Quote from: boxturtle on October 31, 2017, 12:18:12 AM

wow super nice! big green leaves with no brown tips!  what's your secrete?

Part of the success may be due to the trees being planted in raised planters. I also mulch them three times a year and keep up a good fertilizing and water schedule. They have really grown well this year with the Mauritius putting on about 30 inches of new growth.

Here are some photos of the raised planter that is open to the ground in the bottom.

I tried to grow 3 types this year from seed including red, sabara, and branco vinho.
I kept them on a lanai and they got filtered morning sun. I kept them very moist
and so far so good. I did lose half of my lanai to the hurricane and now they are on
the front porch and getting direct morning sun. In the picture one of the sprouts looks like
it is pushing leaves? I germinated the seeds on the red and sabara and I noticed they
still took over a month to push. I would try a little filtered sunlight or even a couple
morning hours of direct light. It is September already and the sun is less intense.

Hurricane Irma is tracking towards southern Florida and I am very  concerned not only about my own property but my neighbors, business, and especially people who live near the coast.  I have three mango trees, three avocados, and four banana plants and these plants may get destroyed by this terrible hurricane.   The avocado tress are not flood resistant  and local commercial avocado farms may get wiped out by a storm surge. My location is Homestead, Florida and could decide to not evacuate and ride the storm out and  risk  death.   It is possible more than 2 million people may be ordered to evacuate in Miami Dade which could result in massive traffic jams while the hurricane approaches.  I  have a very bad feeling about this hurricane and the aftermath could be very painful.

dumb thing to stay