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re: Louisiana Tropical Fruit Gardening - Experiences and Updates

Posted on 8/28/26 at 11:01 am to
Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 11:01 am to
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Best I can do without a ladder. Bottom horizontal branch is wait height
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72117 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:24 pm to
Bro, you are having a tough time with these pics.
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 1:51 pm to
Lol yeah those might be the worst photos I've ever seen. Sorry man can't help with that.
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72117 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:04 pm to
Well it looks like I have been mixing my Foliage Pro incorrectly the entire time Ive used it.

I guess the instructions were too tough for my trade school education.


Instructions are one TSP per gallon per week. One teaspoon. I have been using a table spoon cup to measure it.


I have been doing one table spoon per gallon each week.


It hasnt killed anything. Hard to believe one damn little teaspoon per gallon is enough to do anything


Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72117 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:05 pm to
quote:


Lol yeah those might be the worst photos I've ever seen. Sorry man can't help with that.



They were not even showing up for me at first. Now I can see them, just small. I think he used the link button instead of the img button.


Hell, maybe he has the same trade school education as me.


Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:04 pm to
quote:

Hard to believe one damn little teaspoon per gallon is enough to do anything


Foliage pro is an immediately available strong liquid fert. It absolutely needs dilution. I give my lychee tree a gallon of water with half a teaspoon of foliage pro twice per year.
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72117 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

Foliage pro is an immediately available strong liquid fert. It absolutely needs dilution. I give my lychee tree a gallon of water with half a teaspoon of foliage pro twice per year.



I guess I will need to get some tsp cups. Maybe I will just use a thimble.

Apparently , I have been using 3x what I should



Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
34855 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 9:44 pm to
and the image hosting sites
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 9:45 pm
Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
34855 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 9:47 pm to
I was getting error messages when I tried to use imbued so I used something else. What site do yall use?
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
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Posted on 8/28/26 at 11:15 pm to
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
23343 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 11:22 pm to
Got an air layer started on the Jalisco Roja guava tree today. I've seen enough and am not waiting until next season to propagate. Easily the best guava I've ever grown. In a year or so I should be able to sell clones.





Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
72117 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 5:48 am to
Post images.org


Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
8000 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 8:24 am to
quote:

My first 3 dragonfruit blooms did not get pollinated. Have 3 more blooming and I got after them with a qtip. This morning I noted there were a bunch of flies crawling all over them. I have high hopes for these now.

That’s exactly what I did last year and it worked. Mine bloomed in October and pulled fruit in February.

Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
23343 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 12:26 pm to
Nice! How was it?
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
8000 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 12:39 pm to
Sweet and delicious. I’m hoping for more this year.
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
8000 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 12:45 pm to
Anyone have any success growing avocados in Louisiana? I had one come up in my compost pile. I potted it up, and now it’s grown to 2 foot in height.

I’ve read that it’s preferable to get a dwarf variety for potting, but I want to know if I’m wasting my time on my one from the compost pile.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
51226 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 6:19 pm to
quote:

if I’m wasting my time on my one from the compost pile.
it’s a seedling, it might fruit eventually or it might not. It will grow into a tree though if you take care of it the way it likes.

If you want fruit you’ll need to get a grafted tree or an air layer from a grafted tree
Posted by wiltznucs
Apollo Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2005
9490 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 8:45 pm to
Seedling avocados are a gamble. Odds are it’s a store bought avocado variety like Hass. The seed will exhibit traits from both the parent (Hass) and the pollinator. Hass generally does poorly with freezes and its roots have issues in areas with fusarium wilt which is basically the entire southeast. What’s more; it may take 6 to 10 years to produce fruit and what you get may or may not be very appealing. It’s possible that you may have a revolutionary avocado on your hands. It’s also far more likely that you are wasting your time.

If truly interested in having quality avocado at home look at some of the Mexicola and other extremely cold tolerant varieties from a reputable nursery. Varieties like “Fantastic”, “Joey” or “Del Rio”…
This post was edited on 8/29/26 at 8:49 pm
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
8000 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 8:58 pm to
I appreciate your answer. Thank you!
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
23343 posts
Posted on 8/29/26 at 10:13 pm to
What wiltz said. Buy grafted from a legit vendor.
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