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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: quantity/method of gypsum application
« on: March 31, 2018, 07:09:13 AM »
Great info thanks so much!  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: quantity/method of gypsum application
« on: March 30, 2018, 08:18:38 PM »
Aha! Thank you! So you just sprinkle around the drip line you don't have to dig it in at all? Also, would half that amount still have a chance of being effective or would that be a don't bother if you're going to use so little situation?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: quantity/method of gypsum application
« on: March 30, 2018, 09:03:18 AM »
No one? This is usually a pretty hot topic I thought. If the info is already posted somewhere if you could just give me a link!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / quantity/method of gypsum application
« on: March 29, 2018, 10:00:52 AM »
Just bought the property next to ours and inherited 2 mature mango trees in full flower! I'd like to experiment with gypsum but have no idea what would be the minimum amount to apply that could possibly be effective (gypsum is not cheap here like in the US so we can't just go willy-nilly), or how to apply it. Did a search but haven't found the info yet. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best practices after a fire?
« on: March 26, 2018, 08:04:47 AM »
anyone???

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Best practices after a fire?
« on: March 25, 2018, 02:14:48 PM »
Hi all! We had a fire sweep through part of our property last week. Unbelievably we had only one total loss, a seedling sapodilla. But we have several trees that lost all or almost all of their leaves to the heat and are now left to recover from their still-green trunks. These include seedling starfruit and jackfruit, air-layered mulberry, and grafted mandarin and cara cara navel trees (happily still green above the grafts). My question is, what's the best thing to do to help the trees along in their recovery? Remove all the dead leaves, prune back at all, fertilize? Just leave them alone? Any suggestions are most appreciated.
Zafra

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: E. patrisii - what's the scoop?
« on: January 27, 2018, 08:26:28 PM »
Interesting and very helpful thanks! I'll plant it outside of the grey water irrigation zone.

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It's truly perennial and as far as I can tell doesn't seed at all, just extends and extends and extends when it's happy. To get through our dry season, we mulched it with cut dry vetiver grass - it was really unhappy (and ugly) while exposed to the sun and thirsty. With the mulch it still didn't look great but it put on a few leaves and survived, came back like gang-busters with the first drops of rain. If it gets regular water, it's perfect. And Cookie Monster is right you can mulch over it like mad and it comes right up over it again, no problem.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: E. patrisii - what's the scoop?
« on: January 24, 2018, 09:56:36 AM »
Wow those are huge! Thanks for sharing the pictures. I thought this was a tiny, blueberry-sized fruit! My (very pretty) small tree still in a nursery bag has been flowering almost constantly for almost a year now but so far has not set any fruit. I'm going to be planting it out soon and I'm thinking about where to put it. Will it want lots of water all year or will it do fine with less water during the dry season?

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Terrific thanks so much! :)

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He/She/They had like 97% positive feedback and tons of listings and then - gone.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lolita Suriname Cherry
« on: January 20, 2018, 12:09:52 PM »
I have a few seedlings from Lolitas. All of them produce luscious, sweet fruit with no resin taste if you pick them when they're ready to fall off the plant. I love them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fermenting tropical fruits into alcohol
« on: January 19, 2018, 05:36:07 PM »
Definitely ferments on its own if you don't boil it. Sandor Katz's Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation are treasure troves of info about this.

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Pigeon pea is a great companion plant but not a ground cover. We use perennial peanut and it's terrific - low-growing, relatively well-behaved, does well in sun and shade, prevents erosion (strong roots) and fixes its own nitrogen (oh and if you have chickens, they eat the flowers like crack). Only downside is it doesn't like drought conditions, so supplemental irrigation is necessary in the dry season. Sounds like you're irrigating, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Mint is also very nice and it's wonderful when you walk on it and the air fills with its scent! But it doesn't carpet the ground quite as well as perennial peanut.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: to transplant or not to transplant...?
« on: November 27, 2017, 09:51:50 PM »
No we don't have sufficient irrigation for a newly planted tree to make it through the dry season.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: wow plantogram prices
« on: November 27, 2017, 08:02:13 PM »
I bought 2 plants from them 2 or 3 years ago and they arrived in perfect condition - I had no complaints. Their prices have more than doubled since then, and seem somewhat exaggerated. But I don't question their quality.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / to transplant or not to transplant...?
« on: November 27, 2017, 03:27:15 PM »
I have a tree in a long skinny nursery bag, roots already coming out the bottom. I missed my chance to plant it out for this year, and have to wait for the next rainy season (May next year), so like 5 months. I'm tempted to transplant it to a 5 gallon bucket for the interim to give it a chance to spread its roots a bit and also get used to the native soil it will be planted out to, but I wonder if 5 months is a bit close between transplants. What do the experts say - move it, or wait out the 5 months in the small bag?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / wow plantogram prices
« on: November 27, 2017, 01:06:13 PM »
miracle fruit on sale for $119.80.  :o
sorry, this is apropos of nothing just couldn't believe my eyes!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: macadamia time from fruit set to maturity?
« on: November 23, 2017, 02:55:18 PM »
Interesting! Here, my little air layered tree is flowering and setting fruit right now. So like 9-10 months then, I guess - July/August.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: macadamia time from fruit set to maturity?
« on: November 22, 2017, 01:32:29 PM »
great - that helps! thanks :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: macadamia time from fruit set to maturity?
« on: November 22, 2017, 09:12:25 AM »
bump?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / macadamia time from fruit set to maturity?
« on: November 21, 2017, 03:39:04 PM »
Anyone know or can point me to a source of info? Thanks!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting soursop Annona muricata
« on: November 19, 2017, 01:44:28 PM »
I'll have to try it - I've got some avo grafts coming soon. Thanks again!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting soursop Annona muricata
« on: November 19, 2017, 10:44:07 AM »
Hi Thera, those pictures are terrific thank you for sharing them. Can I ask why you only chip the nose of one side instead of doing a complete wedge shape on the scion?

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Oh how I'd love to see this in close-up...

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