Please Let me know when your Keitts are starting to ripen...I'm hoping another 4 weeks for me here?I don't have many maybe 14 or so...

A friend gave me 2 of these mangoes, the person that owned the tree just bought the house a few months ago and knows nothing about mangoes...tree looks about to be 4 years old maybe? by the looks of the picture she took. One is turning a little bit of yellow and the other is still green. Its definitely a roundish shape mango....mauritius lychee for reference 

Any guesses?

Today, I noticed a few of my Lychees were starting to blush...unfortunately the birds and squirrels noticed it also...I found a couple of crows flying over the top and picking the lychees ( they aren't close to being ripe) and then this squirrel was running up the tree and taking some also.

I think it was Brad? that suggested the bird away reflective ribbon/tape and this "bird b gone" balloon that's suppose to help...I guess time will tell. I also covered a few of them with the Clam shells, its the only thing that save some lychees for me to eat last year from the critters. I was able to eat about 40% of them, the critters are still the winner, they ate 60%    .

Wish me luck, I will need it!!

It's almost the middle of January and I still have no blooms on 5 out of 6 mango trees I have. I only have 1 mango tree blooming. As many of you living in Central to South Florida its been a very warm winter with the few occasional days of "colder" weather. My Lychee has blooms but its a "mixed" new growths with blooms mixed together. I'm hoping its just late and will start blooming next month. It will actually be a good thing if it waits to bloom later less likely it will get nipped from a late freeze...

How's everyone else's Florida mango blooms coming along...anyone on the same boat as me? 

A man down a few miles from me has a Longan tree loaded with fruits...bad news is they are very small due to the very dense fruits on each cluster, they didn't seem to get large because there were so many in a bunch 

Are they suppose to be brown when they are ripe? He said I can have all I want, I tried several of them and they are pretty sweet but they are small in size...not sure if I need to give them a couple more weeks to turn brownish?

How much longer do you think these Glenns can be picked and ripened on the counter? Starting to get a little blush on them...

I noticed today that I have quite a few yellow leaves on the interior part of my Lychee tree...these are mature leaves. The tree is 5 years planted and has baby fruits. Is it normal to have these yellow mature leaves fall off this time of year or am I not watering enough...its been quite hot and dry here lately.

Thanks for any help 

Sooo...because I was too impatient to taste fruits from my own Maha I let it fruit sooner than I should have causing my tree to stop growing after the first few fruits were picked...really halted the new growths  . When I saw some swelling the last few weeks I assumed they were blooms since all my other trees were putting out mixed blooms/leaves right now. I thought I would try something new. I decided to start fertilizing my Maha. I started several weeks ago when I first saw the first signs of swelling hoping to halt the flowers and let it put out new growths instead. Coincidence or not they are now bursting with  new growths, no blooms that I can find. Almost every branch has 1-4 new shoots growing. Very good news since I really need this tree to grow this year so I can let it fruit next season.

I wanted to get new growths instead of blooms right away instead of letting it fruit...wait till they are pea size then remove them and wait several more weeks before they start growing again. Thought I would share my method in case anyone out there might want to try it on their small/young mango trees? Not saying it will work for you but it did for me 

This lychee is finally growing up...its 4 years old. I hope it can better handle the frost/freeze this year. Its the biggest/largest Lychee tree I've ever owned. Hoping for another nice harvest next summer 



And my Mango tree next to the lychee...


Thanks for looking!

The tree is appx. 5-6 years old...very small. Had been "pugged" a few times...its in a 22" pot I believe.
I live in Sebring...if anyone is interested email me...thanks!...I'm asking $45

Couple of pictures so you can see how short the tree is (2nd picture) compared to my Glenn in a 45 gallon pot

Lancetilla

Tried the search feature but came up empty...Does anyone know where I can purchase one of these for mango and lychee picking?

thanks!!

Just a heads up for those of us living in North and Central FL...so far they are calling for 34 degrees for me. Inverness and Ocala saying 30 and 31 degrees (weather.com) for the morning lows on Saturday, Sunday morning slightly warmer...

There goes all my Lychee and Mango blooms 

Good luck All!! Fingers crossed it won't be too bad...

Is now the time to add 0-0-50 fertilizer to my blooming and almost blooming mango trees? Or should I wait till Feb.?

Also I called a local nursery and they carry High Yield 0-0-60...Can I sue this instead or is that completely different?

Thanks in advance...appreciate any tips and advise on how much to apply as well.