We have issues with some trees at bloom hogging up the pollinators. Apricot and cherry like to bloom together but the honey bees prefer the apricot, so we get little fruit with the cherries. This year we are working with Crown Bees to see if thier mason bees might be a better solution. We have 4 bee houses spread around the property around our problem trees. The bees come dormant in cocoons and we are just now warming them up and getting ready to release them as our apricot and cherry bloom come on. ANyone out there working with mason bees?

Growing mangoes in Phoenix aint easy. After about 3 years of work into it im starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. These are a mexican type called Corriente. Harvested 26 of these today off one tree. We run a small farmers market here and these will be used in jams and jellies for the market.

Who out there is has experience with using roundup or the equivalent around the base of mango trees? Out here in the desert southwest we have Bermuda Grass and trying to keep it from invading the root zone of newly planted mangoes is next to impossible without roundup. Im only talking about a controlled spray around the base without any contacting the leaves, safe or not? Not looking for hysterics, just practical experience.