The Tropical Fruit Forum

Would be hard to confirm you have a cold tolerant mango living in south Florida where it hardly drops below 40’. Id place the burden of developing cold tolerant variety on northern florida folks.

With Ilama you will want to mound the planting area or plant on a hill in well draining soil where there is no standing water.
I have also read they benefit from Iron rich soils.
The leaves will have a floppied wrinkled look when overwatered.
They have responded well to composted chicken manure.

Introducing “ Ruby Grapefruit” Surinam, out of eight fruiting seedling trees I have one of decent eating quality that to me taste has balanced flavor resemblance of “ruby” grapefruit.
 This may be a common flavor profile among some varieties of Surinam.

I think you would love Pisang Ceylon and Mysore, Pisang ceylon seems to have bigger fruit and more berry flavor while mysore seem to be smaller fruit  and more honey flavor.
Raja puri grow like a dwarf compared to the other two, the fruit is excellent eating with mild berry flavor.

Excellent seller would recommend,  the e-4 abius I got from have been sprouting up!

Who’s still Jabo Hunting?! My Sabara has started to fruit finally and find them excellent eating. This thread has me a little confused on the “ Grimal” variety. Is Grimal still thought to be a spirito- santensis?

I followed Zills advice for pruning larger trees where he said remove half the canopy each year, the half  I removed after fruiting did not bloom this year.

Tanglefoot around trunk, I have not had a problem with direct applications to the trunk.

Great Topic, wish I had the knowledge of using Humates with first plantings, I would have mix in with the soil. Going forward top dressing application twice a year.

Your tree will continue to drop existing leaves to make way for new spring growth. The sops here are all pushing new leaves now that warmer weather is back.

Local Tree must be 20 years old, looks to be grafted, pink interior fruit. Have seen it hard pruned, could be bigger

Varieties i have fruiting after planting as pups on April 1st 2021.

Lakatan


Pisang Ceylan


Yangambi


Dwarf Namwah


Raja Puri


Orinoco 1st Rack


Orinoco 2nd rack, this one came out flexing



The planting location is slightly mounded about two feet. Lee organic Compost was mix into the top few feet of soil as well as some organic fertilizers( bonemeal, bloodmeal, horse and chicken). Mulching and  top dressing of horse manure applied after planting. Two applications of Chicken manure have been applied to root zone few months apart. Watering as needed averaging twice weekly.



May 23rd nearing 2 months after install.


April 1st first day in Ground

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Is that a seedling or a named cultivar?
Is the tree in full sun?
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Seedling from PIN. It does get the most sun outta the 3 trees flowering.