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Anyone know how to contact the growers in the Salton Sea?
A couple of articles with leads found with a Google search.
http://www.theproducenews.com/category-list/9-story-cat/1498-1367
http://www.sunset.com/travel/california/mango-madness
http://newamericamedia.org/2017/08/coachella-rising-aging-farmworkers-unions-organic-mangos-the-salton-sea.php
As Simon said, the major growing area is the Coachella Valley around places like Mecca.
Wong farms supplying Santa Monica farmers market https://www.wongfarms.org
Tilden Farms - Fruits & Veggies - 17055 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA 92504 (951) 780-2200 https://www.yelp.com/biz/tilden-farms-riverside
If you have a calcareous soil, it's almost impossible to buffer it with sulfur.
Sulfur will take a while to alter your ph significantly, maybe a couple of years. Why are you using calcium sulfate?
Yes, you can use the two together. That's what I do. The top several inches of my soil is Ca deficient, being mostly black compost (the ratio of Ca to K is too far towards the K end). So, I use gypsum to add Ca, which has had notably positive effects on brix, flesh firmness, and flesh color. I use the sulfur to lower the pH to the low 6'es.
I would keep it in shade until weather cools down a bit. No more fertilizer no more sprays no more anything until you see a decent flush. Water it Once a day twice if it's above 90. Prune off all dead branches tip until you see live wood. Let it flush hopefully all the watering you will do will wash out most of the fertilizer. Once you get a decent flush and it's able to mature you can post pics and update. Also try letting the water you use sit for over 24hrs
Are you still giving the lychee fish fertilizer?
Yes. I fed all of my trees with liquid fish weekly in spring. I dont think I over did it. I mixed 2 tbsp per gal of water and I water like 3 plants per gal. all of my trees are looking healthier than ever except for this one.
Thanks guys. Yeah, I should be suffering this terrible Florida/Ca/Tex addiction soon. My first Sweet Tart was a culinary experience....to put it mildly.hey mark what kind of potting mix do you use and what's your fertilizer regiment for your mangos?
50/50 organic/inorganic. Not picky, whatever is on hand. For young mangos I give them a high N food - 12 mo. Polyon, 18-4-9 with micros. Am backing off on the N and increasing K now that they're older.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085OFNVE/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
Why this parafilm tape can't be shipped to CA?
Now we know what everyone is talking about!!! DAMN! We have never tasted anything so fine, so exotic and complex. You just can't stop wanting more. Doesn't taste like any "mango" we've had either, probably cause store bought are no good and the breeder Gary Zill is sooooo GOOD at what he does. Wife didn't like Mallika. She loves this. Rob was right, it was a bit over-ripe but not mushy. No fiber. Brix = 19*. Will pick one tonight that is just showing color for the wife who'll make her famous mango salsa using red onion, serranos, etc.
Using a large S/S spoon it was easy to scoop out most of the meat as a big chunk. I put an edge on one side of the spoon with a WorkSharp and 80 grit belt, then a 220.
Eyes closed, gnawing on a bone like a dog, I'm in mango heaven!
So this week I was assigned To Work in the Jacksonville office , I took my family with me and decided to have a look at our old house, Sadly the new owners ripped out every single fruit tree, Banana tree I ever planted there 😳
That was a sad site to see, my Girls couldn't Belive it ..
Even the Citrus trees I planted ..
I went to google earth to see the rear of the house and they also removed the trees in the rear .
I had planted trees on both sides , rear and front of the house ..
That is crazy ..
Here's a google earth pic ..
