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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: rat chewed jackfruit bark - goner?
« on: March 11, 2024, 08:27:31 PM »
Well then... Silly me!
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It’s going to depend on what kind of tree. Most truly tropical trees occur naturally where there is abundant biomass and the trunks have to be able to tolerate that.
Peter
That is being caused by too much nitrogen, not not enough. When the cigar leaf comes out crinkled up, ribbed and then developed into a thin leaf, the plant has too much nitrogen. The plant is growing too fast. The leaves don’t have time to properly thicken up before they are pushed out. Hold back on the fertilizer for a while and watch what happens. You will have a happy plant soon.
Bill
I can spot a nitrogen deficiency in many plants by the color of the leaves. Leaves in N deficient plants are lighter green in color than with adequate N. Older leaves can senesce early as nitrogen is cycled into the newer growth.
Cool soils can cause similar symptoms on plants like banana that like warm soil.
Prime Ark Freedom blackberry has solidified its spot as my family’s favorite, very productive. I also grow mulberries, but haven’t figured out the trick to get them to bear consistently. Low chill blueberries also do great, I’ve been fruiting Sunshine Blue, still waiting to see how Pink Lemonade does. I’ve also fruited Caroline, Joan J., and Double Gold raspberries, and am trialing Niwot and Ohio’s Treasure. I’m also growing Domestic, Alpine and Vescana strawberry varieties.
The trick to temperate berries in the tropics is low chill (200 hours and under), and for caneberries in particular, primocane types (they fruit on current year’s growth, which has no chill requirement). For strawberries, Day-neutral types are more likely to fruit consistently.
Bill's Tropical Fruit Trees - (954) 444-0862
Private seller in Davie, been buying fruit from him last couple years. Lots of grafted varieties and everything is fairly priced.
I think I found one variety which is Fruit punch. I just read about mango reviewed by SHV and this variety seemed the winner.
Bumping this for the weekend.
For me, I like the idea of putting an RV on it