The Tropical Fruit Forum

spaugh, i hear nothing but good about salt pools.
the electronic part is what i doubt (but i shouldn't).
normally we have crazy lightning all summer.
if mine wasn't easy already, i'd look into it. i feel for people that don't know how much easier maintenance could be.

Julie, a floater with same tablets i mentioned tied infront of a jet would help a bunch. diy

Julie, key to not shocking is never letting chlorine get low.  Algae starts 1 days without chlor.  Don't ask how i know lol.
I use inline chlorinator Hayward CL200.  The pvc pipe that comes out filter (return) gets cut & the CL200 goes inline.
I put 7 valuechlor or whatever brand tablets are onsale (prices for chlor doubled) in it and lasts almost a month.
Not trouble free, o-ring wears often but i could never deal with liquid chlor.  Adjust with dial & runtime.
Salt pool i say you'd never have problem either, set the box to desired chlor level & that's it. 
One cost 2 grand, other cost 100.  If you got the money, go with salt.  I hear people love it.

If overflow is problem, have it extended away from stuff.  Cheap pvc.

Lunch.  Kent with chicken thigh.  Both cold i'm hot.  I love Kent.  So much i question if it's Kent.  Came with house 20yrs ago.  Moved it, was soda can size trunk or so, now a good 12-14" i prune often grows super quick.

I'd like to make comment about M4.
Had flowers on almost every tip & i mean 100+
Powdery mildew wiped out most, flowers on top that did start growing fruit got wiped out by anthracnose at pea size.
None survived.  Pruned it heavily afterwards a few months ago.  Bigger then it was already.  It certainly grows great though.
Healed quick couple yrs ago when landscaper took chunk out tunk.  Can't tell now.

Ate another Raw honey.  Much better, less overripe, if last 1 on tree's green i'm picking it.  Yellow might be too far gone.
Used spoon to avoid skin.  It's a keeper.

Ben, i know nothing about raw honey.. yet!  Was medium 15g planted 3 yrs ago and my 1st batch of mango trees ever.
Slow start overwatering & mistakes.  Where it's planted does get more breeze then others, perhaps helped fight pm & anthracnose?
3 more on tree, 1 turning yellow, i never tasted a lemon zest or marangue, will taste raw honey maybe tomorrow

10b, my guess roots are shot from soil that doesn't drain.
I'd pull it & repot in sandy soil.  I'm no pro but soil looks wrong.

Guys, my problem now.  Pickering new growth needs something.
I have many ferts & liquids, just wandering what it needs.
Holding good amount of fruit but i see quite a few going yellow at decent size.
Thanks

Sulfur- i toasted a few 2nd chance panicles applying it & knowing we were going above 85F.  My fault.
Next year i will certainly be spraying way before panicle season starts.
Last year i didn't spray sulfur & had zero problems.  Even old Kent had almost zero bad fruit.
Rain- i'm glad, sulfur will wash off, treat ground, get absorbed in trees.  If i reapply it'll be weaker mix but powdery mildew season's just about over...?

Really Really stinks (being polite) how much i lost to PM this yr.
Water might've helped a little but PM came right back.
Sprayed copper on most this morn, i'll do the rest before dinner.  Better then nothing.
Thought i'd share so others know they ain't alone.  Season looked to be great.

Bovine, good job.  I too learned so much here.

1 holdout (Maha) yet to fruit planted 2-3yrs ago & i cut in half to branch out. 
Never tasted a Maha. 

Phoenix.  It's another 1st timer for me.  I love Kent so i'm excited for this one..

Thanks all, i won't apply it.  I'll snap off a few new growths i don't want growing & see if it flowers.  Noticed some new flushes have 1 future looking panicle growing out it's side.

Edit- finger hit post before im finished..
I do plan on more 0-0-52 & kelp.  Ok back to 2024 mango thread. 
Kept this separate being it's more fert talk then tree progress.