Another 31° forecast for me on Thursday morning. I have a few blooms just starting on Glenn, Cogshall and Maha but I also have some frost damage from the last freeze a few weeks ago 

It's worse now 

WED  JAN 3   AM Rain   51°     31°

THU   JAN 4   Sunny   56°     30°

I live in Central Florida and I have 2 Feijoa, a bush and standard tree. The tree is very pretty and mature 11 years old and a bush that is about 9 or 10 years old. Both bloom every yer for me in the Spring but Only the bush has ever fruited for me in all those years. I've even tried hand pollinating the tree...never set a single fruit   


Just trimmed it a few days ago...



In full bloom...a couple of years ago




The bush that fruited...

He is CUTE 

Very sorry to hear about your mango trees damage Erica...I'm sure they will bounce back  , they are pretty resilient trees.

Yes, thanks Serg for posting that, very helpful 

Zands, we certainly need all the help we can get, thank you!!

John, yes that's why I only want upper 30's to low 40's for lows so I don't get a killer freeze   ...and we certainly don't want South FL to get any freezes or we are all toast!!

Happy for you the tree survived Irma!! I only had one mango tree that is leaning to the right, I have removed several of the thick/heavy branches off that side in hopes it will not "fall" over. Its my favorite mango tree in my yard. The rest shows NO issues, the Lychee tree fared very well and is now flushing in some branches.

Considering we had many hours of close to 120 mph wind gusts here in Sebring, Irma came straight at us!!!
Lost a TON of Live and Florida Oaks...8-9 homes have tons and tons of storm debris from fallen trees in my town  ...No clue when they will start picking up the storm debris...maybe by Thanksgiving?

Yes, good luck to all of us in it's path...its a very strong and scary storm. Hoping it will weaken, not much else we can do except prepare , pray and hope for the best!!

Lol...I LOVE Ozark!!! Great show! It was a very addictive series, now I just have to wait 11 months till season 2 

Great shot, its beautiful!!

Most of mine (south central FL) were a little watered down...though we haven't received as much rain as some of you, we did have a very wet June which was when most of my mangoes were maturing. of course they were not bad enough for me not to eat them  ...still way better than any store bought mangoes so I'm totally fine with it.

Even my Keitts are early this year, some have been falling off the tree much sooner than the last 2 years. They are also lacking in sweetness/flavor than normal rainfall years...

I do agree with you Rob...but its the only thing that has worked for me with a little work  but I do appreciate your valuable advise, Thanks!!

Lol Samu thanks, believe it or not I have been using the produce clam shells on my Glenn and Cogshall ( it's abut a 50/50 in the "it works"  reviews, better than losing most of it to the stupid critters!!

No protection as of yet on the Keitts since they have not touched a single  one so far ( they definitely know which ones are ripening and when to attack). Might be closer to 6 weeks after checking my pics from last season. The colors on a few might are a false indication since those are the ones getting direct sun and are turning a nice blush. I don't have enough clam shells to protect them all, so the Keitts being a late variety works out. By the time the Cogshall and Glenn are done I have those to use on the Keitts ( a few less every years since they've been known to chew them up) if I don't get to them fast enough **sigh** I've used Duct Tape to slow them down 

Orkine...its not foolproof by any means but it does slow them down a bit...

Picture from a few years ago...