The Tropical Fruit Forum

Time for bagging all the easy to reach fruit. I know it's extra effort but it's a good "insurance policy" so you have clean fruits for family and friends. Im going out early mornig this weekend and will bag em up. They do get desperate and try chewing through the mesh but the mouth full of plastic must ruin the flavor lol.

Thanks k-rimes. I feel your pain and wow thats a lot of traps. Many had been lost prior to these being made. They worked just as I anticipated and didn't lose any seedlings this time around.
If anyone close wants them I will consider any offer.

Pots will be included with each platform.

https://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/fruits-1/litchi-fruits-1-1/litchi-integrated-management-of-litchi-mite#:~:text=Pruning%20and%20removal%20of%20infested,15%20days%20interval%20during%20July.
I just came across this article about controlling those little buggers. I think I'll just keep to pruning and sulfur though as I don't like having poisons and such. It's too bad there's not a predator for them or some type of paint to freeze them where they are so they can't move. I'm seeing a leaf here and there on my trees also. Just a few houses down there are some 40-50' trees. They only flowered once since I've lived on the block now going on 4 years. Too bad the sri lanken weavil couldnt eat those mites as it devours the leaves. At least those dont destroy the fruit. I decided it's more worth the effort to grow longans and growing about 20 seedlings of pingpong, diamond river and ruby red longan in pots to hopefully find a winner for my area. Just up-potted them this weekend. Well, sorry to hear about your tree and hope it gets a break from the attacks. Good luck to you all. Have a good day.

It's probably the storm drains clogged with all the trash people from Miami throw out the window. Not to say everyone does this but many years ago the tide line there had more trash than plant debris. That was back about 17yrs ago when I lived there. I used to work at the state park behind haulover inlet. Every day seeing the mess was disturbing. People still throwing McDonald's bags,wrappers, cigarettes, drug paraphernalia that you didn't want to get stepped on out the window and straight to the intercoastal. Now those people come all the way from Miami to leave the trash on our Beaches over here. I just keep wondering who raised these people without a trash can and said it's ok to dump trash on the side of the roads instead of driving to the landfill like everyone else that doesn't like swimming in trash. Sorry didn't mean to get negative on anyone but that really was a relief not looking at the mess. Fema flood map changed since last years big storm also. I wasnt in a flood zone and now I am.

If you are just going to use the fish for fertilizer, I would recommend plecostomus. They are an invasive freshwater fish that harms native habitat and is not really used for food by people (or even that much by other fish). As a freshwater species there is no rinsing necessary. They are easy to cast net and you would be helping the environment. It is illegal to transport them live without a permit, btw. I save wood ash to sprinkle over the fish guts that I burry. I think the charcoal and lime in the ash help absorb the smell and keep the coons from digging it up.

That's worth a try. I have a canal out back as well. It's full of hydrilla and will most likely be a mess to clean out of the net. Also I think I'll do some water samples from the canal water and compare it to the well water. I just can't stop thinking of all the runoff from the road and lawn pesticides/herbicides. So I'm hesitant on using the canal water.

Awesome Calusa and fuitnoob! This is exciting. Cast netting bait is fun too! A great way to teach the kids how to throw the net and make use of what we can get fairly easily on the right day. Plus a good reason to turn off the welding machine and go fishing with the kids. I can barely wait to try now! Thanks fellas!

So while I was doing some fishing this morning I wondered if cast netting a bunch of small bait fish, rinsing the salts off them and then burying them about 1' under the soil would be a good idea or a bad idea. Only the trees in-ground. Anyone done this before?

That's a really nice tree!

I'm gonna have to go grab a few. I've not had a chance to try one yet.

Just wondering what the water requirements are for flowering dragonfruit to set fruit? I have them on a drip line controlled by a manual valve. Typically 2 days a week is what I do, leaving it on for several hours after forgetting then turning it off. I will be adding a controller and some solenoids for the different zones soon. Thanks for any tips anyone has.

Maybe if it doesn't set fruit I could send you some scions to graft on so it gets cross pollinated. I suppose I should find out which ones have the tastiest fruits first. Either way that's still awesome you have one up there. It's funny if you tell someone that doesn't know fruit trees your growing an ice cream bean tree they look at you like your some kind of alien lol.