The Tropical Fruit Forum

I'd be surprised if your numbers are quite that high, gophers don't like each other. I only have two at a time on my half acre unless they are breeding.

It helps to collapse any tunnels you find, too. Not only is it a highway for future gophers, it can route your irrigation away from trees.

  (How do low-chill FL peaches do in SoCal?)

I've been told they don't taste great, by the coast anyway, due to May gray/June gloom. Later peaches ripen better.

Good book about Fairchild and the plant material he sent back.

How long do seeds keep before you have to plant them? Assuming they are cleaned of all pulp.

Yep, no papayas right now. It's a great nursery but their inventory is tight this year just like everyone. Normally they have about 9000 varieties of pepper and tomato and it was down to slim pickings. The Nata was 5 gal, nice looking tree, and they had quite a few other varieties too. Don't remember the cost but it was reasonable and they gave a discount to anyone attending the annual CRFG meeting.

I bet they are denser than an in-ground orchard would be, that would account for the extra yield. California figured out the best way to improve avocado yields was to decrease the spacing between trees.

I read this the other day. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=46301

One technique if you have limited numbers of the weed is to pull the plants gently out when they are big and lush but not yet in bloom. This is when the adult bulb is spent and the bulbils not yet fully developed.

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9313980/no-indian-mangoes-for-the-us-second-year-in-a-row/

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I am in San Diego.

Fertilizer is still fertilizer regardless what part of the world you live.  Theres no such thing as a location specific fertilizer, thats bullshit.  Maybe some are only available in certain areas but its going to do the same thing wherever its used.

You are blessed with excellent soil. Ask a commercial grower if they do a soil test before planting.

The 2nd year I lived here my veggies grew horribly so I did a soil test. My cal/mag/K ratios were all off and I was lacking micros. Now I only add in what I need to gradually balance it. This year for example I finally have enough calcium and boron but am still deficient in zinc and manganese. Dumping miracle gro on the veggie garden wouldn't have solved a thing.

I don't know if this is OP's problem, but parts of Florida have calcareous soil, which makes uptake of some nutrients more difficult: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ch086

Feijoa is a slow grower that wouldn't require much pruning to keep it under 1m. It could also be trimmed as a hedge.

I would be wary to grow pineapple in a front yard due to risk of theft.

White Jade pineapple and Flavor Delight aprium.