I want to plant a crunchy apple type fruit. I’m between these two. Any recommendations on which ones taste better and/or names of cultivars for the sweeter varieties? Thanks

I would continue to tip it to 12-15ft and tip all small branches as well just like a mango. Mine have responded very well to that and have flowered quite early. They love to be pruned

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I had Africanized bees take over 2 of my hives. What a nightmare. I had to completely trash two full hives with supers. It was a mess. Couldn’t come with min 75ft of my hives without 5-10 of them going at me hardcore

Trash 2 hives? How and why?
Also,once you get stung you get marked with a scent that makes them chase you but without that marking scent i doubt even the africanised bees could chase you for no reason.
We have verry hot bees here too that are not africanised but display the same agresivity, kill horses yet bekeepers still keep them.

Couldn’t get near any of my hives. Even wearing a full suit some were able to penetrate. Who wants to deal with that? I’ve got plenty of hives. I could afford to chuck two of them far far away

If you get africanised bees or hot bees ,you dont have to destroy that colony.Just replace theyr queen with a normal bees queen that makes docile bees and after a month and a half all of those africanised bees will die of old age but after they have raised a new generation of docile bees.
Its not big deal to change the queen with another queen.

I tried to requeen both hives twice with Italian queens. All 4 times unsuccessful. Not my first rodeo

I had Africanized bees take over 2 of my hives. What a nightmare. I had to completely trash two full hives with supers. It was a mess. Couldn’t come with min 75ft of my hives without 5-10 of them going at me hardcore

I can't see anyone needing more than 10ft between garcinias.  Even that is a quite a bit.  Most garcinias (at least the ones that we can grow in south florida) can be trimmed into a large bush at maturity.  The largest ones that I've seen are Gamboge and even 30 year old specimens if left untamed might only need about 15ft to thrive. On our new property I have yet to plant any out, however next summer will probably be when I'll get to it and I plan on using 7-8ft spacing....and I am not limited on space on my property either.

Quote from: Johnny Redland on July 18, 2019, 03:18:25 PM

I just bought a 25 Gallon M4 from Zill today.  I have a small 3 gallon E4 in the ground as well.  I can't comment on disease resistance, but from my research it seems to be a toss up as to which variety is preferred by forum members. Hence I purchased both.

Cool, hope it does well, how much did that 25 gallon cost you?
Did they have different sizes and for how much?

Thanks! Zill only sells to distributors. My best friend is a distributor so he hooked me up at no charge. But I think distribution price on 25gal mangos are in the low hundreds. Not sure what other sizes they had available. My father-in-law got a 65gal fruit punch for mid 300’s. Curious to see what that looks like

I just bought a 25 Gallon M4 from Zill today.  I have a small 3 gallon E4 in the ground as well.  I can't comment on disease resistance, but from my research it seems to be a toss up as to which variety is preferred by forum members. Hence I purchased both.

1. Coconut Cream
2. Malika (how this is not in most people's top 5 is beyond me)
3. Pineapple Pleasure
4. Sweettart
5. Peach Cobbler (have yet to taste however)
6. PPK

-Jon

I don't know enough about the variety to say yes or no, but I do know that we have had problems, both me and a good friend of mine, with this variety.  We both purchased some from different sources, fruited them, and realized they were not Maha.  I don't know why this seem to be a common mis-labeled mango.  Maybe someone can chime in with a similar experience.

I boiled about 75 seeds for 30 minutes. These things were DELICIOUS! Oh how many seeds I’ve wasted over the years !! 

I too would like to know this.  I have a green variety in the ground that fruits well by itself, but I've recently planted a 5Ft purple specimen in close proximity.  The purple is a seedling, whereas the green I'm not entirely sure.

I can tell you however that the first and second year that the green variety fruited the taste was quite bland, but this year the fruits were very sweet. I harvested once they displayed a red tinge on the top surface, which is generally when the top surface becomes soft.  They seem to ripen from the bottom up.  I quite enjoyed the fruits this year and I"m still harvesting them, whereas I know the purple specimen that I am growing my seedling from fruits mostly in Jan-Mar.

Coconut Cream is by far the best mango I've ever eaten. Everything about the mango itself is amazing. I have found the trees to be shy bearer's thus far, but if that doesn't change, it can be remedied by planting more of them

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Kwai Muk fruiting first time. About 30 fruit

Congratulations. My Kwai Muks in Homestead also have fruits now, similar size as your picture. Hoping fruits develop/ripen. 6 years from seed, 9ft tall, 5-6 inch caliper, likes water and fertilization, iron in our soil, full sun.

Frederico, you're right down the street from me. I'm just south of Knausberry. If you ever want to bullshit about trees let me know.  -Jon