Hi there. First time on this forum. Need a little help. We bought our mango tree a year ago and immediately put it in the ground. It seems to be doing well until the start of this year. Leaves seems to be brown spots and top branch starts to dry out. I havent water it a lot because i read that they dont need a lot of watering. I water it maybe once a week. Is that enough? I jusr bought some fertilizer for fruit tree but iam not sure if theres more i need to do. We live is orange county ca. Socal Thanks

Read through this University of Florida's report on Florida mango crop and it's pest/problem and how to solve them. Might have what you're looking for or ask your question on the tropicalfruitforum.com. The people over there are tropical fruit enthusiast(especially about Mangoes,lychees, etc.) Bet they can offer great advice on your declining health of your fruit trees. Might want to post a full picture of your trees for a better assessment too(including close up of the problem and what ever else is necessary). GL.

Hi invar - no, the 20 gallon edward is going in the ground as to all my mangos here in Palm Springs. We get occasional frost but usually only once or twice a winter so most of the trees will sustain minimal damage, though my small ones I definitely cover. The custom graft thing - I have sort of just heard that he does that but haven't asked him directly. A direct call is best, but as Zands says the communication can be dicey. I would talk to Gilbert over Tom. I think there is the slightest edge to his english.... I think the flavor of the Edward will be grand once I taste one! I've heard nothing but exquisite things said about it, and yes I saw Dr. Crane slobber and drool when he ate that edward, too. My friend JFernandez told me that he knows someone here in SoCal that grows Edwards and doesn't have the spotty, inconsistent crop yields that are advertised with it...He apparently has large amounts of fruits, so maybe they flourish in this drier climate down here. Just a guess.... Hey Zands - I've heard that before that Mimosa gets Pine Island 3 gallon plants and then nurtures them into these larger plants in huge plastic pots. I don't know if that is true, although he has told me he gets plants from Florida, but I don't know what size. Maybe JFernandez would know......but like you say, if he does nurture them to that size, he appears to be doing a great job. they appear robust, but I do have this feeling they haven't been in the 20 gal. containers for very long...just too much loose soil around the top. I've now bought 3 of these largest size trees because I needed more mature specimens to replace 3 acacias (I think) I have in front that I am so tired of getting scratched to death when I have to trim them back every year...and they drop these brown pods - really do belong out in the African savannah - I have no idea why they are cultivated for the home yard.....the second reason i got them big was to have fruit almost immediately as I didn't want to wait. I have 6 or 7 trees that are under 3-4 feet which I will just have to watch grow for the next 2-3 years before I can raid their spoils....!!!!! And that's my share on the day of Christ's rising.... Peace to All - mangosleighdog

I mistyped. The general consensus was the tree in the above photo was a peach, not an apricot. And after looking up pictures of immature peach fruits it looks like they were right. Theres another tree fused at the bottom of it that some people thought was apricot. Here are leaves of that tree (no fruit yet) I also forgot to put my zone. its 7b/6a the online runs through my county. Where Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma meet Is the cold why apricots rarely fruit in your area Ken? Why do you think the peach did fruit last year but did this year if it wasnt pruning away dead growth Ken? Even in fruit trees that alternate heavy and light fruiting years they fruit some in the off years dont they?