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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Question: Mango panicles originating from trunk
« on: March 01, 2025, 09:05:32 AM »
Quote from: puglvr1 on February 28, 2025, 03:13:07 PM


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.

Hurricane Milton caused a lot of defoliation and dieback to my trees. That is what I think caused this odd phenomenon to 4 of my mango trees (M-4, Cat Saigon, Maha, and Nam Doc Mai).
I don’t expect or want my trees to fruit this year; I want them to save energy for a better recovery. But I have a very impatient spouse. lol

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Question: Mango panicles originating from trunk
« on: February 27, 2025, 06:20:57 AM »
Thanks all. I appreciate your insight.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Question: Mango panicles originating from trunk
« on: February 26, 2025, 05:55:09 AM »
Three of my mango trees have panicles that emerge from the trunks (they also have panicles from the branches). I am guessing this is due to the effects of salt water from hurricane Milton.

Should I cut these panicles off?

TIA



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Does refrigeration kill mango seeds?
« on: February 11, 2025, 10:08:05 AM »
Quote from: bovine421 on August 01, 2021, 09:38:59 AM
What is the best way to store mango seeds from this season Harvest for next Spring's planting?
How long is the viability window?

In his book “The world was my garden”, David Fairchild wrote that he shipped mango seeds packed in charcoal from Saigon, Vietnam to the US. Could be one of best known long term storage method for mango seeds.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tropical Fruit Forum Annual Fundraiser 2024 (Please Contribute If You Can!) LIVE
« on: January 10, 2025, 01:30:55 PM »
Happy 2025. $75

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Powdery. Mildew 2024 Paranoia
« on: January 05, 2025, 07:02:01 PM »
Quote from: fruitnoob on January 03, 2025, 06:42:23 AM
That is interesting.
I’ve kept a journal since late January 2023 where I log weather(mostly rain) conditions and my care (water, fert, spraying ,etc) for my trees. I noticed the 2 differences between the 2023 and 2024 mango seasons: drier 2022 winter, and I sprayed sulfur 4 times within 10 days between each spray. The winter of 23 was a lot wetter with more rainy days (and more days of 0.4 inch or greater rainfall), and I sprayed twice, with more than 10 days in between, after PM already spread. I had PM for the 23 season but still had a decent harvest. The last season was a disaster.
The UFL also has this blog about PM, and it said wet weather contributed to it. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/washingtonco/2014/04/08/wet-weather-cool-nights-ideal-for-powdery-mildew/

I guess I was wrong about favorable weather conditions for PM. I've watched a few videos about Powdery Mildew, and respected mango experts in the videos asserted that non-rainy, humid weather are advantageous to PM germination. I am still confused about the 2014 blog post - maybe it was not for mango.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Tree protection
« on: January 04, 2025, 07:58:39 AM »
Not sure if you have tried it, but I hung used CDs on my trees and that seemed to help.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How did Milton affect your jackfruit trees?
« on: January 04, 2025, 07:52:40 AM »
@MadFarm: Happy for you.
@JakeFruit: I am about 5 miles from the intracoastal, and all my trees got burned by salt water from Milton. The jackfruit tree took the worst beating, probably because it was tallest in the yard. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Powdery. Mildew 2024 Paranoia
« on: January 03, 2025, 06:42:23 AM »
Quote from: roblack on January 02, 2025, 10:32:22 PM
I'm no pm expert; have read that pm is worse in years that have cool and dry weather.

https://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/media/factsheets/pp0023.pdf

Several of my trees are a bit shaded, and it's crowded in places with variable air flow. All conditions pm thrives in. Curious to see if the more shaded trees pick up production this year.

That is interesting.
I’ve kept a journal since late January 2023 where I log weather(mostly rain) conditions and my care (water, fert, spraying ,etc) for my trees. I noticed the 2 differences between the 2023 and 2024 mango seasons: drier 2022 winter, and I sprayed sulfur 4 times within 10 days between each spray. The winter of 23 was a lot wetter with more rainy days (and more days of 0.4 inch or greater rainfall), and I sprayed twice, with more than 10 days in between, after PM already spread. I had PM for the 23 season but still had a decent harvest. The last season was a disaster.
The UFL also has this blog about PM, and it said wet weather contributed to it. https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/washingtonco/2014/04/08/wet-weather-cool-nights-ideal-for-powdery-mildew/


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / How did Milton affect your jackfruit trees?
« on: January 02, 2025, 07:34:26 PM »
I was wondering how your jackfruit tree(s) is/are doing after hurricane Milton. My jackfruit tree had a pretty significant dieback on the west side (neighbors said that’s the direction of winds). The tree is slowly recovering, and there’s no sign of flowers, as expected.
I trimmed the tree a few weeks before the hurricane, and that may have helped prevent it from getting toppled by the winds.
I was hoping for a good jackfruit season after the last one. Bummer!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Powdery. Mildew 2024 Paranoia
« on: January 02, 2025, 07:22:43 PM »
We had a pretty wet winter last year, at least where I am at, and that may have caused the PM outbreak. If this current trend of a dry winter continues, we may not experience much problem with PM.
I sprayed sulfur this year when my trees started blooming, and been spraying every 10 days or so. I was not going to spray but I don’t want The Boss to buy Tommy mangoes at Walmart like she did last year. :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: December 25, 2024, 01:20:18 PM »
Merry Christmas!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Hurricane Milton
« on: October 13, 2024, 12:19:28 PM »
Hurricane Milton caused much worse damage to my trees than Ian did, so it seems. All the trees got pushed over  by the winds, leaves turned brown, and the trees look dead. Jujube and June plum trees barely have any leave left.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jakfruit tasting reviews
« on: August 01, 2024, 07:55:48 PM »
I picked a fruit from my Gold Nugget jackfruit tree (verified by someone at Fruitscapes), let it sit in the sun room until the whole room smelled fruity, and cut it open today. I had to throw away 2 jackfruits when i cut them too early based on touch/finger test.
This jackfruit is sickening sweet! Even the rags are sweet! I had to quit after the 3rd piece.
The flesh is very very soft, and there was quite a bit of latex which could be easily cleaned with cooking oil.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Alt. Florida Lawn Coverings ex. Mimosa strigillosa
« on: July 04, 2024, 09:14:10 PM »
What a coincidence! I am going to a native plant nursery this weekend to buy sunshine mimosa. I have 800 square foot common area that i don’t enjoy mowing and I thought this is a better solution than pouring concrete.
Glad to have found this thread. I thought it was as simple as burying the 1 inch plants in the ground.  ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Happy 4th!
« on: July 04, 2024, 09:52:29 AM »
Happy 4th of July! Not doing fireworks but will call a British friend later just for laughs.  ;D
My mango season is disappointing this year but I’ve had other fruits to get me excited.
I’ve been eating dozens and dozens of Silas Wood sapodillas. My 3 unknown papaya trees are too productive this year. Dragon fruits are about ready. Jackfruits are coming along mighty fine.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Jakfruit tasting reviews
« on: July 04, 2024, 09:38:22 AM »
I had to pick an immature jackfruit from my purportedly Mai-1 tree. After a couple of days at room temperature, it became relatively easier to open compared to others that I’ve had.
The flesh was on the soft side, bright yellowish, and delicious. I love the balance between sweetness and acidity of the flesh, and I cannot wait to taste the ripe fruits!
There was some latex but not much. The latex was not super sticky and was easily cleaned from my fingers with vegetable oil.
I forgot to take pics to share this time. I still have about 16-17 fruits on the tree and will have pics when I pick them.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: May 26, 2024, 09:07:26 PM »
I let my young Pickering bear 1 fruit this year. The fruit was showing some rusted spots when I decided to pick and let it sit at room temperature for a couple of days. Pardon the appearance of the fruit, but the flavor is excellent! I did not notice any coconut flavor in the fruit (newbie taste buds). There was a very nice balance between acidity and sweetness.






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Interest in Jackfruit on TFF
« on: May 23, 2024, 05:11:45 PM »
Quote from: fruit nerd on May 23, 2024, 06:37:52 AM
Hi Tom, do the squirrels eat the unripe fruits?

I don’t think they do. Experienced members please correct me if I am wrong.
In my case, I think the squirrels were attracted by the fruity aroma from the flowers. Or they were just just doing a fruit recon.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Interest in Jackfruit on TFF
« on: May 22, 2024, 08:40:59 PM »
My jackfruits keep getting bigger and bigger! They are still not ready yet - still rock hard. I have a feeling they may be ready around July. Really enjoy standing in the shade of the tree and feel all that aromatic air.






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What are you doing in 2024?
« on: May 14, 2024, 12:08:55 PM »
I’ve been nursing my bruised pride after a 0 for 10 mango grafting record. Not going to do any tree surgery for a few years and learn to be happy with what I currently have. Everything else will come from farmers market.
Focus for this year is to learn a more efficient watering, fertilizing, and spraying regiment. learning from fellow fruit tree growers is also/always a focus.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Interest in Jackfruit on TFF
« on: May 12, 2024, 05:51:41 PM »
So glad to see flowers on you folks’ trees. We are watching our 9 fruits more closely than the squirrels.  ;D


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: May 11, 2024, 05:51:52 PM »
Winds continue to reduce the number of fruits on my trees. I’d be happy to get half a dozen fruits this year. The Fruit Punch tree has new panicles while trying to hold on to the last couple of medium-sized fruits. Odd.
I spoke to a couple of Thai mango vendors in from Clearwater/Tampa and they said their fruits were not ready to pick until next month.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2024 FL Mango Season
« on: May 02, 2024, 07:50:44 PM »
Got quite a good number of fruit drop caused by the winds. Picked up a decent sized Fruit punch and it was OK when eaten with salt +sugar. 
My Nam Doc Mai is blooming for the 3rd time! Must be from the weird weather this year.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Zero latex jackfruit
« on: April 30, 2024, 05:54:43 AM »
Congrats! Sounds like you’ve hit the jackfruit jackpot.
Few years ago, I bought a piece of jackfruit at an Oriental grocery store in Orlando, FL and it did not have any latex; its flesh/pulp was pale yellow, not enticingly red like yours.  I was not into growing fruit trees at the time, and now I wish I saved the seeds. lol.

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