Quote from: FV Fruit Freak on February 11, 2020, 04:21:43 PM

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Quote from: FV Fruit Freak on February 11, 2020, 12:53:34 PM

Gary, calling someone you’ve never met a “dickhead” for absolutely no reason other than you misinterpiting their wording by thinking they were sounding “snippy” when they weren’t, seems pretty personal to me, and will get you nowhere...you should have just buckled up, handled it, and kept YOUR thoughts to yourself..YOU started this, now let’s drop it and go back to what really matters on here which is tropical fruit growing. Pretty sure no one on this forum wants to hear you and I go back and forth with this BS. Sorry if I hurt your feelings, time to move on...I hope you have great success in your garden. Peace.

Nope, no hurt feelings but you can't take someone stepping on your parade.

I'll continue to challenge such childish behavior. I dare you to challenge someone like you did in a PM in person, you won't because you thrive on the anonymity and safety of the web. Maybe the real Nate Dogg had some nerve, you don't.

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Yup once a puss always a puss. In person Dogg

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Gary, calling someone you’ve never met a “dickhead” for absolutely no reason other than you misinterpiting their wording by thinking they were sounding “snippy” when they weren’t, seems pretty personal to me, and will get you nowhere...you should have just buckled up, handled it, and kept YOUR thoughts to yourself..YOU started this, now let’s drop it and go back to what really matters on here which is tropical fruit growing. Pretty sure no one on this forum wants to hear you and I go back and forth with this BS. Sorry if I hurt your feelings, time to move on...I hope you have great success in your garden. Peace.

I've fruited sugarloaf in the ground in SoCal. The plants have grown very slowly and look a bit chlorotic, but the fruit is very good. I think they would be happier with a lower soil pH than what I've given them.

Thanks so much for the info BoBiscut and welcome to the forum! Congrats on your tasty in ground pineapples! What type of fertilizer do you use on them and what’s your soil like? Mine is very clay-ish. I had a memeber advise me he’s had good success with his pineapples that are heavily mulched and NOT in direct sun, which I found interesting as I would think they would do better in full sun. Thanks.

Thank you all for your reply’s and advice. It’s motivating to hear there’s folks out there who have had some success growing pineapples in the ground here in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I’ve decided to attempt a small plot in the ground with white jades, sugarloafs, and all the tops I have rooted from grocery stores over the past couple years, the one in the picture below that’s fruiting was from a Dole grocery store pineapple I planted about 2-3 years ago.

This wasn’t meant to be a thread on propagation techniques, or pineapples grown anywhere but in So Cal, directly into the  ground, but thank you “zands” for your input.

If anyone would like advice on how to properly root a top from a supermarket, feel free to send me a PM, the picture on the bottom are all tops grown from grocery store pineapples, mostly Dole. Cheers.

Fruited from grocery store pineapple top


White jades and sugarloafs


Rooted tops from grocery stores

I know it’s not advisable, and it’s better to grow them in pots here in Southern California, but, has anyone tried growing pineapple in the ground? And what are/were your results? Thanks.

So is $30 bucks the cheapest you can offer it to us for? Because I can buy it for under $30 online with shipping.

Quote from: FV Fruit Freak on January 26, 2020, 02:27:45 PM

JAPANESE BEETLES are wreaking havoc on soft fleshed fruits and veggies here in Southern California, especially stone fruit trees. The worst part is they lay their eggs in your soil, the nematodes that are born then eat your roots, decomposing material, and whatever else they can, then hatch in the spring, and the cycle starts all over again. It also seems like every year they are growing in numbers and there are more beetles than the previous year.

Does anyone know of a predatory/beneficial insect that will eat/destroy the nematodes before they get the chance to hatch into beetles? I’ve tried everything on the beetles but they seem pretty bulletproof.

The larvae are grubs. They love mulch.  I think there's a beneficial nematode that kills them.  You can order them online just google beneficial nematodes for grubs.

Thanks Brad, I’ll check them out. So do you think the grubs turn into the beetles then?

Thanks Chris! Got some ferti-lome en route.

Thanks Seanny. I’ll take your advice and leave it be. Mother Nature please be kind...

Emily Nursery in Santa Ana, talk to Mike, the owner, tell him Nate sent you

Thanks for doing this Mr. Behl. What’s the price?

Pierce is great flavor, Dr. white is not more cold hardy , splits and drops when cold and rainy, HoneyHart and Licia have been cold hardy producers.
You can store in the fridge vegetable drawer for a week or two and then graft.

Quote from: linsecte on January 20, 2020, 01:34:39 AM

about cherimoya varieties, someone told me pierce is very good flavor, dr white cold hardy? selma pink flesh?

about grafting, how many time cuttings could be stored?

Do you think the flavor of pierce is better than el bumpo bush2beach?

Here's how the final mix ingredients shakes out:

50% - Pine Bark
20% - Coco Coir
10% - Perlite
10% - Vermiculite
10% - Pool Filter Sand

I threw a gallon of Worm Castings in the mix plus a small handful of Osmocote. I plan to go organic, I have been making my own compost from kitchen scaps using two Compost Wizard Jrs (https://goodideasinc.com/collections/composters/products/compost-wizard-jr) for the last few years, but it's not coming out of the bins like I would hope. I use it for teas, but the compost is too clumpy to mix into soils. Maggots and the like that can get into the bins don't do near the job that worms do.

Tread carefully with the coco coir, that stuff keeps everything WET when you put too much in, I had to learn the hard way...good luck.

Is El Bumpo or Sabor a better variety?