The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have some of those if you want send me a message.  The AX was not a good one and I got rid of it. 

Quote from: simon_grow on November 03, 2023, 05:32:43 PM

I have horrible Powdery Mildew at my place but my Pineapple Pleasure grows fine and fruits fine for me. Last year, I had a bumper crop so this year, I only got a few fruit. The fruit are large and taste excellent. To me, they taste like a giant PinaColada. The Pineapple Pleasure nubbins are smaller, more round and are sugar bombs.

Hey Brad, I’m glad your mangos are getting established and starting to produce. I remember how difficult it was for you to get them into the ground and to prop them Josh’s they were young. Now that they are established, they should fruit well for you. Our cold weather which is horrible for young trees because it induces early blooms is actually a benefit if your trees are large and established.

Simon

Just curious Simon,
Which month do you prefer your blooms to set & hold fruit till maturity in San Diego area?

Asking out of curiosity as it sounds like your fruit are just now approaching the ripe stage.

Just as an experiment, I have one Keitt left hanging on a tree now in S. Fl and I will let it stay till it falls off or is eaten. At least in S. Fl. for this green mango it ripens very slowly once the temperature drops near 70 and less hours of sunlight occur late in fall. I assume it is the same in California presently. I believe my keitt bloomed and set fruit in March and could be picked Aug.. for primary crop or left to hang if willing to eliminate predators. 

I was surprised that Glen in California was still not ripe for the other poster on this thread as it is not a green skinned mango at maturity. Glen if set fruit in late Feb. to early March are usually ripe in S.Fl. in early June.

We had a longer than usual winter here and I dont think mangos really set fruit until maybe May.  It always warms up later here than in FL, but this year was especially cold and wet winter and spring.
Our warm season is barely long enough here and mangos barely get ripe enough to eat before winter hits again. 

Hi Ken, smart move to remove the fruit.  I think 5+ year of removing it is smart.  Cutting the panicles off is even better.  It stops the fruit sooner and keeps the tree from sagging from the weight of flowers.

Nabal seems to be more reliable but I can't say for sure since my nabal has only fruited for 3 years now.  Season is later.  Reed is the child of nabal and I think it is more reliable.  Fruit on Reed and nabal are similar. 

Hi All,

I'm looking for recommendations for a Type B winter fruiting tree.  I was thinking Fuerte but if someone has a better recommendation, I'd love to hear it.

Zone 10A.

Thanks!

Fuerte is probably the best early variety but it is not a reliable producer.  It really depends on the conditions if it will fruit well for you.  Some times it flowers but sets no fruit.

Brad has any of your Jamaican stripe sent out variegated leaves?
I got some from you a few years ago and were normal until a cane decided to come up with some really nice variegated leaves. Wondering if there's more out there or if I got lucky...

Havent noticed that.  It could be environmental maybe?  I dont know.  To be honest I dont pay much attention to these plants.  I have them on a sprinkler and we just grab them when we want to use it and otherwise completely ignore it. 

Yeah I think April 1st should get you some branches ready to use by june or july.  I guess you could go for earlier, it wont hurt.  Maybe february or march would also be ok.  It just isnt going to want to do much until April.  By May the tree will want to start pushing new growth. 

I dont have a huge problem with droopy trees.  Some are a bit droopy but they seem to grow out of that.  Just have to prune them up and keep it off the ground.  I dont use any supports for my trees.  Ill post some pics.  I did go out and pick a few mangos today and took some photos of the trees.  You can come over and look at them if you want.  Its not that far, maybe 30-40 minutes south.

I've got some pieces of

Desert king (plants or cuts)
Thick king
Godzilla
Rainbow
Orange giant
Palora
S8
Black
Australian yellow ISIS
Golden gold
Boreal

Plants 30, cuts (1ft) 15$

Prefer local pickup but I can ship some pieces.

Why not go for sweet tart?  I have early gold and it ends up flowering at weird times and not really doing that well.  It does make early fruit but they are sometimes all out of wack from other varieties.  Like it's flowering right now. 

Also why top the tree at 5ft?  I would say chop it at 1ft in April and graft several of the new shoots when they come out.  I think you will have more success doing the smaller grafts.  And having them lower seems better to me.  Top working trees even 2 or 3ft up has always seemed like a mistake when I have done it. 

I would call it floral rather than dish soap flavor.  Some people percive cilantro as dish soap flavor also and find it bad.  It maybe the same kind of thing.  Some people just dont like that flavor.  For me, i think it makes the s8 taste good.  The only thing is there no acid in the S8.  Its floral and sweet but lqcking acid.

I need to wait longer for the mangos.  Some are ripe but a lot are still pretty green.  Cherimoyas are also late.

Those still need many months to finish. 

Thats why i quit growing megalanthus.  Takes too long to ripen.