Orkine, I messaged Dom. He is fine but has not had power since Sunday.

Lucky you! Your mango trees definitely don't look like they went through a hurricane!

I have never heard of Orogone pyramids, what purpose do they serve?

Thank-you, all!!!

I believe it is a citrus flatid planthopper.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/shrubs/citrus_flatid_planthopper.htm

I need some help adding pics to my posts. I have been able to add images in the past but the "add image to post" and "insert image" are not working for me now.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Anyone know what kind of insect this is?

About a month ago, I saw a couple on one of my citrus. I haven't been home much since then so my plants have been neglected. This weekend while inspecting all my plants, I found these insects on almost every plant but there are no more than 3-4 per plant. They are almost always on the trunk/stem of the plants, not under the leaves (except for the one in the picture).

I thought they might be whiteflies but these things are 8-9 mm long, not 2 mm like whiteflies.

Don't know why the images are not showing up. Could use some help with that, too!

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.

FruitFreak, Kiet - the builder has said that the landscaper would be willing to work with me to lay out the irrigation but the sod has to go in. Apparently, they cannot get a Certificate of Occupancy without it.  Mulching the lot instead of putting in sod, is a no go. So, I will work on my tree layout when we get closer to the landscaping stage and at least have the irrigation part done to my satisfaction. I guess, I am just going to have to deal with digging the sod up.

Bsbullie - the property is not/will not be part of an HOA.

Mark in Texas - the lot belongs to the builder. He is selling it to us on the condition that he gets to build the house. The landscaping (sod, irrigation, etc.) are all included in the price of the house. The variety of grass/sod they will be using is part of the contract and so I have to go with that. Considering, I will be digging quite a bit of it up, I decided it was not worth the hassle to fight over what kind of grass to use.

Boxturtle - the lot is .9 acres. There are some big trees on the property that I would like to keep. I am assuming once the house and pool go in, I will have about half an acre left to plant fruit trees, vegetables, flowers. So, I will have to narrow down my wish list. I would need a lot more land to plant everything I would like to have!

Cookie Monster - No HOA! One of the things I really liked about this lot, along with the fact that it also had everything else on my checklist. I will check out the Sennigers. I have a lot of reading to do about irrigation systems. I am not very familiar with the set-ups. All of my gardening is done in pots that I hand water or use a Rainbird drip irrigation system for when I travel.

Ok. I did not realize that you were only looking for seeds. I threw out hundreds of seeds a couple of weeks ago after I plucked all my Calamondin fruit. Wish I had seen your post then!

Isn't Calamansi another name for the Calamondin? If that is what you are looking for, it is available at any big box garden store or nursery.

A forum member from California has mailed me seeds of a Cherimoya and Atemoya cross. He calls it Super sugar.
Unfortunately, I have very limited land and don't want to devote the space or the the time to growing it here.
If anyone is interested in experimenting, I will be glad to pass the seeds on to you.

Thanks, PM239. I have not called ECHO yet. I will check with them.

Rob - I was hoping people here who already have the plant might be able to share where they bought it.

Thanks, Josh. Yeah, I won't make that mistake again. I just hope I haven't offended him to the point that he won't sell me a plant.

Luak - glad I am not the only one that made that mistake :-)! I am guessing Wayne is probably really irritated with emails he gets inquiring about the 'Dream atemoya'.

Thanks, Sayyid. I will search the forum.

Thanks Sayyid and Dom.

The seedy nature of them is why i never bothered planting them out...until i found good varieties.

Which varieties would you recommend?
I checked out Adam's website all of his A. Squamosa are out of stock, except for "Na Dai". He does have seeds for Big Red, but I am looking for a plant. All his Atemoyas are out of stock too.

I don't know how to get in touch with Wayne Clifton. Does he have a website?

Dom - I am very new to the "fruit world". I just started last year with a couple of bananas, a couple of guavas, a fig, a sugar apple and a bunch of citrus. The sugar apple was the first fruit I got to pick/eat. I have a few Meyer lemons that will ripen in the next couple of months but other than that, nothing!

I want to get more sugar apples now since I really like them and the plant was pretty easy to grow and fruit. Hoping to add a few mangoes and a couple of lychees early next year.

I don't know anything about grafting except what the word means :-)