Fish Emulsion for tropical fruit trees
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16 years ago
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Comments (5)I use all things organic. This year I am going to give my Fargesia Murielae weekly gallons as well as foliar feedings of Maxicrop. Check this product out too. My FM appears to be a dwarf to me and Maxicrop really helps with the vitality (although mine appears quite healthy), provides a longer growing season, and makes plants withstand temps better. I love the stuff and used fish fertilizers before I found it. Both seaweed and fish are great stuff. I've even made my own with fish heads and had killer tomatoes that year. Besides top dressing with manure this summer for the FM, I'm also adding used coffee grounds to compensate for any nitrogen leeched from the hardwood mulch that was used on it this winter. (Also, earthworms love coffee grounds and will help deliver all those nutrients down to the roots while aerating the soil. Use chemicals and kill your earthworms. Use your fish fertilizer and they will thank you.) If all this fails to provide any vertical growth with the FM for yet another year, I'm gonna try gibberelic acid which is used to germinate hard to germinate plants, make bigger fruits, and hopefully add vertical growth to my FM. Its use has been approved by the organic certifying agencies too. Let us know what all you are doing and if you have a sec, let me know if you have any fast growing clumping bamboo you'd like to share! :0...See MorePhotos of plants after a good spray of Fish Emulsion this am.
Comments (18)Howdy, Winter, the season of mites and other pests! Mike, do you not spray Fish Emulsion indoors because of its wonderful scent? lol. Why not try odor-less? Heck, if I can endure the smell, surely you can. Mike, you and I have discussed the mite topic repeatedly, so you're aware of the ingredients added in my home-made insecticide. Fish Emulsion alone should prevent mites and/or kill small amounts, but when highly infested, it may not be sufficient. Besides FE, I add 2 drops dish soap, red pepper, mouth wash, garlic, and citrus rind/liquid. Am I missing an ingredient or two? Insects detest these scents. When I had the energy, lol, I'd spray indoor plants with the above ingredients, minus Fish Emulsion every other week. Fish Emulsion and additives are applied, 'foliar spray,' four times a year. Spring, summer and autumn, mid-winter...autumn, before plants are brought back indoors. Citrus were mite-free. And yes, the house had a fishy odor, but it only lasted three/four days..Besides, my plants are worth a little discomfort. lol. The best part is Fish Emulsion is organic, chemical-free. Breathing FE will not harm humans or pets, nor will other additives. Plus, it works as a foliar feeding. No leaf or root burn. Anyway, thought I'd add my 2-cents. It's odd, although I clicked the 'receive a notification email,' I haven't received emails..that is until this morning..from you Mike. PS...Where's the sun? Toni...See Moretropical fruit trees
Comments (2)I have star fruit, lots of monstera, no pomello, it's too wet here in the rainforest to get good fruit-too watery and bland. No mango, it's slow growing hardwood and gets very large, takes up too much space. Same with durian and mangosteen. My neighbors have a coco-de-mer, but no nuts yet. On my lot I've got coconuts, avocados, cacao, ice cream bean, tamarillo, malabar chestnut, coffee, tea, miracle friut,(a shrub) 2 kinds bananas, plantain, papaya, several type citrus, strawberry guava (an invasive pest tree, the fruit is resinous-tastes like turpentine) Ti, not really a tree, but gets 15' tall, not edible either, but used as wrapping for baked meats and fish, adds a very good flavor. Would love to have more things, but I only have an acre, much of it covered in large ohia trees I want to keep. What most people do here is swap the excess of what they have with others growing other crops so we all get some without growing everything....See MorePotted tropical fruit trees
Comments (31)Max The biggest problem with transplanting trees is the roots not being able to support the top of the plant. Probably should have cut back the Mango to make up for it. Bringing it inside also contributed to drying out the plant. Inside humidity can dip into the teens or lower if the heater is on. I have no experience with mango but with most growing bare root fruit trees it is often best to remove the leaves to slow down the transpiration. Last year I transplanted a peach tree in the early summer and didn't remove the leaves. I had alot of roots and it probably would have made it if I had removed the leaves. Putting it in the shade was not enough. Hope it makes it....See Morepuglvr1
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