The Tropical Fruit Forum

Cool study find William. Looking to source these extracts now. 

Hi Oscar. How about the St. Maui that murahilin praised? Good as well? 

Looks like flowers.

 
I hope Harry is just kidding. 
Even the great Maha Chanok?!?!
In any event, wheat is not without its own problems as well.
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/wheatpests.html
http://ipmguidelines.org/FieldCrops/Chapters/CH05/CH05-6.aspx

Hmm....looks like squirrels been testing it for ripness in the 2nd pic puglvr1  .

I've been enjoying store bought Keitts (~14 days rippening time, 2 days chilled) and they are delicious. Sweetened condensed milk with a mild pineapple flavor came to mind. Very nice.

Point noted about sooty mold. I never had a problem with scale until I brought home the Okrung tree (it had scale). Scale skipped my Julie and had a liking for my NDM that eventually developed sooty mold on the lower canopy. But two winter Volck oil applications took care of that. Since then, I throughly inspect any new tress for insects/pests before bring em to the back yard. My Neelam has mild sooty mold on the stems, but I'm hoping to see if it clear up since my conditions are drier with 7 hrs of full sun exposure. Sri Lankan weevil love my Julie leaves- especially the young, newly emerging/ formed ones. I don't think they've discovered my other trees yet. I forgo the tweezers and crush em two at a time with my finger tips (they are usualy mating in the mornings  ).

Love that one. I'm thinking of something for squirrels. 4' ft long 6" diameter pvc tube with a one way in only "valve" like a crab trap. The other end would be screw on/off and perforated so the peanut butter scent can attract em n drive em nuts. $40 squirrel cage traps in Lowes no thank you.

Interesting. I purchased 3 of these fabric pots (7gal geopots) to use on my container mango trees, to be then placed in a 20gal container. Using Al's Gritty mix for container trees (1:1:1) inside the geopot and out, this way any eventual root pruning done by me (3-4yrs) would be on roots found between the geopot and 20 gal perforated container. Easy tree removal from the 20gal container. I may have to amend the mix slightly for more pine bark (organic content) and Turface/DE to hold more water/nutrients. Soils break down and I don't want to deal with repotting and heavy root pruning so I'm opting for a mostly inorganic media (soil). The tendency to overwater plants in a fabric pot to compensate for it's draining properties, as CTMIAMI said, could be a culprit too. But point noted.

Very nice Neelam,  that's another one I want to get., but as others here have suggested  I will probably top work it onto my Lancetilla.  which I am thinking of making into a cocktail tree someday. I do not think i will eliminate the Lancetilla all together, probably leave one limb.

Seems you have a full seasons spread with your collection..

Thanks. We'll see if the season discriptions hold in my area/conditions for the Rosigold, Lance and Neelam. Hope the south florida weather is favorable leading up to my 2013 mango season.

Unless...God forbid a tree or trees dies or I'm not pleased with the fruit.
But as of now, my yard is at critical capacity- including 3x 20gal containers.
After much research on TFF and GW forums for late season mangoes I didn't have, 3 names came up:- Beverly, Gold Nugget and Neelam.
PM'd Zands (thx for answering my questions ) about his Gold Nugget tree and I was set on getting one after such favorable feedback.
Then...I saw a pic of Zands 7gal Neelam he got from Jeff that was planted out last year.
Looked barely 4 ft tall and holding lots o' mature mangoes. 
Thats what I want. Highly favorable reviews from some forum "mango heavy weights" saying it was an excellent mango sealed the deal.

My 7 gal Neelam (looks 15gal tho) sourced by Pepesplants for me. Love this little tree.



Some buds are full and it looks as if it is going to push out new growth this month (tho I've read Neelam's growth is slow).

Latest happenings this month

Maha! 3rd flush since mid May 2012 pug.

Mallika. Lightly tipped. 3rd flush this summer. Fruit next yr I hope.

Okrung. Still growing madly. Quite bushy.

Cushman. Definetly vigorous. 3rd flush since mid May 2012 pug.


To recap, including those above, I have:
Lancetilla (never tasted it (nti))
Pickering
2x Julie (contanerizing the youngest makes possible a space for one more tree )
Dot
Pim Saen Mun (nti)
Carrie (nti)
and finally a Rosigold (nti).

Other mangoes I would have liked to plant out based on TFF and GW feedback are Cogshall, Gold Nugget, Beverly, Fairchild, Bailey's Marvel, Duncan, Spirit of 76, Alampur Baneshan, PPK, LZ, and CC. I'll save these for another plot of land  .
If I had to do it over, I think I would have only planted all the FL avaliable SE Asian mango varieties. A green ripe yet firm NDM I had multiple times this season is just heavenly for me. Sweet, firm, juicy and allot to consume. And if having tasted 2 Mankunsri mangoes this summer was just a preview to SE Asian mangoes, SE Asian mangoes are excellent.

Now...where to plant this Neelam so the GF won't see it- immediately  .

I think I found my next obsession.

You got a picture of it? How many branches and leaves does it have? How many hrs of direct sunlight exposure a day? Against better judgement, I'm tempted to let it fruit 1 after thinning set fruits (if any) with external weight support if you havent tasted Pickering mango.

Nothing yet on my side (Perry airport). I expect to lose some new branches of my pugged Dot and Cushman. The Dot's been wippin with the gusts.