Tigerlaff
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| Registered on: | 1/22/2010 |
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Last 2 passionfruit came off the vine. Ripening well.
Finally had a sweet tart that was properly picked and ripened. Of course it came from Alex at Tropic Acres. This completely changes my opinion of sweet tart. One of the best mangos I've ever had and the best indochinese mango I've ever had.
This really, really makes me feel good about growing the very similar Cecilove. Speaking of which...
My third Cecilove is growing just fine. No issues with this one again, Wiltz. I think you must have had a dud tree.
Finally had a sweet tart that was properly picked and ripened. Of course it came from Alex at Tropic Acres. This completely changes my opinion of sweet tart. One of the best mangos I've ever had and the best indochinese mango I've ever had.
This really, really makes me feel good about growing the very similar Cecilove. Speaking of which...
My third Cecilove is growing just fine. No issues with this one again, Wiltz. I think you must have had a dud tree.
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which was consumed by a local squirrel instead of me. Bastard.
Rage inducing. I shot 2 of them today. Would be interested to hear about how those avocados taste. I've only ever had grocery store super Hass.
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But; I’m always happy to nab Valencia Pride, Kent, Palmer and Angie for $3lb
Angie :bow:
I would try Hidden Acres.
I live in Mandeville and understand your sentiment. But you have zero control over land you don't own. Forces bigger than you and your family shape what an area becomes. If there is demand, it will happen.
Luckily there is a built-in escape hatch for development like this. The value of your house and land will increase. You can sell, move away from the crowds, and possibly even pocket a windfall.
Luckily there is a built-in escape hatch for development like this. The value of your house and land will increase. You can sell, move away from the crowds, and possibly even pocket a windfall.
Pretty sure he just means citrus trees. They are a real pain in the arse to grow in FL now so I can totally understand replacing them.
Mango reviews:
Dot: I now understand the hype. Wow. Syrupy sweetness and the most surprising part to me was strong red berry flavor. Think strawberry/mango syrup. Have never had red berry flavor in a mango before so I consider this pretty unique.
Bennet Alphonso: honestly I can't detect a difference between this and regular Alphonso, which is to say it's a very good Indian flavor mango with resin, some terpenes, and baking spices. Strong bold flavors and good sweetness. It's a pretty rare mango so I'm glad I got to try it.
Bonus Texas BA-1 fig: first of the season (tree planted 9/1/24) and MUCH better this year. Figs often have a green melony flavor in the first couple of years. Tree is finally getting its feet under it. Strong sweet berry flavor and indistinguishable from Smith.
Dot: I now understand the hype. Wow. Syrupy sweetness and the most surprising part to me was strong red berry flavor. Think strawberry/mango syrup. Have never had red berry flavor in a mango before so I consider this pretty unique.
Bennet Alphonso: honestly I can't detect a difference between this and regular Alphonso, which is to say it's a very good Indian flavor mango with resin, some terpenes, and baking spices. Strong bold flavors and good sweetness. It's a pretty rare mango so I'm glad I got to try it.
Bonus Texas BA-1 fig: first of the season (tree planted 9/1/24) and MUCH better this year. Figs often have a green melony flavor in the first couple of years. Tree is finally getting its feet under it. Strong sweet berry flavor and indistinguishable from Smith.
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It didn't feel like the bark was bonded to the core when I was cutting it. I had to cut it down a lot further than I thought I would before it looked like living wood. I have about 2" left above the graft. Thanks for the tip, I hope it makes it. If not, I'll buy a bigger one next year.
Smaller trees are definitely more finicky. They get much more resilient with age. Don't give up!
Also remember that at the first sign of problems you should reduce as many stressors as possible. That means move it into full shade, stop watering, and don't hit it with fertilizer immediately.
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It’s been a wacky year; write it off as that.
Pretty much my conclusion too. I don't think a single mango grower in the lower 48 has had a "normal" year. I'm gonna pick a couple of them mature green and see if they ripen correctly.
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My avocados have browning leaves all of a sudden in the last 72 hours. We finally get rain and they decide to look like shite? LOL…
As if they need an excuse :lol:. They can wake up and decide that they don't like Tuesdays and make the decision to die.
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My 2 lone m4 mangos split down the sides
We talking actual M4 or the fake ones that looked like NDM?
Anyway that's usually a watering issue. Too much or too little followed by too much. In any event if that's the mislabeled tree I wouldn't waste any more time with it unless you want to just for fun. There is no telling what variety that is and you may not even like it.
I would cut off everything dead. Pretty clear demarcation of where the living tissue ends. May make it.
Yeah looks like anthracnose or some other fungal spot. Not a big deal.
Yeah looks like anthracnose or some other fungal spot. Not a big deal.
I got so pissed at my jelly seed Pickering harvests that I went ahead and did my annual prune this morning. You should never prune a mango until after harvest but I have no faith that any of these fruit are going to develop properly anyway and the tree was already unbalanced one one side and flushing new growth. Figure I'll just rebalance it and get a head start on building next season's structure. Probably removed about 40% of the canopy.
I'll likely take off a little more after final harvest.
Disclaimer: do not do this with fruit on the tree. This is not proper pruning practice.
I'll likely take off a little more after final harvest.
Disclaimer: do not do this with fruit on the tree. This is not proper pruning practice.
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Do you think it's worth the effort? The pic was a few days old by the time I posted, it looks pretty much dead now. I might hold off and get a bigger one next spring.
Do a scratch test above the graft. If it's still green you have a 50/50 shot of recovery or better.
Yeah that dragonfruit looks badass. Great work.
re: Need quick legal advice please. (Concerning ICE and local Police)
Posted by Tigerlaff on 7/12/26 at 9:58 pm to Purple Spoon
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Usually when someone is looking for legal advice or advice in general and their questions are vague and confusing, it’s because they are not being entirely transparent and are fishing for a specific response.
You see this kind of thing all the time in practice. You can see exactly what is happening here. He's already said he's calling Homeland Security, ICE, and the United Nations on Monday to get to the bottom of this dastardly scandal/conspiracy. Some poor receptionist is about to have to buzz her boss and say "hey, I'm so sorry but I've got another one on the line..." And no one will have a damn clue why he cannot get it through his head that the "task force model program" and "ICE task force" are essentially the same thing.
Unless this particular officer was excluded from being part of the task force by either the qualification requirements of 287G or by his bosses (something that none of us could know), then no shite the guy could legitimately state that he was part of the ICE task force.
He cooked up some retarded semantic argument workaround in his head and is trying to get it affirmed by those with legal experience.
My favorite part is how he characterized his query as just needing "quick" legal advice.
Rouses has a "50% off" store wide sale this week. But the ribeyes I was looking at say "half off." Does that mean these steaks are not included in the store wide sale???
re: Need quick legal advice please. (Concerning ICE and local Police)
Posted by Tigerlaff on 7/12/26 at 9:34 pm to WWII Collector
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The verbage says clearly that the municipality can join the task Force MODEL PROGRAM. It does not say join The Task Force now does it?
So is the Cops assisting ICE.. OR part of THE Task Force. That question has yet to be answered. And you have yet to answer that question 100%... You are only speculating.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. You have some ridiculous thought in your mind that the words "model program" signify something other than the obvious intended meaning. The task force model program is clearly a partnership arrangement where local officers can enforce some aspects of federal immigration law if the local municipality elects to participate. When the local officer identifies himself as part of the "ICE task force," it's patently obvious that he is asserting the legal basis for his authority to conduct immigration enforcement in accordance with 287G (which his municipality has decided to take part in).
The "task force model" wording is merely to distinguish it from the other models such as the one where the municipality only agrees to hold detainees for ICE, etc.
The only possible other line of reasoning I can imagine is that you think maybe the local police department has issued internal orders or memoranda defining exactly which of their officers are allowed to do the immigration enforcement. For example, "only officers with 5+ years of experience and no disciplinary record are allowed to participate in the ICE task force." Of course there is zero way anyone in this thread could possibly know the specifics of the internal directives of the police department in your random little town in God knows where.
This is why no one here can understand WTF you are trying to ask. It doesn't make any sense to anyone but you, and yet you still think we are the ones being dense.
Of the 12 mangos I let my Pickering hold, the first 6 off the tree have had jelly seed/soft nose/internal breakdown. Got 6 more left on the tree. I have no idea why it's happening. This is almost always a calcium problem and I give my trees gypsum and azomite. At this point I just don't know. I am about to start picking them green to see if that helps, which is crazy. Pickering is the last mango you want to pick green.
My Cecilove that I topped 2 weeks ago is about to bud out and give me some new branches. Unfortunately it looks like all 3 buds are on the same side of the tree. I'm just going to keep cutting until this dumb tree gets it right. Pissed off at the Mangifera genus right now.
Geffner atemoyas coming along nicely. Got about 11 still holding on the tree.
Musa Florida variegated banana gifted to me last week is pushing new leaves after being cut from the mother plant.
Plumeria about to bloom.
3.8cuft of peat delivered today. I've given up on Gary's soil being back in stock this summer and am just making my own. I took the chart that AyyyBaw made earlier in the thread and updated with more useful units for shopping/mixing.
Oh and Wiltz, I had a PPK today that was absolutel fire. Tropical Acres. 10/10.
My Cecilove that I topped 2 weeks ago is about to bud out and give me some new branches. Unfortunately it looks like all 3 buds are on the same side of the tree. I'm just going to keep cutting until this dumb tree gets it right. Pissed off at the Mangifera genus right now.
Geffner atemoyas coming along nicely. Got about 11 still holding on the tree.
Musa Florida variegated banana gifted to me last week is pushing new leaves after being cut from the mother plant.
Plumeria about to bloom.
3.8cuft of peat delivered today. I've given up on Gary's soil being back in stock this summer and am just making my own. I took the chart that AyyyBaw made earlier in the thread and updated with more useful units for shopping/mixing.
Oh and Wiltz, I had a PPK today that was absolutel fire. Tropical Acres. 10/10.
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Believe it or not; Pine Island Nursery isn’t actually in Pine Island. It’s all the way over in Miami. Other side of the State. I had no idea either. Went to look it up and found out while we’re there.
Wow. Mind blown. Make me kind of mad. :lol:
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I need a good knife. I was using box a box cutter with new blades
A box cutter with a fresh razor blade is better than any grafting knife out there.
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Tried my hand at grafting. Put Some cecilove grafts and lil gem grafts onto some Pickerings and an m-4 that was struggling. Guess we will see what happens.
Nice! Hope to see some takes in the coming weeks.
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I’m going to keep this one potted and just enjoy the foliage. Frogs like to get up under the leaves and chill out
Good plan. That's how I use mine, foliage only. They make big wide leaves in the shade. Not worth a damn in the cold, so potted is fine. And yeah I am overrun with tree frogs. They're everywhere when you grow bananas.
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Should I cut these out? The main pup is about 12” tall now
No, just let it get stronger for now. You can worry about pup management next year. Right now it's all about any growth you can get. Need a strong corm underground before winter.
re: Need quick legal advice please. (Concerning ICE and local Police)
Posted by Tigerlaff on 7/12/26 at 8:24 am to WWII Collector
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So if the officers city joined 287G to be able to ask more specific questions and look for more specified paperwork, does that mean he is part of the ICE Task force?
Or just the city is part of the 287G program.
If the city joined the 287G program under the task force model, which explicitly allows city police officers to conduct immigration enforcement activities, who in the hell else do you think would be part of the task force besides feds and local officers? The local McDonald's workers? The city trash collectors?
To the OT: this is something you see all the time with clients. They get hung up on some insignificant word or point and start to think themselves into pretzels. By the time they seek legal advice they have this whole ridiculous framework constructed in their head that is completely irrelevant or nonsensical. That's exactly what has happened here. OP got some thought in his head that has prevented him from using basic logic or reading comprehension. It doesn't matter that 99% of the responses are trying to point out the error in reasoning. He's hung up on it and he's going to stay that way because he wants a particular answer to be true. I would also bet my last dollar he is over age 55.
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