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I am selling my home in Haverhill, FL.  Along with the home comes my .35 acre fruit tree collection.

Here are some of the trees (10 year old and fruiting)

Mango (multi‐grafted trees)
Carrie, Edgar, Pickering, Lemon Zest, Pineapple Pleasure, Maha Chanok, E4, Honey Kiss, Glen, Lemon
Merengue, Dupuis Saigon, Ivory, Cogshall, Neelam, Super Julie, Nam Doc Mai, Sweet Tart, Providence,
Ugly Betty, others…
Avocado (Choquette, Marcus Pumpkin)
Lychee (Mauritius, Kiamana, Sweetheart)
Sapodilla (Silas Woods)
Carambola/Starfruit (Fwang Tung/Kari on same tree)
Sugar Apple (Australian, Kampong Mauve)
Custard Apple (Ferdinand Red)
Guanabana (Soursop)
Mamey Sapote (Pace and Pantin)
Ross Sapote
Grumichama
All Spice
Bananas (Pisang Klotek, Dwarf Cavendish)
Abiu
Jaboticaba (Red and 20 year old Sabara)
Lemon Drop Mangosteen
Fig (Brown Turkey)
Madruno
Jackfruit (Crunchy Lemon, Dang Suria)
Dragonfruit (Giant White, Natural Mystic)
Achachiru
Dwarf Mulberry
and others...

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5469-Toronto-Rd-Haverhill-FL-33415/46795023_zpid/

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I have seen these on one branch of my M.vexator  the past couple years, the tree is about 4'x4' age roughly 5yrs?

No fruit sets and all blooms appear on this one branch only.. How long before the tree begins to bloom all over from this stage (Adam)??

I poked the back of my hand pretty well moving some Natural Mystic cuttings yesterday evening.  I am almost 100% certain I removed any trace of the thorns.  About an hour after my hand began to throb and has swollen a little as of today.  The area is red and super sore.  Anyone else have similar experiences?

This is my Maha Chanok in June of 2011 right after transplanting out of a three gallon pot.


This is the same tree less than three years later with 124 fruit on it.


I fertilize all but three months of the year by air, ground, water, and prune every tip, I took out a main scaffold branch this winter that was 2 1/2" diameter.  I also run my sprinklers very heavily to maintain my lawn, and mulch about once every three months. This tree produced from year one. 

APRIL FOOLS!

I know we have discussed different brands of knives and how to sharpen them but I wanted to share my experience with these two products.

http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-SteeleX-D1130-Japanese-Waterstone/dp/B0000DD2C9/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1388084920&sr=8-3&keywords=wet+stones




http://www.stropman.com/HD-Compact-Leather-Strop-HD-Compact.htm



By using the two surfaces of the wet stone followed by the two sides of the strop (white and green polish) I have been able to EASILY bring the cutting edges of all grades of grafting knives to mirror surface, RAZOR sharp edges.  I brought an $8 eBay grafting knife edge to the point I could shave with it.  I had remembered Jeff H. mentioning the leather belt and couldn't get my edges past the "really sharp" point so I found the paddle strop above and bought it to stuff my Christmas stocking.   I am really impressed with the finished edge provided by this paddle.  I'm sure you could make one with a good quality cow hide. 

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I have started the process of multi grafting my in ground mango trees.  About a month ago I started adding scions to most of my trees and most have started pushing already!

So far I have compiled these combinations...

On Carrie (tree about 6 feet tall) - Mesk and Juliette

On Pineapple Pleasure (tree about 5 feet tall) - Gary, Coconut Cream, and Pina Colada

On Lemon Zest (tree about 8 feet tall) - Sweet Tart, Spirit of '76

On Cogshall (tree about 6 feet tall) - Mallika

On PPK (tree about 8 feet tall) - San Felipe, Fernandin, Cushman, Florigon, Zill, and Coconut Cream

On Ivory (tree about 9 feet tall) - ST Maui, and Keow Savoy

On NDM #4 (tree about 5 feet tall) - Fairchild

To be completed...

On Maha Chanok - Angie

On Pickering -?

On NDM? - ?

On J-12 - ?

Here are some photos some of the scions starting to push..  I have been using cleft grafts and side veneers with near 100% success!


Sheehan and I had made a trip to Sleepdoc's place last month and I was so impressed I had to get started!!




















Sheehan and I had made a trip to Sleepdoc's place last month and I was so impressed I had to get started!!

So far I have taken 7 varieties of my ten mango trees and turned them into 28 total varieties in the same space if successful.

I will post pics as they progress.. If one scion tries to take over the tree I will lop it off and open the canopy.  I have been pruning my trees since planted so they have elaborate scaffolds to work with.

May 15, 2011


August 15, 2012


March 21, 2013



There is a soda can at the base of the most recent picture, the tree is about thirteen feet tall and round.  I have tipped and had pretty good wind damage last summer as well.  In comparison, on the same "steroids", my Pickering, Nam Doc Mai 4, and Cogshall are smaller and older.  The tree is less than two years from a three gallon. Every one of the newest flushes has about 6-8 new branches, and just put out a decent flowering cycle that is still going on in the lower branches with some fruit set.

I have confirmed that the one gallon mango tree I purchased on Ebay two Aprils ago is NOT a Maha Chanok.  It set fruit last year but didnt hold any.  This year it held about ten till they reached this size then split! I know Cookie Monster had money on them being a Nam Doc Mai, I believe he is completely correct! 

Beware of GT3000 on Ebay from Thailand.  I attempted to work it out with him and he claims it is a Maha Chanok.  The tree cost me $80 with shipping!!

I did get a Maha from Excalibur right after this one was purchased, it was known then as a green eating "Mahachanole" which has been confirmed to be a genuine Maha Chanok based on original import documentation (and fruit of course).

I hope this information saves someone money!!