yah, the super market cherimoyas are of poor quality. I tried them a few times and always end up tossing them in the trash. It's a shame, because I think a lot of Floridians base their experience with cherimoyas on super market cherimoyas, which are not good. CA grown cherimoyas are absolutely incredible.

Yo dude, you need to read closely, DUDE.  Your response has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.  Barath's post was on topic, and he didnt ask anything about overwintering of any type of rootstock in any location.  As I previously posted, your post was torally random and had nothing to do with the topic of THIS thesad.  If you want to discuss growing msngoes outside of the normsl mango growing zone, maybe start your own?  Get it now, dude?

Quote from: Stan on July 03, 2016, 09:51:39 PM

Quote from: bsbullie on July 03, 2016, 03:48:03 PM

Quote from: Stan on July 03, 2016, 03:34:41 PM

My Autalfo/Champagne I grew from seed. It even as a seedling was never protected from frost. I feel pretty good it will last.  One thing- plant a few of them as some seedlings will be much more faster growing. From what I can tell,those seedlings who start with adult like foliage are MUCH better then the usual small leafs that flush larger much later.

What in the world does this have to do with the thread's topic?

Well,read close Bullie dude. Barath was wondering about Aultalfo as rootstock. Hence, my post that mine went through TWO winter uprotected is agreeing they would make a good rootstalk if you dont want Aultalfo fruit.  Sabe? I also included my observations that even the variation of the seeds is interesting.
Barath is up here in the bay area where things might be different. Get it now?

Quote from: ClayMango on February 07, 2016, 11:13:34 PM

This seems like regular frost damage...... and at 38 no less....My trees have endured an inch of snow without protection with moderate frost damage...this seems like a regular mango tree when it comes to tolerance.

Clay, thanks for your input. Which variety survive 26F and which perish? Your experience should put an end to this illusion that Antonio or of any of Tim's mangos are colder hardier than the rest.

I'm trying to track down a species of Ficus from Australia that reportedly makes an excellent nematode-resistant rootstock for figs. 

I found it described in an article from the Florida State Horticultural Society from 1925. They tested 18 Ficus species as potential nematode-resistant rootstocks for figs, and found that the most promising was an unidentified Ficus species from North Queensland, Australia, introduced by the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction in 1921 under the name SPI 52406. Growing in its native habitat, this species was described as, "A large clean tree with fruit of fine delicate sweet flavor and size of a black Smyrna fig, only more rounded and dark crimson when ripe." They report that the species is evergreen, and in Florida it suffered foliage burn at 29 degrees F, and die-back at 25 degrees F.

They report that fig scions made graft unions more reliably and with better subsequent growth on this species than grafted onto Ficus glomerata, their second-best choice. They report that they planted out one fig grafted onto Ficus 52406 in spring in nematode-infested soil, and as a control also planted a self-rooted fig 17 feet away. By fall, the grafted plant had ripened almost a hundred figs, growing to 4.5 feet with a 2.5 inch diameter trunk just above the bud union. The self-rooted fig nearby suffered heavy nematode damage to its roots, grew to just 2.5 feet, and ripened only a single fig the same year.

I can't find any subsequent information on this species.

I know this is not a lot of information to go on in terms of the description of the mystery Ficus 52406 from North Queensland. I've read that there are 45 Ficus species native to Australia. But I thought it was worth a shot posting this, to see if anyone might recognize what species Ficus 52406 might be, particularly some of the Australian readers of the forum. Any ideas?

-Craig

(original 1925 report: http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1925-vol-38/92-97_Mowry.pdf)

JF, we are so lucky to have Leo. I look forward to your report on RH#2 and Villasenor.

Thanks for the confirmation Mark, I have one more seedling#4 and it is ripening more evenly, I like to eat this one very firm from my limited experience with it.

Clay, that is awesome you got to try Sweet Tart, especially in your climate. I hope you will be able to keep a few small trees wherever you wind up. It appears ST is fairly consistently excellent when grown in SoCal from the limited reports received so far.

Future, the future is limited by our imagination and how hard we strive to push the boundaries. At first, I thought Winter mangos wouldn't be worth the effort because I assumed muted flavores and lack of sweetness but with refractometer busting Brix readings and top tier flavor from specific varieties, I hope more people will realize Winter Mangos are worth the effort.

Simon

Quote from: Bananaizme on December 09, 2015, 07:51:21 PM

    I'm so sorry to hear about Roger Meyer passing . When  did he pass ? He will be greatly missed 😢  I hope that he's tending to the " tree  of  life  "  in heaven.


 William

It looks like he passed away on 11/22/15. I have bought a number of trees from him and can say He was a very good man.

Gosh Simon - how does he have mangoes hanging on his trees this late?
I'm flabbergasted!


Gary