Many of us know that Turpentine is a common root stock for mangos in Florida.  However, I heard from a very credible source that due to the lack of sufficient Turpentine rootstock, some of the large nurseries are importing Turpentine-like mango seeds from other countries.  Basically, if a mango grafting nursery needs 100,000 seeds for grafting, there are not enough Turpentine mango seeds.  So the nurseries travel to a foreign country, find a mango grower that is growing a Turpentine like mango and buy the entire crop.  Then has the seeds stripped of flesh and lawfully imports the seeds with the proper permits.  The nursery uses these seeds as grafting rootstock.

I use the term "very credible source" because I didn't ask the person's permission to attribute their name to the information.

Are you de-husking the nuts BEFORE placing them on the drying rack for weeks? 

Of course I am talking about the "Sunrise Mango."  In my opinion, Sunrise is one of the best of the new Zill varieties.  I found myself typically eating the Sunrise mango, regardless of what mangoes were on my counter (Mahachanok, Coconut Cream, Sweet Tart, whatever).

Ironically, Zills is NOT propagating the Sunrise this year - supposedly Sunrise has production issues.  Nobody told my Sunrise tree; it produced over a hundred pounds of mango.   

I topworked three of my trees to be Sunrise mangos.

Sorry for the noob question,

What or who detainment a new varieties? Florida State Horticultural Society or International Cultivation Registration Authority or International Society for Horticultural Science. What physical or chemical characteristics is consider a new varieties?

Why mango are patented? If you're not the creator of the mother/father plant, can you laid claim to the offspring F1?
If patented, does this mean I can't sell my tree, fruit, scion, seeds to another hobbyist? How long does it take for patent to clear?

Does US patented extend outside US borders?

breeding mango is like breeding fish....

Thank you,

Anytime you plant a new seed that is not polyembronic, you have a new variety.  The question is whether that new variety is better than the existing varieties.  Most of these new varieties are from Zills High Performance, a mango wholesaler in Florida.  The Zill Family introduced of a number of varieties over the past decade. 

Mangos are patented to prevent others from duplicating the trees until the patent expires.

Like many of the TF forum members in south Florida, I am interested in tracking hurricanes apps for the phone when the power went off.  I used several weather apps during Hurricane Irma, but wasn't really happy with any of them.   If you had one that you were happy with, please share which app and why. 

After power went out, the phone apps were increasingly important.  The hurricane affected cell phone towers, so data usage became important as well.  Some apps stop loading, perhaps due to high data requirements.  Weak cell signal combined with high data requirements quickly drain a phone's battery.

Apps I used:

Hurricane Tracker
   pros - nice maps of hurricanes, fast loading.   
   cons - threat meter at "zero threat" while a Cat 5 hurricane was approaching, seems to have been abandoned by its developer.

Storm Radar (by Weather Channel)
  Pro - shows local radar information.
  Con - no hurricane prediction maps

Weather from NOAA free
  pros - has information from NOAA, covers vast territory.  The NOAA bulletins were really useful to figure out exactly where the hurricane was after power went out.
  cons - slow loading, stopped working when hurricane came (app is not actually from NOAA, has ads)

1Weather -
  pros - good for regular weather information
  con - no hurricane maps/charts

Marine Weather by Accuweather
  pros -good for boating
  cons - not good for hurricanes

A significant portion of Miami-Dade county has limerock a few inches below the topsoil.  Numerous types of trees have been planted there with only  a few inches of soil.  Usually they use a pickaxe to dig a hole to plant the tree.

Jaboticaba is a fruit tree that has a matte of roots near the surface.

Salt, sorry to hear about the direct hit.  I pray you have minimal damage.  Many of us are still in Irma's path, so we are remaining optimistic.

Unless you have clay soil, I think it would be difficult to over-water.  However, hurricane flood waters have killed Avocado, Sapodilla, Papaya, Starfruit in my yard.

Remember:  Most injuries during a hurricane occur when people are trying to do exterior repairs during the storm.

I had about 20-30 varieties this year.  Sunrise, Peach Cobbler, Coconut Cream, Carrie, Angie, Sweet Tart, and Mahachanok were among my top choices when I had a pile of mangos to choose from. 

i have red jack for sale(grafted plants)

The Forum rules require you to post the price.

I recently learned that the new federal budget does not include money for the USDA facilities at Puerto Rico, Coral Gables (Florida), and Hawaii.  There is a possibility that these sites could be shut down.  The Coral Gables facility is on 220 acres of prime real-estate, probably valued at $1-2 million per acre.  These are the genetic depositories for tropical fruits in the US; their loss could not be replaced.
 There is a serious potential for the tropical trees to be destroyed and replaced with high rise condos.  This would be the loss of an irreplaceable national treasure. 

Please contact your congressman and senator regarding preserving these sites.

I have Miguel, Marcus Pumkin, Simmonds, Choquette, Monroe, and Lula.  Lula is the best tasting, imo.  But due to scab issues and smaller fruits, I would suggest planting something else.