I can't seem to crack my macadamias without also busting the kernel into bits as well. I spent more than a hundred bucks on a macadamia cracker, and it certainly does a good job breaking the shells with very little effort on my part.
    Problem is, only about one in ten comes out as an entire, unbroken kernel. I've let them sit in the Florida sun on a drying rack for a couple of weeks after they fell off the tree. Should I leave them out there longer?
    Any advice would be appreciated.

My macadamia trees are beginning to produce so many nuts that breaking them in the bench vice on my workbench is becoming tedious.
   Anyone have any suggestions on where I can find the perfect macadamia cracker?

I just harvested my lychees and me and my neighbors have eaten all we can stand for now. How can I preserve some for later? Can they be frozen or dehydrated? Any advice would be appreciated.

I'd like to find bird netting much larger than anything I've found so far. Maybe like forty feet by forty feet. I've searched the web and haven't found any that big yet. Anybody know where to find something like that?

I have two "Thai Giant" jujube trees that have become huge. These are the fastest-growing fruit trees I've ever seen, surpassing even the mulberry. All summer, literally every twig on these trees was covered with blossoms. With all this blossoming, you'd think the tree would be loaded with fruit, right? Well, think again! Last year I only got about five jujubes off of each tree, and it looks like it's going to be the same story this year. I don't know how effective wasps are as pollinators, but they absolutely swarm these flowers every day. Honeybees don't seem to care for my jujube flowers.
    What, if anything, can be done to induce these trees to produce more fruit? Aggressive pruning? No pruning at all? Some sort of nutritional supplement? Hand pollinating?
     I'm at my wits end! Any ideas?
   

GRRRR! Here we go again! Every day I'm finding more unripe lychees have split open during the night. Just like last year. It's infuriating!
     I lost about 90% of the crop last year that way and it's looking like it's going to be bad this time as well.
      Is this happening to anyone else?

My mangos ripen around the end of June and early July. I don't know what variety it is. I bought it years ago and it just says "mango" on the sales receipt. My neighbor's tree is still holding fruit, but he also doesn't know what kind of tree he has.
    I'd like to plant a second, late-season mango in my yard, but don't know which variety to get, or if they are even available locally. I buy most of my fruit trees from Treehouse and Fruitscapes nurseries on Pine Island in Lee County.
      I've given up sending e-mail inquiries to these two businesses because they never answer.
     Any suggestions on late-season mangos for Southwest Florida?

I've got several potted dragonfruit cuttings that are beginning to grow and I'd like to transfer them somewhere where they can begin climbing. Problem is, there aren't that many dragonfruit-friendly spots available in my yard. If I started two up the same pole, would they eventually interfere with each other or could they coexist?

Last year I almost enjoyed my very first crop of macadamias. Unfortunately, I was putting in very long hours at work, and while I was gone, the squirrels got every one.
    I have since, ahem... "taken measures" to assure this doesn't happen again. 
    Now, my tree is covered with blossoms and I'm predicting good times ahead.
    Seeing as how I've never actually gotten to eat my macadamias yet, how will I tell when they are ready?

I just found this:
Pruning: The object of pruning a macadamia is to form a tree with a single main stem and a framework of horizontal branches, starting at 3 ft. above the ground and from there at intervals of about 1-1/2 ft. In M. integrifolia there are 3 buds in a vertical row in each of the three leaf axils of a node. When the stem is is topped, all three upper buds will grow straight up. Only one of them must be allowed to remain and to continue the main stem, the other two being clipped off to a stub of about 3/8 inch. Now the buds below those two stubs will grow out in a more or less horizontal direction. Only these branches will flower and fruit. This process is repeated until a good framework has been established. Macadamias will take heavy pruning but this may drastically reduces yields. 
    Egad!
    When I planted this Arkin Papershell years ago, I just let it grow however it chose:


   
      There is really no main "trunk" on this tree.
       It's about 8' tall and quite healthy.
       I'm going to try to post another pic:
   

     
     I also have a Dana White which is about the same size, but which has a "trunk" before it branches out.
      Both of these trees produced nuts early this summer, but the squirrels got them because I was too busy gone at work to protect my property.
     Both trees seem very healthy. The soil here is very alkaline, but there are many oak trees here, and I gather many wheelbarrows full of fallen leaves, which I dump around both macadamia trees, hoping to acidify the surrounding soil.
    Any suggestions on the care and feeding of macadamia trees in Southwest Florida?           

Well, it happened again. Went out this morning and found a huge portion of my jujube tree on the ground. One of the main branches had split and collapsed. This is the third time for this tree. Last time I was able to wire it back together and it healed nicely. The branch that broke last night was not the previously repaired one.
     This jujube is a "Thai Giant" and certainly lives up to its name. It is by far the biggest and fastest-growing fruit tree in my yard. I wish they all grew that fast!
     This tree apparently becomes too top-heavy to support itself. Is this a common trait with this variety? Does anyone else have this problem?
      This tree, and the much younger one on the other side of the property, has a main trunk which forks into a "Y" just a few inches from the ground. Then two main beams grow very large at about a 45-degree angle, bearing all the weight until something finally gives.
     I read somewhere that jujube trees don't do well if they're pruned, so I left this tree alone.
      Should I begin aggressively pruning to keep it from getting too top-heavy?
      Any suggestions would be appreciated.
         

I can never tell by squeezing them. They're always as hard as baseballs. When I let one get good and red on the tree, it's always black and rotten-looking on the inside. If I pick one that's not so red, it's always bland and flavorless.
    I'm starting to regret ever planting this tree. Are Pomegranates supposed to do well in Southwest Florida? The tree looks healthy and is always blossoming and producing fruit.
      I just can't get anything edible from it!

My wellwater is pretty revolting stuff. Very hard and leaves rust stains everywhere. It takes a lot of treatment to make it suitable for household use. Some of my neighbors, who have deeper wells than mine, have a high sulphur content in their water.
    Do fruit trees benefit at all from being irrigated with such high-mineral water, as opposed to treated or pure rainwater?