Just made the payment to GoDaddy.. We are good for another year...


A special thanks to all who donated.. BFG Tropical Fruits and Plants (Palm Beach County), Tropical Acres Farms, Inc.(Palm Beach County), and all who posted here.. Without your support we would all lose a great place to communicate!

Its that time of year again folks.. Our web host costs for another year of advertising free tropical fruit discussion.   The admins of this site hope that we can continue to provide this service and not sell out to the corporate machines that fund most sites.  I have attached the screen shot of what it will take to keep us going.. If we dont get it paid by the 25th of December we lose the site..

The total needed to raise for this calendar year is $177.39.



Once you send a payment post the amount you have donated if you wish to this post and once we reach the goal I will use the money to pay the web host immediately.  I will also post a screen shot of the payment made..

Thank you for your support...

The total for one year would cost $192.56.. That covers the hosting and the forums web address. 

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Thank you in advance for helping keep the forum alive, well, and AD free for another year!!

Good growing..

My TBC is without blooms or signs of them either..

We have raised $58 dollars in the past couple hours! Thank you to all who have donated.. As stated above the email is the account to fund in paypal. 

I have some lemon zest that look like this w mottling. Is it a sign of uneven ripening? Because it is definitely that on some my sweet tart mangoes/  Some of which get half green and half yellow

Patrick's foliar feeding 2012. He might have updated editions.  http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=241.msg2849#msg2849

I have still been using pretty much the same mix.. I limit copper to wet months primary on the mango trees in flower/fruiting cycle.  I didn't invent the mix I use, I basically copied what Bill Whitman spoke about in his book and incorporated PhytoFos.  If you have Whitman's Book the article is a "Letter From Bal Harbour- Minor Element Sprays for Major Plant Growth"(pg.263).  The same information is also provided in many IFAS and other TF related docs and studies.  Whitman was actually using a lot more Cu and Fe in his mixes than I am.  Have I seen results? Absolutely.  Have I seen any lack of fruit because of vigor? Only in lychee, but my trees are only 4 years old and we have has dismal years overall lately in South Florida.  I have never burnt leaves or had adverse reactions either.  The overspray can easily be spotted on nearby lawns within a week or so, the lawn shows areas that appear sprayed with dark gloss green paint. 

Gary recommended not growing the E-4, did he tell anyone why? Is it a lack of resistance to disease or poor production? He said it was difficult to grow, I assume that means it wont get a name and release.... Shame, its a good one for sure!

It also helps to use a rain stick during dry season to induce thunderstorms.  I would inoculate the soil with fertilizer at the same time though.  I actually did plant a lot of my trees with mychorrizae just because (Murahilin duped me into it).  Its magic stuff!

Incredibly they also can produce oranges from time to time!

https://youtu.be/pkYNBwCEeH4

In a gentle way..

Im with Jeff! Where would you place it in a line up?

You can get Potassium Chlorate on Amazon for really cheap.. The instructions to induce flowering are easy to find online. 

Your scions are awful small for the stock.  Also, I find that upright growth is easier to graft onto, horizontal branches tend not to "accept" grafts as well.