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Have to admit I like Berry and its a tribute to Ron Berry. Just don't have it with Amber.

Why? Is the Berry not as good or is there some other issue?

I bought this tree a year ago. Honestly, I did not want to. It was a miserable looking tree (it actually looks "better" in this picture than it does in person) but I had gone to someone's house to get it and did not know how to say no.
The picture below is exactly how the tree looked when I got it except it had 2 more leaves on it. It has not put out even one new leaf in one whole year. I gave up on it a couple of months ago and relegated it to the dig out and discard list.


As a comparison, here is a Sri Chompoo now that I bought the same day from a nursery also as a 3 gal and planted at the same time.


I went to dig out the tree yesterday and saw signs of new growth! I can't believe it just sat there for a year and did nothing. Anyway, long story short, I would like to save the tree if it is going to grow but the few leaves that are on there are covered with small white bugs. I know it's not mealy bugs. Anyone know what they are and what I should use to get rid of them?

New growth

Tiny white bugs.

Filptop, I can't imagine how much this picture will enrage you ;-)

I received the seeds today. Thank-you!
Will donate to Wikipedia as requested. Thanks again.

I bought the Phet Pak Chong and Geffner last year and planted them in the ground in September/October.  They seemed to be doing okay but did not come back very well this year. I did not prune any of the branches in the hopes that they were just off to a slow start but it is already August and they barely have any leaves. You can see the branch 'skeletons' from last year. What can I do to help them along? These are planted on the west side of the house and get sun from around 11am to sunset. Too hot, maybe?


Phet Pak Chong


Phet Pak Chong (different angle)


Geffner

I got this Annona from someone. Not sure what kind it is. It had branches on what would be the left side of the photo. Unfortunately, someone from a tree trimming crew who was working in my back yard was dragging a huge branch to the front yard and got it ensnared with this plant and broke all the branches on that side of the tree. This tree is planted on the east side of my house and only gets morning and early afternoon sun. Need pruning advice so I can get it to branch again.

Mystery annona

Have some sugar apple seeds I want to plant, does anyone know if the 'Big Red' variety comes true from seed. Or is this one, I am better of getting as a grafted tree?

I could have sworn I had posted a reply to all of you months ago but I don't see it anymore.
Anyway, a couple of weeks after I had posted my original post, we had a particularly windy day and the tree snapped in half below the damaged area shown in the earlier picture. It was literally attached by just a tiny bit of bark. I was going to dig it up and throw it away but decided to experiment with it instead. I superglued the two halves together and then taped it up. I also used a stake almost like a splint to give it some more support. I then basically just ignored it thinking it was going to die anyway.

On a trip to Miami in early March, I picked up a Hasya at PIN. Then headed to Lara Farms to pick up a Makok and saw a really nice Hasya there, so bought that one, too.
Well, by mid -March my superglued Hasya was sending out new leaves and soon after that it started flowering. It has been flowering ever since. No fruit set because this tree is tiny but lots and lots of flowers. I have no idea how this thing is alive, let alone thriving!

Mangokothiyan - I wanted two sapodilla cultivars and after reading through the forum, Alano and Hasya seemed to be the most popular. On a trip to PIN, I got a chance to taste a Hasya and I was sold. They did not have any sapodilla trees for sale at the time, so I bought it from Mike Bender.
Out of curiosity, is kothiyan a malayalam word?

Tommyng, JoeP450 - Thank-you.

Acheta - You were right about the wind, I should have taken your advice and taped the tree to a stake in a few places. Instead, I waited till it broke in half before I did that! 
You can just barely see the graft all the way at the bottom of picture 2.

Brian - All I know about the various cultivars is what I have read on this forum. But, I have yet to taste a variety that I don't like. I usually don't like extremely sweet fruits but I make an exception for sapodillas.

I would love some berry jackfruit seeds. Thanks.
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Okay, ignore my previous comment. I totally missed this bit.

I bought this Hasya sapodilla in February last year and planted it in the ground in September. About a month back, I noticed the bark on one section was missing. It is about a foot away from the graft.  Don't know how or when it happened. Is this tree going to survive?

I also have a Nules Clementine with a similar issue, except the bark has peeled almost all around the trunk (looks much worse than this) but it has a bunch of new leaves coming in.

kar1ma - Your Cristela jackfruit tree looks great. I like the fact that it is precocious and can be kept small. I will consider getting one especially, if it is a crunchy variety. I already have 3 logan varieties, if any of them don't work out, I will try the Diamond River.

Acheta -

I like everything to be in lines and even ( it's probably not healthy)

LOL! You and I have the same "disease"!
I have a Kohala longan too but I am going to plant that in the backyard, as I plan to let it get a little larger than the trees in the front yard.  I will try to remember to take pics to keep track of progress/changes.

I am trying to figure out which/how many trees to plant in the front right corner of my lot. The front faces south and the right side faces west.  It is a 60' by 60' area from the south (front) fence to the edge of oak tree canopy and the driveway to the west side fence. The picture was taken facing west.



These are the trees I would like to put in this location.

Jackfruit - Excalibur Red,  Amber

Mango - Pickering, Carrie, Coconut Cream, Mahachanok, Edward, Mallika, Orange Sherbet. I plan on getting a Cac, so would like to keep a spot open for it.

Lychee - Sweetheart, Mauritius, Brewster.

Longan - Biew Kiew, Sri Chompoo.

1)  I know I cannot fit all of the trees in that small area but would like to fit as many as I can ( I plan to keep the trees small) and need help figuring out spacing and which ones to plant towards the front and which towards the back.

2)  I would also like to plant these trees on a mound. Should I use just plain sand or can I amend it with top soil and compost.

3)  Most of the mangoes were bought mid-July'18 as my house was supposed to be ready by the end of that month. Some major issues cropped up and I only moved in recently. So, these trees are still in their original 3 gallon pots. They still look healthy but I have no idea how root bound/messed up the roots are by now. Is there anything I should do before/after? I put them in the ground to ensure survival/success?

Any and all help/suggestions are appreciated. TIA.

How do you tell when a LZ is ready/ripe?

I stopped by Zill's on Friday and bought a bunch of OS. They were down to about 5 LZ and 5 PPK in the bins. The fruit did not look all that great but I had not tasted these 2 varieties before and I have read so much about them here that I bought a couple each of both varieties.
I have eaten a few of the OS so far and I really like them. The PPK were okay, nothing to write home about. My husband was not a big fan. Then I snagged a PPK at Truly Tropical on Saturday and it was fantastic. Husband said he loved it and was very surprised when I told him that it was the same variety he had turned his nose up at the previous day.

As for the LZ, I don't know what was going on with the fruit I bought but they were pretty disgusting. The only way to describe it was puke flavored. I have had some not so great mangoes before but have never felt like throwing up after the first bite! The fruit looked perfectly fine on the inside. They did not look overripe or like they were damaged in any way. I was so disappointed because I was really looking forward to tasting something special.