The Tropical Fruit Forum

Fygee, listen to Sapote.
Plant seeds from the most vigorous varieties like sapote said Peach cobbler .
I propose Dupois Saigon i have a 2 year old seedling uncovered growing in our 117 degree heat..sun pretty much all day. It is however at my friends home that has flood irrigation every 2 weeks so im sure that helps. This seedling was uncovered all last summer also. The only mango i never had to cover in the summer. Only covered when we had a threat of frost. I just started dumping a 5 Gal Bucket of EDDHA iron on my mangoes this year and they perk up /green up and love it. In between also i give them a 5 gal bucket  liquid  Fish and kelp along with mulch and that is it. My Dupois Saigon seedling leaves are upright green big and non-droopy.
I am on the hunt now for Peach Cobbler seeds and cac and also more Dupois seeds / anything real vigorous to bring back to AZ when i head to Florida in a few days.
Plant seeds and forget about those grafted trees...i killed too many to tell.
I know it takes longer but you will be rewarded with a strong tree most likely that can take the severe elements we share.
I know of a lady here in Arizona that has maybe 12-15 seedling trees  20-25 ft tall that have been thriving for years ..that bear small sweet semi fiborous mangoes. She lives near the Mountains/ hiking trails
Her mother planted a Mango seed from Safeway supermarket 20 or so years ago and she just continued planting the seeds from that mother tree...all the fruits from the trees are the same and she does not want to graft.
Practice patience and plant seeds
Graft later after 4-5 years.

Anyone willing to save some for me?
I am travelling to Fl from Arizona  (sunny 117 degrees today) starting this friday and staying a week.
I am willing to drive and pick up and pay.
Let me know and thanks so much
Michael
Troysm2000@yahoo.com

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BTW Great looking tree and thanks for posting a fantastic pic K-rimes 

I have a 2 year old in ground seedling and a newly sprouted ( since may ) seedling growing at my friends yard .
These 2 readily shot up out the ground with multiple trunks.
My 2 year old seedling is in full sun.  I protected from the heat last year , this year i noticed a big growth flush during our heat and let it be no protection for the whole summer in 110-115 degree heat we have been having. ***Huge caveat is that these plants are in my friends flood irrigated yard around other  tree mostly citrus**** . The older seedling gets the full afternoon sun.
Of all the seedlings i planted in the hole (in may) along with 10 other seeds ( store bought kent/ haden) only the dupois seed i got from Florida is growing and growing well. This is in a more protected area of my friends yard.

Just wanted to share my observations.
Mike

 I have had great success with cleft grafting my inground 6 year old guava Bush. The best bet is spring...
 
  Study and know when the tree gives its first growth flush in spring
  A month or two before that known upcoming growth flush feed the tree and heavily water it.
  Drive your neighborhood and beg for scions when its about to flush
  Graft as many different varieties that you can get a hold of.
  Keep the tree hydrated during growth flush and whlie grafting
  My result this year i had over 50-100 fruit here in Arizona for the first time.
  Not one of the fruit were from the grafts i did because they were done in the spring.
  I would say 75-80% of my spring grafts made it through our tough 110-115 degree heat ...pretty  long and very harsh summer we had , i even noticed a lot of natives dying due to the prolonged
  heat.
  The key to me was early feeding b4 growth flush, good hydration for the tree and good scions and timely grafting just as the tree started to push new growth.

  Hope that helps.   Ohh also heavy free woodchip mulch i dumped around the tree after feeing it and watering heavily.
   


 

Too pricey Brian....people are getting laid off already.
At that price you gonna end up throwing much of your fruit away.
Lower that bro!

Pine islander , approx how many frozen bags are in that freezer?
Do you favor freezing a specific variety / type and why?

I need to be your friend lol . I love freezing mangoes for smoothies.

Beautiful pics Mike.
I love the look of that sugarcane and for $2 ..i think that's a good price
You friend managed to forage all those mangoes? Are there mangoes growing wild in areas around you?
If so i'm moving to Australia.
Mike - Phx

Great looking seedling tree FF.
BTW , with that aggressive pruning job will you get fruit next year?

Anyway , congrats on your fruit from your seedling ... a mostly september fruiter ...seems like a winner!
Mike

Anyone have some to sell or know of a person i can buy from?
Mike

Hey Botanicus, thanks very much for the link . How can a regular citizen get a few scions from the UF. ? What is the process?
I'm in Phoenix Arizona and a friend of mine has Huge Nectarine and Peach trees i would like to graft a few of these  low chill varieties on.
Let me know.
Mike!!