Yard Update 12/10/11
hmhausman
12 years ago
Seemed a good day to do a yard update....since I haven't done one since July.....man time flies when you are having fun and goes even faster when you are not having so much fun. But be that as it may here's what's happening in my yard:
Avocado "Monroe"
Satsuma Mandarin var. Owari
Mango "Extrema"
Pommelo
Mango...originally identified and grafted as Martinez but now correctly identified as Rosigold
Mango "East Indian"
mango "Julie"
Mangoes....Julie in the foregroung and Edward (tree#1) bringing up the rear in the middle of the mango forest.
Avocado "Oasis"...lots of fruit....lots of fruit down....lots of fruit chewed by the bleeping squirrels
Another view of Edward, tree#1 this time over Duncan in the foreground
Bananas "Goldfinger" (FHIA #1)
Hasya Sapodilla tree#2
Rosigold mango
Edward mango, tree #2
Thousand Fingers Banana Blossom
Seed dropped by bird or other creature.....papaya now growing and fruiting in stand of Jamaican Red Bananas
Arkin Carambola
I am embarrased to show it, but this is my scraggly a$$ Indian Jujube.
Black Sapote
Lemon Zest mango
Seedlings...jakfruit in the rear. Durians in the front to the left and Charichuela to the front right
More seedlings whch include Rambutan, Pulasan, Langsat and Garcinia magnifolia on the far right x2:
Nore seedlings...mostly mangosteen and cherimoya.....some dragonfruit cuttings and pineapple (thanks Ethan)
Lalee Jewo....a mango relative....brought to my attention by Murahilin and grafted with scions from Hawaii by Jeff Hagen....thanks guys.
Even more seedlings-----a large Maprang (courtesy of Jsvand5), some achachiru moving to the center (from Puerto Rico), then some smaller, somewhat poorly growing maprang seedlings (courtesy of Murahilin) and some more Charicuela (courtesy of Fruitguy).
Another shot od the poorly growing Maprang seedlings. More Charichuela shots and the larger plant to the far right is a White Mammee Apple seedling (courtesy of Murahilin).
Bell carambola
Hart carambola
Twin Edward trees #3 & 4
Kau Dwarf mango in Bloom...please ignore the supposedly fiberless sour sop (guanabana) directly behind that had decided to shed its leaves...for some unexplained reason
Kai Maprang......getting ready to push something....maybe blooms...but probably new leaf growth. He John....how are yours doing??
Bruce Canistel
Alano Sapodilla
Hasya Sapodilla tree #1
Dwarf June Plum
Mammee Apple
Mamey Sapote magana finally in bloom after about 15 years.
That's it for now...thanks for looking.
Harry
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Comments (18)Thanks to all for the nice comments. Gerry: So sorry, in a senior moment I short changed you on credit for my trees' blossoming. It's nice to know that your blooming prayers are so well received by the almighty! Andrew: The Meyer Lemon is very edible by itself...if you have just eaten a Miracle Fruit Berry. Its more sour than a sour orange but not as sour as store bought, Eureka type lemon. Felipe: Edaw is the leading commercial cultivar in Thailand from what I was told. It isn't the largest, or even the best tasting fruit, but it is very prolific, bears regularly and is a good longan. I prefer See Chompoo or Biew Keow which are both slightly better than Kohala in my humble opinion. Edaw would be just a hair less than Kohala in my book. Tommy Wong is a seedling grown by Tommy Wong....coincidentally. I didn;t know him, but Bill Flynn (an old timer from Southern Dade County (now probably deceased) sold it to me about 15 years ago. It bears regularly and is on the same level, for me, as Edaw. Sheehan: I have been getting $1 per fruit for Hasya sapodillas (the smaller ones). When I get the really large ones, I have gotten up to $4 per pound....See MoreYard Update 4/24/11
Comments (22)Thanks to all for the kind remarks. I forgot one update photo. Here is the first fruit on my Petch Pakchong sugarapple, that I think is really an atemoya. Its a tiny tree and very recent planting, but I have had the fruit from a friend's tree and I thought it compared favorably with Gefner.....so I planted out two. @Stephen: I ran out and hand pollinated the first Physical Graffiti bloom. Noticed a bunch of new buds popping out. Whiole these do set fruit without hand polination, there is no doubt that hand pollination increases yield by many times. @Ethan: The Rollinia seedling was given to me after it was already a couple feet tall....so I am not sure how big the fruit was. I was thinking that the seedling came from my friend Noel, pictured below but in checking my records, another of my friends picked it up for me....so I am going to have to wait until the size of the fruit will be revealed. Stay tuned. @Amr: I have only done business with Pine......so you know where my loyalties and reccomendations would lie. @JF: I have had Neelum and Keitt into October....however, once the main crop of mangoes is over, the local critters descend on the latter maturing culitvars and it is a race in time to see who is going to get the last of the mango crop....them or me. Unfortuantely, they get many more than me. So, the realistic final dates is usually no later than early September and sometimes, late August depending on the year. @Gary: According to the literature and my own experience, mangoes take between 100 and 160 from flower to fruit depending on the cultivar and ambient weather conditions. The warmer the temps, the faster the mangoes mature. @Jacob: Many of my jakfruit trees have fruit on them now. The greatest fruit set is on Black Gold, Dang Rasimi, Black Gold x Tabouey, and a seedling I call Orange Crisp. The fruits range in size from mere ounces to probably 10 pounds. The fruits will be ripening between June or so and September....See MoreYard Update 7/17/11
Comments (24)Thanks for the kind comments to those that were kindly commenting. John and Robert: Yes, my Abius are seedlings from PIN. One I think is a seedling of the cultivar "Gray"...however, I think that the "Gray" seedling is the tree that has never fruited to maturity. This was the first year I even noticed small pea sized fruits forming......but they all turned black and dropped. The conventional wisdom is that the average seed to fruit time period is 4-8 years. I think from my experience that the latter time is closer to most likely fruiting time. Mango Doc and John: This grape is supposedly a Burgundy Bunch grape...not that I know any difference between them once I get beyond the skin color and whether they are seedless or not. These grapes are prolific here in Florida, as you can see. They do have seeds and are small. So there isn't a lot of flesh in each grape to enjoy, but what is there is sweet and delicious. You just have to get by either swallowing or spitting the seeds and getting a low flesh to fruit ratio...something I am not very fond of. I could send cuttings if you are interested. Jacob: You can have Genova red budwood. It is best to send in early spring, just before the tree breaks dormancy. Remind me around then and I'll send you some. Sorry, I haven't put the layers on the E daw longan as of yet. I usually wait until fruiting season is over. So, if I have the chance, I'll be putting some on in the next month or so. Andrew: Good to hear about your Maha mango. Sorry to hear about your back issues. Yeah, I've been feasting on cherries from Costco. They have been particularly good this year. New Gen: That sugar apple is about 15 years old but it was uprooted and cut to a stump after Hurrican Wilma almost 6 years ago. So what you see represents 6 years growth. Tony: I tried an Ivory mango and I am going to do another thread on that subject where I'll compare the growth habit of Tog Bi Con and Ivory. Harry...See MoreTropicalgrower89 10/30/11 Yard Update
Comments (20)TG89--- Your fruit trees look good but........ Your lawn and hedge are struggling and lawn has bare sandy patches. As you drive around, when you see a crew trimming and chipping trees see if you can get them to dump a load in your driveway. Have a wheelbarrow ready for you to bring them to your back yard. Heap them up into three ft high compost piles where you have bare sandy lawn patches. After 6-12 months remove that compost pile and use that black compost where you need it such as in scraggly parts of your lawn, fruit trees, hedges. After removing that wood chip compost pile you will be left with nice black soil underneath to plant grass, sod or perennial peanut. St Augustine grass is purchased as sod, it is a machine that creates and maintains black soil underneath once it it is established but it must be fertilized (chemical lawn fertilizers are OK) or it weakens. But also look into perennial peanut, I am planting some this week to see how it does. Aside from those compost piles, Take some of that wood chip load and put around your fruit trees and into your hedges. Your hedges need humus. They are dry because your soil is dry because little humus. My neighbor's ficus hedge (nasty invasive roots hedge it's actually a tree) recovered when mulched. If you get too much wood chips you can really heap them up into your hedges. Store them in your hedges then remove and use elsewhere as needed. Your hedges can be your wood chip mulch bank that you make withdrawals from If your driveway is not available then spread out a tarp and drop the chips load there onto that tarp. You can wait until spring when as it it gets hotter the chips decay into humus quicker. Plus more tree trimming crews are out. Or do it now and get a head start. Plus sprinkling some 6-6-6 or 10-10-10 on top will accelerate the composting process but don't use too much or the worms etc will be affected Additionally-- You can also take an electric drill and/or a circular saw and scoop out a pint/quart size hole in the center of those tree stumps I see. Put some 6-6-6 or 10-10-10 in there. Add water then seal with plastic so rains don't wash it away. This will eat through the stump and rot it into black humus My summation is your backyard is dry but rotted wood chips can make it hold moisture Just my 2 cents Worth...See Morejsvand5
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