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some minor leaf browning going on but pretty much nothing out of the ordinary. Fruit certainly are not falling off.
this is tree I stumped to do top working on next year. New growth not damaged from the heat wave.
Do cherimoyas increase in size through fall? Mine seem small right now.
We've been having a heat wave in Southern California for the last several days, and I've noticed that my mango trees are handling it surprisingly badly. The peak temperature we hit was 112F a few days ago, and on other days we've had consistent daytime temperatures around 105F.
I have two 5+ year old mango trees plus several seedlings, and all are showing major heat damage -- shriveled and brown leaves, in some cases on the top 1/3 of the whole tree.
On the other hand, I have papaya, banana, avocado, cherimoya, white sapote, passionfruit, guava, surinam cherry, starfruit, and other trees planted right next to those mango trees and with the exception of the newest inch of growth on the avocado (which turned brown and shriveled), none of the other trees have any heat damage. All these trees are in the ground.
I've always thought of mangoes as heat tolerant because they only grow when it's hot. I'm wondering if anyone has guesses to why these mango trees fared so poorly in the heat wave.
Namwah is not apple flavor but they are very sweet and dense. Its a great fruit. I have a super dwarf apple banana that is super good too.
Someone bought the latest AEAE but I will pull another one soon.
Namwah is actually the opposite of dense. It's airy or flufffy, however you want to describe it. I lived on a farm growing mostly Namwah. I would eat 6 bananas and not full...
Good to know. There's a lot of hype behind the variegated leaves.
A few things to consider in SoCal is cold tolerance and production. Who is growing Popo'ulu in SoCal?The fruit looks awesome, please let us know how it tastes.
If you did a blind taste test between these and other Maoli types you would not be able to tell the difference. For Hawaiian plantains I think Popo’ulu are best but Maolis are good too
Thanks, Brad. That was a good sale price for the avocado picker and bag.
Now to find a suitable pole to attach it to . . .
Paul M.
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We made some drinks yesterday with the Jamaica stripe. This one seems to oxidize a lot less than others. It doesn't really brown at all. Makes the best margaritas. I had a couple bottles of fortaleza put away from back when the stuff was cheap.
My machine holds a half gallon Mason jar nicely and fills it in just a few seconds.
Good choice of tequila, love that stuff. Haven't been able to find any for a while now.
What gopher trap do you use?
I use cinch traps and "gophinator" traps. I don't see any pattern of them growing wise to certain devices. I also try to use the ones made for moles. They fit more easily into gopher tunnels.
