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  • 18 years ago

    Wow, those pictures are GREAT!! I especially love the lychee, mangos and your pineapples. Thanks for posting. I just love looking at everyones fruit trees. Looks like a small orchard you got growing there. Great job Gary...

  • 18 years ago

    great pics Gary,
    it is nice to see what my trees may some day look like (if lucky). Love the pics of the American Eeauty, the Spanish Red pineapple, etc. Is your sugar apple fruiting yet, how tall/old?

    thanks for posting,
    -Ethan

  • 18 years ago

    Very nice Gary. Your Sweetheart lychee and some of your other trees are getting big. Keep up the good work.

  • 18 years ago

    thanks for sharing the pics. nice trees and huge lot - it's fortunate to live in FL.

    really love your sweetheart lychee. did it fruit this year?

  • 18 years ago

    Nice as always. Thanks for the pics. Where's your Jak?

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks for the comments and compliments!

    Ethan, my Thai Lessard sugar apple has fruit on now, between golf and tennis ball in size and it is still flowering, and has some only nickel sized. Looks like potential of a spread out harvest. I recently planted out my Kampong Mauve SA, and it already seems to be getting bigger. Anxious to see and taste fruit from it. My atemoya also has around 2 dozen fruit.

    Bluepalm and phase, since I took that picture my sweetheart had another growth flush, so its even bigger now. It has never flowered! I plan to starve it somewhat of fert and water starting this fall to try to add more stress and see what happens. Its almost 8' tall now, I expect it to be around 10' this fall if a hurricane doesn't do something bad.

    Jay, didn't realize I didn't upload a GN jakfruit photo. Perhaps I'll do so soon. It hasn't grown much yet this spring. Its been raining often, so it should certainly get its mojo now. I'll try to fert it once a month to see if I can get the most out of it this growing season.

    Gary

  • 18 years ago

    Great photos Gary! Your plants look so healthy!

    How are you controlling critters? With the native Palmettos and Pines, I figure you must have squirrels eyeing those fruits?

    My Lychees look like caca in comparison!

    Lisa

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks Lisa, they're mostly doing well this year, I'm slowly learning. I always chase squirrels away with minimum my bb pistol, if they keep returning, they get my pellet rifle. The pistol will only sting them, the other makes them fertilizer. I think I have lychees down pat now, my property might be perfect for them. Regular moisture and somewhat acid soil, and organic matter.

    Gary

  • 18 years ago

    allow me to join the chorus of congratulators and well-wishes, as I stifle the envy.

    what a great orchard. please continue to treat us with periodic pics.