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Put up a prominent sign that reads 'Pesticides In Use' or something of the like. [snip]
How about a big notice that reads: SNAKE SANCTUARY
Just sayin' . . .
Paul M.
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Can’t wait to retire ! , buying mountain top hone in PR off the grid , no neighbors, HOA, nothing but nature ….
Well holy smokes, $8 / pound. That's nuts. It wasn't that long ago that she sold for $2 / pound. Inflation has hit the trop fruit industry pretty hard. I remember when you could get fruiting jaboticaba trees for around $30 at zills and when a quarter acre of land was $25k. So much has changed.I made a trip to Truly Tropical, Delray Beach, today to see what was still available. Chris had just picked a box of assorted mangos and was selling them for $8 a lb. God bless her that she has customers at that price point, but when you're on social security like me, no can do. She still must have a passion for what she's doing because she could easily sell that property in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in South Florida and retire a wealthy woman. Walter had a sign "Closed on Saturdays."Then I remembered that the Zill family are Seventh-Day Adventists.
I would move on from Mamey for sure. Mine never produced in close to 10 years. I think it is just too cold here. I was told once that even in warmer areas of the state like Sarasota the trees survive, bloom and even set fruit, but they almost never bring the fruit to maturity because the development period is 12 months or more. As a result, part of the developmet period falls across our cold season and the tree will drop its fruits.
Secondly, ZHHP definitely picks too early, year after year. Usually Everything is chalky but still get an idea of what flavors the mangos are capable of, However IN MY OPINION mangos like Sugarloaf actually benefit from being picked early and ripening more evenly.Yes, you get an idea about the flavors. I got my little Sugarloaf tree and look forward to fruit in a few years and learning when to pick them!
Not sure, but think MBBS is fueled by high humidity, and Cookie was remarking upon it being remarkable that there was no bad issue with MBBS, with all the rain we've had.
Update. In another thread I reported on a Bolt vs LZ battle, in which Bolt won.
Latest battle was Bolt vs. Ceci Love...
CL took Bolt to the mat. Brighter and more flavorful mango. Of course, many would say more samplings and battles must be fought. But from past years, CL has been the standout as well.
Need to have a Sugar Loaf, Ceci Love, Sweet Tart Battle Royale.
John, thanks for sharing. The RP pup I grabbed from you a while back is thriving, looking forward to fruit set.Glad to hear that, Dan. It was perfect weather in Italy, and we sure saw a lot of olive and lemon trees! Every gelato shop had mango-flavor gelato, which I never even tried because I knew ripe mangos would be waiting for me in Florida. We did try almost every other flavor, however, the most unusual being lime-basil, which turned out to be one the best.
And it does look like you came back just in time to miss the seemingly-endless rain!
You'd figure a bunch of misplaced tropical fruit growers would be excited about global warming
Ya'll need to chill. This is a fruit forum. Weather and climate are relevant to fruiting, but not issues we need to debate here. I love this site because it is about plants and fruit. It is nice to escape from all the negativity in the world. Stanking it up with this off topic stuff.
