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I did several atemoya grafts this year with some degree of success.  Some of the grafts sent flowers and vegetative growth and couple of the flowers set fruit.  The root stock is a 3 or 4 year old plant in a pot.  Should I let these new grafts hold the fruit or should I remove the fruits.  So far the ones that have done this have only 1 fruit on the branch and they have had two vegetative 2 flushes.
Would you let a spring raft hold fruit in the same year under any condition?

I have one Lisa that went crazy.  It has had 4 cycles (note I didn't say flushes ) because the growth is from different buds on the scion at different times.  With each push, it sent flowers and it set fruit on each so now it has 3 fruits growing on a spring 2020 graft.  I expect I will pinch off 1 or 2 of these if it does not do it itself.
 

I have a couple of mango trees and a recovering avocado tree, all mature, that I may need to move 10 to 15 feet.
Unfortunately they are holding fruit which I assume I will lose.  They are also multi variety grafted trees so heavy pruning will likely involve removing some varieties completely.

First is it possible with the correct equipment to move a 15 to 20 year old tree with the trunk a foot across (only 1 of those)
Is the best practice to trench around the tree and let it grow some new roots before digging it out
I have other mangos, and I don't mind grafting the varieties all over again, is it better to remove the old tree and restart with seedlings?
Avocado with trunk 8 inch across, can that size cado be moved?

Kindly share your thoughts.

I have done many cycles of annona grafting with results that are not worth writing hoe about.  This spring though has been outstanding for me (sure average for many folks) and I'd like to keep it taht way, so I am asking for help on a few things.

First, when do you untie the union?  I didn't have the real buddytape so I used a grafting tape I got on Amazon, less stretchy and doubled over so it could be tied snug.  I am concerned that it will girdle my graft if I don't cut it off or untie it.  I have had some grafts on for almost a month now and they have pushed, some for less and they have also pushed.  One or two gave the headfake of a push then stalled.  My question is how long should I leave the union tied?

Second, it has been unusually dry in my region and with new growth on the grafts should I be wetting the plant?  My grafts are on older trees (2 to 4 years old) and pushing spring growth on other branches I didn't graft to.  Were it not for the grafts I wouldn't even be thinking of wetting a couple of these plants, I will of course wet the ones in pots.  My question is should I be wetting a grafted plant that has started to push and how much?

Lastly, I have no plans to fertilize these plants anytime soon.  Is this a best practice or should I be feeding them now and what with? Nitrogen rich fertilizer, a dressing of home made compost?

I will appreciate any feedback and thanks in advance.

I pruned one tree and will be pruning a couple more in the next few days,
I have a few scions of Birula, and soon a few of African Pride and Pinks Mammoth that I can trade for other atemoya or ilama (or other annona that does well in FL).  I will take an IOU for later this year or next spring if you don't have scions now.

PM me if you are interested, or if you have something else that you will like to give in trade.

Sorry I can't ship international.

I am interested in building my cado collection. 
I want to graft Nishikawa and Superhass onto two two plus year-old trees that I have (1 in a pot and 1 in the ground).
PM me if you have some.

Got this freak rain that has many of my plant in a low part of my yard under water.
It gets wet there but this time there is standing water at least 1 to 2 feet deep depending on where in the yard the plants are.
I don't have anything in the ground (except pond apples) in the deepest area (I knew that area flooded) but I have some large potted plants.
Some plants are in the ground in or close to the shallow parts and are either waterlogged or in a few inches of standing water.

The flooding is from a canal behind my house which overtopped its bank spilling into my yard plus my runoff that has nowhere to drain to until the canal levels are lowered.  Unfortunately, hundreds of acres drain tinto the same canal and it will take time to drain the entire basin so I expect things will be wet or soggy for a few days.

What are my options.

I can move the smaller pots to higher ground.
The huge pots are way too heavy to move and I expect roots have grown into the ground locking then in place.  If I absolutely had to, I may be able to rig something up to pull these to slightly higher areas.

I have no clue what I can do to the inground plants.

All suggestions are welcome.

plants:
Potted: pineapple, dragon fruit, atemoya on cherimoya rootstock, guanabana, mango and longan
In ground: mango, jackfruit, dragon fruit, miracle fruit.

I had 2 friends send me photographs of plants they were curious to ID.
I couldn't help ID either but felt someone on the forum may be able to help.


This photo above is of a small seedling is all I have of this plant.  Any idea what this plant could be?
The plant is in the West Palm Beach area in Florida.

The pictures below are also from Florida and show a tree, its leafs and fruits.  Can anyone tell me what this plant is?

I lost two avocado trees last years.  The first I thought was storm damage, the second was a mystery.
Assuming the worst, death by Laurel Wilt, what do I need to do if I still want to grow avocado in my yard?

I did some research online that suggests that I can remove and replant to avocado.  Has anyone done this and is this a viable option?

My preference will be to use the same site for avocado and I have some grafted plants in a pot ready to be put in the ground.  I intend to head dirt on the spot to make a raised mound about a foot higher than grade and about 4 to 6 feet across to plan the new tree and I intend to place mulch 3 to 6 inches on the raised mound.  Does this do me any good?

The alternative is that I plant something else at this location, atemoya or soursop, find a new location for my cado.  The other sites I have will require a bigger mound but has never been planted to avocado.

Will appreciate any suggestions or personal experience coming back after laurel wilt.

PS.  I don't think it is laurel wilt but I want to make sure in case it is I give my new cado the best shot.

I had two avocado trees.
Irma and an earlier storm knocked one around.  Twice I had to upright it after it was blown down.
Earlier this year it started to lose leaves and deteriorate and eventually died.
I attributed it to significant root loss due to having been knocked down twice.

My other tree was doing great.  It is an Oro Negro and is holding fruit.
In the last two weeks it has started looking poorly. The leaves are not vigorous and green and are wilting.  Some branches are turning brown and dying back.  This is how the other tree died and I am beginning to think this was not about root damage.

Please take a look at these pictures and tell me if there is any way I can save this tree.





In case it helps, it has been very hot.  Rain has not been unusual, heat has been a factor, it has been very hot and the tree is in full sun.

My Choc Anon defied all labels this year.
It had a monster fruit set from 3 different flushes and still has fruits on the tree.
I was having choc anaon with Carrie early in the season.  My Keith and Beverly are coming off the tree and I still have Choc Anon.
Is this typical or an anomaly?

I know some of you don't like the fruit, I thought it was fantastic all year long.  Even early when most fruits were watered down.
Setting what you think about the fruit aside, my question is how long it has been producing.  From May and still with a few fruits on mid August.  Despite the squirrels and birds getting a cut.  Rabbits and Raccoons too.

I rescued an unknown plant last November, identified it on this site as an Ackee.  (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=25919.msg302424#msg302424)
It is nursed back to health but I have no space for it in my yard and would like to find it a good home.

Any takers?  Pick ups only please, cant ship.  Its in a 3 gallon pot.  Nice plant.  Will post a picture later.

I think my choc anon is ready to pic.  It has not yellowed yet but my guests, birds, squirrels rabbit and raccoons have started taking their share.
What they leave behind yellows nicely in a day on the ground and is nicely colored on the inside.

Should I pick the fruit green for the best taste or let yellow on the plant?