The Tropical Fruit Forum

Mine 1st time fruiting, yours look an inch smaller, ate 1 my landscalper knocked off smaller then yours, put in sun 2 weeks & was good!
I say not yet.
Anyone know average length they should be?

First yr fruiting, vigorous growing, fruit aren't round & have shades of colors.
I did spray all trees once a couple months ago with Ag citrus, avo, mango micros.  Caused color?  The ones in shade are just green.
And the ones that fell early (thanks landscaper) tasted like crunchy limes lol.
Thanks!

Julie, i made these for all my young trees.  Besides protecting from weed whacker, protects from bumping it.  Ive had one almost knocked over, another gouged from mower.
2x6x12 cut into 4.  Long screws hold them together.  Pre drill board its not screwing in.
Carpet has no backing.  This one was around Avocado that doesn't need it.
I tied low fruit up since photo.

Thanks Alex, appreciate it, saved me from powdery m. flurries 5yrs from now lol.
I'm after Kent type flavor kicked up a notch.
Love the perfect Kent but my 20yr old tree's not loving me back lately.

Yes, i'm thankful we finally got some as i call it when talking with landscaper friend- liquid gold
What gets me is how dry lawn becomes sand.  You wonder how the heck grass was so nice there?
Before dinner & downpours last night I threw fertilizer at 3 avocados (more of a privacy hedge) & a Flame grapefruit.

Large walnut size, 1st yr fruiting, never tasted m4.
Cut it half, quartered, cut skin off & popped in mouth.
Tasted like crunchy mild lime.  Believe it or not i enjoyed & swallowed it.
Tasted white seed, wasn't bad but spit it out incase it was poison lol.

Ed

Anyone else have experience to share?  Thinking of putting it around Avocado too.

Ed

Hi all.  I have bags of nice pure cypress mulch.
I read it lowers ph which was frowned upon for some plants but citrus should like that, right?
My planted 15 gallon flame grapefruit tree isn't happy anyway with all the citrus pests.
Months ago i used a bunch around bananas after weeding & didn't kill them & doing great job keeping floratam grass from creeping in & looks good as day i did it.
Grapefruit tree should like it, right?

Ed

Honey bees were all over Kent.  Odd, flies too.
I smelled them & some smell nice, thought they would stink.  ?

Good question.  My 1st thought was Anthracnose invite lol.
I'd think garden hose for a minute is plenty on non giants.
I'm considering watering mine with some K.

Jabo, looks great.  If i had 50k burning a hole in my pocket, i'd have a pool co. put up 20x60 pool enclosure over my mango trees lol.  No squirrels!
Rob, i hear ya re rain coming, we shall see.  Only 1/4" last month which my lawn can testify.

2 yrs ago i planted a 15gal Ortanique & Flame grapefruit.  Leaf miners are my problem.
Bifenthrin gets them but needs reapplying & i'm busy enough.
Drenched them both with kelp a couple times recently, fertilizer, sulfur, gypsum, they're looking better.
No i will not plant citrus again.

Nematodes- interesting one of you said they're eating roots yet their suggested for weevils.
I chose 1/2oz/gal bifenthrin for weevils on my mangos & they vanished 99% after 1 spray.  No drench.