The Tropical Fruit Forum

Excited to hear your report on the Mogi.  Just grafted a few of those, based on the possibility of the flavor.

Another article on it https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/extension/extension-publications/2020/2020_aug_shade.pdf
says triple yield!  However, the study seems to be for mature already HLB-infected trees?  Curious how the benefits translate to healthy trees.

We have 2 young trees in our north yard, so only the very tops have recently gotten direct sun over the winter.  No leaf drop issues with the winter shading.  We don't get a lot of heat either, so citrus in that yard never sweeten up, but the avocados have fruited fine so far.  They may not grow as fast or produce as much fruit, but we'll have to see how they perform as they continue to mature.  I don't know how it would be if we were another 5 degrees cooler though.  We're usually 2-5 degrees lower than what's reported on weather.com for the city, as we sit in a depression behind the western hill.

I'm currently trying bird netting on loquat.  I just had a squirrel find its way in through one of the gaps where I didn't tie it closed properly, but it hadn't chewed its way in or out.  I'm hoping they might not be as motivated to chew through it if it's far enough away from the fruit.  I imagine if any material is right up next to the fruit, then the rodent would be more likely to go right through it.

Beauties!

and..... cue hysterical chattering in the side yard

enter stage right... evil squirrel evading carefully prepared defenses for the loquats
https://youtu.be/WuzRND2kaOg

dammit! jinxed myself!

Honestly, I don't know if the guava is reducing pressure on the other trees.  I often see up to 3 rodents at a time in yard, so if the guy that prefers guavas can chase away other less selective ones, I'd feed him happily.  I don't think he can do that though.  At most, he'd just protect the guava only, if that.  I'm considering trying out an explicit feeding station to see if that keeps them content without attracting more of them.  We used to have a couple neighborhood cats that used to hang around since a neighbor would feed them.  But they didn't do anything for the squirrels.  The cats would sun themselves on the block wall, with 2 squirrels screaming at them, within 18 inches, to get off their highway!

Just lost 2 reeds.  Hopefully, they found the immature ones unpalatable and will leave the rest alone for now.  I haven't lost a lot to squirrels so far, so hoping this doesn't become a real problem.  They love my guava and I use it somewhat as my trap crop.  They also sample mandarins.  I net loquats, so haven't lost those yet.  I haven't noticed any losses on passion fruit or alpine strawberries.

i've had purple possum outside for the last 6 years, and yellow for the last 2.  A few short frost mornings over the years, nothing protracted, but often get to high 30s.  They go dormant, but haven't seen damage.  Purple is against a wall, but the yellows are on an open arbor.

Is there a way to support tagging of posts?

Got a bunch of marbles also.  There were still open flowers up to about 3 weeks ago. Only been fruiting for 3 years, and this year started the earliest so far.  Wonder if it's just a maturity thing, or this winter just started earlier than previous?

Dont know what all of the places are you named but you can skip Hatcher.

Me neither.  This will be my first mango pilgrimage so was just scouring forum, yelp & google reviews for any place that might hint at a fruit stand with mangos.  Will have to call them up when we get closer to confirm varieties, availability, hours.  Thanks for helping weed out though.

YP is https://ypfarms.com/.  Oops, that was a potential lychee, vs mango, source.  Not yet sure if it is worth trying to drive out extra to Loxahatchee area, since we're staying in Boca Raton, but was just keeping it as possible (as well as Naga & Carribean) to check on later.

Will look into Peace River.  Thanks!

Had to look that up.  This one? https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=32587
I have tried that and the variant at the bottom, except I was tucking the scion against the vertical cut instead of deeper in the flap.