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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cotton candy grape!
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:11:27 AM »
P.S. I got some flavor grenade pluots at Ranch 99 on friday. Loved them! Sweet and very crisp/crunchy. Like a plum flavored apple. DWN says they're probably low chill as well.

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As i understand it there are no graft incompatibilities among avocadoes, though i have heard anecdotally that some varieties are more difficult than others. A and B differ in whether the flowers open in morning or afternoon. They are graft compatible and are often grafted to increase production. You should check out the avocado 24/7 thread for fruiting seasons in florida. Also check out crfg's page on avocadoes and julie mortons chapter.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=4915.0
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/avocado.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/avocado_ars.html


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Tempted to plant it myself. Any idea how quickly it grows? Where'd you get your seeds
?

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An interesting read that mentions your parmentiera:

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/plmay99.htm


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Doing the same thing. Ive read that its common practice in at least one country. I plan to cull to a male and female when they flower flowerleaving two growing close together. For what its worth home depot is selling them in triplets.



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And where do you get the worm castings?

Ive got a 'worm factory'. Try searchimg for worm bin or vermiculture. Got mine on craigslist pretty cheap.

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I'm actually using the stuff that drips to the bottom of the worm compost stack. Taking it out the spigot. It looked pretty concentrated. I diluted it about 10-fold and have my first patient about 2 cups.

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Thanks so much for this post. I have a couple trees that have been suffering and I've been looking for ideas. Started with worm tea last night.

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plantlover, did you find that reference?

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Most people here in Fiji grow mango from seed, and I've never met a mango that I didn't like.  Sure, some have more fiber or less flesh than others.  The chance of growing a good mango from seed is excellent.

I've had good germination from Ataulfo and zero from Kent when growing from seeds stripped of their seed coat a week earlier.

In polyembryonic citrus, the first shoots to sprout are the clones.  Later, a pollinated shoot may appear.

John

I'm surprised that such a simple question hasn't been resolved experimentally.

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My ataulfos have light green leaves. My kents have dark. If ypu crossed an ataulfo w kent or similar would you het one dark and the rest ligjt?

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Also remember that Gary Zill pre-selected those 1,000 trees from among several thousand trees, by crushing tender new leaves and smelling them.

Interesting! Presumably crushed leaves are indicative of flavor? How reliable is that?

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I've only seen Manila so far.

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If your hoping to get good mangoes from the hybrid seeds then why not plant any mango you like including the monoembrionics? Leo manuel, who youll see mention in a lot of the socal mango threads, has like 30 trees and almost all from seed. He says he gets nice mangoes from many of them. Hes also topworked some. Im planting clusters of 3 to 6 of ones i like and will cull or topwork later.

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The San Diego chapter had a speaker on Mangoes this week. He says he's getting 18 inches per year from his trees using: once a week watering in the summer (~7g for smaller trees), once a month liquid 3-3-3 fertilizer, some special spray in january to promote flower/fruit, pine or redwood bark mulch, and lots of love. However he described his soil as very sandy and lives on a slope.  Says that he gets growth at the same time as flowering and fruiting. Though he does remove all but 3 fruits from each tree. I think his name was Eric. He was most insistent on the mulch and indicated that he had played around with different conditions, so he might know it for a fact. But I think he's only been growing mangoes here for 3 years as well.  Anyway, I can add more details once I find my notes, or perhaps someone else attended.

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Ive seen a video describing willow tree teas as rooting hormone. Maybe the moringa is doing the same thing.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: SoCal Mangos season
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:52:28 PM »
Leo gave me a tour of his yard today. Lots of mangoes on the trees but it was too many to keep track of. And mostly seedlings to boot. Told him about this thread. Perhaps he'll show up and comment.

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I got the kents from the fruit store, having stopped there first. They are just ripe enough to eat and quite good. Had two for lunch.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: SoCal Mangos season
« on: July 23, 2013, 03:56:17 PM »
JF, thanks for the reply on seasonality. Do you have a working list of good early, mid and late mangoes for socal or san diego? I've been trying to piece together info off the web but my understanding is clearly off.

So, in your yard Glenn, LZ, Haden, Ataulfo, 76 and NDM are early and Irwin, Choc Anon, Alfonso, Thompson, Keitt and Mallika are mid?

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Got some of those lychees from The Fruit Store. Excellent. I made the rounds in the Convoy area and nothing else of note really. Everyone has Kents and Ataulfos. The First Korean Market next to the Fruit Store has the lowest price Kents @ $0.50 per. $1 per everywhere else. Zion has Ataulfos for just over $0.25 each.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tiny, sterile mangos?
« on: July 22, 2013, 11:04:35 AM »
I see boxes of the ataulfo version of these sometimes.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: SoCal Mangos season
« on: July 21, 2013, 11:53:09 PM »
Does this mean that all of those are basically mid season or will some continue to fruit or stay on the tree longer?

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Fruiting vines? Passipn fruit, kiwi, grape, ... ive been getting some instant gratification out of veggies. Just soaked, germinated and planted scarlet runner bean starting 4 days ago and have two popping up this morning. Already got beans from one i planted two months ago. And its a perinial in your zone. Cape gooseberry is another fruit thats supposed to be perennial in our zone. Planning to do that as soon as i get a landscaping break.

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