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Duncan is a really really good mango, one of our favorites for sure. Great choice!

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Quote from: Sir Graftalot on January 21, 2024, 09:05:38 PM

Quote from: Timbogrow on January 21, 2024, 08:55:23 PM

I honestly didn't know of the forum when I had selected these cultivars. I had read on the university of florida website, they were supposed to be good to eat also. Now I have exceeded the "just a hobby" stage and gone full on "bat shit crazy" for fruit trees. Thankfully my wife supports/allows it to continue lol. I understand now there's some other more desirable, crunchy, cultivars out there. J31 seems to be obtainable but is it a must have? I can plant one more row of trees @ about 16' spacing. It's the hardest row to try to plan since there's already so many. Wanted to throw a few more achachairu in, growing in greenhouse for 2 more years, since there supposed to be maintenance free and the evil weevils don't molest the foliage. Any jackfruit cultivar recommendations?  I was told jackfruit is very good if dehydrated, maybe the soft flesh fruits are better for dehydrating?? The seeds should still be tasty from them after roasting, I'm assuming the taste of these is more uniform throughout the cultivars??

Dehydrated jackfruit is the bomb, but the seeds though, I wouldn't say they're delicious. Personally, I would rather have a baked potato.

At least you did some reading. I went to the nursery originally just to take a look. Next thing I know we were driven around the nursery and my wife was like... i want this tree, i want that tree .. oh, we need to buy more trees for a free delivery.. 
Jackfruit seeds boiled with sea salt are pretty good snack. I had them when instant pot was not born yet and it took a while for the seeds to soften. It will take much less time to cook the seeds in an instant pot nowadays.
Coal-roasted seeds are pretty good as well.

Baaahahaha, sounds like we were blessed with great wives fruitnoob! My wife does the same thing. She's always reminding me about the Miracle fruit tree she picked out since i like them so much.
Artocarpus, yea it's so cool to get the kids involved with the trees and their gifts. I have them help me when I do mulching or plant another large potted tree. Kids are the best thing we ever have the opportunity to make. Proud father of an 8 and 14yr old. Happiest days of my life started when they were born. Have a good day everyone!

I honestly didn't know of the forum when I had selected these cultivars. I had read on the university of florida website, they were supposed to be good to eat also. Now I have exceeded the "just a hobby" stage and gone full on "bat shit crazy" for fruit trees. Thankfully my wife supports/allows it to continue lol. I understand now there's some other more desirable, crunchy, cultivars out there. J31 seems to be obtainable but is it a must have? I can plant one more row of trees @ about 16' spacing. It's the hardest row to try to plan since there's already so many. Wanted to throw a few more achachairu in, growing in greenhouse for 2 more years, since there supposed to be maintenance free and the evil weevils don't molest the foliage. Any jackfruit cultivar recommendations?  I was told jackfruit is very good if dehydrated, maybe the soft flesh fruits are better for dehydrating?? The seeds should still be tasty from them after roasting, I'm assuming the taste of these is more uniform throughout the cultivars??

Sometimes the new growth secretes a little sap. Looks like sap to me. But like mentioned above, let it set whatever fruit it can. Wait for a month or so and pick the fruit off. Wait another month or so and prune the whole flower spike off just below where it emerged. After you prune it and it grows again it will shoot out several new branches. I like to keep 3 branches and prune off the others. I like pruning off the leading shoot as well so it doesn't just put all its energy into the tallest branch.

I agree it lacks complexity but it's one of my favorites for sure. I never get tired of the flavor. Definitely worth growing as well. I heard it is very salt tolerant for people by the ocean/gulf. I'm about 5-6miles east of the gulf. Got 10 trees in the ground I love em so much lol

Sapodilla is probably one of the sweetest fruits. Sounds like it was not ripe and astringent. Should be soft when you consume it.

Just checked the black gold this morning at its starting to flower again. I have a couple sri grading chempedaks in 5gal pots that got real tall but not sure if there worth the real estate. What's everyone's opinion on seedling sri grading chempedaks?

I have black gold and orange crush. The orange crush has lots of flowers and the black gold had flowered last year. I'm thrilled to try some fresh ones.

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Has anyone used herbicide in that area. Mangos are so sensitive to them. Even trace amounts of anything left in your sprayer could do damage. I agreed with first suggestion, but when you said buds would swell and then die sounds like herbicide damage. With mangos, less is always better. They grow relatively on their own with little attention to anything added once established. Unfortunately I learned the hard way and damaged many of my large mango trees while killing shefillera trees here. In most cases targeted trees were cut in bark and one spray of imazapyr sometime yards away from the mango trees made sick. Trees are 30 ft tall and mostly still recovering after one year.

It's entirely possible.  The landscapers are indiscriminate with the use of herbicides.  We even caught them EDGING with roundup once.  Left 4 inch dead zones in the grass ringing all of the landscaping beds in the neighborhood.  I think I need to put a billboard in the front yard that says NO SPRAYING.  Problem is, they come from all directions. If it was just my landscapers, I could stop it.  Unfortunately, it's the HOA.

It's hard to grow plants in a neighborhood.

I'm starting to see green buds peeking out of the upper trunk.  Fingers crossed that they don't turn black and stop.  Keep you updated.

I absolutely hate the way they use weed killer on the fence lines a.d around all the trees. I even cought the county in the canal out in my back yard spraying shit all over my property. Needless to say those mango seedlings are all f-d up from whatever they used. I just can't stand modern societies way of substituting convenience for overall health.

I looked over the tree today as well and I'm seeing all the varieties are pushing flowers. Honey kiss being the first to set fruit. Super excited for this season. Ive been pruning blooms from the other trees I planted for the past few years and some of those are large enough now to finally hold fruit.

Thats a cool backstory. I could see how they could completely cover a structure. As muxh as I love grapes I prpbably will just let it stay wild and not graft to it. I tried some other grapes when I didnt know any better. I've really been enjoying the candy heart and the red dragon cultivars they have at Sam's club. The ones at publix always disappoint me. Especially when I see everyone rifling through the bags to switch the fruit, taking all the good ones and leaving a pile of mush on the bottom. 

Looks like it's got a single tendril.