Here is some information that might help. And I was going to tell you to hit it with a 2 by 4 =0 Here is a link that might be useful: Avacados in Florida

Wow - I guess we have been very lucky with our pumpkins! We started ours on a whim (had a package left at our house by the former owners, and thought it'd be fun to see if they grew) by seed in small peat pots in the garage back in May, and they took off like crazy. We planted them in the ground sometime in mid-late June. They were the first of all our plants to really take off once in the ground as well. As far as I know, my husband hasn't done anything special to care for them. We have a soaker hose for the entire garden, so they get the same amount as all the other plants. He uses some kind of organic fertilizer for all the plants, but not sure if he's used that on the pumpkins since they have been so prolific on their own. Our garden gets sun for most of the day - about 9am to 5pm. And it gets the heat as well. Wish I had suggestions/answers as to why ours have been so successful. Maybe it's the wasps/bees we have - I have a bunch of bird houses that I hung on the fence behind the garden, for decoration. Couple of weeks ago, when my husband was putting some nails and strings on the fence for the gourd vines to grab hold of, he discovered that the birds didn't like them, but the wasps sure did - they started to swarm him as they didn't like him being so close to their "nest"!!! Needless to say, we sprayed the houses well with some wasp spray! Marj

You didn't answer the question about fertilizing. Two things taken from your pictures... 1 is the flowers seem to be all white, lacking the familiar purple of Meyers; that indicates the tree is young and those all white flowers rarely produce fruits. #2, your tree looks very healthy, leading to the second possiblity; if you give a Meyer too much Nitrogen when it is blooming, it will drop the flowers and make more leaves.

High bush blueberry (and/or low bush as a ground cover) Aronia/chokeberry Amelanchier/shadbush Cornus alternifolia/pagoda dogwood Lindera benzoin/spicebush need females for fruit and a male for pollination, but since most often sold unsexed, it is usually suggested to get 3 Ilex verticillata/winterberry holly (deciduous) need females for fruit and a compatible male for pollination I think that some of the crabs and hawthorns are native, but you will want to research ones that are disease resistant several native Viburnums, but most need a second of a different cultivar or wild type since not self-compatible Native plums and cherries such as Prunus maritima/beach plum or Prunus Americana. Also, based on my experience with heavy equipment, especially on wet soils like now after all this summer's rain, you will most likely want to take something like a spading fork and wander around the yard plunging it in deeply and wiggling it just to loosen up the compaction some.