The Consequences of Being Cold

The skies are gorgeous and the temps refreshing, but get ready to kiss your blooms goodbye. Only a few of my mango trees are making spectacles of themselves at the moment, but most of those blooms will be doomed by morning. Supposedly temperatures below 42 degrees kill mango flowers. Fortunately the affected trees will bloom again in a few months. Watering well before the cold decreases damage.

Sparse

Avocados and a few Carambola are the only edibles at the moment.

Fall Chores

One always hopes for a sudden burst of energy immediately after picking the last fruit of the season. In odd moments, I have visions of placing the last mango in the cart and lunging for a saw in the same motion. Somehow the requisite burst didn't happen this year, but after several concerted efforts over many weeks, most of our trees are trimmed. With any luck, the inevitable new growth will have a chance to harden before cold weather hits.

What You Can Buy Now

Carambola and Atemoya are still available. We have Jak fruit hanging on the trees, but last time I checked none was ripe.
Remember, we have many varieties of mango trees for sale, as well as many other kinds of tropical fruit trees.

Saturday: 9 - noon

Fruit for sale tomorrow

Attemoya
Avocados
Carambola
one small Jak Fruit
....a minimalist report

Mangos in October!

We happen to have some Keitt mangos to sell tomorrow. Most will be ripe or almost ripe. These really are the last ones of the season!

Saturday morning we will also have longans, carambola, and atemoya.

Last Week for Mangos

The squirrels were becoming overly enthusiastic in their enjoyment of our mangos, so I picked virtually all the remaining fruit. The good news is this Saturday we will have a nice supply of Keitt mangos in various stages of ripeness. The bad news is... yeah, you already figured out the bad news. But hey, there's always next season.

In addition to Keitt mangos and a few Beverly mangos, we will have Longans, some Atemoya and Carambola.