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| Hi all
After hiding in the dark for months now reading about tropical fruit trees....I GOT ADDICTED. Never care for it before until now. What happen to me?...lol Purchased about a month ago. Some are not doing so good. Any advice would greatly be appreciated regards David star fruit Sri
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- Posted by hmhausman FL 10B (hmhausman@aol.com) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 17:53
| David: Welcome to the Forum. Our sincere sympathies for your new found addiction. Its terrible and expensive with lots of hard work and heart ache, but it sure tastes good! What variety of Atemoya do you have. This time of year in some growing areas, all the annonas start to look a bit rough. Where are you located in So. California? Harry |
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- Posted by mango_kush 10b Hollywood, FL (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 19:28
| Hi David. you want to use forum html like this: <img src="http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd213/dnt72800/DSC08962.jpg"&g
t; here are your pics: star fruit Sri |
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- Posted by mango_kush 10b Hollywood, FL (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 19:31
| your Atemoya looks healthy, thats how they typically look when growing. do you know what variety? dont mean to give you ideas but white sapote and dragonfruit both do real well there |
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- Posted by simon_grow San Diego Zone 10 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 3, 10 at 19:40
| Welcome David, looks like you still need a Cherimoya and Lychee to round out your selection. Your plants are looking good considering they are newly planted. Be sure to water them well while they are establishing but also be sure not to overwater. Many fruit trees slow their growth in the winter and require much less water. Too much standing water in the winter can kill plants easily. Because your mango is so small you may want to consider some winter protection. It would be very easy to hang some christmas lights on your mango and also build a small frame for it. This may not be necessary depending on where you live buy my inlaws mango trees died last winter here in San Diego without protection. Good luck with your newly acquired trees and please keep us posted! |
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| That cement block retaining wall should really help all your tropicals in the winter time. The heat absorbed will help warm up the chillier nights for the plants. Nice looking trees don't any problems besides a possible slight nutrient deficiency on the Pummelo. Just be careful not to over water. |
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| Socal - you can grow lots of yummy stuff there: cherimoya, stone fruits, citrus, grease-cados, persimmon, table grapes, did I mention cherimoya.. :-) Jeff |
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- Posted by red_sea_me CA9 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 4, 10 at 15:00
| Welcome Dnt72800, as has been mentioned, it is a very fun/frustrating hobby but success does taste good (typed while eating a home grown banana) good luck and nice trees, -Ethan |
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| Thank you Harry, Mango Kush, Simon grow, Nullzero, Jeffhagen, Ethan. Harry Simon grow Jeffhagen |
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Dragon Fruit    Bears seedless lime  Pummelo VN  Meiwa kumquat, seedless guava, Vn Xa li guava  White Sapote Suebelle  |
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| Nice pictures, love the way you did the dragon fruit supports. Also noticed the blue container, I assume this is made from a 30 gal or 55 gal drum cut in half? I do the same, it makes a great low cost container. |
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- Posted by esco_socal San Diego 9 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 18, 10 at 11:22
| Yea, the dragon fruit setups look sweet. I've been looking for ideas on DF trellis and this is it. Due to limited space, I've decided to trash all of my white flesh to grow only red-flesh DF. Thanks for the idea, David. Tim |
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