An Alternate Time to Buy Fruit

In addition to being open Saturday morning (9am to noon), we will be open this Wednesday (May 25) from 5pm to 6:30pm.
For the next two months, we intend to be open at least one late afternoon during the week in addition to our regular Saturday morning hours.

Fruit Update... This last Saturday we picked our first Haden and Carrie mangos of 2011!

Remember to check this blog for updates...

Get Out Your Forks!

What a difference a week makes! As our Jamaican friends say, "Put away your pots and pans...We have Mangos!"

Mangos are happening at an ever-increasing rate. Even the Carries are almost ready to pick. Sometime soon we'll be open for a few hours during the week in addition to our regular Saturday hours, but for now just call if you would like to purchase mangos on a day other than Saturday. Our phone number is 561-278-7754.

Mangos in May

The first few mangos of the season are ripening. Cogshall, Glenn, Nam Doc Mai and Florigon are leading the pack. Unfortunately we have only a few fruit now, but with each passing week, the fruit available for sale will increase dramatically. All of June should be great...not only will we have a lot of mangos, but our lychee crop looks very strong this year.

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.