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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: January 11, 2025, 03:44:42 PM »
Rain, Thanks for the great pictures, you did a very job protecting your trees! I say if it works for you...you've achived what you wanted to do. Good luck with your trees!

Rain, how many trees (are they all mangoes) do you have? Sorry if you posted it before I didn't see it  :)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: January 10, 2025, 09:22:30 AM »
Rain...Ahh okay that makes sense with your temperature being much colder than where I am...Best of luck but it seems like you've got it handled  :D
By any chance do you have a picture of your tree taken from afar...curious to see how you set up your cover. When my trees were smaller we used PVC and conduit Frames and frost cloth with portable catalytic heater underneath the tree to keep it warm...I was always worried all night because I didn't want the frost cloth to catch on fire so I never slept during those very long nights  :'( ::)

GoldenGate, Hopefully we won't see any of those low 30's or worse this year. Fingers crossed!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: January 09, 2025, 02:44:25 PM »


Flipflop that is true, I learned that myself and I'm glad we don't have to deal with "feels like" on our plants. It's bad enough for people and pets  ;)


Rain...Glad your plants didn't suffer any, where are you located that you had 28° this morning?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: January 08, 2025, 10:36:53 AM »


Bill, you should be fine  :)...I've had several mornings of low 40's here off and on and no sign of any damage to mango blooms. Hopefully that applies to most of your trees that are blooming. It's the low to mid 30's that I worry about especially if there is very little wind. That's when frost might do some damage.

Bburdzel, thanks! Fingers crossed for sure  :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: January 07, 2025, 11:56:12 AM »

ALL my mango trees are blooming (Sebring) which is a great thing...the Lychee should be next, maybe a couple of weeks? This will help push my Lychee to bloom but worried it might affect the mango blooms  ??? :-\...fingers crossed the winds stay to help stir the frost around  ;)



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Poll! how much money have you MADE growing fruit trees?
« on: September 14, 2024, 11:45:55 AM »


Only have around 10 or 12 different fruits trees, I'm definitely in the negative. All the fruits that I've had I either eat or give away to friends and neighbors  ;)...a couple of my trees haven't given me any fruits yet like my Persimmon and my Pineapple Guavas...so I'm going to say No money has ever changed hands. Every year or two I have to buy fertilizer for them so I'm in the red. Wonder if I can get my neighbors to buy the Fertilizer for me  :o ;) so NO money was made but I have done trades with other people for different varieties of mangoes for example.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Fertilizer sans Nitrogen
« on: August 27, 2024, 04:13:13 PM »
Quote from: Galatians522 on August 25, 2024, 01:36:09 PM
Typically, my Dad uses it as a foliar spray. However, he has sprinkled it lightly around under the drip line and let the irrigation/rain water it in.

Thanks Galatians!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Fertilizer sans Nitrogen
« on: August 25, 2024, 11:15:42 AM »


Hi, for those of you that use 0-0-50 Sulfate of Potash for mango trees/fruit trees do you need to water it in right away after applying it or apply it right before rain or can you apply it and let nature take its course without watering it in the soil...I've never used it before and want to use it correctly, Thanks!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are these Guavas or non edible fruits??
« on: July 27, 2024, 04:18:12 PM »


Awesome Thanks for all your help! I will let her know, I'm now more willing to taste them...we were afraid to eat it incase it was poisonous Lol...

Appreciate all your responses.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Are these Guavas or non edible fruits??
« on: July 27, 2024, 12:10:48 PM »
This tree belongs to my neighbor and she has no idea what it is...she bought the house with the tree already there. The fruits resemble guavas but they are very small...sizes vary from a large "pea" to a large grape...they  turn red when they are mature or ripe...any idea? The leaves also doesn't look like a guava tree... Maybe its not a Guava at all Lol...

Thanks in advance for any help on the ID







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: I finally fruited Lychee in TN!
« on: July 17, 2024, 05:06:05 PM »


That is pretty amazing Jabo! Quite an accomplishment, Congrats! I'm sure next year will be even a bigger crop!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Please help with Mango ID...
« on: July 14, 2024, 09:44:06 AM »


Thanks Oolie...I'll let her know she most likely have a Kent. Also that she might have MBBS...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Please help with Mango ID...
« on: July 12, 2024, 08:35:35 AM »

A neighbor wanted to know if I can help ID her mango tree...she bought it 3 or 4 years ago and was told it was a Valencia Pride (not tag)...clearly it is NOT! The fruits taste very good and no fiber but was wondering if someone might have a clue what it might be...the tree is grafted so its not a seedling.

The fruits are appx 3.5"- 4" long...not very big...Thanks for any help...







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How's your Persimmon Trees...any new spring flush?
« on: June 14, 2024, 04:46:59 PM »


Thanks Tnt for the info! I read you can tip prune it late winter or very early spring before they come out of dormancy to help it to grow a little on the shorter side and maybe a little bushy?? instead of tall and lanky which is how they tend to grow... Worth a try I guess Lol...

I only like the Persimmons that I can eat like an apple, sweet and crunchy so Fuju is my favorite. I like the astringent varieties only for baking. Went to a U pick farm a couple of years ago and the lady gave us some homemade Persimmon nut bread that was amazing! She gave me several ripe chocolate persimmons and her recipe for the Persimmon walnut Bread and made a couple of loaves...it was really delicious!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How's your Persimmon Trees...any new spring flush?
« on: June 13, 2024, 12:04:52 PM »


That's pretty amazing Tnt, great job! Mine seems healthy enough but grows pretty darn sloooow...Do you do any light pruning once a year and if you do what month do you normally do that? Thanks! I tipped pruned mine and it seems to do okay, I just want to make sure I do it the right time  :D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How's your Persimmon Trees...any new spring flush?
« on: June 13, 2024, 10:19:29 AM »

Lucky you Tnt!! Congrats, that's amazing! Year 2 on mine and the few flowers that were there dropped off...I was gone for almost a month and wasn't able to provide the extra watering it needed...I'm sure the drought we had back in April/May didn't help. :'(  I've read its pretty common for them not to fruit till about year 3 or 4 years so?? Hoping next year will be the year...

How old is your tree Tnt?

Pretty leaves Nick, never seen those before on a Persimmon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: June 01, 2024, 12:22:54 PM »


Thanks Murahilin, since I own the tree I don't regret planting Mauritius...I've grown to love the taste.

Picked most of them today after finding a bunch of knocked down Clamshells lychees gone  >:( on the ground, between the wind and the varmints I didn't want to lose anymore.




Pau, pick a variety you like the taste of and plant that one...All I know about Lychees is they LOVE water. I made sure they had a lot of water especially the first couple of years. I fertilized mine once a month "lightly" from early March through October...since you live in California, you might be able to ask some of the people that grow them there, our climate is a little different so what works for me may or may not work for you...Best of luck! Might be worth a try planting another  :)


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: May 31, 2024, 04:12:00 PM »


Back in 2011 when I planted that Lychee tree, there were very few Lychee trees for sale in my pretty small town... just a couple of Nurseries, Home Depot and Lowe's and they sold only Mauritius at the time I wanted to plant one. I initially wanted a Sweetheart Variety but Miami was the closest nursery that sold them at the time and I didn't feel like the almost 6 hours round trip Lol...now I don't have any more space and don't want to start over planting a small tree  :-\...

The tree back in 2011 when I planted it...

Protected it from wind for at least the first 3 years...






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: May 31, 2024, 02:35:43 PM »

Nice looking tree!! Glad you had some rain, we NEED it so badly here...I'm sure everyone is looking forward to getting rain. It's been SO dry we really need it. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: May 31, 2024, 10:30:19 AM »
Quote from: Fiddler on May 30, 2024, 05:17:20 PM
My scoped pellet rifle is one of my most indispensable gardening tools. All I have to do is make an example of one crow, and the rest immediately get the message and stay away. By the way, raccoons are big lychee-eaters at night. You'd be surprised if you shine a flashlight out there once in a while.
   While the discharge of firearms (like shotguns and .22's) is generally illegal in most suburbs, pellet rifles shouldn't be a problem.

    Nonlethal "deterrents" like fake owls, aluminum foil flapping in the breeze, etc. are generally a complete waste of time.
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Fiddler, I couldn't agree more with that statement!!! Tried them all  ::)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: May 28, 2024, 03:59:57 PM »
Very interesting Palmcity! Thanks for the link.

I've picked a lot of mine between yesterday and this morning, they are quite delicious, not super sweet but just the right amount of sweetness. Shared with a couple of friends and they also thought it was very tasty... Of course I would have liked to have kept them on the tree a little longer but such is the life of dooryard fruit growers living with many critters in Florida.

So far the 20 or so produce Clamshells I placed on some of the bunches are still hanging on and hasn't been touched...Once they start attacking them is when I pick ALL of them  ;D





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: May 27, 2024, 10:07:15 AM »
Very NICE Mahas! Your Mahas are way ahead of mine...I'm looking at about 3-4 weeks or more before mine ripen. Also mine only fruited on about 1/4 of the tree, the rest had "new flush" instead of blooms  ::)...last year I had over 3x more mangoes than this year.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: May 27, 2024, 09:55:39 AM »


Mike T, that's incredible, I am not surprised that almost everyone has a problem with Critters eating their home grown fruits and vegetable no matter where they live.

Palmcity, good to know and thanks for the heads up. I picked  several stems last night of the one that had the most color and honestly they tasted pretty good, not super sweet but very good! I also had some plastic produce Clamshells and covered several of the bunches, hopefully that will keep the Crows/Birds at bay...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee...Mauritius
« on: May 25, 2024, 10:02:40 AM »


Thanks Guys! I have already seen some chewed up Lychee skins on the bottom of the tree, I've also seen Crows swoop down and grab one a time so I'm really worried they will be eaten up before they are ripe  >:( :'(

I plan on pugging the tree this year, its getting too large for my liking. I'm not expecting any fruits next year which is okay, I want to keep the tree in a more manageable size  :)

Fingers crossed!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lychee Thread
« on: May 25, 2024, 09:58:29 AM »

Congrats on your harvest  ;D...Enjoy!!
Quote from: gnappi on May 24, 2024, 10:47:35 AM
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So far I've harvested around 20 pounds of fruit from my sweetheart and there's likely that much more still on the tree. I'm a happy camper.





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