanks for any help and feedback

I definitely have my fair share of critters that love my mangoes, but today I found a mango still hanging on the tree with bees munching on in  ...I'm not upset, I love bees as they are the best pollinators so I'm willing to share with them