Gurus advice for a first timer is wait for warmer weather --- June, July.

Avocado grafting best in Feb, Mar.

My first larger trees shot panicles and have small fruit.  Haven't ferted, sprayed or pruned  yet this year.  Did my first grafts on the Avo - waiting for signs of life.

What should I be doing now?  Took pics of each side.

Hi Marlene ---- it's me Dan.  Have you done the tour of Victors place?

His lychee is about 30 ft tall and the panicles are showing.  He should be bringing in a bunch to the tasting table at the TCRFC in the next month or so.

I need to repot mine ASAP!  Same for the red --- and the blue --- and the Sabara.

I'm growing Minnie Royal and Royal Lee low chill peaches.  Still not doing much.  And we have more chill hrs up here.

I got this grafted Tori loquat from Adam a year ago.  Was a 1ft tall bareroot.  It fruited already and 11 fruit took.  Working outside I passed by and saw 2 fruit got nibbled on.  Still hanging on the tree - one was gouged out missing the seed and another was chewed on a bit.  Broke them off and brought the tree into the pool enclosure.   I'm gonna taste these guys this year!!!

My guess is a squirrel.  What do you think?  Time to get some more Mackintosh apples and bait both traps again.

I seem to be killing off stuff less these days.   I'm now convinced it's watering.  Too much water will set up all kinds of plant damaging conditions.  I almost lost my Ae Ae mat last year.  Found out, after unusually heavy rains, that that area is the lowest in my yard and had 4 inches of standing water for over a day.  That's unusual in sandy sugar  soil.  So I shut off the water lines to that entire area and today the mat is producing big healthy pups.  No irrigation water for a year and surrounding plants are fine also.

Take a hint from your grandfather-in-laws dried out 3.5 foot tall papaya tree in a pot.  A good way to test for when water is needed is to lift a dry potted plant to get a feel for the weight.  Water once sparingly.  Come back later and water only when the weight feels noticeably lighter.  Kinda tough with 30 gal pots though.  lol

I'll check out my version of Sedanos - Bravo supermkt - tomorrow.  Two miles from home.

told you it was a bunch of hoopla...

I will remember the websites that lied to us.

NOAA predicted my low at 34F.  At 6 AM it only hit 49.  Saw some tomato leaf damage - that's it.

Didn't cover nuthin!

At 2:30 AM it's 54 degrees with 40% RH. Walked the dogs early and they loved it. Me not so much. Woof!

All plants are on their own.  Expecting a low of 59F.

Oh no!!!   Once every 50 years event.

 http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/11/29/historic-arctic-blast-sets-eyes-on-u-s-west-coast-this-next-week/

Do you really? I have friends that praise raccoon meat but never tried myself... How is it?
Those damn things harass my Jack Russell , he doesn't back down but their pack could destroy him.

Quote from: Mark in Texas link=topic=7770.msg100050#msg100050 date=138214979te

I season grilled raccoon with about a TBSP. of garlic powder per pound.   We Texans also grow more hair on our chest by adding garlic powder to our morning cup of coffee.  You hairless Asians ought take heed. 

Get 2 more JRs.  The masked bandits won't stand a chance! 

The guy I bought my first Ae Ae pups from got hit by one of those "sticky finger" dorkamundos.   The day after I picked up 2 pups they came at night and pulled all of them right out of the ground.  He had them planted in his front yard. 

He never did that again.

So Ed ---- cut the bunches down after the fingers have filled in but are still green.   That should work unless they read this post.