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June 23 grafts pushed nicely:
Are you using RBII panels as open bottom container or covering the bottom somehow? I planted a Holiday and Alphonso with open bottoms recently and wondering if I did the right thing.
You did the right thing. No bottom, best of both worlds - big pot using excellent potting soil, roots harvest water and nutrients that collect in native soil. Permanent location.
June 23 grafts pushed nicely:
The Gopher hawk
It's expensive but works well for me. Easy to set the trap, no digging. And easy to tell if it's been tripped. Again: no digging.
What size tree is no longer threatened by gophers?
Drenching the soil, or spraying the leaves with an Azadirachtin-containing product, such as Aza-Sol (OMRI approved), will prevent immature scale and other insect pests from molting--- so no successful reproduction.
Mango scale. If the scale is already dead and dried up, it will just flake off. If it is still alive (or if it is recently dead and not yet dried up), it will smear, or leave a wet spot.
Thanks, I read as much as I can during my lunch hour and perhaps skimmed over this information. I will check with some of my local nurseries and post in the trade/sale thread as well, I would rather help a fellow member if there are any selling root stocks locally.
Thanks for taking time to reply.
TW pearl I have are crunchy with subtle sweetness, which is what I personally like.
Well I went and looked at the plants today. Apparently it did set fruit. There were a few fruits laying under it. Never noticed them on the plant.
My mango trees been flowering and forming little mangoes in Southern Cal Zone 9B which I wish they didn't since I planted them in September from 7-15 gallon pots. The branches are too skinny to support any fruit.
What kind of mango? CA is tough because its cool enough to make them flower almost all year long , from what I understand.
Seems like too much phosphorus.
when you fill water make sure no more bubble or it won work
Remember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.
Quite the opposite if in clay. You will not only have an artificially created barrier (roots will stay confined to the hole) but the tree will soon rot, drown. Never amend backfill. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments.pdf
Any advice for soil that is completely dead? I would like to use native soil when planting but after looking at the soil I am leaning toward mixing it with worm castings at 50:50 ratio.
This is what I dug up.
Standing water after 5 days, I dug the hole even bigger and mixed native soil with cactus soil amendment.
Remember to dig a hole three times the diameter of the rootball of the tree. I think mixing half soil and half container mix and using that for the fill dirt is a good idea. That way, you won't have as much of a barrier to root growth.
Quite the opposite if in clay. You will not only have an artificially created barrier (roots will stay confined to the hole) but the tree will soon rot, drown. Never amend backfill. https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/soil-amendments.pdf
I don't have first hand experience but I also bought Pickering, Cogshall, Ice Cream and Orange Essence to grow in pots (I ran out of room in my backyard). They are currently in 5-7 gallon pots, I am planning to transfer them into 15 then to 25 and finally to 65 gallon pots as they grow big. I already bought 65 gallon pots for them since they aren't easy to come by at local nurseries.
Thanks!
Do you know whether mangos are deep rooted (container would need extra height), shallow rooted (container would need extra diameter), or average (container would need a balance between diameter and height)?
You are definitely right about large pots not being easy to come by. The largest I've found in my locale is 24 inch diameter by 15 inch height (about 27 gallons if my calculations are correct). I definitely want something bigger for a permanent pot, but it's hard to find anything less than $200. I found a Japi Low Linea planter on Hayneedle for $156 and free shipping. The size is 30.7 inch diameter by 24.5 inch high which by my math is about 62 gallons.
Mangoes do have tap root, so pot isn't an ideal location to grow them. They are also known to fruit 300+ years in Asian countries. But since I don't have many options I am planning to grow slow growers in pots. I would like to have as many mango varieties as my backyard allows (planted 9 in ground recently). I have got a great deal on the 65 gallon pots. Champa Nursery in El Monte was selling them for $45 or $48, my price was much less since I bought close to $1k worth of tress during that trip.
why not multi graft your best choices with same growth rates onto in ground trees? you could spread 40-50 varieties on your 6 trees. But IMHO if you take a poll and focus on top 10 or 15 that do well in CA, that is all you need. mix of coconut, tangy, plain sweet, piney types of mangoes will provide you with best collection of all.
