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re: Louisiana Tropical Fruit Gardening - Experiences and Updates
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:15 pm to LanierSpots
Posted on 6/29/26 at 4:15 pm to LanierSpots
Lipstick looking OK, just not as deep green as yours. Hopefully the increased shade will help with that.
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 5:00 pm to Tigerlaff
Looks good. I am wondering if the weekly liquid fertilizer is making mine deep green.
Yours is a little smaller too. I have only trimmed off two leaves on mine since I got it in February. Im just letting it go. There are a few leaves that are split. I thought that I was doing that because it is in a traffic area and I have to move some of the fronds to walk by mine to get to my outdoor kitchen. I thought maybe that was damaging the leaves but I think its normal for a lipstick.
Yours is a little smaller too. I have only trimmed off two leaves on mine since I got it in February. Im just letting it go. There are a few leaves that are split. I thought that I was doing that because it is in a traffic area and I have to move some of the fronds to walk by mine to get to my outdoor kitchen. I thought maybe that was damaging the leaves but I think its normal for a lipstick.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:46 pm to Tigerlaff
These bananas dont look right to me. Hope they dont all fall off.
Pink Lady Guava is looking good. I need to remember to pressure wash the paint off of that tub.
Rehab key lime is putting some height on. I might up pot to 15 gallons soon.
Pickering Mango has put out 5 new branches just like Tigerlaff said it would.
Bell's starfruit is officially the fastest growing potted plant I have.
Silas Wood Sapodilla and Lemon Cattley Guava. The Sapodilla is pushing some buds already. It had a fruit on it when I got it.
Other than culling fruit I'm going to be doing pretty much whatever Tigerlaff says to do. Can't bring myself to cull more of the guavas. I'll have to learn that lesson the hard way.
Pink Lady Guava is looking good. I need to remember to pressure wash the paint off of that tub.
Rehab key lime is putting some height on. I might up pot to 15 gallons soon.
Pickering Mango has put out 5 new branches just like Tigerlaff said it would.
Bell's starfruit is officially the fastest growing potted plant I have.
Silas Wood Sapodilla and Lemon Cattley Guava. The Sapodilla is pushing some buds already. It had a fruit on it when I got it.
Other than culling fruit I'm going to be doing pretty much whatever Tigerlaff says to do. Can't bring myself to cull more of the guavas. I'll have to learn that lesson the hard way.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:12 pm to Tigerlaff
Busy day in the grove. Did a bit of a fire drill today. Some getting the boot; others moved into those spots. Got to earn your keep here.
Had a Dwarf Hawaiian mango tree which I had tucked into a flower bed near my home. Actually my oldest tree now. Survived Hurricane Milton and through a microclimate miracle also the freeze of 26’. It’s produced some fruit; but, has never really thrived. Decided to give it a new home. Dug it up and some 3 years later the rootball was almost entirely superficial. About 15” wide and no more than 8” deep. No big roots; just a tight fine mesh. Super hard calcareous soil in that spot.
Pulled the Golden Dorsett Apple tree that’s been a bitter rot/scab nightmare and relocated the Dwarf Hawaiian there. Soaked it in good and now I’m crossing my fingers. Much better soil and full sun there.
Dropped the High Noon banana into the spot vacated by the mango. Dug it out a lot and I suspect it will do much better.
Mango season has officially begun at my place. Harvested two today. One way earlier than usual and one running way late.
Typically Dwarf Hawaiian mango trees give you fruit first. Often as early as mid to late May. Got one today only hours away from July. Also got a Little Gem. It’s usually super late and gives fruit in mid-July all the way into August.
Had a Dwarf Hawaiian mango tree which I had tucked into a flower bed near my home. Actually my oldest tree now. Survived Hurricane Milton and through a microclimate miracle also the freeze of 26’. It’s produced some fruit; but, has never really thrived. Decided to give it a new home. Dug it up and some 3 years later the rootball was almost entirely superficial. About 15” wide and no more than 8” deep. No big roots; just a tight fine mesh. Super hard calcareous soil in that spot.
Pulled the Golden Dorsett Apple tree that’s been a bitter rot/scab nightmare and relocated the Dwarf Hawaiian there. Soaked it in good and now I’m crossing my fingers. Much better soil and full sun there.
Dropped the High Noon banana into the spot vacated by the mango. Dug it out a lot and I suspect it will do much better.
Mango season has officially begun at my place. Harvested two today. One way earlier than usual and one running way late.
Typically Dwarf Hawaiian mango trees give you fruit first. Often as early as mid to late May. Got one today only hours away from July. Also got a Little Gem. It’s usually super late and gives fruit in mid-July all the way into August.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:41 pm to Loup
Those bananas are under fungal attack. You may lose the whole rack if you don't act. The tail hanging down where the flower was cut should not be all ragged and exposed like that. You want to make a clean cut with a sterilized knife straight across. I would cut above the black portion tomorrow. Then hit the whole rack with copper or your fungicide of choice. Hopefully you can save them.
The rest of that stuff looks amazing. You're really going to like the starfruit and Silas Wood. Both are just absurdly heavy bearers. I'm particularly interested in the Bell. I spent forever waffling about whether to get Kari, Bell, or Sri Kembangan.
And honestly the cattley guava is an absurdly heavy bearer as well.
The rest of that stuff looks amazing. You're really going to like the starfruit and Silas Wood. Both are just absurdly heavy bearers. I'm particularly interested in the Bell. I spent forever waffling about whether to get Kari, Bell, or Sri Kembangan.
And honestly the cattley guava is an absurdly heavy bearer as well.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:44 pm to wiltznucs
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Mango season has officially begun at my place. Harvested two today. One way earlier than usual and one running way late.
This year is just going to be full of anomalies. Fruit and banana plant looking good though.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:36 am to Tigerlaff
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Those bananas are under fungal attack. You may lose the whole rack if you don't act. The tail hanging down where the flower was cut should not be all ragged and exposed like that. You want to make a clean cut with a sterilized knife straight across. I would cut above the black portion tomorrow. Then hit the whole rack with copper or your fungicide of choice. Hopefully you can save them.
I couldn't sleep last night and read this at about 1030. I ended up out in my yard with a headlamp cutting the fungus off and applying copper
. I hope it makes it. I didn't know if it was normal to lose some or if there was something wrong with it. Thanks.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 11:18 am to Tigerlaff
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I spent forever waffling about whether to get Kari, Bell, or Sri Kembangan.
You serious Clark?
I'd expect you to just get all 3.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 3:18 pm to TeddyPadillac
The issue is that one starfruit tree will feed your entire neighborhood.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 7:52 pm to Tigerlaff
Learned a good lesson about initial shape pruning on mangos today. I clipped this Cecilove a few weeks ago to induce branching. I got 3 branches, but one rotted off after the 2 weeks of rain and never came back, leaving me with a lopsided but otherwise great looking tree.
I tried clipping lower leaves to induce a 3rd branch but nothing worked. The two remaining branches took over and I started convincing myself that I should leave it alone or maybe stake the tree to get them pointed straight up. In other words, I had successfully talked myself out of necessary pruning.
So after wasting 3-4 weeks growing a tree with the wrong structure, I found this today:
An open wound covering about half of the main stem. This obviously made the decision very easy.
So that's what I'm left with after cutting it below the rot. Should have followed my gut and just pruned it outright when I couldn't get the right structure. Serves me right!
I tried clipping lower leaves to induce a 3rd branch but nothing worked. The two remaining branches took over and I started convincing myself that I should leave it alone or maybe stake the tree to get them pointed straight up. In other words, I had successfully talked myself out of necessary pruning.
So after wasting 3-4 weeks growing a tree with the wrong structure, I found this today:
An open wound covering about half of the main stem. This obviously made the decision very easy.
So that's what I'm left with after cutting it below the rot. Should have followed my gut and just pruned it outright when I couldn't get the right structure. Serves me right!
Posted on 6/30/26 at 7:54 pm to Tigerlaff
Cut and ate a bounty passionfruit today. Brix was 14.5, excellent for any passionfruit and about equal to a good plum or nectarine. Would recommend this cultivar to anyone.
This post was edited on 6/30/26 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:04 am to Tigerlaff
I don’t have the stomach for that
Posted on 7/1/26 at 10:49 am to cgrand
Here's my Barbados Cherries. I have found the more i let them ripen and get that deep red color the better they are.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:38 pm to TeddyPadillac
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I have found the more i let them ripen and get that deep red color the better they are.
They are so acidic; even when fully ripe. I eventually pulled my tree out. It grew well; I just couldn’t find enough useful applications for the fruit. Plus the local birds were just relentless on them.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:59 pm to wiltznucs
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Plus the local birds were just relentless on them.
Ole Kitty Menew would love for some birds to come try and eat some.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:15 pm to TeddyPadillac
First Pickering of the season. Picked a bit earlier than I’d like; but, it was hanging low and in range to become food for pests. So today it is.
Also had my first Wango. In this case the Juno variety. I enjoyed it; not as sweet as some varieties but with a bit of acidity and a pineapple undertone. Kept the seed; with a bit of luck it’s polyembryonic and I can grow one of my own. If it’s monoembryonic it’s a totally unique hybrid.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:42 pm to wiltznucs
Man that Pickering is definitely ripe enough. Wango is cool. Will be neat to see if you can germinate it. CAC is amazing and I'm sure this was no exception.
Today I had 2 new ones for me: super Alphonso and Tai Nung. Super Alphonso was as expected insanely Indian in flavor. Just sweetness, resin, and deep baking spice. Medicinal almost. Indian mangos are the group that I have the least experience with but I have to say I like these more than the Thai flavor group. It was very good.
The Tai Nung is a small mango with very good sweet citrus flavor that I would bet must be a descendant of po pyu kalay / lemon meringue. Tiny but quite good. Took almost 2 weeks to ripen but was perfect.
I would rank my favorite flavor groups as follows:
Coconut
Indochinese
Citrus
Classic
Indian / West Indian
Thai
Today I had 2 new ones for me: super Alphonso and Tai Nung. Super Alphonso was as expected insanely Indian in flavor. Just sweetness, resin, and deep baking spice. Medicinal almost. Indian mangos are the group that I have the least experience with but I have to say I like these more than the Thai flavor group. It was very good.
The Tai Nung is a small mango with very good sweet citrus flavor that I would bet must be a descendant of po pyu kalay / lemon meringue. Tiny but quite good. Took almost 2 weeks to ripen but was perfect.
I would rank my favorite flavor groups as follows:
Coconut
Indochinese
Citrus
Classic
Indian / West Indian
Thai
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:26 am to Tigerlaff
You should have a podcast on Tropical Fruit Gardening.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:15 am to Houstiger
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You should have a podcast on Tropical Fruit Gardening.
yes, for all 6 of us. Every episode would be the same thing: "Trust me bro, you can grow anything you want in a pot as long as the soil is a bunch of rocks and sand and you feed it osmocote."This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 11:16 am
Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:27 am to Tigerlaff
6? There are dozens of us.
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