The Tropical Fruit Forum

2023 Mango Season is truly winding down as only 2 months left in 2023...
Here's some live Keitt just hanging out today Nov. 1st 2023....

Mango in November! I'd nominate you to be the winner of the 2023 mango season. My mangoes come from Costco these days. lol

It’s October, and I was wondering if you are doing anything for your mango trees.
My last pruning was 2 weeks ago, for a non-producing Florigon. I’ve been doing monthly fertilizer regimen per Zill’s mango note. I also water my mango trees weekly, twice a week for some, since they are all younger than 2 years old (in ground). I have not sprayed anything, and I am waiting for temperature to drop a bit more before spraying copper to prevent anthracnose.

What have you been doing for your mango trees? I am hoping to create a maintenance schedule for my mango trees so I won’t have to ask myself WTH am I supposed to do 

Thanks!

Can you take a photo of your grafts and post it, I like to see what it looks like. I have about 50% success with mangos here in SoCal.

Here you go. I decided to dry the condensation with tissue paper and wrap it back up.

One Wednesday, I grafted- first real attempt, 5 scions that I ordered from TAF.  It was brutally hot when I grafted the scions at 5PM.

This morning, I saw condensation at the top of 4/5 grafts. I found one article in this forum that indicated that condensation is bad for grafting.

Should I remove the condensation and re-wrap my grafts? Or am I toast?

Thanks.

Before I planted my own fruit trees, I was in camp #1. I also sent 5-6 large USPS boxes of mangoes and other fruits to family and friends the last 2 mango seasons, and I didn’t want to send them (all) blemish fruits. This year, I included Keo Savoy mangoes that didn’t look exactly clean, but nobody complained about it. Guess they were just happy to receive FL mangoes.

In my opinion, the key to better public acceptance of organic fruits is through awareness/education. This is why I like going to small sellers because I get a chance to talk and learn from these sellers.

Talking about farmers markets, I’ve ALWAYS paid a lot more for fruits at these markets than at farms/nurseries. And the market in Clear water is full of locals and tourists who are willing to pay 2x nursery prices for mangoes and other tropical fruits.

Palmcity - Do you sell any of your mangoes? I am interested in the Orange essence, Sweet tart, LZ and Cac. I have these varieties planted but they are young and not fruiting yet.

Fruitnoob - $8/Lb for Orange Sherbet!!!  I just sold a box of 10 for $55 and that included priority shipping. You are in FL, I would have just given you a few to try if you were anywhere near my location. I've lost about 30 OS to squirrels. 5 of my largest ones just yesterday. They aren't even ripe. They take a bite or two and then leave them there to taunt me, drives me nuts!

@Jackson, thanks for the generous offer. $8/lb for the OS was last year's price.
If I lost any OS to the squirrels, the squirrels would be on my grill ASAP! lol  I still have a couple of years before my 3gal OS tree could fruit, hopefully.
I bought some Venus mangoes from the local Detwiler's market, and they were pretty good! Creamy, sweet with some faint acidity.


 

A friend nearby said his SW won’t grow much after many years in ground.
I saw the tree.
It held nearly as many fruits as leaves.

At one point, this was my tree. I thought I saw more fruits than leaves.

Thanks for your input. I’ll thin the fruits later on. My tree is in ground.

Happy 4th of July!

I went to Fruitscapes this morning and picked up 7 mango varieties, most if not all are new to me, to celebrate Independence Day. Fireworks and mangoes are on dinner menu.

From left to right, top to bottom: Tara Lay, Fairchild, Sia Siam, Young, Kathy, Sweet Tart, Ice cream.

I keep a personal mango taste sheet, and so far, Maha Chanok, Sia Tong, and Kiew Yai are my top 3 for 2023. The mango season is still young and I hope to try more mangoes.


 

Question - who bags their fruit on the tree, at what stage and does it do any good? I need this info for use next season. Thanks

I bagged my 4 mangoes (Maha) when they were the size of a baseball. So far so good.
My guavas did not survive the squirrels, even in bag. The squirrels were not smart or patient enough to remove the fruits from the bag, though.
I noticed that the birds only ate my ripe Barbados cherries, so I guess you can bag the fruits when they are about to ripen.

Thanks all!

My wife was so happy to hear that this may be Pim Sen Mun. We bought a 3gal PSM based on a nursery’s recommendation, but we have not tasted the fruit before.