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I remember seeing Har say this is a deficiency and to fertilize lightly with Potassium/Mag. But I’ve also seen people say it can be from Salt OR fertilizer burn if you just fertilized maybe? too heavy on the fertilizer…? Not sure. Sorry.

Bovine you got me cracking up but in all seriousness I had to look in my mango -review book and sure enough I had a Gary last year that tasted almost exactly like a sugarloaf close to the skin. I rated it 9/10 so I must have really like that Gary coconut flavor!

I planted a cherimoya seedling in the scorching Miami sun it’s been there for about a year and it’s fine HOWEVER it is an orange cherimoya supposedly better adapted to the Caribbean sun.

Absolutely Karen Michelle
Is excellent like an improved Edward. Which I love. I love both Edward and Karen Michelle. But I have neither planted and so I can’t speak to the characteristics of the actual tree, only the fruit. I Would
Love to know your vote and would Love to know your buddy experience growing Karen Michelle. Thanks Bovine

My fellow Mango Maniacs. Lend me your ears.

I’ve been following the “coconut mango collection” cultivars from Gary Zill for quite some time. I’ve been trying to evaluate peoples opinions and experiences since about 2017. That makes me still very new to this.

Of the mango cultivars people would claim to have “coconut” flavor i want to hear everyone’s experiences with them please. If I don’t mention one please add it to the list. I would love to know about:

Disease resistance
Ease of blooming
Production
Flavor

I’m a huge fan of most mangos that have coconut flavor. Excluding one which I won’t mention for fear or bias.

Of the “coconut mangos”, In my yard I grow

Sugarloaf
M-4
 


but of-course there is also

Pina colada
Coconut cream
And maybe more im forgetting


In my north Miami area -yard, m-4 does the best so far but it’s too young to evaluate really(4 years old )
Sugarloaf barely produces but a couple fruits a year so far (it’s 7 years old).

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHICH YOU THINK IS BEST “COCONUT”
MANGO TREE AND WHY. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR LOCATION FOR CLIMATE COMPARISONS.

thank you

-Abie

Disease issues this year with solid rain on second, larger bloom on most of my trees.

Pickering was the exception as it bloomed fully with cool dry weather. M-4 also had no disease issues.

Another year with full bloom from sugarloaf and very very poor fruit set:






Im sticking with it though it’s just too excellent to give up on…for a few more years atleast haha.

Current Photo for example :

My Sugarloaf with a full bloom

I have a beautiful seedling of my own Sugarloaf/E4 mango that I planted myself last august. It’s in a 1 gallon pot I guess, maybe it’s a 3 gallon but either way the tree is good sized and ready to be replanted.

I want to trade it for some black sapote fruit or  local grown fruit in Miami, Fl area. Please let me know what you have

 thanks

Hey y’all.
A friend with a large grove gave me an “orange cherimoya” recently.

He told me it was from a Caribbean islander and that person told him the do well in The windward islands and sometimes Jamaica.

I planted it in my north Miami area yard last spring and it’s doing well although growing slowly.

Does anyone have any information on the “orange cherimoya “?

Thank you

Abe

Here in north Miami I’ve seen two separate NDM trees blooming this week but very few panicles. Very interesting.January /February mangos? Awesome .

Hello TFF friends,

My Lemon Drop has been fruiting for about 6 months and they are nice flavored, sweet and sour.

However, I’ve heard that most lemon drop fruits are like apricot/plum size and mine are all maxed out at grape size.

Is a grape-size lemon drop fruit normal and just  a different seedling? Or is it abnormal? Any help is appreciated thanks.