I went by Alex's- place and bought a few bags of mangos this past week-- and there fantastic--juicy and sweet-- - its wonderful to wake up every morning and eat 4-5 of them !!YES

Alex's place is the Ponderosa Ranch of mangoes.... is amazing with their 50ft tall Edward trees and a tremendous assortment of varieties. Now is probably the best time to see. Before the mango season kicks into high gear.

Avocados and other fruits grown there too.

Fairchild--- disease resistant reputation  My tree is always good.

"it possesses qualities that give it potential for wider commercial adaptation. These include flavor, excellent production, and very good disease resistance."  Read its Wikipedia entry 

Today, after completing my treadmill walk,  I went outside and am now enjoying a few mulberries under the mulberry tree canopy.

My wife made some mulberry juice from a few extra bags removed from the freezer. I was surprised that the freezer taste had disappeared and it was good.

I still prefer eating fresh over frozen.

Why treadmill? I do a 4 mile fast walk outside every morning. My goal is 72 minutes. I figure I do a mile in 17.5 to 18 minutes. I bring my mp3 player but only listen in the last 1/3rd of my walk.
Today I did 74 minutes. Sometimes I am below, sometimes above my 72min goal.

On mp3 player is not just music but talk by various people such as Jordan Peterson. You can "grab" all this off of youtube. My fave mp3 player is agptek 8MB you can find ebay and amazon. I have a sansa 8MB Jam too but battery is failing. I like agptek more better.

I still prefer eating fresh over frozen.

Fresh and backyard ripe is why I don't mess around with smoothies. Each fruit evaluated unadulterated and on its own.

This is the full video link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh1AnvNa6mc

Daintree the other species you speak of have their own natural form, growth habits and preferences, and might need different strategies to "bend them according to your will" as mentioned in the video. Soursop, for instance, bears on woody branches instead of new flowering tips like mango does so you have to consider that.

The instructor says use the right pruning tools. He holds up a machete says don't use this, he  calls it a cutlass which is very cool. Video is from Ghana it seems. I have to rewind to get a good opinion but the instructor seems smart and knowledgeable. From now on when I show a newbie my machetes I am going to call them cutlasses and look for the reaction.

Quote from: zands on March 24, 2018, 07:14:47 PM

The internet says most avocados in Vietnam are used in smoothies and drinks which to me is about the worst way to use them. Maybe in bubble tea also>

Yeah, almost people dont know how to eat avocado but everything ard changing d
ay by day

Loads of Vietnamese and Chinese food would be enhanced by simple avocado slices on the side. That you eat the avocado slices as you eat the Viet and Chinese food. No need to make guacamole. Also avocados go along great with soy sauce and ginger juice. Hey, add some Vietnamese fish sauce and chopped garlic and|or onion. You can mash that all together but cut up avocado is also good with soy sauce-ginger-garlic-onion.

Have you ever had an Avocado smoothie (Sinh tố bơ)?  I have... very good... but not as good as a Mango smoothie IMO.

I just don't eat/drink smoothies. I can't remember when I last time I had one. My personal prejudice.

Quote from: zands on March 23, 2018, 10:11:58 AM

0 0 50 granular potassium sulfate ----
Universal Enterprises will have some in next week      42$ for 50lb bag.........I got two reserved   They carry this item on and off. Not regularly.
If interested call them today and add to their order

   
Universal Enterprises Supply----They are way in the back at this address. You must drive past two other buildings to get to Universal Supply
Address: 2171 Blount Rd, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
    Phone: (954) 979-0600

Thanks zands. As an FYI to others, I called them around lunch time to reserve some bags. They said something along the lines of "I was able to order two bags for a guy yesterday, but we aren't getting any more than that in". He offered to take my number and attempt to add some additional bags to their main order, but I haven't heard back.

lulzzz  ......  I guess that via your post I have confirmation on my order/reservation. If you get down here a lot to pick it up.... you can call them early Monday (try Saturday but site claims they are closed) to try and get in. But really..... forum member guanabanas aka Har has a very good slow release potassium fertilizer he gets special made and he is in PB County where you are. You should PM him  You can find him here second down --must be logged in to view- http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?action=mlist;sort=real_name;start=1900

guanabanas potassium fert might also be at Truly Tropical in Del Ray where he is the majordomo.

zzzzz

0 0 50 granular potassium sulfate ----
Universal Enterprises will have some in next week      42$ for 50lb bag.........I got two reserved   They carry this item on and off. Not regularly.
If interested call them today and add to their order

   
Universal Enterprises Supply----They are way in the back at this address. You must drive past two other buildings to get to Universal Supply
Address: 2171 Blount Rd, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
    Phone: (954) 979-0600

Thanks Frank, I might have to do that if my new Dot can't prove its self in our local environment. What variety is HK?

Bill

Just say the magic word "Smathers" when you walk past your new dot mango tree.

1998  --
Frank Smathers Jr.

MIAMI (AP) _ Frank Smathers Jr., who made a fortune in the banking business, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Smathers was the brother of former U.S. Sen. George Smathers and the son of Frank Smathers Sr., a former federal judge who managed Woodrow Wilson's campaign for president.

Frank Smathers started at the old Miami Beach First National Bank, where he rose to chairman. He created new banks under the corporate umbrella of Flagship Banks and retired as chairman of Flagship in 1976. In 1983, the sale of Flagship Sun Banks _ now SunTrust _ earned him millions.
Known for his passion for growing mangoes, he recently gave $1 million to the University of Miami to finance the study of tropical fruit trees.

and http://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article1940225.html 

and from wikipedia-
'Dot' was originally developed by nurseryman Laurence Zill of Boynton Beach, Florida, and was named after his wife Dorothy. It was reportedly a seedling of the 'Carrie' mango, however a 2005 pedigree analysis by the USDA estimated it was a seedling of the 'Zill' mango.[1] 'Dot' was propagated for several years by the Zill nursery but fell out of favor due to disease susceptibility and lack of ideal color. However, Frank Smathers of Miami, Florida received several cuttings of the Dot and took up propagating the tree, finding the eating quality of the fruit to be very high.

Universal Enterprises Supply Corp in Pompano has 0-0-51 50lbs bags for around $30. I was there recently to get some Sequestrene 138 and their prices cannot be beat. Here is their website --> http://universalsupplycorp.com  - I always call them to make sure they have what I need in stock.

Granular or quick dissolving? Granular being little brownish balls the size of a wheat grain and the quick dissolve being a powder. And going by internet images a white powder.

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How about Vigoro brand sold by Home Depot:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Vigoro-20-lb-Citrus-and-Avocado-Plant-Food-160327/203091325. (Promoted as "slow release Nitrogen for extended feeding").

The N-P-K ratio is about half to that of Osmocote Plus, but the minors are similar. Don't know how good or effective this brand is, but the it's priced lower than Osmocote: $14.98/20 lb bag. The 40lb bag price is even better: $19.48! Any thought?

Lowes also has similar in 40lb bag for $15  ......  I have to revise about HD and Lowes 6-4-6 slow release nitrogen fertilizers with minors. It seems that only a third or so of the nitrogen is coated to make it slow release.
Does anyone know how much of the nitrogen is polymer coated to make it slow release in the 8 3 9 sold in South Florida by Excalibur and others? Also by Universal Supply in Broward as fruitilizer?

0 0 50 K in granular form so slow dissolve was great. It was 50lbs for about $26.  Unfortunately Universal Supply in Broward stopped carrying it.  I am going to phone them but last time we spoke it was one ton minimum order. Maybe I can get then down to half ton minimum order if other members want to buy in. Half ton would be 20 50lb bags to distribute. This 0 0 50 granular K is good for older trees that don't need much nitrogen because this only means faster growth so more pruning.
I am fairly sure it was from Diamond-K

I use K-mag from diamond R
0 0 22 with 15 magnesium and a little sulfur to boot

That is quick dissolve and for "fertigation" according to what I see on internet  http://www.7springsfarm.com/kmag-50-lb-sulpomag-diamond-k-brand-water-soluble-0-0-21-5/