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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango varieties that are supremely delicious Frozen
« on: March 26, 2024, 11:09:20 PM »
The frozen cubes make great smoothies. I froze 14 gallon zip lock bags last year and also made mango popsicles.
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Sugar apples (a. squamosa) have been really finicky for me while cherimoya (a. cherimola) has been easy. I see that they are graft compatible, does it sound like a reasonable idea to graft seedling sugar apple onto cherimoya rootstock in the hopes of improving its tolerance for wet soil? I am assuming this is why my sugar apples struggle.
A few years ago I went up to central Florida and stopped at a couple of abandoned citrus farms that were clearly in decline. Neither seemed to be over run with weeds or vines but a good half of the trees were dead or dying possibly due to lack of watering, fertilization, or the effect of cold snaps. The fruit on them was very good.
I don't know if this was mentioned but does anyone know if adding a wetting agent to the sulfur/water solution would help with distribution?
The number of chill hours or minimum temp to stimulate lychee flowering varies a lot between varieties. I have seen lists of well over 40 varieties trialled in my local area on the Tablelands from least to most chill hours needed in sequence. Some like Tai so which maritius is form and kwai mai pink can flower at times when temps don't fall below 50f.
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What specific varieities were they? Are Mauritius, sweetheart & xianjinfeng included on that trial?
Oddly enough, while we have had no severe cold, it has been chilly all winter--which is what lychee needs.
About what temperature is the threshold between chilly and severe cold? I planted a lychee last summer.
Also looking for something that will do well in Tampa that can be grafted over kaffir pear. Not sure the roots., but it's coming back with big old thornsSounds like Callery pear roots. Almost all pears are grafted on that in Florida. Maybe Pineapple Pear or Hood would work in Tampa those are the old standbys.
Can someone tell me what's with the gray blooms on my Maha Chanock? Is it mold or is it the weather?
I grow Tropic Sweet and Ein Shimer(sp?). Both have been in the ground for close to a decade, neither grow very fast nor do they produce much. If I get a couple apples each then its a bumper year. It never crossed my mind that RKN could have something to do with it.
RKN can feast on those roots but it would become obvious after 2-4 years. Trees would basically get stuck on survival mode then eventually give up and succumb. Most rootstocks if not all are prone as far as I can tell.