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Ha! If only I could grow a mango that fast...here's how big they are in Dallas, maybe it's not true that everything in Texas is bigger.Looking good Droshi!
Haha.. No, not that big yet, but give it time...
Calostro and Birula also take the heat well. Cherimoyas seem to be more sensitive to 104 tempsDo atemoyas tolerate the heat well in the 100f+?
I know cherimoyas don't like the heat too much here. They get crispy once the summer hits.
My Geffner has been taking Texas heat what I would consider well. 100+ for several weeks, up to a max of 107F. Some of the top leaves are sun-burned a bit, but I think overall it will do fine. I've mulched heavily which helps a lot with water retention, and giving them some extra watering even still during the hottest days helps. I haven't misted or anything to cool down the foliage which may have helped from over-heating some, but didn't know if it would contribute to more sun scald.
Do atemoyas tolerate the heat well in the 100f+?
I know cherimoyas don't like the heat too much here. They get crispy once the summer hits.
Hmmm if i dont like it then will be the only flavour iv ever hated and that would suck and be weird for me. I wonder if that's true that you are born to live it or hate it no matter what? The combination of flavours sound heavenly.
Frozen durian dose not exist in South Africa not anywhere:(
She has a great website and sure is living the dream:)
I saw this on her website earlier in the year and have never wished I had enough money for something more
Trying currently to convince my fiancee that a durian tour like this will be an awesome honeymoon next yearbut imagine she ends up hating durian!
I'm a durian virgin too but iv never met a taste I found offensive and i know deep in my soul I will love them
Peaches are good mango substitutes. The ones in supermarkets are utter crap with split pits, mushy insides, never ripen...... I rarely bother with them anymore.
Oh and courtesy of Sleepdoc I had a green stage Khunsee this eve, crunchy and sweet, th ringside was still yellow when I cut it. I enjoyed this for the unique experience. If there is another mango that can be eaten in such a wide range of ripeness ago good effect, I'd like to know what it is.Supposedly NDM, and probably other Thai varieties can be eaten green and crunchy.
And we also ate our first Pickering today...left as long as I could and yes....they are sweet!
How many "tropical" Annone are there?
Atemoya, Graviola, Chermimoya...other species?
Done some work for a bloke once in Brisbane and he had a beautiful mango tree right in the corner of his vacant block and he lived in the block next door to it. The vacant block had fruit trees everywhere. We asked him if they get pinched and he told us never, he said he used to have them disappear quite regularly and one day he caught some people taking them and he confronted them. They kindly told him where to go and that it was a vacant block they could do what they like. He told them that if they touched them again they would be sorry. This bloke apparently was in the army and taught some of australias top soldiers the art of booby trap making at canungra. He told us he went down the next day and there was blood everywhere and nobody to be seen. He said he never lost another mango after that! Some people take it to the extremes.
Some named varieties are self-fertile, but if you're talking seedlings is safer to plant 2. I've been rooting some cuttings, and while ground-layering does work, it's not too practical for me since mine are in pots.
Cutting hardwood branches as close to the ground as possible root easier (even pulling some of the bark from the main trunk works best), this is why I suspect ground-layering is more effective than air-layering, simply because you usually select branches close to the ground.
I've tried rooting cuttings by dipping them in rooting hormone powder then putting directly into soil, and into a glass of water. Water gives me highest success rate so far for some reason. I'm sure a misting setup would be ideal, but I don't have one.
Try highly aerated water. Get a cheap aquarium air pump with a decent bubbler and run it in the water 24/7. The submerged part of the stems should have no issue putting out roots especially if they are dipped in some decent rooting hormone.
