Congratulations MD on you ripen Mannies, show us some pics! My Edwards have yellowed up really nice but I am with you. I'll let them fall off the tree. I want to give an accurate account.... I've never had an Edwards. Ethan, that's my African Price Atemoya. I have not had much success pollinating cherimoyas this summer. Maybe my trees are too young(second summer on the ground)?? Socalmango, I have about 100 flowers on this small tree it has been on the ground for one year but I doubt they'll hold any fruit, too small to young.....I feed them fish emulsion and eucalyptus mulch mix with chicken manure in the spring. My green sapotes are coming alone really nice. They have three new limbs and a lot of new growth. I feed it growmore 10-52-10 every 6 weeks. JF

I want to thanks everyone for their complements. The Flamboyant tree I got at Mimosa last year and Gilbert told me he buys these seedling from Arizona and they are the red flowers. My counter measures against critters are my neighbors 4 stray cats that are patrolling the premises at all hours, as well as my cat who is a master accomplished hunter. Plus, my two ferocious mastiffs who jump and tear those poor slow possums up and scare the crap out of raccoons LOL. The potting mix I use is Laguna Hills Nursery Tropical Mix. This mix requires water on a regular basis but will NOT shrink over time and your tropical will grow like crazy. For those of you in Orange County who know Gary Matsuoka (owner of Laguna Hills Nursery and long time CRFG)know that he closed his nursery but you can get his mix in several nurseries around Orange County. Here is the other mix he recommended for Mangos:"6 parts ACID MIX( acid mix = Peat Moss and pumice ),3 parts SAND (plaster sand),1 part LOAM (soil from the ground)." Simon, the Flamboyant, as you might have figured out after reading this thread, is not an edible;it's recognized as one of the most beautiful trees in the world. We had Santa Ana winds in Socal today and I lost a major branch with 10 fruits of my cherimoya, but that's why I have two if every thingLOL. I hope I answered all your questions let me know if I missed any. Here are some pics of my fallen branch and of my ripen Mallika mango, for Sam, it was spectacular the best tasting mango up to date . Mallika next to a Mexican Cream Guava this guava has a hint of banana it's amazing!

Acey. I've got your hand, Veta, and my thoughts and prayers are with Dave. I was not aware until visiting here tonight. Let us all coalesce into the strength he needs now. He has brought us so much pleasure with his pictures. My hand is outstretched, waiting to take that of....

I've been a paying member for I don't know how many years. I visit once in a while. Seldom post...less than I do here..LOL!! Now that I just have a teeny tiny yard, I hate to visit there to see what interesting projects they have there. I live on a busy road, with a bus stop right in front of the house. We live on the edge between bad neighborhoods and better neighborhoods, about a block away from where it starts getting rough. I'm afraid to put anything decorative out. Everyone seems to be..except those with bigger yards that they fence in. Di