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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 22, 2025, 07:08:03 PM »
My Maha's had some give when squeezed on tree, never hard.  They also got picked up off ground ripe ater falling.
Few i picked last fell off as i barely grabbed them to lift test.  Edible in a day.  Ones on ground softer, ate after washing them off lol.  They came in all different sizes from 7" or so to 2".  Every one was delish.  Tree ripen all you can.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 21, 2025, 07:39:05 PM »
My mangos went like this..
Maha Chanok 1st yr fruited, tastes like canned tropical fruit punch flavors by the dozens.
Cogshall love it for edible skin.
M4 certainly had that coconut or the like taste.
Peach Cobbler really did smell & taste a bit like baked peaches.  Make sure it's ripe.
Pickerig only 1 fruit tasted coconut, the rest bland, some were decent but nothing special.
Kent i peeled to freeze 10 and not 1 tasted the same.

Also learned most go from amazing to garbage can if allowed to overripen!  :(
Was overwhelmed with too many at once ripening in kitchen, great as Maha & Cogshall are, they smelled (and tasted) so bad after too many days sitting there!  Killed me.  Lesson learned, peel & freeze if not eating when ready.  Still learning firmness too.  Better under then overripe 99% of the time.

Probably froze 10lbs of decent ones so far.  Watched Truly T youtube vid of Ms Chris dehyrating them into fruit rollups.  Planning on trying it :)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 19, 2025, 07:57:30 PM »
Yesterday & today.  Glad i stuck with it after losing so much last yr to powdery mildew & anthracnose.
I'm stuffed lol.  Those little Maha are good.
Had ripe Peach Cobbler today, did smell & taste like baked peach!

Edit- i can't type chanok with 2 oo's to ask- i see it spelled both ways.. anyone know what's correct?





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 17, 2025, 09:45:56 PM »
Pickering i don't remember tasting coconut but this yr it does.  Alot. 
I'm not a coconut person, i'll try to time a M4 & Pickering & eat both.
Picked 5 Pickerings today, tired of seeing large ones 1/2 eaten on ground.
Tomorrow i bet just the seed at most will be left. I imagine varmints eyes open wide when they bite ripe mangos.  Beats a nut.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 17, 2025, 01:25:06 PM »
M4 i say if there's plenty on tree, pick 1 & counter ripen.  Mine was hard & softened up fine.  Max flavor?  Doubt it but good.
The rest of mine still on tree so i'll find out what waiting another month does.  Still hard on tree but couple have brown stem.
Maha's i been picking up one every morning & soft.  It's a great mango, wish skin was edible.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 16, 2025, 09:13:32 PM »
M4 cold, before lunch.  Reminded me of pina colada shakes i had as kid at bazars minus bag of zeppolis lol.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 14, 2025, 07:45:16 PM »
Very cool Rain, all!

My lunch..
Both cold, leftover thigh & Cogshall mango.  So good when hot out.  Yes i eat with skin.
Super sweet without, skin adds another dimension of flavor :)



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 12, 2025, 08:45:51 PM »
They were hard when i picked them a week or more ago.  Hanging low, sticking out, didn't want to lose them to mower.  Quite large too.  Ripened up nice on counter.
I have more on tree & 1/2 dozen golf ball 2nd bloomers.  Wind was brutal months ago.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 12, 2025, 07:20:55 PM »
CC, glad u enjoyed a mango after what a animal did to a tree.
Did you cut it clean so it comes back?

Ate a M4 today.  I change my opinion on M4.  Was very good, tasted what suntan lotion at the beach smells like.  Ate most of skin too, more after taking photo :)
Guess it's true- don't judge mangos till it's 2nd or 3rd (for me) yr fruiting.







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Are these mahachanoks ripe yet?
« on: June 10, 2025, 12:12:00 PM »
i would definitely pick one.  I see shoulders, dark enough stem, squeeze & take the 1 with give.
Or do the bend it up thing till stem snaps at 90 degrees.  I prefer cutting stem though.
Don't have to eat it yet if too firm.

edit- take the 1 on the left middle photo

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 08, 2025, 07:27:26 PM »
Maha slightly overripe, just sweet no fruity taste.  Still yum.







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 08, 2025, 07:18:28 PM »
I've been picking quite a few when still hard fearing varmints & landscaper.
I figure less then perfect's better then losing it lol.  Squirrels attack when ripe.
Some are slightly soft i've picked.  Mainly cogshall & maha.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 08, 2025, 02:19:58 PM »
Doc, they look great.

Cogshall
Beyond good.  Shake your head as you're eating it good.
Mangos with edible skin get bonus points for ease.
Nailed it, 1 more day would be overripe.  Tasted like canned heavy syrup.







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: RAIN!
« on: June 02, 2025, 08:43:14 PM »
During dry season my parents visit.  They worry we'll dry out.  I say don't, we make up for it quick.
Funny they came down to help me do what we didn't get to over winter & left a few days ago.  The 2 weeks they were here was sure hot but rain never was issue.  Sky opens up day after they left & hasn't stopped lol.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: June 01, 2025, 07:53:48 PM »
Maha.  1st yr fruiting.  Not colorful like smaller ones on tree in sun but i feared losing it to varmints.
This is/was largest fruit on tree by a lot.  Others won't be near this size.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 22, 2025, 05:52:59 PM »
Parents here visiting helping me get some house work done so i've been occupied.  Back to mango talk,
My trees, planted & maintained close, red line approx height i cut last year & will forever hopefully.
M4, Phoenix (no fruit), Peach Cobbler.  Already trimmed some carefully.  PC does grow height quick.
Will be 1st yr tasting PC.



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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 15, 2025, 10:04:46 AM »
I'll look into them nutes doc.  I got all kinds of problems happening quickly.
Mites? appeared suddenly, sprayed soap & spinosad, leaves yellowing falling off from something.  I did water couple times per week during drought.
I have potassium sulfate & phosphite, is this need of potassium?







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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 13, 2025, 08:38:37 PM »
Doc, they all look great.  Mine don't look as pretty.  I must be using the wrong nutrients.  Good job.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Holy Grail Varieties
« on: May 13, 2025, 07:30:32 PM »
M4 i must be picking wrong.  Haven't picked any this yr but 2 are almost small grapefruit size which is larger then i remember in past.  Taste has yet to wow me.  Edible skin though.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 11, 2025, 09:20:35 PM »
My 1st 2025 mango.  Cogshall picked 2 weeks ago outta fear of losing it.  Was great.
Ate most of skin, a bit thick though maybe because i picked it soon but ate it anyway lol.
Spoon thing just for fun.  I don't eat mangos with spoons :)







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You're right, thanks.  I'll see how the spinosad/castile soap treatments work 1st.
That stuff would be great for all other non fruit trees.

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Fixed sprayer, did all but 2 trees (used up mix) before lunch & will spray the others shortly.
Spinosad label shows it's omri blessed which honestly i'd rather have without blessing at 1/2 cost.

If i were to use mineral oil instead & washed it off following day before temps got above 90F, would that work?
Don't know how long spiders & eggs can hold their breath.

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Avermectin interesting & relation to Ivermectin.
Tried spraying the castile soap with Spinosad at 3 parts to 1 of the soap but darn hose end sprayer acted up.
Soaking head in vinegar & will blow out with air tomorrow.  Those spider mites spead quick.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 2025 Mango season
« on: May 10, 2025, 07:06:31 PM »
A list of signs when to pick each variety would be so nice.  I know some get shoulders, but do all?
Brown stem, sap beads, color change, firmness, shoulders, all that would be great to read.

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Pine, as i understand Sulfur needs 3 days below 85 after application.
Oil's?  I don't know if applied in evening & dry by morning if it would work like baby oil on skin.

Spider mites new to me, my poor leaves got so many scars quick & tiny white clusters of what looks like snow caps chocolate candy back in the day.

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