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?

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!

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

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.

Terrific thanks so much!

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.

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.

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.

miracle fruit on sale for $119.80. 
sorry, this is apropos of nothing just couldn't believe my eyes!

great - that helps! thanks

Anyone know or can point me to a source of info? Thanks!

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?