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I ordered one but it arrived dead.
Anyone else used this vendor?
I'm suspicious when some photos were downloaded from the internet.
Misidentified varieties from the otherside of the globe? I'm feeling weary.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Micronized Azomite
« on: January 21, 2026, 10:56:29 AM »
Curious if trees that have been given Azomite supplements are more cold resilient and/or quicker to recover from damage?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Season 2026
« on: January 21, 2026, 10:51:16 AM »
The lower branches on SL had decent fruit set this year, the top almost nothing. Should've immediately hit fruitlets with copper, the majority have dropped, with black spots. Have cleared most of the dead panicles, hoping for more bloom.

Edward is looking good, with lots of fruit. Ceci Love branches set fruit well, where it flowered. New blooms starting on the branches that did not flower 1st round. Got a few OS and Glenn, but these trees have all yet to majorly bloom this season.

Feeling confident there will be early season mangoes, and can see the buds popping for midseason.

Having the same issues here.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Avocado lace bug... help!
« on: January 21, 2026, 10:37:39 AM »
I've used Dr. Bronner's castile soap effectively. There is a fatty acid that dehydrates those pesky critters. I had to keep up on it for awhile. They are prolific and you need to disrupt the life with preserverance.

That is my experience in Florida.

Castile Soap Spray for Garden Pests
https://www.lisabronner.com/castile-soap-spray-for-garden-pests/

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I planted a Ronnie. Hope I can keep it in the 12-15 ft range, don't need it shading M-4 and Sugarloaf.
My other 3 avocado 🥑 trees are on your list.
My lone Ronnie hit the ground today from all the wind. Looks like flower buds may be forming. I've been looking forward to tasting it.





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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Himsagar Lehore. Any fans of this variety
« on: January 17, 2026, 01:33:04 PM »
Grateful my USDA Himsagar is pushing a few panicles. First time blooms on this tree. She is large enough to hold fruit. Got to admit I can't wait to taste her fruit.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thursday Night Forcast
« on: January 16, 2026, 01:45:48 PM »
A low of 42°F here. It's been a few years since we recorded a low temperature like that here. I'm @5 miles from the coast.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thursday Night Forcast
« on: January 15, 2026, 11:38:43 AM »
Ready or not it's here. Winds ripping in out of the north. As soon as the sun goes down, the temperature will begin to crater. I'm thinking about bringing in my only mango in a container.  It's a one gallon and don't think it will be upset hanging out in the laundry room until 50's return.

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I've used shade cloth before with plastic tarp on top. It trapped heat fine and kept tarp from touching the leaves. That small air gap makes a world of difference.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Thursday Night Forcast
« on: January 15, 2026, 02:09:24 AM »
Some cold air to convince additional blooming wouldn't hurt my feelings. Only a partial bloom here so far in 2026.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How to induce black sapote flowering?
« on: January 14, 2026, 01:39:15 PM »
According to a University of Florida publication, some varieties do better with a companion tree of a different variety.  There are some trees that produce many male flowers and few hermaphrodite flowers.  Hopefully, this is not your situation.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS305

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Insurance Mangoes ???
« on: January 14, 2026, 01:13:37 PM »
Only 2nd year of fruit production, Rosigold is looking like it could be an insurance mango for us. I was skeptical if the property was east enough to avoid anthracnose issues on this variety.

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Nothing so far on ...
Cecilove  - some slightly swollen latent buds but not pushing yet
Angie - one panicle blooming. A few latent swollen buds found this morning. Not pushing yet.
M-4 - totally dormant
Orange Sherbet - all buds flushed new leaves. Not a single panicle. This tree's growth habit seems more like Coconut Cream than an upright Orange Sherbet.
Jean Ellen  - one bud flushed new leaf growth. Another branch has slightly swollen latent buds.
Saigon - dormant
Zill 40-26 (Creamsicle) - every bud flushed new leaves.
Nam Doc Mai #4 - some slightly swollen latent buds, mostly dormant
Rosa - totally dormant
USDA Himsagar - some latent swollen buds, a few buds pushing out of branch tip. 75% dormant.
Kathy - totally dormant
Créme Brûlée - totally dormant
Sugarloaf  - a couple of tiny latent buds forming.
Little Gem  - 1 bud pushed  new leaves. Multiple swollen latent buds found.
Imam Passand  - totally dormant
Neelam  - dormant
Keitt  - flushing new set of panicle. Nice fruit set on previous bloom.
Mahmood Vikaraba  - dormant
Juliette  -  a few slightly swollen latent buds. Some upper branches flushed new leaves. Mostly dormant
Carrie - 1 panicle with fruit set. Upper branches flushed new leaves. A few latent swollen buds detected this morning
Venus  - 5 panicles with fruit set. Some swollen buds found this morning.
😔

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Foliar Feeding Micronutrients
« on: January 12, 2026, 12:28:45 PM »
Our garden is pure limestone rock under 6 inches of sandy loam. Anything planted is facilated with an electric chipping hammer. Would prefer a 36" auger but there is no equipment access.
The limestone locks up some essential micronutrients for my mangoes. Some varieties seem OK while others have suffered. I started using the Southern Ag CItrus micronutrients foliar feed. The was some improvements. The less finicky varieties seemed to develop better looking foliage. Some remained not up to par.
Eventually I invested in Key Plex 350 DP, it wasn't cheap.
Alex Salazar (Squam256) said he did buy property in Miami-Dade County because the limestone and associated micronutrient issues. I'm pleased with the results Key Plex 350 DP product. The mangoes get a foliar micronutrients treatment every 60 days. The trees have responded well. Only Zill 40-26 and Rosa are lagging. They are some of the varieties that are susceptible to micronutrient deficiency on high pH calcareous soil.

Question: I  was due to spray micronutrients on December 28th. Due to being under the weather, it didn't get done until January 8th.  Do you think that this micronutrient foliar feeding will aid in the inductionof mango bloom? Help fruit set? Won't do anything affecting the bloom? Waste of time foliar feeding micronutrients in the winter time?
Please give your feedback

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Soil health and the use of fungicides
« on: December 29, 2025, 04:50:32 PM »
Just sprayed Actinovate on all my panicles. Mango leaves were wet with lingering dew until 11 am today. Trying to keep anthracnose  at bay. Looks like we'll be breaking out the sulfur soon. The impending cold front will provide perfect low humidity conditions that powdery mildew thrives in. After the 2024 powdery mildew debacle, I swore never again. We got the tools and organic chemical resources ready!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Florida Cold Fronts (and Mangos)
« on: December 29, 2025, 03:20:09 PM »
The weather forecast says we can expect the next cold front on December 30.
It's Deja vu all over again.
Our first significant cold air of this Winter for South Florida.

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Central FL 9b. All in ground 5yrs+.

Not flowering:
Coconut Cream
Ivory
Bombay
Kesar x2
Himsagar (USDA) x2
Pickering
Honey Kiss
LZ
Pina Colada
ST Maui
Venus
Sunrise
Maha
PPK
BKM
Dot x2
Sunrise
Gary
Orange Sherbet
Super Julie

Flowering:
Creme Brule (a stunted runt barely 1ft tall lol)
Tete Nene
Julie
Juliette
Cotton Candy
M4
Carrie
Cushman x2
Peach Cobbler
East Indian
Orange Essence
Graham.
How old are your USDA Himsagar trees?
I'd love to get fruit from our tree in 2026.

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My Pickering hasn't bloomed - anyone else?
Yes, mine is blooming. Watched the bees 🐝 drifting back and forth from Emerald, Honey Kiss, Pickering and Julie today. All have tiny green fruits. I wouldn't call them set yet. After the next week, we should know more ...

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Nothing so far on ...
Cecilove
Angie
M-4
Orange Sherbet
Jean Ellen
Saigon
Zill 40-26 (Creamsicle)
Nam Doc Mai #4
Rosa
USDA Himsagar
Kathy
Créme Brûlée
Sugarloaf
Little Gem
Imam Passand
😔

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Lemon zest and it's propensity to rebloom
« on: December 26, 2025, 02:13:08 PM »
If you have an early bloom and it gets toasted by Frost or has a too high ratio of male bloom and you snap it off is there any chance that it would rebloom. I know some varieties especially West Indian will rebloom if you sneeze just joking. Others tend to bloom once and that's it. Where does lemon zest fall in this rebloom category
Alex Salazar says it has a very good chance blooming from the axillary buds.

Or you can follow the advice of the garden gnome ...



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Spraying sulfur doesn't seem to have hurt my blooms. It's a good practice to spray very early before the winds kick up and the pollinators haven't shown up yet. The sulfur doesn't hurt the pollinators, but it does run them off for a little while.

At least that has been my observations.

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Bees 🐝 🐝 🐝 are present working those blooms.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Season 2026
« on: December 21, 2025, 11:03:32 AM »
The following varieties  have confirmed hermaphrodite flowers in our garden. The bees 🐝 are collecting pollen.

Emerald (lots of males with some hermaphrodite flowers)
Honey Kiss (heavy hermaphrodite flowers)
Pickering (lots of males with some hermaphrodite flowers)
Julie (heavy hermaphrodite flowers)
Rosigold (heavy hermaphrodite flowers)
Venus (fair amount of hermaphrodite flowers)
Haden (fair amount of hermaphrodite flowers)
Keitt (fair amount of hermaphrodite flowers)
Dwarf Hawaiian (lots of males with some hermaphrodite flowers)

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Beatrice, Zill M-4, Lil Gem, Kesar, Pickering, Sweet Tart, Orange Sherbet, USDA Himsagar, Candy Corn, and Amrapali fruited reasonably well for me, this year. I’m just a mile or two from the southeast corner of Lake Apopka and almost all my trees get powdery mildew. Beatrice and M-4 constantly try to fruit themselves to death.

How is your USDA Himsagar?  I'm hoping mine will hold a few fruit in 2026.

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