Yeah I was wondering if I should make a splint or something the relieve pressure around the graft union
I would like to leave the fruits alone n see how many ripen since my lemon zest mom isn't flowering this year

Update on last sept grafts 3/5 took ad 1/5 is producing lemon zest mangos on my Glenn tree! The last pict is my lemon zest tree which didn't flower at all just started pushing new growth, does anyone think this is unusual to have fruit off a graft less than one year old? Also the graft flowered the same time my Glenn flowered but the lemon zest was dormant

Thanks cookie, I tried to cut the scion right before the push and Ill watch for the self prune cause the tree has new growth all around. Can I mitigate the self prune if I cut the new little sprouts before the graft section if it happens? Next time I'll try side grafts.

Hey David I have
Lemon zest, Carrie, PPK, Glen available probable this month
I have a small Ice Cream, Dwarf Hawaiian, Pickering available to you later
And when established in my FAA micro grove I can get you Pineapple Pleasure, Val Carrie, CocoCream prolly next year
Thanks again for the jack fruit n sugar apples

Quote from: nullzero on September 07, 2014, 06:58:50 PM

+80% coco coir is good for this.

And will break the bank.

Ok so 10 bucks for 2 c yards 50 lb bags of coco coir at bwi in homestead fl and also got orchid mix fine bark what else do you recommend for the soil? I also found my roll of 1/2" sprinkler system hose so no self watering pot I'm gonna irrigate them with my lawn sprinkler system 2wice a week 20 min or so. I was thinking fertilize with local diamond r brand but the coco coir bag says liquid fert so what do you recommend? also Should I still go with home made air prune pots or just drill holes in my barrels n go regular?

Thanks lumpy

25 gals. makes for one heavy pot come moving time.

I'd go with RootMaker pots myself and plan on buying a house with a yard soon.

It's on my 2 nd floor balcony I need it heavy so they don't fall over I plan on leaving them up there for a long time, I want to make Al's gritty mix for them

Awesome! Now you'll get some real use out of your new wood chipper, can't wait to see your tree selection

I planted the citrus because I miss my old Valencia orange, ruby red and tangerine that I used to have over in ft Myers before moved over here. Over in ft Myers the soil was pure sand and I just fertilized regularly with nothing else. Over here I will have to learn a lot from the citrus forum and millet on how to take care of citrus on this side, any ways I am at work 5 days a week and have plenty of time to mess around with the trees. Another factor is trying to please the many at work and to get a variety of fruits that people will enjoy. I still have another spot to plant and I want to plant sugar apple, just not sure what variety or where to buy good established sugar apples. I have about 10 small ones growing out in separate pots but are nothing like the monsters that I've see  posted here.

I know I don't post much here and reason being I'm not half as intelligible about fruit trees as most all of you are but maybe I can contribute in another way

Motivation
About 1 1/2 years ago I started a process to petition and gain permission to grow fruit trees at work. I am an air traffic controller and there is so much open land at the facility so I thought its worth a try and after soil samples, clearing it with all the correct people I finally was granted permission to plant 12 fruit trees!
I gained funding from my local union NACTA for 1200.00, 'no tax dollars' and I started right away.
2 rows of 6 trees 19' x 23' spacing





There are a couple of palms kinda close but I used the space as best as I could










My plan was for some variety that all employees could enjoy
Row 1 nort to south

1 Brogdon avocado
2 pineapple pleasure mango
3 lemon zest ( not planted yet)
4 Hamlin orange
5 dancy tangerine
6 Mauritius lychee

Row 2 north to south

7 fl hass avocado
8 valcarie mango
9 coconut cream (not planted yet
10 Honeybell minneola tangelo
11 ray ruby grapefruit
12 Mauritius lychee










I still have to get my 15 gal lemon zest and coco cream
My goal besides having delicious fruit to share and enjoy is to get people who may have never tried anything but a crappy publix mango to realize we live in a special place that can grow amazing stuff
Get out there n grow!
A special thanks to Excalibur for the 25 gal pineapple pleasure that was difficult to find for some reason
The FAA, NACTA, the coworkers who helped me dig holes, and all of you in this forum for the great wealth of knowledge, what a great community!!

Hmm I didn't even think about the size of bud wood.. What is acceptable or rather what is average size bud wood that you use to graft? Those pieces were probably 12 inches  I'll measure tomorrow

Thanks for the offer and we'll see what happens when season comes around

I wonder how well they will do here in s Florida I have crushed coral type soil, and not the best drainage

Thanks for the advice I'm on the list hopefully with millet I was just thinking I could have a back up plan but my friend isn't going to have a car or go out of his way for me unfortunately. I'll keep my fingers crossed