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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Overwatering a very young mango tree
« on: March 21, 2018, 12:22:23 AM »
Does anybody know for sure how overwatering or a poorly
drained hole will affect the leaves on a newly planted mango tree?

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I hope I’m not sounding too dumb or going off subject.
Reference to the #1 treatment of mango trees a few weeks ago when they were all blossoming and how to get the highest yield by preventing powdery mildew and anthracnose on the new growth and flowers.
Last year at a Miami Rare Fruit council lecture on mango diseases a Dr McMillan who is a very published plant pathologist probably in his mid to upper 80’s gave us the bottom line from all the research projects done on this topic.
Abound plus New-Film 17 gave the best results by far. No contest.

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Reference to the question of how many trees do you have to buy at Zill High Performane.
You can’t buy any without a commercial license. With a license you can buy even 1.
I was there a week ago and they were cleaned out of the top tier mangoes. I wanted 15
Pineapple Pleasures they had none. No Cotton candy, Sweet Tarts or Lemon Zest.
I was able to get 2 LZ that had just been transferred from a 3 gallon pot to a 7. I was happy to get the last of them so I overpaid. So if you want LZ you should check the retailers who carry it cause Zill won’t make any anymore. They will be switching to Orange Sherbert production. That’s so damn cool considering
all the desperate discussions and neurosis on these pages over the years on how we can obtain an Orange Sherbert. Myself included. Now one day we all can see for ourselves if OS will be #1!!!!!!!!

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I was at Zill’s today. Juana took care of me. I bought 20
of the best mango trees. I asked about Orange Sherbert
She said that they were discontinuing Lemon Zest
and they will start selling Orange Sherbert in its place.
Today is Friday March 9, 2018
This is 100% the G-ds honest truth. Juana did not say when but thought sometime
Before the end of the year.

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Enjoy this tremendous information. It’s a 48 page document telling and demonstrating all disease and pests etc.

http://midh.gov.in/technology/IPM-Mango-Revised-Sept2011.pdf

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Orange Essence Mango AKA 40-33
« on: January 23, 2018, 02:20:28 PM »
In December 2016 I had a list of 30 mango varieties I went to Zill’s
To buy. On the list to buy was 5 Orange Sherbert. When I finally got to the office to pay
The secretary read my list and told me they don’t have Orange Sherbert
Only a new variety called Orange Essence but I was too embarrassed for being so dumb I didn’t replace them.
So my 5 OE trees have been in the ground for a year and a month. They were 3 gallon babies and all 5 have grown well. I was a bit disgusted with myself for taking these but they are growing in a real
Healthy way with none of their leaves having any signs of ancanthrose like so many of the other 200 mango
Trees that I put in the ground the last 13 months. I am now insanely happy with my dumb mistake. No matter how productive they eventually are I love these 5 trouble free trees.

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Totally accurate or not I loved your adventure with your daughter.
Thanks for sharing

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Microbial Assisted Agriculture
« on: March 09, 2017, 10:12:43 AM »
Can a person get sick from breathing a concoction in?

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I too have a dilemma and would appreciate opinions on this type of subject.
I have a bunch of very young varieties that I planted just before discovering all the new Zill varieties that are out.
I already planted about 50 of the new varieties and want to plant more but I am a bit unsure if I should remove some of the other varieties I have because of the stupendous praises of the new Zills.
For example should I pull the Lancitilla for any of the top tier Mangoes of Zill? All are in the ground about 2-6 months and are all are 100% healthy except for a few negative signs on the Spirit of 76 and the Hatcher.
Here is my potential pull list:
Lancitilla
Big Jim
Philippine
Spirit of 76
Palmer
Hatcher
Tahar
Pickering
Thanking you in advance for your valued opinions.
RW

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I am in Miami and have been rotating out of my sick citrus into Mango. I want to thank bsbullie for your stupendous help with all the information you post here. My mango tastes I believe are most likely aligned with yours' because I too very much dislike Carrie. So just based on this I have been confidently replacing my citrus with only your suggestions. Without you I would be lost in this vast world of new mango varieties. One thing about Carrie. I used to let the ones on my tree mature on the tree then eat them. for me and my wife they had zero enjoyment. This went on for years till I turned the Carrie tree into a "cocktail" type of tree with about 7 varieties. Then a year later I tasted a Carrie that was about 2 days less ripe than the way I used to eat them and it tasted a lot more normal. I felt bad for a second for having given up on my Carrie but then I thought that even eaten earlier it didn't even come close to any Glenn. So yes thank you so so much for your dedication to this board and your love of Mangos and your no punches pulled approach in your evaluations and comments. You have truly enhanced my enjoyment of my life and hopefully when your favorite varieties mature the lives of my family and friends and neighbors. I owe you a lot just for you being you.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Laurel Wilt disease
« on: January 19, 2015, 05:14:39 PM »
What are the first symptoms? What is the earliest sign that the point of no return has been reached?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Nishikawa Avocado - Aloha & Mahalo
« on: December 29, 2014, 03:52:44 PM »
It is 2 years since the Nishikawa comments posted here and I'd like to add my 2 cents. I last picked one of my Nish's the end of November. My tree was in the ground for 3 years in November. (my Yamagata has never blossomed but is about 20 feet tall after being in the ground for 3 years. It is partially shaded and a spectacular specimen)
My Dec Nish weighed 23 ozs and was unmarked from animal or disease. It took 2 weeks to ripen. I had left for a cruise and took it with me and it ripened
lightly on the 3rd day. The one I picked the month before weighed 23 ozs too. The Oct one had a penny sized brown spot when it ripened that was a tiny bit on the flesh by that spot. This Dec one was perfect.
We opened it with another couple we were with. We all agreed it was a very special fruit. I personally am not interested in any avocado I have ever tasted but the Nish was different and I could eat one every day with ease. I am now pulling any tree citrus or mango that underperforms in growth ot taste or other quality and replacing them with Nishikawa. I can't wait to have enough to share with friends and family. Any avocado that is sub par will be topped and the Nishikawa will be grafted if it's not needed to eat at a specific time period.
It is Dec 29th 2014 and I still have 4 on the tree and they all look about 23 ozs. I am picking each one 6 weeks apart to see how long they stay on and how far out they may ripen???? If I still have a good one on in April it would be the holy grail!!!!!!!!!  But unlikely.
Does anybody who is a year or 2 ahead of me in S Florida have a strong opinion from their own experience when they think the optimal time to pick the Nish is?

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