The Tropical Fruit Forum

Personally I like gwen better.  Although gwen does not like a ton of heat but since you are close to the ocean it should be ok.  Not that impressed with green golds flavor.  I think sharwil is all around better.

That said, I would go for hass over gwen.  Grows better and taste is same. 

I am starting to not like Carmen but again probably better at the beach.  Gets cooked inland and the different fruit sets make harvesting a pain.

Google aglis buddy tape and there are some places selling it.  Ebay has the half lenth rolls and AM leonard has the longer rolls. 

Here is how to keep rodents off the tree

Cherimoua trees are pretty tough, it seems like it should be ok.  You can probably wait until we get some rain in december or january and do it then. 

Great grower, fruit can be multiple different shapes but are generally clean fruit here. Wouldn't put it near the top tier taste wise but they can be pretty good. Always better varieties ripening at the same time.

I have the same assesment.  Good but not outstanding.  My tree has grown well for CA but still not heavy fruit.  Also they are coming in late but that is like most mangos here.   Mine are way behind Paulish.  I don't spray the flowers so maybe they set fruit late.

We've been having a heat wave in Southern California for the last several days, and I've noticed that my mango trees are handling it surprisingly badly. The peak temperature we hit was 112F a few days ago, and on other days we've had consistent daytime temperatures around 105F.

I have two 5+ year old mango trees plus several seedlings, and all are showing major heat damage -- shriveled and brown leaves, in some cases on the top 1/3 of the whole tree.

On the other hand, I have papaya, banana, avocado, cherimoya, white sapote, passionfruit, guava, surinam cherry, starfruit, and other trees planted right next to those mango trees and with the exception of the newest inch of growth on the avocado (which turned brown and shriveled), none of the other trees have any heat damage. All these trees are in the ground.

I've always thought of mangoes as heat tolerant because they only grow when it's hot. I'm wondering if anyone has guesses to why these mango trees fared so poorly in the heat wave.

Don't know.  Maybe just young ago?  Or the particular variety.  Lack of water?  Too many blooms and cold damage from earlier in the year?

ill post pics, my trees are fine.  still going to have a big crop in a couple months.  was 112 the other day, and 107+ for 5 days straight.

Quote from: spaugh on August 07, 2024, 12:48:56 PM

Namwah is not apple flavor but they are very sweet and dense.  Its a great fruit.  I have a super dwarf apple banana that is super good too.

Someone bought the latest AEAE but I will pull another one soon.

Namwah is actually the opposite of dense. It's airy or flufffy, however you want to describe it. I lived on a farm growing mostly Namwah. I would eat 6 bananas and not full...

I dont know, the namwahs I have are not fluffy really.  I grew the blue javas and those were fluffy.  Not really in a good way IMO.

I have some namwah racks going now and will take note of how they are.  From memory they were dense almost chewy and extra sweet. 

I have some really small ones going in 1 gal pots now if anyone wants them they will be ready in a couple weeks.

How did your bananas come out?  Are they getting close?  Mine are starting to go, hopefully they finish by new years.

I dont know.  I am not sure exactly what you are planning Kevin.  What kind of PVC is it? 

3/8 is probably ok for the top parts.  Maybe go half inch if it is not too tight of a fit.

You could make a few and try it out.  Basically the posts can crack easily when moving them if the rebars are not big enough.  I did some with rebar and it wasnt as good as the ones with well pipe.  But since you are talking about leaving the pipe on, it should be fine.  Assuming the pipe is fairly rigid.

Ive also been using a makita cordless reciprocating saw.  Works really well. 

Kaz, the original hass tree died around 20 years ago.  It was in a front yard in La Habra heights.