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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: J-31 Jakfruit has set fruit

« on: January 15, 2012, 06:25:18 PM »

I've got 4 to 6 fruits growing on my black gold.

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Possible cold sensitivity of the Coconut Cream mango

« on: January 15, 2012, 06:20:50 PM »

The damage was from the dry, cold wind and the strong cloudless sun that followed the morning after. Even though we only got to about 40F, I also had leaf damage to several of my mango trees. However, out of the couple hundred or so potted mango trees I have here, the only ones that showed a pattern of damage were the 3 and 7 gallon nam doc mai #4 trees. The other cultivars were hit and miss (eg, 1 lancetilla out of several, 1 pina colada out of several, etc) despite being located in close proximity to one another. None of my couple dozen potted coconut cream trees showed any signs of damage.

One of the most important things is to do in these cold, windy events is to water the hack out of your younger/potted trees just before and right after. The dry wind really beats them up. Zill's HPP had heavy damage to a row of in ground mango trees when they got down to 32F last year because they hadn't been watered well enough. It looked like someone walked through with a flamethrower on just that one row.

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: An article about origin of The Sweetheart Lychee

« on: January 15, 2012, 01:24:50 PM »

OK. So, does that mean that we can call it 'Sweet Heart' (with a space) and not be subject to the trademark?

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Fruit Trees for Sale in South Florida

« on: January 14, 2012, 07:52:49 PM »

Thanks to murahilin and Patrick for setting spending the time (and money :-) to set this forum up for us.

Some of you already know that my wife and I have a small nursery here in Broward County called Elsy's Plants. We try to specialize in harder to find fruiting plants. Almost everything we carry is grafted or layered. A non-exhaustive list of what he have is below:

Mamey sapote: Pace, Key West (Pantin)
Mango: Kesar, Langra Banarsi, Fernandin, Jehangir (Dwarf), Rapoza, Cushman, Dot, Lancetilla, East Indian, Julie, Nam doc mai #4, Pickering, Ice Cream, Glenn, Carrie, Keitt, Rosigold, Okrung, Pim Sane Mun, Choc Anon, Coconut Cream, Lemon Zest, Sunrise, Lady's Choice, Harvest Moon, Sweet Tart, Pina Colada, Pineapple Pleasure
Mango on Dwarfing Rootstock: Carrie and Val-carrie
Mamoncillo (Genip or Spanish Lime): Montgomery
Longan: Biew Kiew, Kohala
Lychee: Hak Ip, Mauritius
Canistel: 9681 (Trompo), Fairchild #2, Fitzpatrick
Jackfruit: J-30, Cheena, Gold Nugget, Black Gold, Borneo Red, Cochin
Persimmon: Winterset, Tanenashi
Jaboticaba
Green sapote: Whitman
Barbados Cherry
Atemoya: Geffner, 4826 (Lisa)
Carambola: Kari, Bell
Sapodilla (Nispero): Tikal, Makok, Alano
Guanabana
Guava: Ruby x Supreme 10-30
Avocado: Russel, Day, Florida Hass, Lula
Vietnamese Pomegranate
Dwarf June Plum
Ackee
Allspice
Cashew
Loquat: Yehuda, Christmas, Sherry
Malay Apple
Hog's Plum
Pineapple: Smooth Cayenne
Jamaican Cherry
Sweetsop (Sugar Apple): Red / Green
Loroco
Chipilin

Unfortunately we don't ship, but visitors are always welcome. Message me for me info.

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: my tropical fruit glory year

« on: January 14, 2012, 06:41:29 PM »

Here - I'll post the images for you

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hello !

« on: January 14, 2012, 02:28:38 PM »

:-) What up, Noel. Them marissa abius are choice, eh?

Jeff

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What type of pest control do you use?

« on: January 14, 2012, 02:24:54 PM »

For in-ground trees, I'd just ignore the scale problem. It's seasonal and 'usually' doesn't harm the tree in any significant way. There was one year where a massive scale infestation did cause some damage to my carambola, defoliating the tree and killing off tender shoots. However, for the most part, the trees can deal with it. There's no really "good" pesticide to use. Oils burn the tender growth and malathion / sevin cause collateral damage. And, systemics are obviously a bad idea for fruit trees :-).

For trees that I'm selling, I have to break down and use some form of pest control (usually sevin). But I try to spray it over a concrete surface to minimize environmental impact.

Jeff