The Tropical Fruit Forum

Thanks everyone! Janet, yes I plan on removing those buds. I hope to get some for sale to public asap. 1rainman, looks like you are correct about that. Here’s a link from wikepedia.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_Muscat
Note that giberellic acid is used to make them seedless and have a thinner skin.
Also they do thin the bunches out to get bigger ones. Seems like they have regulations to get each grape above 30grams. Which is labor intensive and why they can be expensive.

Anyone else got theirs to root? Mine already has flower buds 😂

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on February 02, 2023, 09:36:01 PM

Quote from: puglvr1 on February 02, 2023, 11:03:09 AM

Thanks SO much for posting those pictures Jabo!! Kudos to you for having such great success growing them in TN, you deserve a huge pat on the back! Just amazing, and your hard work is paying off... Best of luck and may you have many mangoes to eat this year 

Thank you! The same to you also. Mango is such a good fruit I regret not buying more when I first started of collecting. Oh well, that just means getting more trees now!

Jaboticaba45: Your mango trees look amazing. And doubly impressive that they are flowering already. How warm do you keep the greenhouse in winter to get bloom this early?

Thank you! I let it go between 40-45 sometimes even lower. Seems counterintuitive, but as long as it's above freezing, it's ok to get cold temps (I know people who keep theirs at 55 out of fear the plants will die) This year it may have gone below that when it was super cold (maybe 35?). Other than that, not much. Normally they bloom later. I don't know what's happening. The mallika panicles are only 2 on the tree right now, and are just early ones. I suspect the main bulk will pop in a month or so. Still pretty early though. I guess downside is there are no bees, but not worried at all. Plenty of ants and others going around. I've never seen bees on mango flowers.

Jabo's in Tn not Fl mind you.  Jabo, do you guys get anthracnose & pm like we do?  Just asking.

Ed

Hi Ed,
I've had anthracnose on a tree before, but spraying got rid of it. The greenhouse can get pretty wet and condensation can drip at times which is not the best. Luckily it's only during winter.

A mighty fine list of seeds you have there! Yes please hurry up spring. I have so much to do now. Can't keep me waiting!
Those giant trunciflora looks super cool. there's now so many truncifloras to get now.

Does anybody care to comment on how much light is too little. I have kept might is very low light since I got them. Could this be a problem?

No leaves so it's not like it can get energy or anything. Just don't keep in the dark and you'll be fine. Mine are in greenhouse so they are getting decent sun for a few hours. Slowly acclimate to full sun once they start to grow.

2/18
3:36 pm
heheheha
Cool giveaway! Really interesting species!

My aunt lives in Dallas, so I know a bit of the weather there...First off, it can get extremely cold. Like I'd say it gets colder than here in 7b. I know the summers are super hot, but in the winter it can get super cold. So I'd be wary planting a lot of stuff out unless you are going to protect it. You could try yangmei, kadsura, stone fruits, berries, etc. Don't think jabos or eugeinas and others could make it unless you plant them on a wall or provide extra heat or protection. After seeing the huge arctic blasts last couple of years is a testament that it's gonna be hard to grow tropicals/subtropicals there. Forum member Mark in Texas lives in that same zone/climate. You can always try to contact him. He has an epic greenhouse! Also psidium longipetiolatum got wrecked here after hitting 29f lol. It's not as hardy as I'd like to say although I've heard reports of as low as 15f. You can do jelly palms for sure. Hope this helps!

Quote from: pinkturtle on January 30, 2023, 10:33:00 AM

New way for cold protection.

I'd be worried about the rope getting wet and allowing fungi to grow on the trunk under it.

Why protect them from cold? They are already very cold tolerant.

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on January 30, 2023, 05:32:26 PM

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Quote from: hammer524 on January 30, 2023, 05:11:59 PM

you made me hop out of my desk chair and go check mine. Looks like 5 or 6 varieties of female trees will make it but not the male. Very happy and thanks for all those doling out advice

I’ve got about 15 or so males, don’t see any buds yet but definitely still alive, if any live I can help share scions

Are any of your males grafted? See a graft line?

I believe a few are, hard to tell because more than half the labels of my trees fell off in transit and it’s a guessing game on most of them that said, I have a few that are grafted and labeled as male. I hope they make it.

Same here LOL. If mine grow it'll either be biqi or wusu. All my males were seedlings. In the end it doesn't matter seedling or grafted, but seedling trees could be 50/50 chance for male so its a waiting game or DNA test time.

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on January 29, 2023, 11:04:36 PM

I'm going to plant a grove of these trees. hopefully 12-16 or so trees.
Recommendations for spacing requirements?

Hi Ryan, have you seen these videos by California Rare Fruit Growers?  Episode #23 shows a planting of a Yangmei orchard in Northern California and Episode #17 features the personal garden of the founder of Calmei.  Some of his trees look like they are planted close together.
https://crfg.org/home/library/crfg-inc-video-gallery/lets-find-out/

Two summers ago, Marta sent me some fresh seeds of Yangmei.  I kept them in the fridge.  They all sprouted quickly once I planted them in late February.  Caterpillars love the young sprouts, so this time I will keep them protected with tulle fabric.

Janet

Thanks Janet for the information. I’ll check it out!

I'm going to plant a grove of these trees. hopefully 12-16 or so trees.
Recommendations for spacing requirements?