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Quote from: puglvr1 on March 06, 2025, 10:16:49 AM

If it was my trees and they are not mature enough to hold fruit yet, I would fertilize the tree (chances are they will fall off on their own and if not make sure you remove them when they are still small fruitlets). I did that with my own few trees that I have (now they are 10-18 years old). I fertilized mine often but I fertilized it at half the recommended dosage but applied it twice as much. I was told and it worked for my trees... that feeding it more often but with less amount is better for the tree.

If it calls to fertilize it 3-4 times a year at 2 cups for each tree...what I did was use 1 cup(half the recommended amount) evertime I fertilize but applied it 6-7x a year starting late February spring till late Sept That is what I did with my own trees...everyone has their own fertilizing routine 

That sounds like a good strategy for feeding.  These will all be in containers.

BTW, I wandered into the FAQ portion of this site this morning, and ended up on "How to pug a tree" thread.  I could not put into words my strategy for shaping my 10 mango trees.  I now know how to describe it.  Pugging!  Haha, you are its namesake.   

I have a lanky Kathy and Jehengir that need pugging, and your pictures of your plants have given be both confidence and inspiration to give them a good trimming.  Going to wait another month when the weather is consistently warmer and the growth is stimulated.

Lol FL Boy, yes that is me...A Great Member here went by the name of Ohio Jay at the time (many years ago) gave me that name "Pugging" to describe the way I pruned my trees 

Thanks Doc! As far as fertilizer go I've use several types throughout the 17 years I've been growing mangoes...I've used Citrus/Avocado type Fertilizers also used Dynamite Citrus Fertilizer too and when my trees were small and young I would always add some liquid Fish Fertilizer again half strength once a month as a supplement from late Feb through Sept, it doesn't burn the roots.

CC, I agree with the generous watering also and like you said keep it moist but not soggy. Mango doesn't like a lot of water as much as Lychee does but when they are young they need their soil moist while they are growing.

Thanks SC! I will push my time line to at least 8 weeks before I check it just to make sure there isn't anything weird going on... 

Thanks so much to you both for your help and input.

Well...It's done. I found a nice branch that had no flowers so that's the one we used... so we will see what happens in around 6 weeks or so, fingers crossed!

I have a Cogshall that is doing the same thing...flower pannicles on the trunk and couple of bare branches with no leaves nearby. Very strange but I'm going to leave it alone and see "if" it actually forms any fruits on it or if it will dry up and wither. It's a cool thing to see how it will develop...time will tell I guess, but I won't expect much.

Hewholooks...I posted a question about my Wurtz just a few weeks ago (I'll attach a link below), my Wurtz was purchased in Sept. 2024 so it is a young tree, bought as a 7gallon. It looks like yours lots of new growths that appear to be mixed with blooms and leaves popping all over. I'm pretty excited about it because it is also my very first Avocado tree and have NO experience with it at all, only Mangoes and one Lychee.

What I'm planning on doing with mine is see "IF" it even makes it to fruitlet size...its a slow process since I posted those pictures but it is looking more and more like a combo of flowers with some leaves. I'm going to let nature take its course but I'm guessing the fruits will drop on their won just like mango does when it is too young to bear and hold fruits but its still very exciting to see. If it does hold a fruit or 2 I will snip it off to put the energy into the growth but I will wait to see if it makes it that far...that is my plan with my young Wurtz...Good luck with yours!

Here's a few pictures I took today...they are looking like mixed blooms to me...

I have mine fenced because I have Deer that has eaten many of my plants and has eaten my neighbors Avocado Tree (not fenced) and I'm not taking any chances!
 






My Wurtz Avocado Post
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Eddie, I'm sorry to hear that and hope that is not the case, best of luck you will still get some mangoes.

It seems I dodged the bullet...today is day 3 after my husband sprayed sulfur. The day he sprayed it hit a high of 85° even though the forecast said it was only suppose to hit 82°...Wed we hit 87° for the high and yesterday it hit 90°!! Thank goodness the blooms still looks nice and healthy. I was very lucky 

Took these a little while ago...

I hope I'm not chasing the Bees away when I spray with sulfur...one article I read said it does not harm Bees but some of them do not like the smell so hopefully it dries quickly and the smell dissipates once its dry, I want and need them to come back and pollinate all the flowers 

Roblack, I think that is a very good idea...my husband sprayed this morning while it was low 70's and should be dry by the time it hits my high of 83° by 3pm...fingers crossed! This should be my last spray, most of the blooms are opening with several
late bloomers, if its necessary I can hit those few a week later once the weather cools off a bit.

Check out my Glenn and see how short the trunk is Lol...its pretty wide but the trunk on this tree has always been short which I prefer my trees short and wide
 

Yes.

Thanks MasOlas!!

Oh that is awesome IF they are flower buds!! I was hoping but didn't want to get too excited Lol...several more days or a week might give us a better idea. We've certainly had a LOT of cold nights/days this January to instigate blooms so fingers crossed they are flower buds. We're paying for it in February though, the next 10 days for me shows 79° to 86°!! Can't we just have our normal low 70's for the month Lol...soon enough it will be in the 90's  Short winter ugh!!

Thanks guys!! I'll update once I'm sure one way or the other.

Rain, good luck with your trees, all you can do is protect them the best you can. The rest is out of your control. Fingers crossed the predictions doesn't pan out to be that cold.

Yes, Galatian is right, make sure once the temps gets around 40's turn off the lights especially if you are using plastic, frost cloth is a little more forgiving.

A few pictures of my cold setup back in 2008/2009 when we had mid to upper 20's in central FL...Now they are All Too Big to cover...

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