Quote from: Johnny Redland on February 14, 2018, 08:52:11 AM

As you can see from the photo, my juvenile Golden Nugget Mango tree is oozing this ugly orange sap from several places. The tree took it the hardest out of all my mango trees after the few cold snaps we had this winter.  Would this have anything to do with it? Is this something to be concerned about? Tree looks worse than frozen dog sh*t now.

Not really. Just the two cold snaps near 39F. There is some new flush coming out now, so that’s a positive sign but otherwise it’s a crispy tree

Definitely concerning.  Looks to be on the decline. Did it incur any drought stress or flooding?

As you can see from the photo, my juvenile Golden Nugget Mango tree is oozing this ugly orange sap from several places. The tree took it the hardest out of all my mango trees after the few cold snaps we had this winter.  Would this have anything to do with it? Is this something to be concerned about? Tree looks worse than frozen dog sh*t now.

It’s hard to overdo the soil drench here in the Redlands due to rocky alkaline soil.

Hey man, it was good to meet you briefly when I dropped off the amber jack to ya. Sorry I had to jet, but newborn at the house has a lot of my calendar time slots booked up these days. Hopefully we can get together and bullsh*t one of these days. We’re building the house 3 blocks south of Knausberry on the corner, so we’ll be neighbors

Here's a good discussion that you may want to read up:

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=21508.0

Good luck!

Good Call!! Thanks for the Thread, that's exactly what I needed

Instructions say how to mix it and note to spray up to tree runoff. Are they talking about the ‘dripline’ Of the tree and if so, I assume add it directly to the soil, is that correct?

My understanding is that there are hermaphroditic types.
That is one of the reasons why the ones sold at nurseries are grafted.

I've heard they're large tree as well but I'll try controlling the sizes like I do mangoes

Yeah, I've also read several places that the size can be controlled, almost like that of a sapodillia.  I just checked with Pine Island for reference and they do only sell self-pollinating, grafted varieties.  If I do decide to go with a smaller tree from pine island, they will be available in about 4 more weeks I was told, just in case anyone else reading this may be interested.

Pine Island Nursery should carry them. At least according to  their website.

It’s very rare for them to have any tree larger than 3 gallon

I'd like to pic up a few of these. Anyone that has one or knows of someone that may have these semi-established please reach out to me.  I'm in  Miami, FL.  Thanks!

With the sweet tart and coconut cream already the O2 makes sense

Difference is good and the flavors are way different
 
A juicy peach perhaps but it widens our fast.

Smaller trees if only those fit

Fairchild
Guava
Pickering

I have room but don’t really want to sacrifice it yet. We’re building our new home on the lot so don’t want to get too close to the construction area. I have a beautiful Pickering already that is flowering like crazy. Looking forward to those this year. I’m not really all about the traditional mango taste, as a good friend of mine has about 10 varieties that would fall in that category so I’ll have plenty. I do however have a golden nugget and personally I think that’s the best tasting mango that still falls in that traditional mango flavor category. I rate the taste, texture, fruit size, and yield of that variety as a solid ‘10’. To this day I can’t figure out why it doesn’t get any hype online. 

I’m glad you mentioned the peach cobbler wgphil, can you elaborate on the flavor in your opinion? Thank you

Skhan your trees look beautiful. I really like your pruning and shaping on the mangos. Any recommendations there on technique or timing for the pruning? Thanks

Im interested in planting one of the following mangos and surprisingly there is not much information on many of them.... a few threads but not much. Interested in opinions from those that have tasted all or most of them.

Fruit Punch: Heard that it has good flavor but some fiber
Peach Cobbler / O2: I’ve read nothing but good things so far, but not much info
Pineapple Pleasure: read it’s not a great producer but flavor is good
Cotton Candy: heard it’s just too darn sweet and not much else going on
Mahachanok: heard nothing but good things and tree can be maintained small
Nam Doc Mai: I’ve tasted but wasn’t impressed. Heard it’s hard to know when to pick it and it could vary in taste from year to year, but if picked right it’s unreal

Any info or recommendations especially with taste, yields, and tree size would be great! Thanks!

Quote from: Johnny Redland on January 23, 2018, 03:59:15 PM

I’m super excited today as the severe cold fronts we’ve been having down here in South Florida have thinned out the foliage on my trees enough for me to notice my first red Custard Apple!!! I didn’t think any of my hand pollination took,  but I guess I was wrong.  I tasted this fruit for the first time a  few years back and honestly it has to be my favorite fruit of all time next to a fresh orange.  I was so impressed with the fruit I immediately planted a second tree only about 8ft from the original in hopes that they would kinda mesh together slightly during maturity for just a giant glob custard apples one day. Very excited today! Variety is San Pablo

How cold this Custard Apple went thru? I got one in pot but I brought in the greenhouse and I am curious how cold this plant can survive?

We got down to about 38F here in Miami. The leaves look poor and burnt now, but surprisingly it didn’t  shed a ton of them. My guanabana on the other hand was not pleased at all. New leaves coming in now but it shed every last one and in a hurry