My understanding is that you should have to call digalert (811) to get the lines marked (for mechanical excavations), but then if you're digging over those lines you have to do it by hand. And since you're probably doing that anyway...proceed carefully. In Carlsbad I've planted plenty over marked lines. Nothing precious of course.

Great to have you here john. Dont remember anyone else posting from baja.

GMOs are awesome and so is Monsanto.

Would love any recent observations on Asimina parviflora as well.

Yeah, would love to watch as well.

Three Marula related questions:

1. Is this a marula seedling? (I recently germinated a mango seed in an old cup of seed starting mix and this popped up alongside it. The cup was labeled marula, and I seem to recall getting some marula seeds from Nullzero at last year's Green Scene.)



2. Has anyone here actually tasted marula, and feel they can recommend this fruit?

3. It's anyone willing to exchange (or sell) scions sometime down the road? I've only got the one plant, and I know that marulas are dioecious. I'd rather graft than grow out more seedlings.

Thanks

I'll exchange when the time comes. I have 3 in the ground and know someone else with several more.

Quote from: simon_grow on October 11, 2016, 09:24:06 PM

It can take anywhere from several years to 20+ years for a seedling to fruit but I'm guessing it will probably be closer to 5-10 years if you water and fertilize properly. Our cold weather can induce blooms on very young trees.

Simon

So it's best to get them going then graft them?   Is it possible to find any of the recommended varieties already grafted anywhere other than ONG in SD county?

Exotica actually has a big selection right now, but they're approaching Ong's prices. Still they are mostly on CA appropriate rootstocks.

Do you know what the rootstock is?

I have a lychee and a longan in pots. The longan I got a few years ago from Simon and it never did much. Leaves were slightly yellow and a bit of tip burn. Gave it to a friend, who gave it to a friend who then returned it to me looking pretty much as it did with Simon gave it to me. The lychee was a more recent purchase, but looked and acted the same. I moved both to my nursery area, which gets basically the same sun and water as they had before but because it is largely enclosed, it stays more humid and is not exposed to wind at all. Both plants flushed beautifully and now have a nice full canopy of dark green healthy leaves with no tip burn. The move was meant to be temporary, but I think I'll just leave them there. Take home is that humidity seems to make a huge difference for this family.

That's awesome Richard. You know I'll take a cutting or two whenever

Nice! report on the taste?

Definitely being exploited by several of my plants.