To those that have Cogshall mango trees, there is luck for us this season. Doing my walkaround this morning, saw my newest growth had blooms starting on the end of it. The rest of the buds are super swollen and ready to push any minute.
new growth with blooms on the end


swollen bud

i posted it under the 'first mango blooms of 2013' post, page 5.

Since all of my trees are now planted, figured I would show them off a lil, plus my projects.
unknown annona, friend's dad gave it to me after he cut it down. tried grafting with some budwood from mikesid, failed miserably


bradley atemoya


cogshall mango

meyer lemon, got one big fruit so far, very juicy



persian lime and the flowers i have on it


the spots are from copper treatments



NDM#4 mango, currently flowering. spots from copper



makok sapodilla with 3 fruit on it



lemon zest mango,got the biggest 7 gallon that zills had




sri kembangan carambola




mauritius lychee, lots of growth since I got it




dragonfruit i got from mikesid



another present from mikesid, red jabo



pickering, flowering, spots from copper treatment



L to R. meyer lemon seedlings, kampoung muave seedlings, papaya seedlings



i still have to take pictures of my front yard, i have an 'excalibur' mamey, bangkok lemon jak, mai-3 jak seedling, and another mauritius lychee i cut all the way back and am letting it grow out again. i also have a passionfruit pot being attacked by caterpillars, banana peppers, jalapeno, and hopefully soon a grafted CC mango

My NDM#4 (7g) and pickering (3g that has been in a pot since may and very bushy) are both blooming, my lemon zest (15g) buds are all swollen, but my cogshall (7g in ground since may) still looks kinda dormant.

a couple of the guys at one of the fire stations in boynton beach planted a CC mango and an unknown cultivar of avocado a couple months ago, both 7 gallon. just checked on them and the CC is still looking fine and healthy with no wind damage, although another thread on here talks about that... but the avocado snapped above the graft from the strong winds.

I can't suggest a potting mix, but I can angree that partial sun is the way to go with miracle fruit. I had them in a pot in full sun for the past 3 months wondering why they weren't getting any taller than 2 inches. Sure enough, once i put them on the east facing side of my backyard where they get about 4 hours of sun in the morning and shade all afternoon, they are now 5 inches tall in a matter of 2 weeks.

(Copied from the Cloudforest)

Get ready for a onslaught of new members around Christmas. They made a movie based on the book The Fruit Hunters with Bill Pullman. Slated for Fall 2012 release.

hopefully with so many new people being interested in tropical fruits, a few fruits can break into the produce stands in the big name super markets instead of just small road side stands and nurseries.

I've searched here and on google, and have found mostly nothing on how a Mamey Sapote would do being kept at about 8-10ft tall. Do they respond well to a yearly pruning to maintain a small size? Or would the pruning make the trees produce less fruit?

Hey everyone, my name is Cody, been reading on here for a while after mikesid showed me this site. Born and raised in Boynton, ever since I was little I wanted to grow plants and trees that would repay me with edible food. I started off with peppers in pots, and then learned that mango trees did not all have to be 60ft tall and taste 'ok'. I have a pickering and a cogshall mango in pots right now, cogshall I will be putting in the ground soon. SK carambola and 2 mauritius lychee are in the ground, bangkok lemon jackfruit is in my frontyard. just gutted an 80 ft strip of cluster palms in my backyard so that I could put some new additions to my collection. As for work, I am currently working for Boynton Fire with mikesid. Looking to learn more from this community and add what little knowledge I might have.