The Tropical Fruit Forum

I've heard of this apricot variety from a stone fruit group on Facebook.  It was an LE Cooke variety and he said it was the most consistent producer for a low chill climate.  He had it a while back when he was still living in Carlsbad.  It is almost non-existent in the US despite it was grown in California.  Anyone know anything about this variety? 

This year, my alano sapodilla has thousand of flowers but no fruit set.  All the buds seems to be drying and dying off.  Is there a way to improve the fruit set?  I give it extra water & fertilizer this year.  Does it need to be cross-pollinated?  Location zone 10a/b.

My tango has a flush of flowering at this time of the year.  The amount of bloom is almost as much as in the spring?  Has anyone seen this before?  For background information, this tango had a big flushed of blooms in the spring but set very few fruits.

Location is san diego out of the quarantine area.  However, I'm seeing signs on my trees that I think could be citrus greening (huang long bin).  These trees were healthy as recent as 2 months ago with full of little fruits.  I fed them with micronutrients in late February so I think it is not a micronutrients deficiency.  But I left town for 9 days 6 weeks ago and when I came back it deteriorated.  Below are some pictures.  I have contacted CDFA and they will have someone calli me next week to check.  I'm dreading this.  Two of the trees in the photos are sumo and one is a multigrafted.  Do they look like citrus greening?

my tango in a 15 gallon container is flushing with new growth or flower on almost every bud.  Is it too late to take scion wood from it for cuttings?

Update: SOLD

I bought this glenn mango tree from Champa nursery about 2 years ago.  I'm selling it for $90 terra cotta pot included.  I've been growing it in this terra cotta pot since.  This pot is about the size of a 10 gallon nursery pot.  Need to downsize because I have too many trees in my yard.  The terra cotta pot is included in the price.  If you don't want the terra cotta pot, then after you plant the tree in the ground and return the terra cotta pot to me, I will refund $15.  The tree has fruited this year.  It was carrying about 3 fruits the size of a satsuma mandarin when the branch carrying the 3 fruits just broke.   Located in San Diego area.  Pick up only.

Typically large trees at nursery are put in these trapezoid box 24" or 36" wide at the top and smaller at the bottom?  Does anyone know why these type of box are  used?   Does it help with the root of the tree?

So I did some t-budding onto a carrizo exactly 3 weeks ago.   I remove the grafting tape this morning.  I'm not sure the t-bud take or not.  Can anyone take a look at let me know which one takes? 

Hi all..

My eureka lemon tree leaves is yellowing and dropping too much at this time of the year. I also see quite a few flowerss on it.  Is this tree stressed because of too many flowers or lack of feeding?  The last time I fed it was on February 1st with an organic fert of 6-6-5.  I have some pics attached.

Has anyone been able to taste this yet?  It's only available in Spain so far.  Look like a Shiranui.

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9186055/banzzai-citrus-fruit-breaks-into-the-markets/

I bought a Tango mandarin from four winds grower in middle of October.  The plant potting mix was a mixture of fir bark and peat moss.  So I decided to bare root the tree and repot it in a more gritty mix and still well drained.  I re-potted it on 10/14/2019.  I also gave it a scoop of osmocote plus.  I leave it in the shade for two weeks.  After two weeks, I brought it out to full sun.  Since then, the plant has been stunted.  The new growth/leaves are yellow.  The old ones are turning yellow also.  Do you think this is a seasonal issue or lack of nutrients?

Thanks

Hi all..

My gold nugget has been struggling ever since transplanted in May.  It was ravaged by bug and aphids in the summer and finally look to recover.  Now the leaves are all yellow even the young one.  From the photos, do they suffer from lack of micronutrients or just nitrogen?

-James