The Tropical Fruit Forum

grow avocado.. it will grow large enough for shade and the fruit is not a messy when drop

I do the same thing, but instead of putting a hose around the trunk, i put an old license plate around the trunk and hold it in place with Bungee Cord..
the license plate gives more support on a larger area of the trunk and prevents it from tilting over

soursop is a medium to large tree.. mine is about 15 ft tall and about 10 feet wide.. the space that you have them in might be ok, but one tree will take the whole space and cover the whole wall in about 5 years time..
it i were you, i would try to relocate them to another area away from the house, the roots might damage the water pipes and/or the house's foundation

This year gave me first and only fruit. I am starting to believe that when a tree produces only one fruit, that fruit is big,and delicious. It happened with other fruit trees here. I am at South Florida that is not tropical.

i read that you need two trees for cross polination and that both trees cannot be of the same variety

One tree for me

Is anyone growing Imbe? I recently bought a plant online and wanted to ask about growing it

is cherimoya custard apple? if it is, my neighbor has one in his yard and does very well.. beautiful tree and fruits every year.. we are in Sunrise, Florida..
he has the red custard apple

use a vacuum cleaner.. that has been the best solution so far for me

My copy arrived today

Julie, those are probably Japanese beetles..
the only way that i was able to control them was spraying the lawn and stopping the cycle..
the beetles lay eggs in the ground, the eggs become grubs(which eat the roots of the lawn) and then they become beetles and eat your fruit trees leaves.. it never ends

after i started spraying the lawn, the problem seemed to get better

i was able to finally taste the grumichama fruit this year, it game me two small cherries but i am not complaining.. i planted the seeds and are now growing
i didn't know that the grumies fruit on new growth! good information to have.. hopefully, now that i pruned it, it will bloom more in the fall

i will share outcome of this experiment..

I recently pruned my CORG for size management, first time doing so, and it bloomed again.. lots of new growth and flowers!

just wondering if any of you do this to encourage flowering.. i will try to do this more often, maybe twice a year

Spray the grass thats where the beetle lays the eggs and the larba grows before it becomes a beetle