What did I do *right*? (a mango tree in Iceland)
Karen Pease
11 years ago
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Lilac Cuttings, Did I do them right? (pics)
Comments (3)What color is the lilac? I have a white lilac bush that I'm getting ready to cut down because it was here when I moved in 5 yrs. ago and I hate white lilacs..they are not pretty nor do they have the fragrance that the purple ones have. My elderly neighbor behind me has a beautiful rose/purple color one and I was wondering what kind of medium you started them in? The white lilac bush/tree is as tall as the white dogwood and is planted too close to it. Might be hard to try to dig up because it probably has been there about 25 yrs. maybe longer. I figure if I cut the white lilac down, it will give the dogwood tree more room and light to grow. Both were planted by original owners....See MoreHELP i think i might have doomed my mango tree
Comments (1)If the roots are still attached, and the sprout has greened a bit, the plant may heal up and continue growing. I would put some fungicide and rooting hormone powder on it. There is no harm in trying to save it right?...See MoreSo. Cal, Mango many flowers, always few fruits. what should I do.
Comments (10)Yes, Rainbird - I have a friend around the corner from me here in Palm Springs who gets a tiny handful of fruits every year from a huge tree, and I don't know what to say to her to help. The tree looks healthy and gets plenty of sun, but something, whether it's nutritional or a watering issue, is allowing very few fruits to hold. How much water and how often does this tree get water compared to the other productive tree? Actually go out when the sprinklers or bubblers are on and take a look at the watering situation. I had a tree once that looked fine but never produced - I discoverd the sprinkler head was clogged and it was surviving on very little water. if it's nutritional, the only think I can suggest is a balanced fertilizer with a less Nitrogen and more emphasis on Potassium and Phosphorous. I always feed it MUCH more diluted than the instructions on the package and more often. Even as often as every 2 weeks throughout the growing season. I mean I'm trying to figure out how to get trees to hold more fruit myself...... Ah, the mysteries of tree intelligence..... But Stanofh is right - a picture would really help.... Gary...See MoreDid I get the right tree?
Comments (20)There's very little likelihood of crossing (hybridization) being involved with what is being talked about here. The discussion has been of whether the specimen received is a pure Nootka cypress raised from seed - or a named selection of that species grafted onto another kind of conifer. And whether or not that selection was the one that was ordered. A percentage of individuals of some kinds of plants raised from seed gathered from source plants growing in the presence of certain other species may rather often turn out to be of hybrid nature, but that is not the case with Nootka cypress - the now much planted Leyland cypress is based on a very small number of crossings between it and Monterey cypress (in cultivated settings - the two do not grow together in the wild)....See Moretropicdude
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