Has anyone tried, instead of pruning off the terminal bud, placing either wax or pruning seal on the terminal bud?
I had a mango seedling that grew 4 shoots off the terminal bud when the terminal bud accidentally got some wax on it.
I'm thinking not physically cutting the plant means less chance of catching some disease.

I got a Mallika 3 gal. from PIN in June.  It went through shock, dropped most of its leaves after they browned at the edges.  Then I went on vacation and it because it sometimes hits over 100 degrees here, I plunked it in the shade and told my plant sitter not to overwater it.  Turns out she watered daily, and it pushed new growth while I was gone.  It seems I've been underwatering it.  If I really let the soil dry out even somewhat (still damp to the touch, but lighter), the new growth just pushing out shrivels up and dies.  Must be the low humidity here or something.  I think I need to water a lot.

Makes sense, especially since right now along the Konkan Coast in India where mangoes are known to be excellent, it is raining every single day and is around 80F.

-Herman

Hello All!

I'm thinking about ordering a mango tree to be shipped to California.
I'm not sure which place I should order from: TopTropicals or PlantOGram.
The price of the tree is the same for either place for a 3 gallon tree.
Shipping from TT is $68 while shipping from PlantOGram is $118
TT has the container and some soil removed while PlantOGram ships with the container.
Is it worth the extra $50 to have it kept in the container during shipping? 
According to PlantOGram, keeping the container removes a lot of stress from the plant during shipping.

Thanks,

Herman

Thanks GwenninPR for your insight!  I don't know what cultivar I have (bought it from Vons), but judging from the leaves and crown (stiff and spiky), I believe it is a Spanish Red, and although I cannot say that the pineapple tasted fantastic, it is definitely juicier and tastier than the mother pineapple from what I remember.  I plan to plant the crown again and I'm starting to plant a couple of MD-2's as well,  But no pineapple can beat the ones I had in Shanghai China 5 years ago.  They were super sweet, like honey, with no acidity whatsover, no core, super juicy yellow flesh.  I have no idea what cultivar they were.

Thanks for the replies!

I should have mentioned that the pineapple is grown in container under grow light in my living room safely protected from critters =)

So should I wait until the strong smell before plucking it?

Thanks,

Herman

Thanks for the replies!  I guess I'll keep using warm water.  Perhaps the osmocote fertilizer dissolves better in warm water too.

Thanks,

Herman

This is kind of off topic, but in Taiwan, there are hot spring spas where they have a pond of guppies that eats the dead skin off your feet when you put them in.

I just started a few Taiwanese variety red and white fleshed guavas.  My parents have a few of these varieties in their back yard in Los Angeles.

Have you tried calling the manufacturer, Consan 20?   I've used it for decades but mainly for sanitizing.

They say that it can:

"Physan 20 can also be used to treat Bud Rot, Crown Rot, Downy Mildew, Gray Mold Rot (Botrytis), Root Rot, Anthracnose, ..."

I was just wondering if anyone here use it against anthracnose and how well it works.

Thanks,

Herman

49 lbs

Very very nice!  Mine flowered after 5 years, so you beat me by 3 years!

It is my understanding that the first few weeks of a plant sprouting from seed can get all of their nutrients from the seed itself, has anyone thought about grinding plant seeds and using them as fertilizer?

Hello mango experts!  The "new" leaves on my mallika mango has been yellow since it flushed in December 2012, and still has not turned green.  Also, it started as yellow-green instead of the red I see in other pics around the internet.  Is this normal or is it some deficiency?  Also I watered it this morning and when I came home from work I noticed some browning at the tips of the new leaves.  I have attached pics.

Thanks for your help!

Herman