Hey Fellow Floridians - Year 2

[efisakov]

I guess not just tomatoes need a bit of stress to produce more. ha

[Barb_FL]

Marsha - your tree is beautiful. Loaded is right.

I think I have between 35-40 mangos on my tree. Triple last years amount, which tripled first years. I'm psyched - still hard as a rock. Two were on the ground so they are in a brown paper bag in the kitchen now.

My other tree has a lot too; but they are small. One was on the ground and partially chewed; I'm thinking raccoon. I saw one climbing down a Norfolk Pine tree right next to our house. It was the biggest raccoon I ever saw. Now I go out with the dog at night or take him to the front. I don't want the raccoon to get him. The tree cutter was suppose to take down those trees last Saturday but didn't show. He would have been shocked.

Some of my mangos are really low hanging; inches from the ground.

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Is anyone getting the emails that someone responded to a thread you posted?
Seems I stopped getting the emails a few weeks ago.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Barb_FL

Marsha - your tree is beautiful. Loaded is right.

I think I have between 35-40 mangos on my tree. Triple last years amount, which tripled first years. I'm psyched - still hard as a rock. Two were on the ground so they are in a brown paper bag in the kitchen now.

My other tree has a lot too; but they are small. One was on the ground and partially chewed; I'm thinking raccoon. I saw one climbing down a Norfolk Pine tree right next to our house. It was the biggest raccoon I ever saw. Now I go out with the dog at night or take him to the front. I don't want the raccoon to get him. The tree cutter was suppose to take down those trees last Saturday but didn't show. He would have been shocked.

Some of my mangos are really low hanging; inches from the ground.

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Is anyone getting the emails that someone responded to a thread you posted?
Seems I stopped getting the emails a few weeks ago.

Ella- aint it the truth! Heee!
Barb- go to your profile and change your email notifications, and you wpill start getting notices again. I'll get the steps and edit this to add them.
OK here are the steps: click My Profile in the upper left, then Edit Options, then in Messaging and Notifications go to the Default Thread Subscription Mode, and select Instant Email Notifications from the drop down box.

Has anyone ever had a Hayden Mango? Someone gave me a tree.

[Zone9b]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

So sorry Barb, I just saw this. With my Kent, they never really get that yellow orange color, they just get yellower and soften a good bit. I start to pick them when they are getting a decent size, so I am picking some now. I scrub the skin with soap and the scruffy part of a dish sponge, then I dry, then I actually spray the outside with Lysol Spray. This kills any anthracnose fungus and allows them to ripen without rotting. Lysol's active ingredient is ethanol, that's the same thing as the alcohol we drink, plus some scent chems. The mango skin is really thick, so that is completely cut off when they are ripe.
I put them in a paper bag closed up and it speeds the ripening. The orders are coming in already from my friends for dehydrated Mango. LOL.
Bad photo, but you can see how loaded the tree is this year.

Marsha,
What a beautiful tree. Is this tree considered a miniature? I'm guessing it is grafted.
Larry

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Zone9b

Marsha,
What a beautiful tree. Is this tree considered a miniature? I'm guessing it is grafted.
Larry

Thanks Larry. Yes it was grafted, no not even close to being a miniature, they can grow to 60' if left untrimmed.
Fiberless fruit, outstanding flavor, Kent ( my variety) is a cross of a Haden mango, which was at one time the most popular mango in the world, and the original Haden is still in Coconut Grove, Fl.

[Barb_FL]

Marsha - Is your Haden gift a grafted plant? If so, nice friend. I hear good things about Haden.

Here's my blueberry plants that I bought as tiny seedlings from RareSeed (late April). I now have 6 blueberry plants. The warm winter (<150 chill hours) affected production on my 2 producers.

Kay - here is the Buena Mulata Hot Pepper plant. I still have one seedling left to transplant. Can't wait to see the peppers.

[kayrobbins]

Barb I think you will love the Buena Mulata (Purple Pippen) It s so pretty when it has the purple blooms and purple peppers. I have made 3 batches of the Salsa Morada hot sauce that Baker Creek posted on their website. It is the only hot sauce I have ever had with chocolate in it.

[efisakov]

Originally Posted by kayrobbins

Barb I think you will love the Buena Mulata (Purple Pippen) It s so pretty when it has the purple blooms and purple peppers. I have made 3 batches of the Salsa Morada hot sauce that Baker Creek posted on their website. It is the only hot sauce I have ever had with chocolate in it.

hot sauce with chocolate? Was it good?

[Fiishergurl]

Above are some pictures of my tomato plants in Philly. I ended up planting 22 plants, all in the ground but 3. I think 11 of the 22 are not getting enough sun, (long story) which is why I planted more in a sunnier spot which wasnt part of the oirginal garden area. So thats how I ended up planting so many. Hopefully I will get enough to can some sauce and salsa to take home with us.

Also, I'm paying the maintenance man where I live in Florida to pull the plants there and solarize them. Does he need to dump the water out of the eartboxes? Also, Barb what kind of clear bags did you use and where did you get them?

Thanks!
Ginny

[Fiishergurl]

Marsha that Mango tree is incredible!!

Kay those purple pippens look so interesting... :-)

Ginny

[Zone9b]

Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Above are some pictures of my tomato plants in Philly. I ended up planting 22 plants, all in the ground but 3. I think 11 of the 22 are not getting enough sun, (long story) which is why I planted more in a sunnier spot which wasnt part of the oirginal garden area. So thats how I ended up planting so many. Hopefully I will get enough to can some sauce and salsa to take home with us.
Also, I'm paying the maintenance man where I live in Florida to pull the plants there and solarize them. Does he need to dump the water out of the eartboxes? Also, Barb what kind of clear bags did you use and where did you get them?
Thanks!
Ginny

Solarization certainly isn't my area of expertise but I think I remember an UofF article on solarizing for nematodes indicating that some moisture present was advantageous.
Larry

[Barb_FL]

Ginny - you want to dump the water in the reservoir (just tip the EB should get most of it), but the mix should still have enough moisture. I also discard the top 3-5" and then load up the top to make it really loaf like. (combining EB).

I bought these from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...A3TX4YUK2VIRSQ

They are 3 ply and clear.

Ask Marsha too; I think I remember her using some other kind.

[Barb_FL]

Ginny - your plants look awesome. My eyes were bugging out seeing those plants before knowing it was you posting.

I'm sure 22 plants even with sharing will give you tons of tomatoes for eating, sauce. When you think of it, 22 really is a lot of plants.

[kayrobbins]

Ginny, I do love that pepper. it has become my new favorite pepper. I like it so much that in addition to the 6 growing outside I have three growing inside under grow lights. I was growing too many varieties to save pure seeds from the ones outside. The gallon pots were too small but I did not want 3 gallon pots because of the height. I found these blue tubs at Dollar Tree that are shorter and 2 1/2 gallon. After drilling a few holes that work great. I don't know why the picture of the plant turned sideways because it was just like the others when I uploaded it. I also included a picture of the Salsa Morada.

Your garden looks great. I have to admire your tenacity to manage to have a garden going in a temporary home.

[Fiishergurl]

Thank you Barb and Larry... :-)

Ginny