checko12,what part of So.California are you in?....I also have sapodilla tree and that looks like sunburn.just put a shade over them,water every other day,and they should do well.

Hi ajaysr5,

I live in Cerritos. What would you suggest in terms of shade? My Sapodilla is still really young. I picked it up from Mimosa Los Angeles. How long have you had yours for and what is your experience with them? Thanks for the follow up. Very much appreciated.

The red dots or red edges are from sun burn. I only need to shade my trees when it's over 90 F in full sun. I got the shade cloth online. If you only have one tree to shade then I don't think you should waste money on buying expensive shade cloth. Try to find a simple one and use it only when temperature is overly hot. Now that my tree is older and more mature, I only shade them when temperature over 98 F or over 100 F.

checko12,You are not too far away from me,I leave in 90745.Simplest way is too put shade cloth,you can buy it from home depot.Cerritos get hotter in the summer time than my area because you are more inland and I am closer to the beach.I have had mine in the ground for about a year now and have eaten 2 fruits from it.They are hardy and no protection needed during the winter time,they are very slow growing tree.Just make sure during 85-90+ degree day that you water them especially this week.I also fertelized mine with Alaskan fish emulsion every 3 weeks.

90745 huh? I grew up in Carson and still go back there regularly to visit family. I saw another post you had with a carrie mango and what looked to be a pvc fixture around it. Is that for covering it up during winter? I have a manilla mango that at one point was bearing a lot of fruit and now it looks like much of it has fallen off. There's only a handful of fruit that's setting on it now. Thanks again for the info. on the Sapodilla.. I really appreciate it. Where did you get yours btw and how tall is it??

Thanks for the reply Harry. From my previous post I mentioned that my friend told me about this spray called "Green Light". Would that be OK or is there something else you'd recommend?

I'm totally unfamiliar with that product, so I cannot recommend or tell you not to use it. I would think that this is not an emergency situation, so, give whatever product you want to use a try and go from there. Take it one step at a time. The tree may just out grow the issue without any assistance from you. Good luck.

Harry

I am currently having the same issue. I'm going to wait out and see if it will cures on its own.