The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: onur on March 08, 2023, 07:59:31 PM

HiThe tips of the branches of my mango tree (pina colada) are getting dark and the panicles are drying. What does it stem from?Thanks

Looks like Powdery Mildew (PM), definitely some sort of mold or fungus. Not sure how susceptible PC is to PM, some varieties fight it off and hold onto their flowers/fruit better than others. It can lay waste to an entire tree's flowers/tiny fruit, but it seems like most the time some amount of fruit hangs on. You can spray sulfur/potassium carbonate as a preventative/treatment or try trimming it out. I've been trimming this year, it's definitely working in controlling spread, but it's time consuming (I'll probably spray next season).

I tasted a hint of lemon when my Youghan's Gold fruited two years ago.
Last year it was damaged from the wind and I cut it way back and didn't fruit.
This year it has some small fruit already and I am hoping to try it again.
So far I have had supersweet and YG and it was better in my opinion

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No. I am just afraid of letting solid fertilizer touch the base of the DFs and causing them to rot, or disturbing the root system while mixing the fertilizer into the soil because they have little space in pots.

Ok maybe I shouldn't admit this but sometimes I put on so much slow release vigoro that I can barely see the soil anymore. There seems to be no limit to how much fertilizer they can take. I've never even seen young shoots burn from it. This said, I only apply when it is warm enough for them to grow.

Old trick for most Cacti if you can stomach it-

Urine

I never had luck with neem oil either, but horticultural oil did better though it wasn't very effective on Guava and I wound up clearing scale by hand on guava and until recently I gave up owning most guava. I now have a Ruby supreme I'm going to have one more go at, I'll see what happens this time but I'll add Dr. Bronners home made insecticidal soap into the regimen.  .

Plinia clausa and inflata have gigantic fruit and are supposedly delicious- Hapa Joe and Nate just did a review of the former but the latter might do better in your climate, especially if you want to put them outside

This could help narrow it down for you https://jaboticaba.in/jaboticaba-list/

I agree with Mike, the red is a beast, so much fruit non-stop, nice looking tree also.

My personal favs are the PDM(blue velvet) and Spirito, they both put out super colorful leaves when they flush

Which Otto do you have?

Quote from: onur on January 25, 2023, 09:28:22 PM

Quote from: Tropicaltoba on January 25, 2023, 07:51:00 PM

Also when do I eat it?

I ate my scarlettes when they were red, heavy, chunky, juicy and big.    For black varieties, it should be totally black, I guess...

I was tempted to wait till it fell off the tree. Would it be spoiled by then?