Yeah, hard to tell what's going on without a pic. Not that I could diagnose the problem anyway, but it would be interesting to see..

Might want to start using a systemic fungicide on them. Some guys from FLorida recommended this. It is actually renamed and marketed from another popular fungicide they were using.
http://www.montereylawngarden.com/pdf/agri_fos_systemic_fungicide_suppl01.pdf

Hey Jay,
Would that make the fruits toxic though? I will check out that link when I have some time. I am going to keep an eye on them this week and see if that copper fungicide helped any. If not, then I will have to buy this. I really hate the idea of using more chmeicals. It just gets me that we are so close to summer and this crap has to happen. Each time I have to spray any of my large trees, I have to lug them to the bathtub and hose them down with whatever chemical I need to take care of the problem.
Thanks for the advice.

Andrew

....sorry Andy - I'm as ignorant as you when it comes to plant diseases - so I'm of no help.

But hey - just take a pic and have a friend down load it for you, and pay him a thousand words......

mangaHowls

Andrew...Sorry about the new problem...Good luck and hopefully the Copper will do the trick for you! Spring has def. arrived here(feels like summer actually,lol) hopefully you guys will get it soon! You sure deserve it...its been a very long winter for you guys!

Hello Pug,
Thanks for the condolences! I am hopefull that I can get this under control. It's great to hear from ya! How are you guys doing in central Florida? How's your new lychee working out?

I just wanted to update everyone real quick here. Yesterday I decided t otry something new. I sprayed my entire 'Carrie' tree with rubbing alcohol. I know it sounds bizzare but my buddy Mike who ocasionally visists here uses it on his succulents. I have used it as a way to kill off any bugs that I have on my tropicals and it has worked pretty well.

About 30 minutes after spraying my tree I went back in and checked it out. The tree had dried out completly and when I had gone over a branch with my fingers to feel if it was still sticky and most of the stickiness was gone and a bunch of that black crap was on my finger tips.

I am hoping that this will take care of it but if not I will have to buy this stuff that jay gave me a link for. I think I would like to have it on hand anyhow.

Andrew

Sheehan emailed me and told me that I may be dealing with sooty mold. After reading up on it, it makes sense, and all the sympyoms are what i am experiencing. Also, finding out the scale was one of the problems leading up to it made complete sense. I have been dealing with scale all winter long.

Spraying with the rubbing alcohol is what I had been doing to treat and kill the dcale on my tropical ornamentals, so this may be why it was helping with the sooty mold.

Sheehan told me that I should treat with sulphur so now I need to find it and locally and start treating.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Andrew

Hi Andrew...I had scale and sooty mold on my Glenn over the winter when I had to leave it in the garage for long periods of time when we had frost/freeze. I treated mine with a mixture of Murphy's oil soap, water and neem oil. I had to wait till the flowers started to form mangoes before I could treat it because I didn't want to kill the blooms. I concentrated on spraying only the leaves and was very careful avoiding spraying the blooms with baby mangoes that were forming. I also did this after the sun was gone it would dry by the next day. I didn't want to sunburn the leaves. I've sprayed it 3 times since and seems to be gone now. I've heard alcohol is very good for scale too. Good luck!

Since you asked about my Lychee tree...I posted a couple of pics...hope you don't mind. I tip pruned several of the branches a couple of days after I planted it and now is putting out new growths on all the tips I pruned.

Harry is right...Lychee trees LOVE water...I've been watering this tree often plus we've had over 4" of rain in the last 8 days and it just seems to really love the regular moisture. New growths are proof of it!

Hi Nancy,
Looking good my friend! I am glad to see your luck turning around. Hopefully your trees will all grow tall and be fruitfull. I really like the lychee!

I am hoping to try these this spring, FRESH LYCHEE!

Thanks for the pics.

I have a S.A. seedling on the way. Next week I have 2 trees coming, a grafted jackfruit 'Gold Nugget' and then another 'Bell' carambola.
Hopefully the carambola makes it this time.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew! I actually wasn't going to replace the Lychee but I couldn't help myself. I'll see how this one does over the next winter.

Congrats and Good luck with your NEW trees Andrew! Where are putting all of these new trees, on the roof,lol...

Post some pictures when you get them!

Hi Nanci,
Yeah trust me I know space is so limited and this is why I had this sooty mold problem.

Next fall I will hopefully have a few more lights and I can split my trees and other tropicals into groups of 3. I know I am going to leave my brugs and larger plumerias in the basement. They seem to be the offenders when it comes to these darn ifestations(citrus too).

When you got your mango trees cleaned up from the sotty mold, did the bark return to its normal color or did the bark still look black? Just curious because the bark no longer feels wet and sticky. I treated again last night with the rubbing alcohol and all 3 trees seem to be better than they were. I am tempted to put them out for thenext 3 days. Tuesday's low temps are supposed to be 38 so they would have to come back in but I think if I can get them outdoors in the sun and warmth, maybe this will help them out the most.

Andrew

Hey Andrew, I still had some black spots leftover on some of the bark...most of leaves cleaned up nicely but again few still had the black color...even though you can't feel them or come off if you try rubbing it off...but the bugs are gone and the leaves feel back to normal.

Hope your spring arrives soon...permanently!

I have a fairly new mango tree, purchased from Lowe's hardware store. Hasn't been in the ground a year yet. It's branches are turning black. Leaves are getting holes in them. What should I do? Thank you for your help.

You can try spraying with a Fungicide...if you google Bonide I think they make it. Follow directions on the bottle and make sure you spray in early evening...what State do you live in? I wouldn't spray during the day when the sun is out...I would also remove the grass "if" its right up near your trunk...

Something like this would help...Mulch an area but keep mulch off the trunk a few inches. Water every 2-3 days when they are this young and fertilize "weakly" about 1/2 the recommended dosage during the growing season from May thru Aug or Sept. defending on your zone. Good luck!!