Tigerlaff

Nice! I suck at pineapples for some reason. Can never tell if I'm giving them too much or not enough light and water. Also found out the hard way that fertilizer will injure them if it touches the inside cup. Any tips on how to keep them happy?

Yep, a nice late Feb. freeze just in time for my jaboticaba that is about to bloom.

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Yeah they're never ever going to vote for this. So what's plan B?

This is why I don't carry daily anymore. I'll get back to it one day but having the very small kids around is just too risky. If you've ever had a 1 and 4 year old running around wreaking havoc after an incredibly stressful month at work with little sleep, family obligations, and a yard/house to take care of then you know what I'm talking about. You just can't be as sharp as you normally are. Mistakes get made. Details get missed. Nothing wrong with that. And if I'm taking my family into any kind of risky environment whatsoever I'm carrying that day. It's the normal days where things get missed. Once they are not pure agents of entropy and chaos I'll get back to normal.

Yeah I'm pissed about it. Rolled the dice and planted some citrus, passionfruit, and a brand new immature fig cutting. 34F projected here but I'm confident we'll freeze. Please God let this be the last time I have to cover/wrap/greenhouse everything this winter. The good news is that it's been hot so the earth will have some latent heat stored up.

Does the foliage look good too? If not it could be stress bloom.

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I feel the pain man. This is so much worse for y'all. I expect the teens every single year and spend weeks/months planning and preparing. Central Florida spends no time prepping for that kind of cold. It would be like us hitting 0F and all the huge crepe myrtles and southern magnolias dying. Glad you had so many survivors.

I agree that you need to decide what you want the future to look like. I would say this. The biggest problem I consistently see is people not keeping their fruit trees small. That goes for sensitive tropicals and arctic warrior deciduous fruit trees alike. The research is very clear on this: maximum fruit production (which is not even necessary for a home grower) occurs when trees are about 12ft x 12ft. The larger trees do not get sunlight penetration beyond a few feet into the canopy and you end up with "dead space" where all the fruit is growing on the outer shell of an enormous tree. And some of that fruit is on the top of the tree and inaccessible. Most importantly, you cannot protect big trees.

If you are OK with the idea of 8ft mango trees, annual pruning, and covering/heating every once in a blue moon, then I would replant. If not, I'd pick my favorite 2-3 and grow in 25g pots. The fruit set I get on a potted Pickering is unreal, but I'm sure other cultivars could at least give you a passable harvest.

Ask the vendor what root stock each is on. Choose whichever is on dwarfing root stock (flying dragon) if possible.

Shade won't be enough to produce quality fruit. It will need at least a few hours of direct sun and more if possible. The variegated one requires less sun.

If it were me starting all over again, I would pot up a Lisbon lemon and be done with it. Better true lemon flavor than a Meyer without the crazy growth habit. Is it sweeter than Meyer? No. But are you actually eating Meyer lemons in the first place? The only thing I care about is the rind/oils. And I can't imagine Lisbon being worse with pests as Meyer is the worst pest tree I have ever owned. Lisbon is far less cold tolerant but Meyer is already pretty sensitive to begin with. If it's going to live in a pot, I would want Lisbon on flying dragon and I would buy it from Four Winds growers online.

Also let us know if you're open to container citrus other than lemon. I find lemon to be the most overrated citrus (excluding only the dumb hype trees like Buddha's Hand citron and kaffir lime).

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Spice zee just behaves like any other peach/nectarine in south Louisiana: magnet for leaf curl, thrips, and root rot. You did the exact right thing by spraying copper/oil before bud break. At this time of year I get nervous and spray weekly.

Guava grows like crazy. You really can't go wrong. I try to prune every 12-16 inches to create good branch structure. If you get it wrong you can hat rack these things and start over. My main goal is to not have too much crowding that will allow mealy bugs to hide.