When Mangos?

At this point, it's difficult to predict the first mango. Of course the heart of mango season will be June and July, but we hope to have some mangos to sell in the middle of May. In May we will be open every Saturday morning. Until then please call to see if we're open...278-7754.

Fruit Forecast

This upcoming mango season promises to be very good. February had extremely mild weather, and many of our trees have excellent fruit set. This year our lychee trees had an excellent bloom (finally), and we look forward to a lot of fruit in June. For now we are enjoying loquats, mulberries and avocado, and Black Sapote brownies and Canistel granola.

For your calendar... Truly Tropical will be closed March 19.

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