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Pics are from yesterday.. Grafts were done 2 weeks prior on 10/8. First successful veneer graft onto a tree started from seeds. (Variety grafted- Florigon)
So anyone here reporting on the Pina Colada for this year? I have one and it is a slow grower. It is finally pushing out it's second flush since planting it this year. My CC is doing fantastic and is pushing out it's 3rd round of foliage. Kind of interesting to see if I may have to get rid of my CC if a Pina Colada taste similar. Anyone reporting a difference in taste?
OK, 5 weeks has gone by since the hurricane and this is what is looks like now. It's coming along. I sure hope the break was above the graft.
Watch out for that giant octopus though. lol
. Guess the wind stress caused them to bloom. By the way, I would relocate those mango trees. Being in water for a long period of time will eventually kill them. Move them to higher ground where it does not tend to flood.
Nice to see Carrie mango so well represented. When I eat one I say to myself that it is as good as any new Zill such as LZ and ST. I would be happy to eat Carrie all mango season if there were such a Carrie tree. (no there is not)
Based on flavor of the varieties I have tried, here is my ranking:
1) Lorito
2) Green Sapote - TREC (close enough to mamey)
3) Pace
4) Pantin (may not have tasted a prime example)
5) Viejo
6) Magana
Sepeda(Cepeda?) Especial is rumored to be excellent.
I have 7 trees in my yard in the ground over 4 years, pantin, pace, lorito, Viejo, Sepeda Especial, and TREC GS. I have only harvested 3 pantin fruit. Lorito has the nicest appearance and is the best grower. Pace and TREC are the slowest. Next year, I will probably harvest around 30 fruit.
The mushy, disgusting mess is only when it's overripe. I think most folks expect to eat the carrie when the skin is yellow, but it's actually way overripe at that point.To me the difference is night and day. Carrie is a mushy, disgusting mess. I removed a Carrie tree from the yard because the flavor was extremely offensive to me. I don't get any of that with Angie. It's a relatively compact tree and I find the fruit to be excellent. I try to eat them ripe but a little firm, and that results in a chalky/tartness that is very agreeable. Angie was my wife's favorite mango last year. I don't put it up there with ST, LZ, Edgar, etc., but it held its own.
Bring some over here.. thank you.
With the wealth of this country, lack of vision on water re-distribution across the country baffles me. We dump fresh water in the oceans rather than recover and pipe distribute it to drier regions for irrigation.
I'm sure there would be issues like unwanted seed, fish, and other organism control before distribution to solve, but hey we have satellites I bet these issues are solvable?
What was the soil amended with? Its best not to amendbthe hole at alk with any bagged soil, manure or fertilizer. Tbis could be the problem right there.
Not a Pina Colada or Peach Cobbler (these have distinct leaf look which are very different from one another). Leaf and growth habit all wrong for those.
The soil looks very dark like straight up top soil ? ..
Ed
I asked him just now if the mango tree came with a yellow tag that showed the name of it.
This article (and personal experience) would suggest otherwise: http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1962-vol-75/364-371%20(YOUNG).pdfBased on this article, I guess gypsum is only useful in rocky alkaline soils or clay soils. If I try to use it on my deep sandy soil, I might have adverse affects. https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/gypsum.pdf
