Jeanne...would Leaf Grow (a composted leaf product available in my area) work as compost? I was really asking about the miracle grow for outdoor container plants. I understand that watering them causes the nutrients to wash out of the pot so its a good idead to add a fertilize every few weeks. buyorsell...I garaged mine in a windowless garage and they did great...grew and developed lots of big buds over winter. Someone on here told me it wasn't necessary. Someone else suggested digging a hole and buring the pot in the ground with some sort of mulch on top for insulation. Another person suggested that if I moved them close to my house and covered them with burlap/bubblewrap on the top and outward facing side of the pot, they would stay warm enough. I decided to be safe and bring them in. ;)

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!

Tropicbreezent - HOLY COW! That's a big tree to pug but very cool. You do have an advantage. I'm in SW Florida... As a transplant, by way of Chicago, to me it FEELS like the tropics in summer but I'm still sub-tropics so I probably need to be a bit safer. Thanks so much for posting the pics; I feel better about pugging my tiny woody ones. Duly noted on painting the cuts. I'll hit the hardware store this weekend for white latex and then I'll wait to see these guys recovering before I think about cutting. Tony - That's really cool. I am not an intuitive person at all when it comes to gardening so I'd love to take classes! how many mangoes do you get from a tree the size in your picture? I'm trying to figure out in my mind how you balance keeping a tree small for picking while still big enough to get a lot of mangoes. I could have an 80 ft. tree in my space but I don't want to struggle to pick them or have 100s of rotting fruit on the ground when I don't pick them.

puglvr1, halfwaythere1, thanks for your comments. Yes I agree, spraying the trees is getting to be more of a hassle as the years pass ! To be honest, my general feelings are that there certainly are some mango varieties that are prone to get the fungus ( Nam Doc Mai being one ), more than others. But having carefully selected the trees I now have, I am starting to feel that this year may be the last that I spray, especially since there's been no sign of any diseases in the last 8 years since that one horribly sick tree was cut down ! I think now it's time to give them and me a rest ! Those 8 yrs lead me to believe I now have four trees that are not prone to getting the fungus !! I hope you don't get the fungus either halfwaythere1 and I have a good feeling you won't, as your tree hasn't gotten it, and at 30 ft tall, has obviously been around a long time and has remained healthy with no sprays. I wouldn't worry if I were you so don't even think about spraying unless you see the green fungus yourself ! My Glenn tree is now about 21 - 23 ft tall, in the ground here for 8 years with no signs of the fungus. So it, and my other younger trees will not be sprayed anymore. What got me started on the copper sulfide spraying was that initial nightmare with the Nam Doc Mai that lasted for 2 1/2 years before I threw my hands up and surrendered. Cut it down and was very careful in selecting my mango trees after that. I think all three of us will be fine this year, and next year as well. Looking forward to approx. 250 plump mango's from my early season Glenn in mid/late June. The 12 ft tall Tebow will have to have two old pickle jars filled with apple cider vinegar because it's a late season tree,( fruit flies, we get here every yr like clockwork ) ..approx 75 fruits ripening around late July. My young Valencia Pride tree AND equally young Kent tree will not have the vinegar pots till next year as they are small, new babies,...no fruit expected from either ! Just curious puglvr, do you have any late harvesting trees ? If so, do you use the vinegar jars ? Bottom line, - I hope all of us has a bonanza year,..with NO fungus among us !!! : )