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You know you are a tropical fruit addict when you search Youtube for video tour of fruit farms. Trust me, I know. I do the same thing.
I am not sure what actual studies have been done but since application are said to be good for six months. On the other hand, bees do not feed on mango flowers.Since Ficus hedges don't normally get to flower around here, treating them with Imidacloprid is unlikely to harm bees, so long as no flowering plant's roots are also there.
Coconuts flower throughout the year and are heavily visited by bees. Treating Coconuts with Imidacloprid or Safari is likely going to kill many bee babies.
I will be mostly treating the ficus hedge and 3 coconut palms. The palms were recently trimmed by the arborists that maintain the trees here in my neighborhood so there are no flowering parts left on the trees. I could easily cut off any emerging flowering 'branches' on the palms and snip off any emerging flowers from other fruit trees to protect the bees.
The question I am considering is whether 4 months after the application the imidacloprid could it found in mangoes next year after the flowers begin to emerge in February/March and will the bees be killed that long after ?
Hi Rob, Sorry that wasn't clear it was two separate thoughts:
Would mangoes have levels of the imidacloprid that could be harmful (I know they are pollinated by flies ect)
And would the bees be harmed 5-6 months later ? (As I would removed my citrus blooms during that time frame if needed)
Small as in loquat sized... You sure that is a mamey? Looks like a loquat and Loqu probably should have been Loquat.
Cool winters help mango production, right? We may no longer see cool winters.
A delicious "survival food". Only a bit at a time is ready.
Simon, I agree that chromosome translocation can produce some difference in the DNA of the somatic embryo, but when you refer to environmental conditions turning on and off genes, wouldn't these be like epigenetic changes where you would see these also in vegetative propagation?
so, does that mean I will get a lemon zest if I planted a PPK's seed?
Thanks for the correction Future, the autocorrect always gets me when I’m typing too fast.
I will put Peach Cobbler on the “maybe list” until we get more samples. I believe Cotton Candy still needs additional confirmation as well.
The good news is that PPK, Lemon Zest, Orange Sherbet and Sweet Tart are confirmed polyembryonic most of the time and these are some of my favorite mangos.
I’m not going to go in depth about this but I just wanted to mention that there is some research out there that suggest that when a tree is grown in a stressful environment such as one under disease pressures( Phomopsis, BBS, anthracnose, Powdery Mildew) the stress pressures can alter the DNA in such a way that specific genes may be turned on or off.
By planting seeds of our favorite varieties which were grown under these stressors, the resulting seedling plants may be genetically predispositioned to better ward off such environmental stressors. With each generation of seedlings grown in that same location, there is a better likelihood of actually turning on specific genes which may help combat the disease pressures or alternatively the resulting seedlings may turn off specific genes which may also help ward off diseases.
Simon
