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i dunno ,i uploaded the first set of pics without any problems, just add the links and then the writing was kind of hard sinse i was always forgetting what pic was next ....i dunno why u are having problems with this , the site via which i post the images is postimage...

Thanks.   Never have been able to load a bunch.  The Postimage window just shuts down.  Am using Firefox. 

Does the boron help the tree take up the calcium?  So if you use granulated gypsum, maybe you could dust it with Borax before scattering it around your trees at the drip line?

No, aids in flowering and I assume fruit set. It's nutritional requirement albeit in trace amounts.   Our grape specialist recommended I blast the vineyard with Solubor early spring.  https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/boron-on-plants.htm

Borax should be fine.  BTW the drip line drill paradigm is meh..... I have found 1" oak roots with my tractor's subsoiler 50' away from the tree's drip line.  Of course they were old trees but over time that drip line goes quite far out on most trees.

Great info Simon.   Nutrition is best taken up thru the roots.  I prefer a slow release food speaking of which this is the one I use in the greenhouse.  Never seen it priced so cheap!   Is usually around $20. https://www.amazon.com/Osmocote-Outdoor-Smart-Release-8-Pound-Fertilizer/dp/B00GTDGMHC/ref=sr_1_7?crid=VS95G1TKCILV&dchild=1&keywords=osmocote+plus+15-9-12+fertilizer&qid=1630757259&sprefix=Osmocote%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-7

Thanks Mark, I completely forgot about surfactants, I assumed that when a product is advertised as foliar it would already have some but you never know.

https://www.atlanticaagricola.com/en/fertilizantes-foliaresy-liquidos/plantifol-20-20-20

Interesting as actually 1 tsp/gallon is like 1.5 g/L.

Looks like a fine product, very complete. 

Incredible work and dedication.  They look great!

Although slightly unrelated, this seems like a good thread to ask this question: Has anyone here had luck with a passively heated greenhouse? I'm toying with the idea of building a greenhouse, but the thought of an electric greenhouse heater makes me shy away from the idea, just due to the cost of using one.

I like to regulate my heating and cooling.  Propane is efficient and cheap for us in Texas. 

Heating is from a  110K BTU  hanging fan driven propane heater, and that is a lot of cubic ft. to heat!  Cooling is from a high speed fan fogger AquaFog, hanging 11' up fed by 2 rainwater tanks for cooling and an ass kicking pump with an attached bladder pressure tank and pressure switch.  12 gals.minute used by the fogger.  Great solution which gives me a LOT of utility - spot free car shampoo rinses on the Bimmers via a watering hose hanging out the wall vent, watering my faves, blasting mites off citrus, etc.  I can easily go thru 200 gals. of rainwater in one session.  Also have well water in the house.

Mark I would imagine this is something they would probably do at the Cow Camp. Wrap a hot wire around the pee tree and when Freddie the freeloader drinks one too many beers flip the switch. After knocking his hat off get a big laugh when they hear his war hoop!

Can be heard far out yonder way.

I hear the sheriff in charge of Venice Beach is installing them around palm trees.   Austin could use a 1,000 of them due with all the homeless loading up that town.   

Quote from: CTMIAMI on August 28, 2021, 07:39:10 AM

Just out of Curiosity which Mexican seedlings have you planted?

In the ground outside are:

2x Mexicola Grande seedlings
2x Mexicola seedlings
3x Royal-Wright seedlings (one of them also grafted with Royal-Wright)
3x Purple Nebula seedlings (from Brian Laufer on here)
1x Poncho grafted on Lula seedling rootstock
1x Winter Mexican grafted on Lula seedling rootstock

Also have a couple dozen more seedlings in pots in the greenhouse for planting out next spring if/when the first batch die.

In the ground in the greenhouse are two multi-graft trees which have one or more branches of each of these, to hopefully continue providing seeds as outside trees die:

Aravaipa
Brazos Belle
Duke
Royal-Wright
Joey
a seedling tree from Houston

And two more grafted trees in pots that will probably go in the ground in the greenhouse before winter:

Jade
Poncho + Aravaipa

That is quite a collection there.  Love to see pix of your greenhouse.  Here's a thread on mine. https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=7511.msg96609#msg96609

Standing in front of a bearing Reed which I keep down to 10' with tipping at least 2X a year.  My Avocados are Jan Boyce, Nabal, Lamb Hass, Reed, GEM and Sharwil.

I have found W. Indies or Florida pits to be the most vigorous and have had no issues with root rot.

How many volts on the hot wires, and why need 2 hot wires? I would guess these are 110v ac household power. Wet ground and 110v can be deadly for human and accident can happen, like the hot wire touching the wet ground.

I haven't given it a real test (let the vineyard go last 2 years because of mother nature's hits) but I have 1 hot wire about 6" above the ground and will probably need another about 5" above that one for my vineyard.   What's showing is a string type hot wire above the high tensile metal wire for lamb control.   It's not there anymore.

We use solar power here in central Texas to provide power for coon control at the hundreds of vineyards around here.  Most managers make it a daily routine of setting live traps and shoot.  Been doing that but hate the drill, helluva way to start your day.  Buzzards love me though.   

They are climbers and can open up latches with their hands. Very smart.  Mothers can be vicious and will attack.   

Ground does not need to be wet but in order to install the ground correctly you do need to drive it (rebar works well) down far enough to some moisture. 

The charger model shown is a real ass kicker, good for long runs and multiple wires.
 

Its the last one I have seen

Wow!  Your place?

Fire ants have been blamed on the demise of our Texas horned toad lizard.  They will even kill fawns.  Part of getting an ag exemption called "wildlife managment" here in Texas is predator control.  Fire ant control falls under that category.

If you have acreage like many of us do, baits like Extinguish and Amdro are the only way to go.  Been fighting the bastards for 16 years.  I even get them in the greenhouse.

What is the brix of some of your choices?

VERY impressive Brad.  Thanks for sharing.