The Tropical Fruit Forum

After all of the hype we only got about .90” with another .5” this week. Man, those weather people sure are full of shite sometimes. Okay, most of the time!

Kind of what I was thinking. Thanks.

The only thing more rare than rain in San Diego is a professional sports championship!

It looks like the forecast has shifted a little bit. It’s supposed to start in South San Diego around 10 or 11 PM tonight. Keep your children and small furry animals tethered as this is a lot of rain for a 12 hour period. Trees will be ecstatic!

I get a weird satisfaction smooshing them between my thumb and the branch. Go ahead and call me crazy!

And a new one for the 21st-century goes something like this: If my wife likes it, I love it!

Your mileage may vary.

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 Keep up the strong work, amigo!
 

Sprayed everything with micros and spread Langbenite, Gypsum, Blood Meal around the drip lines of all of them except the fig, peach and nectarine. Going to get to the Azomite tomorrow since there is no work for Veteran’s Day here at Naval Air Station North Island.

Thank you to all our Veterans out there!

Newbie here - grew this plant from seed maybe 3 or 4 years ago in San Diego. Last month I had my first two flowers and after the flowers I had these two - what I hoped would be dragon fruit.  I was not in town to pollinate the flowers.  The seeds were from a grocery sourced yellow dragon fruit.  I did give the plant some 16-16-16 water soluble about 2 weeks after these buds appeared. 

My research says either not enough sun or the plant is still too young to produce - or over water - my setup lets the water drain through. 

Open to any ideas or suggestions.

Here’s what I know. Grow up to four plants in a 25 gallon pot. Trim every branch off to have one leader each. When they get 4-5’ tall you clip the tips to encourage branching AT THE TIPS ONLY, NOT ON THE TRUNKS. You are supporting the main trunks, right? I fertilize every other week in April, June and August. I use Jack’s bloom booster. In the heat of the summer I water twice a week. As we get into winter in Southern California, I water once a week unless it has rained. Keep in mind these are cactus plants so they don’t need a lot of water. You should have a sand soil, not potting soil as it holds too much moisture and if you do have potting soil, you should water it once every 2 to 3 weeks.. Or whenever it’s dry three or 4 inches down. Good luck!

Thanks! Very happy with the results. Will be planting mixed lettuce seeds this weekend in the small raised bed.

Having lernt to graft a handful of different scions to my Manila mango and got the irrigation finished, finally. I'd like to take advantage of the free .75" of water and give my mango trees some fertilizer. Is this the wrong time of year to feed them? I know I'm supposed to feed when they start flowering but with all of the grafts I'm not sure when they will bloom yet. How about Langbenite, Gypsum and Azomite as well?

Thanks.

Sorry, not sorry. As a San Diego local here’s where I’m at: