The Tropical Fruit Forum

Im still waiting for mine to flower.  Its a huge tree, no nuts. 

If your sun is pretty strong there you might want to cover them.  They can get burnt in the sun for sure. 

I took a few pics of this tree because it is such a healthy looking tree.  It's the Hellen avocado.  It always stays green and never looks tired or burnt like any other varieties do.



Here's some other random pics.  Murashige avocado(hawaiian) tree.  Also stays healthy and sets lots of fruit in CA. 





Successfull top work of sharwil onto a bacon stump.



A couple more trees (Ardith, Stewart)that got top worked 1 year ago with sharwil.  They are now blooming after growing 6ft last year.

Have you chopped many trees down before?.  They just grow right back.  I was not sure if that was also the case for lychess but I had asked about top working them in the past and people here said yes they also grow right back.  That 80% will be back in 1-2 years because the root system is large the tree will grow back quickly. 

It is super good.  I need to plant more canes, my little cane patch is kind of sad. 

Cool, I got your black pink juice canes going in pots, I just need to pop them in the ground now. 

I have the small 5 x 9.5" pots shown for avocado seedlings.  And also slightly larger 6x12"

I have a few of thr bigger ones but someone else is getting the few of those that are left.

I still have many nursery pots for sale I just want to get rid of them cheap if anyone wants them.  I have tall pots as well as the short ones shown. 

By the way, Leo number 1 is a cherimoya I believe.  I do have a tree of this one but it is cherimoya and not anything special. 

The exposure on the hill and wind are not a problem.  Any fruit tree will be fine.  The main issue is the north facing side may get a lot of shade.

You could go for cherry trees, or avocado, or citrus or cherimoya.....   Whatever you want to grow.  Just plant the new tree a bit away from the old stumps, that will not be a problem.  The DG is heavy and trees should not be falling over in it. 

Too much rain and cold weather and not enough sunshine.  Thats just my guess.  Hopefully it will flush out and recover when the warm weather comes.  I dont thinkntheres much you can do except wait and dont water it if the soil has moisture in it. 

Yes more potassium once its flowering.  I just put a shot of fertilizer in my watering can and add water, dont measure it.  It doesnt need to be super precise.  Just go easy on the fertilizer, it is not a marijuana plant.  Pineapple plants grow pretty slow compared to a tomato plant or something and dont need loads of fertilizer.

You can use 20-20-20 with micros if you are not organic, it works fine too.