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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Pen for dragon fruit branch
« on: March 02, 2021, 05:06:12 PM »
I like Brad's approach of carving the name in the stem. It's a great permanent approach! Sharpies also work.
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kenny, where can I get the top mold? ive got posts with the smaller top tip section but havent made tops because the mold was going to be difficult to fabricate. i wanted to do one like you have.
Hey Brad, I cobbled it together with some window blinds for the circular part and styrofoam for the cutouts. The foam bits are wrapped in duct tape to prevent sticking. I’m happy to chat with you more about how to put the forms together!
Nice work! There's a place in India called RCC that makes basically the same tops. They have metal forms that you can toss around without the form breaking etc. You can flip it over and dump the wet concrete and make loads of them. If I decide to make one of these its going to be metal so I can make 50 or more tops and not have to be careful handling the form.
I have a welder and other tools to make it, its just been low on the priority list. I did plant out about 15 posts with no tops and they seem to be working ok just using rope also but the tops are a nicer solution. It looks better and its easier to get the vines to hang from a proper top like you have.
If you are interested in making a better form from steel as a joint project let me know. I need some motivation to do that.
Heres the tops from RCC which I'm sure you have already seen. They have videos of their process on YouTube including video of their steel forms.
Thank u all for the vids , pics and suggestions!! I was thinking I can cure the fresh cement part in a vessel with water for a few days after it gets hard and strong, but may not do this if they are ok with the fresh cement....I will probably make the top square form, since it the easiest to fabricate, I really like Kuhyay's trellis design. Will def use some kind of stiff wire for reinforcement , thanks again to everyone .
Will keep u updated on the project !!
I’ve had great success with this design and will use it when I scale out my planting.Very elegant design how the top slips over the post!
kenny, where can I get the top mold? ive got posts with the smaller top tip section but havent made tops because the mold was going to be difficult to fabricate. i wanted to do one like you have.
Congratulation to another acquisition!
It seems difficult to get a seedless tree.
I've given up.
Any one selling seedless scions in Spring?
My flowering Emperor is asking for a buddy so I might end up with another Emperor.
Any of your lychee flowering?
Check out Ong Nursery in San Diego, they sell a seedless variety. The one I bought from them is forming flower buds. I'm not holding out hope for fruit though.
Do you know if their seedless is San Sue Lin? The large, totally seedless variety?
Congratulation to another acquisition!
It seems difficult to get a seedless tree.
I've given up.
Any one selling seedless scions in Spring?
My flowering Emperor is asking for a buddy so I might end up with another Emperor.
Any of your lychee flowering?
I went there and tried it. It was actually seedless if the fruit is small and tiny seed if the fruit is big. Can't afford it.Does anyone know anything about this variety? I asked Quang and he said these came from his farm in Fallbrook. He mentioned they have mostly no seeds, with size similar to emperor. He said the flavor was "very sweet and complex".
I will doing the same to a couple of my trees. In order to have some good branches to graft on to...What month/time would be good to prune back heavily down to the stump?